Articles By Matthew Mientka
- Clinicians treating children for heart problems may learn much about risk management from NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration.
- A new study finds no additional risk of cesarean delivery or maternal death for pregnancies induced with prostaglandin E2.
- Though largely ignored, male fertility issues are fairly common among younger men, with thousands visiting fertility specialists every year. Now, a new take-home test will allow men to monitor...
- Four years after being treated for breast cancer, many patients who were working prior to diagnosis reported being unemployed. Why are they losing their jobs?
- A new study of young Americans in 2009 may serve as a baseline for future evaluations of the impact of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
- The key to health over time may be an optimistic spouse.
- As a major U.S. oil and gas supplier announces it will disclose all chemicals used in its fracking operations, the EPA plans a major new study on health implications.
- Although otherwise unable to communicate, an elderly man with advanced Alzheimer's disease suddenly lights up and begins talking to the family dog.
- A type of family-based cognitive behavioral therapy effective in adolescents may also help younger kids over the long-term, researchers say.
- Although public perception is that marijuana is safe, a new study challenges its effect on the heart.
- In the interplay between nature and nurture, the influence of genetics on childhood body mass index grows by 50 percent from age 4 to 10.
- A new cochlear implant injects DNA into the inner ear to stimulate neuron growth integral to full hearing.