Boston, MA - Caregivers who participated in a program where attendees discuss medical cases that were complex for psychosocial and emotional reasons were more likely to be attentive to the psychosocial and emotional aspects of patient care.
Jul 7, 2010
TORONTO, July 7, 2010 − A York University study has shown for the first time how the drug misoprostol, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental defects associated with autism, interferes with neuronal cell function.
Jul 7, 2010
Doctors have called for an urgent review of transfusion policies after a UK-wide study of over 200 hospitals found that patients admitted with acute upper…
Jul 7, 2010
The most popular method of breast cancer detection today is X-ray mammography, which takes images of a compressed breast by low-dose ionizing radiation.
Jul 7, 2010
Philadelphia, PA, July 7, 2010 -- Approximately 10% of low back pain (LBP) sufferers experience persistent pain and significant disability.
Jul 6, 2010
Who belongs in America? Immigration has sparked a raging national debate about that question -- including in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas, the first U.S.
Jul 6, 2010
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Rutgers researchers have discovered the basis for what makes corn kernels hard, a quality that allows corn to be easily harvested, stored and transported.
Jul 6, 2010
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Clusters of heated, magnetic nanoparticles targeted to cell membranes can remotely control ion channels, neurons and even animal behavior, according to a paper published by University at Buffalo physicists in Nature Nanotechnology.
Jul 6, 2010
MELBOURNE, FLA. -- Improving the quality of local water increases the resistance of coral reefs to global climate change, according to a study published in June in Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Jul 6, 2010
PHILADELPHIA -- A novel therapy designed to attack tumors in patients with a genetic mutation in either BRCA1 or BRCA2, slowed tumor growth in 85 percent of…
Jul 5, 2010
Adolescent victims and perpetrators of electronic bullying appear more likely to report having psychiatric and physical symptoms and problems, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Jul 5, 2010
In 2009, and in absolute terms, about 19.9% (608 TWh) of Europe's total electricity consumption (3042 TWh) came from renewable energy sources.
Jul 5, 2010
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Modern marsupials may be popular animals at the zoo and in children's books, but new findings by University at Buffalo biologists reveal that…
Jul 2, 2010
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet recommends a new routine for protection against infection when percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), a tube for feeding directly through the abdominal wall, is surgically inserted in the stomach.
Jul 2, 2010
