Depression :: Depressed people eat less healthy comfort foods
People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy comfort foods than when they feel happy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell food marketing expert.
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Liver :: Lessons learned from liver retransplantation
A new study on liver retransplantation (re-LT) over a 15 year period at a clinic in Germany found that indications for the surgery had changed and there were fewer rejections, complications, and recurrence of disease during that time.
Thyroid Cancer :: AkaRx licenses thyroid cancer medicine tetrac patents from Beartownpharma
AkaRx, Inc., a Paramus, New Jersey biopharmaceutical company announced today that they have licensed from BeartownPharma, Inc., of Underhill, Vermont the patents for a new drug being developed for the treatment of patients with thyroid cancer.
Cardiology :: Remote device allows cardiologist to monitor patients daily at their homes
An easy-to-use in home monitoring device for patients is changing the way doctors monitor the health of patients with implanted defibrillators.
Healthcare :: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East leader Dennis Rivera accepts new post
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East leader Dennis Rivera accepts new post to become chair of SEIU Healthcare.
Red Cross :: Red Cross workers announce unconditional return to work
Red Cross workers have offered to return to work to ensure that the communities and residents who rely on their assistance and support are fully served.
Liposuction :: Liposuction for male breasts on the rise
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons announced the number of men who have undergone liposuction procedures to reduce their breast size substantially increased last year.
Brain :: National research network launched to seek better treatments for brain injury, stroke and seizures
Every twenty-eight seconds, someone in America suffers a stroke, a massive seizure, a brain or spinal cord injury, or another major emergency affecting the brain, spine or nerves. Every two minutes, someone dies from one of these conditions. Many others are left permanently disabled.
Inventors must counter negative effects of success on creativity, says management insights
R&D Managers who want to sustain the creativity of the inventors in their departments must cope with an unexpected problem — success — according to the January issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS?).
Brain :: Hhow our brains evaluate the possibility of gaining versus losing
Should you leave your comfortable job for one that pays better but is less secure? Should you have a surgery that is likely to extend your life but poses some risk that you will not survive the operation?