Repeated vaccination for influenza in older adults reduced the severity of the virus and reduced hospital…
Teens show decreased risk for heart disease later in life after bariatric surgery
Adolescents with severe obesity who had bariatric surgery showed significant improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors,…
Efforts to track food intake on smartphone app impacted by day of week but not season of year
Dietary self-monitoring is a key component of successful behavioral weight loss interventions and is essential for…
Large increase in non-powder gun-related eye injuries
A study investigated sports- and recreation-related eye injuries during a 23-year period and found a slight…
Vision, sensory and motor testing could predict best batters in baseball
Researchers found players with higher scores on computer-based vision and motor tasks had better on-base percentages,…
A botanical mystery solved by phylogenetic testing
Researchers used DNA testing to rediscover Dracaena umbraculifera, which was thought to be extinct.
Depression in black adolescents requires different treatment
Black adolescents express depressive symptoms differently than people from other age and racial groups, requiring that…
Multi-gene test predicts early heart disease risk
A risk score based on multiple genetic differences, or polygenic test, predicted significantly more cases of…
Proper exercise can reverse damage from heart aging
Exercise can reverse damage to sedentary, aging hearts and help prevent risk of future heart failure…
Female night shift workers may have increased risk of common cancers
Night shift work was associated with women having an increased risk of breast, skin, and gastrointestinal…