They cost thousands of dollars, and insurance almost never covers them. But hearing aids may hold the potential to cut
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Craving a cup of joe? What does the research say about coffee and your health?
Coffee. Cup of joe. Java. No matter what you call it, millions of people worldwide wake up and fuel their
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Aqueous humor, microRNAs and glaucoma
Glaucoma—the leading cause of vision loss worldwide—includes a heterogeneous group of disorders. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and exfoliation glaucoma (XFG)
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Associating frailty to cardiovascular disease and mortality
Frailty is common in elderly people with cardiovascular disease and goes along with elevated mortality. However, no consensus exists on
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Practice leaders’ and facilitators’ perspectives on quality improvement may differ
Practice facilitation is a promising approach to helping medical practices implement quality improvements. In a recently published study in the
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Food allergy is linked to skin exposure and genetics
Infant and childhood food allergy, whose cause has long been a mystery, has now been linked to a mix of
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Parkinson’s disease and binge eating
The results of a new study conducted by Damiano Terenzi, Raffaella Rumiati and Marilena Aiello of SISSA show that “binge
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