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What we know and don’t know about fungal meningitis outbreak
In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned [...]
Watch Supersonic Skydive Live: Felix Baumgartner Set to Jump Sunday
Watch right here as Felix Baumgartner attempts to break the sound barrier—65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager did the same in a plane.
Improving Confidence Keeps Breast Cancer Survivors Exercising
More than 40 percent of older breast cancer survivors are insufficiently active after leaving a supervised program. But new research shows that those women who developed behavioral skills such as...
What's putting girls off A level physics? | Athene Donald
The argument that girls "just don't like physics" won't wash as an explanation for the miserable A level statistics in a recent reportSome shocking figures were released this week in an Institute of...
A cure for ovarian cancer
Researchers are trying to design a better treatment for ovarian cancer, the silent killer that is diagnosed in approximately 200,000 women around the world every year.
New study points to benefits from hormone replacement therapy
A decade after a study that raised concerns about the treatment, new findings show that some women who take hormones have improved cholesterol and metabolic function with fewer depressive symptoms....
Study evaluates frequency of pediatric pain assessments
A multi-site study showed a wide range of pain intensity scores in hospitalized infants and a significant number of them were found to have moderate to severe pain during their...
NYU Langone Medical Center Hosts AAP Visiting Lectureship Program
NYU Langone Medical Center is pleased to announce the 2012 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Visiting Lectureship Program on October 3, 2012. The program will begin with opening remarks by...
Who Was TV's First Anchorman? Professor's Research Finds It Wasn't Walter Cronkite
No kidding: The history of the first anchorman may have more to do with Will Ferrell than people might think, according to new research by a journalism historian at Indiana...
U.S. Department of Defense Awards Penn Researchers Funding to Investigate New Anti-Infection Drug
A team of researchers led by Samir Mehta, MD, chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma & Fracture Service at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received...
Increase in allergies is not from being too clean, just losing touch with 'old friends'
A new scientific report dismantles the myth that the epidemic rise in allergies in recent years has happened because we're living in sterile homes and overdoing hygiene. But far from...
The genetics of HIV-1 resistance
Drug resistance is a major problem when treating infections. This problem is multiplied when the infection, like HIV-1, is chronic. New research has examined the genetic footprint that drug resistance...
Infertility treatments may significantly increase multiple sclerosis activity
Researchers report that women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who undergo assisted reproduction technology infertility treatment are at risk for increased disease activity. Study findings suggest reproductive hormones contribute to regulation...
Chloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria
Malaria-drug monitoring over the past 30 years has shown that malaria parasites develop resistance to medicine, and the first signs of resistance to the newest drugs have just been observed....
Surgeons pilot expandable prosthetic valves for congenital heart disease
Surgeons have successfully implanted a modified version of an expandable prosthetic heart valve in several children with mitral valve disease. Unlike traditional prosthetic valves that have a fixed diameter, the...
Surgeons recreate eggs in vitro to treat infertility
Regenerative-medicine researchers have moved a promising step closer to helping infertile, premenopausal women produce enough eggs to become pregnant. Surgeons have now reported that they were able to stimulate ovarian...
Balancing fertility and child survival in the developing world
Children in smaller families are only slightly more likely to survive childhood in high mortality environments, according to a new study of mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa seeking to...
Doctors speak out about unnecessary care as cost put at $800 billion a year
Leading doctors are calling for action to tackle unnecessary care that is estimated to account for up to $800 billion in the United States every year.
New firework causes severe eye injuries, warn doctors
A new type of firework caused severe eye injuries and blindness in children and adults at last year's bonfire night celebrations, warn doctors.
Ontario women unclear about mammogram timing, poll suggests
A new poll suggests women in Ontario are unclear about the age at which they should start undergoing regular breast cancer screening.
New cures sought from old drugs
Researchers to re-examine compounds shelved by industry.Nature 490 15 doi: 10.1038/490015a
Post-Surgery PONV Preventative Is Smart Strategy Against Anticipated Medicare Cuts
Among the latest discoveries in preventive care is a FDA-cleared antiemetic (non-drug) disposable acupressure wrist strip under the brand name Pressure Right(r). This product empowers surgery patients to respond...
Buyers may not understand risks in coastal purchases, new study shows
(Phys.org)—Living along a Florida beach sounds like a dream, but it can bring nightmarish worries, including severe weather, erosion and regulations limiting how the land is used.
Gene therapies need new development models
As with other medicines, the approval of gene therapies should hinge on a risk–benefit analysis for the patient, argues Fulvio Mavilio.Nature 490 7 doi: 10.1038/490007a
2nd death from West Nile virus reported in Los Angeles County
Both West Nile virus victims were in their 80s and lived in southeast area of Los Angeles County. Health officials renew warnings about mosquitoes and stagnant water.A second person in...
Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards Honor Five Members of the American College of Surgeons, for Service to the Medically Underserved
ACS named five members as recipients of the 2012 Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards of the College and Pfizer for service to the medically underserved
Implant-based breast reconstruction following radiation has high patient satisfaction rate despite complications
Breast cancer patients who have received radiation therapy after mastectomy have more problems related to the use of implants for breast reconstruction, according to a new review.
Neurosurgery chief disputes language claim
Doctors in the neuroscience department at The Moncton Hospital say they are providing services for patients in both official languages and there is no need for a separate department.