Patients, discharged from hospitals on ventilator support and with cognitive impairments, fare poorly four months later.
Dec 3, 2009
Watertown, MA -- Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that combining two chemicals, one of…
Dec 3, 2009
(Dec. 3, 2009) -- The worldwide safety experience of endoscopist-administered propofol sedation now exceeds 600,000 patients.
Dec 2, 2009
SPRINGHOUSE, PA (December 3, 2009): A non-absorbed, oral co-polymer therapy under development by Midway Pharmaceuticals demonstrated the ability to protect…
Dec 2, 2009
A new study by researchers at Queen's University looking at the transitions young people make from secondary school to university, college, apprenticeship and…
Dec 2, 2009
Washington -- The controversy over recent breast cancer screening guidelines offers an opportunity to engage individual patients in an informed discussion of…
Dec 2, 2009
Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year.
Dec 2, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a potentially effective form of intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, but…
Dec 2, 2009
Prostate cancer patients who have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) value of less than or equal to 1.5 at two years after external beam radiation therapy…
Dec 2, 2009
Researchers from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have made an "unexpected" dual discovery that could open new avenues for treating…
Dec 2, 2009
Single-walled nanotubes -- cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter -- have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong fibers, electrical wires in molecular devices, or hydrogen storage components for fuel cells.
Dec 2, 2009
New York, NY, December 2, 2009 -- Commonly prescribed beta 2 adrenergic agonist drugs for the treatment of asthma in pregnant women as well as pre-term labor…
Dec 2, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Even when women at high-risk of breast cancer are well-informed about the risks and benefits of using the drug tamoxifen for prevention, only 6 percent said they were likely to take it.
Dec 2, 2009
(Dec. 2, 2009) -- HOBOKEN, NJ -- According to the National Institute of Health, 40 percent to 45 percent of Americans diagnosed with diabetes already have some stage of diabetic retinopathy.
Dec 1, 2009
