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First, Do No Harm: Limiting Resident Work Hours Does Not Harm ICU Patients, Researchers Find
Limits on the number of hours that medical residents are allowed to work in a day does not negatively affect outcomes in even the most sensitive patient population: critically ill...
Kennedy Leaves Hospital in Boston
Senator Edward M. Kennedy was greeted by well wishers upon his release after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Potential Remedies To Obesity And Its Health Threats
Researchers unveiled data during this week's Digestive Disease Week outlining improved bariatric surgery options and studies that offer new insight into the related toll on the body created by obesity,...
Early Life Exposure To Cats May Reduce Risk Of Childhood Allergies And Asthma Symptoms
Cat ownership may have a protective effect against the development of asthma symptoms in young children at age five. The study found that children with cats in the home were...
New Blood Test Reveals Risk For Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers have discovered that people with high oxidation levels of the low-density lipoprotein particle that carries cholesterol throughout the blood are much more likely to develop metabolic syndrome -- which...
Some nanotubes as dangerous as asbestos
EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 21 (UPI) -- A Scottish-led study suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes might be as dangerous a health risk as asbestos if inhaled in large...
Teen Blood Donors Have Higher Risk Of Donation-related Complications
Sixteen- and 17-year olds who donate blood are significantly more likely to experience donation-related complications such as fainting and bruising than older blood donors.
Clear Racial Discrepancies Exist Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Black patients are more likely to die in the early stages of chronic kidney disease than whites, a finding that may explain the lower mortality rates observed among blacks with...
Study: Germans suffering PTSD from WWII
LEIPZIG , Germany, May 20 (UPI) -- A study of Germans who lived through World War II has found a high instance of survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress...
Intensive care units' prevention of pneumonia in critically-ill patients generally strong
Mayo Clinic researchers found that the frequency with which critically-ill patients developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is approximately the same at a multidisciplinary medical center such as Mayo Clinic compared to...
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OPINION: No One Cares More About Cattle than Beef Producers
Dan Thomson, veterinarian and Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology in the department of clinical sciences at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and a member of K-State's...
Invasive methods unnecessary for prostate cancer radiation therapy treatment planning
Modern 3-D computed tomography (CT) is an effective method for locating the prostatic apex for radiation therapy treatment planning in prostate cancer patients because it eliminates the need for an...
Sepsis guideline compliance improves, rate of death declines after educational effort
A national educational effort in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals and improved guideline...
New pyramid puts oil, exercise, poultry in their place
The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its Web site, The Nutrition Source (http://www.thenutritionsource.org/).
Wait list insurance a tough sell among medicare supporters
A Calgary-based insurance company is hoping to convince Canadians that timely access to medical care is worth a price. But the insurance coverage is attracting a fair bit of scrutiny...
A new indicator for esophageal varix in alcoholic disease
Variceal hemorrhaging is associated with a high mortality rate. The early detection of esophageal varices is critical for the effective prevention of variceal hemorrhage.
Protein key to neuro-regeneration
Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England, University College London, the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and Cancer Research UK, have for the first...
NIH to tackle most puzzling medical cases
BETHESDA, Md., May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health is starting a clinical research program designed to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions.
What else may probiotics do in adults?
Probiotic bacteria, defined as living microorganisms that have beneficial effects on human health, have mostly been studied in the prevention and treatment of different gastrointestinal diseases and allergies. Probiotic products,...
Pork crackling health alert is issued
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced a public health alert for approximately 1,100 pounds of fully cooked pork crackling products.
Mouse Model Might Help Individuals With The Genetic Disorder Costello Syndrome
Researchers have developed a new mouse model of Costello syndrome (CS) -- an inherited disorder that affects many parts of the body, causing multiple symptoms; for example, effects on the...
Noninvasive Oxygen Therapy Eases Final Hours, Days For Lung Cancer Patients
For patients with end-stage lung cancer, noninvasive ventilation may be more effective at reducing breathing difficulty than standard oxygen therapy, and has the added advantage of reducing patients' reliance on...
New Device For Elderly With Heart Valve Failure
In the hope of reaching a formerly untreatable patient group, clinician-researchers are leading the minimally invasive Phase II EVEREST clinical trial with the aim of treating malfunctioning heart valves in...
Vaccination rates higher among kids from immigrant moms, study finds
More Canadian kids of immigrant mothers are being vaccinated, finds a new study, though the overall rate of vaccinations could be improved among both immigrant and non-immigrant groups.
FDA seeks new hepatitis blood donation rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are seeking to relax blood donation rules for some people who initially tested positive for hepatitis B, which could clear hundred of thousands of...
Elderly malnutrition often overlooked
One in three elderly hospital patients suffer from malnutrition, but very few receive treatment or even have their weight recorded, new research has found.
Internet dating more intensive
New research has found that internet daters reveal a great deal about themselves very quickly, due to the informal and uninhibited nature of the medium.