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Physician incentive program to improve care for complex patients did not result in improvements
Incentive payments to primary care physicians for the provision of care for patients with complex health conditions did not improve primary care or decrease hospitalizations in British Columbia, found a...
Intestinal flora effects drug response
Intestinal flora has multiple influences on human health, but research has new revealed that it is also likely to have an effect on the body's response to drugs. Individual changes...
Gastrointestinal illnesses cost the Swiss health care sector up to EUR 45 million per year
Acute diarrhea entails annual health care costs of EUR 29 to EUR 45 million in Switzerland. Thereof, around a quarter is due to infections of the diarrhea-causing pathogen Campylobacter, say...
Sugar addiction: Discovery of a brain sugar switch
Researchers have discovered that our brain actively takes sugar from the blood. Prior to this, researchers had assumed that this was a purely passive process. The transportation of sugar into...
Phone checklist can help detect changes in clinical status among home care recipients
Millions of elderly Americans with physical or cognitive impairments receive nonmedical home-care services and are often hospitalized for potentially avoidable complications. A phone-based checklist can help detect telltale changes in...
Hispanic men in California need more screening for colorectal cancer, Study finds
Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates in California have decreased markedly for men and women in all major racial-ethnic groups since 1990, except for Hispanic men -- a disparity that...
Researchers pinpoint key influenza-fighting immune trigger
Scientists have identified the molecule that recognizes the influenza virus in infected cells and triggers their suicide to fight the infection, outlines a new report.
Investigators chart microbial ecology of gingivitis, periodontitis
Gingivitis, a common and mild form of gum disease can progress to periodontitis, a more serious infection that damages the soft tissue of the gums and sometimes even destroys the...
Study: Believing exercise is beneficial makes it more beneficial
Stephen FellerBREISGAU, Germany, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Believing exercise is beneficial doesn't just motivate people to engage in physical activity, it may increase the beneficial effect of exercise, research shows.
Well: Excess Light Exposure May Take Toll on Muscles and Bones
Animals exposed to continuous light had less muscle strength and developed signs of early-stage osteoporosis, suggesting that nonstop lighting in hospitals and nursing homes may be harmful to patients.
1st Canadian case of Zika-related anomalies confirmed in a fetus
Canada's public health agency has confirmed the country's first case of Zika-related congenital anomalies in a fetus.
Scientists zero in on brain area linked to 'Parkinson's gait'
HealthDay News The brain's prefrontal cortex may play a role in walking difficulties that afflict Parkinson's disease patients, new research suggests.
Will 'unloading' shoes help your arthritic knees?
Alan Mozes, HealthDay News For reducing pain from arthritic knees, "unloading" shoes don't offer a leg up over conventional walking shoes, new research indicates.
Frank Palopoli, Who Aided Fertility With Clomid Drug, Dies at 94
Millions of women have become pregnant because of the drug Mr. Palopoli and his team of researchers developed in the 1950s.
Alabama football preview: Reloaded, Crimson Tide chasing repeat
The Sports Xchange Alabama has been in this position three times during Nick Saban's tenure.
Clammer is injured dredging up old bomb, chowder gets tossed
DOVER, Del. (AP) -- A fishing crew apparently pulled up unexploded ordnance while clamming, leading to a fisherman being hospitalized with second-degree burns...
How Syrian men changed under militant rule
Jalal Zein al-Deen, Syria DeeplyALEPPO, Syria -- The danger of the Islamic State is not limited to the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria -- but in the rift...
[Report] Spt4 selectively regulates the expression of C9orf72 sense and antisense mutant transcripts
An expanded hexanucleotide repeat in C9orf72 causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (c9FTD/ALS). Therapeutics are being developed to target RNAs containing the expanded repeat sequence (GGGGCC); however, this approach is complicated by the...
[Report] Imprinting and recalling cortical ensembles
Neuronal ensembles are coactive groups of neurons that may represent building blocks of cortical circuits. These ensembles could be formed by Hebbian plasticity, whereby synapses between coactive neurons are strengthened....
[Review] Assessing the global threat from Zika virus
First discovered in 1947, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection remained a little-known tropical disease until 2015, when its apparent association with a considerable increase in the incidence of microcephaly in Brazil...
Zika Stays In Body Twice As Long As Previously Thought
Health Virus found in a man's semen six months later After a man in Italy was reported to have signs of Zika virus in...
Germany: prosecutors probe 3 deaths at cancer clinic
BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors say they're investigating the operator of a clinic near the Dutch border that offers alternative cancer treatment on...
How Uruguay made it easier to have a safe abortion
Christine Chung, Women & Girls Hub The "Uruguay Model's" approach to abortion is to address the issue as a public health concern rather than a moral dilemma.
Josh Duhamel says 'I wish that women were more celebrated for being curvy and round'
Actor Josh Duhamel ditched his leading-man look for a scraggly beard and vintage uniform to play a down-on-his-luck baseball player in “Spaceman,” opening in theaters and on VOD Aug. 19. Based on...
Texas judge halts execution of man convicted in corrections officer fatal stabbing
Andrew V. PestanoBEEVILLE, Texas, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A Texas judge ordered a stay of execution for Robert Lynn Pruett, who was sentenced to death for the 1999 fatal stabbing...
Non-profit urges McDonald's to reduce antibiotics in livestock supply chain
Ed AdamczykLONDON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The non-profit group ShareAction called on the McDonald's Corporation to stop antibiotics use in its meat sources.
Artificial skin tests for stopping sun damage
Sunbathing without sunscreen can be dangerous. But it's not just your skin you need to be worried about: some substances in drugs, cosmetics and medicinal herbs can be toxic to...
Giant Heart: Unusual Condition Means Heart is 80% of Man's Chest
A 57-year old man who went to the emergency room for swelling of his extremities learned that his symptoms had an unusual cause: a massively enlarged chamber of his heart,...