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Surgeons, health care settings influence type of breast cancer surgery women undergo
Breast cancer is one of the few major illnesses for which physicians may not recommend a specific treatment option. North American women are more likely to opt for precautionary breast...
Consuming high-protein breakfasts helps women maintain glucose control, study finds
Previous research has shown that extreme increases in glucose and insulin in the blood can lead to poor glucose control and increase an individual's risk of developing diabetes over time....
Pancreatic tumor-induced gene may prove beneficial as a drug marker
A new mouse model helps scientists better understand the progression of pancreatic cancer and may provide new avenues for the development of therapies, researchers report. Cancer of the pancreas, with...
Lessons from NASA helps manage threats, errors in pediatric cardiac surgery
Investigators propose that NASA's "threat and error model" -- derived from analyzing >30,000 commercial flights and which explains >90% of crashes -- is directly applicable to pediatric cardiac surgery. Using...
Small Mite Is World's Fastest Land Animal, Size-For-Size
Step aside, cheetah Cheetahs are still the world's fastest absolute land animals. But relative to their body size, a small Southern Californian mite has them beat. Joachim Huber via Wikimedia Commons A small...
Patients report high satisfaction with pain treatment when involved
Patient satisfaction with pain treatment after surgery has been evaluated by researchers. The study, based on an extensive multi-national dataset, shows that patients actively involved in their treatment report higher...
Collagen for the knee: Gel-like implant invented
Millions of people suffer cartilage damage to the knee every year. Cartilage injuries are not only painful; they can lead to osteoarthritis decades later. In the course of the disease,...
Teens who use alcohol, marijuana together are at higher risk for unsafe driving
Teenagers who drink alcohol and smoke marijuana may be at increased risk for unsafe driving, according to a study. The findings point to a need for education on the risks...
Geographic, gender disparities among stroke patients identified in USA
A map demonstrating geographic hotspots of increased stroke mortality across the United States has been developed by researchers. Clusters of "hot" spots -- counties where the mortality rate from stroke...
Weekly emails to hospital C-suite halt two decades of superbug outbreak
Efforts to reduce and stop the spread of infections caused by a highly resistant organism, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, at a large hospital proved ineffective until they added another weapon –...
Complications from kidney stone treatments are common, costly
Despite their overall low risk, procedures to treat kidney stones lead to complications that require hospitalization or emergency care for one in seven patients, according to researchers. These complications are...
Potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer discovered
A potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer has been identified by researchers. Recently developed drugs have increased patient survival rates by targeting a tumor's blood vessels that supply essential...
Well: A Stroke You Must Have
It’s never too late to learn how to swim, a crucial skill, as more than 70 percent of the drowning victims in the United States each year are adults.
Health Law’s Pay Policy Is Skewed, Panel Finds
A report criticizes federal pay-for-performance policies as being unfair to doctors and hospitals that treat poor people.
Store doping samples for 10 years to stop sports cheats, say anti-doping bodies
Blood and urine samples taken from athletes to spot signs of doping should be stored for 10 years, to enable technology to catch up with substances that currently evade detection,...
Diet can predict cognitive decline, researchers say
Lower dietary consumption of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA) might be risk factors for cognitive decline, researchers say. There is growing evidence that very long chain omega-3 fatty...
Can exercise help reduce methamphetamine use?
Exercise may help reduce methamphetamine use, researchers have concluded after a recent study. The abuse of amphetamine type psychomotor stimulants remains a critical legal and public health problem in the...
Zinc supplementation shows promise in reducing cell stress after blasts
Supplementation with zinc might reduce cell stress after the type of blast injury soldiers experience from IEDs, researchers say. Each year, approximately 2 million traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) occur in...
Risks of testosterone treatment urgently needed, researcher suggests
Physicians do not have sufficient information from clinical trials to understand the risks associated with the prescription of testosterone in older men, according to an expert.
Algarve golf courses' growing thirst
The Algarve has some of the best and most popular golf courses in Europe, but they need a huge amount of water to stay in tip-top shape.
Workplace injuries falling, fatalities holding steady
If today turns out to be an average day for workplace safety in Canada, three workers will die. April 28 is the labour movement's National Day of Mourning for workers...
Saudi body studying regulating YouTube production
A top Saudi official says the kingdom is studying ways to regulate locally-produced YouTube content, including the possibility of requiring government-issued licenses for some users.
Survivors of Ebola face second 'disease': stigma
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- The doctor has beaten the odds and survived Ebola, but he still has one more problem: The stigma of the deadly disease....
News Analysis: For Drugs That Save Lives, a Steep Cost
Cost is the great taboo in U.S. health care. And we pay dearly.
How we all could benefit from synaesthesia
Developing the mysterious condition in the 96% of people who do not have it may help to improve learning skills, aid recovery from brain injury and guard against mental decline...
Exams! Don't panic
Exam season is coming. Nearly 25 years ago, I learned the difference between exam nerves and a panic attack Continue reading...
1st MERS case detected in Egypt
Egypt's state news agency says authorities have detected the first case of a SARS-like virus in the country.
Italian Prosecutor: Stem Cell Group Is a "Criminal Organization"
Report accuses 20 people of defrauding patients and endangering their health