Some 75% of workers in emergency medical departments and services have witnessed violence in the past year, according to a survey of more than 1,300 health care professionals in 81 countries. from Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news st…

The brain is often described in terms of cells and wiring. However, much of it is made of lipids that form the membranes of neurons, wrap nerve fibers with myelin and help brain cells send and receive signals. from Medical Xpress - latest medical …

Blinatumomab is associated with significantly higher event-free survival among children with newly diagnosed high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to a study published in the Sept. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medi…

Some genetic disorders have a clear connection between the affected gene product and the suite of symptoms produced. But genes do not work in isolation, and many other conditions can be bafflingly complex, as when an affected gene product affects th…

Prof Joan Sanders of the University of Washington has spent her career working on better prosthetics for lower limb amputees, trying to solve problems that complicate everyday life for people who have lost a limb. She is the first author of a new ar…

Personalized programs designed to reduce falls in older people may make no difference to how often people fall, according to the most comprehensive research review to date. from Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories https://ift.t…

Could the way we think in our 20s offer clues about our risk of dementia decades later? Large population studies suggest that people who perform better on thinking ability tests in adolescence or young adulthood are less likely to develop dementia l…