Although many specialized hospitals deliver better and faster services in cardiac care and other specialties, a paper being presented at the annual meeting of…
Oct 7, 2009
Newport Beach, Calif. -- October 5, 2009 -- A special report published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that…
Oct 7, 2009
Philadelphia, PA, 7 October 2009 - Ever since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educations (ACGME) and its Resident Review Committees instituted…
Oct 7, 2009
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, October 7, 2009 -- H2 Blocker drugs, such as Famotidine, Cimetidine and Ranitidine, approved in the U.S.
Oct 7, 2009
Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths.
Oct 6, 2009
New, less invasive surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women are just as effective as traditional open surgical approaches, according to Cochrane Researchers.
Oct 6, 2009
A comparison of national agencies that play a role in determining drug coverage decisions in Britain, Canada and Australia finds that uncertainty regarding…
Oct 6, 2009
San Diego, CA -- While operating room fires can occur in a variety of clinical settings, it is the use of lasers and electrosurgical devices that are most likely to cause them.
Oct 6, 2009
Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below…
Oct 6, 2009
Washington, D.C. - The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) supports the recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that…
Oct 6, 2009
Scientists have a long and unsuccessful history of attempting to convert hydrogen to a metal by squeezing it under incredibly high and steady pressures.
Oct 6, 2009
HOUSTON -- Cancer patients who receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for the treatment of metastatic brain tumors…
Oct 6, 2009
Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are widely used for applications that include inventory management, package tracking, toll collection, passport identification and airport luggage security.
Oct 6, 2009
I've been endlessly scoring digit-symbol coding protocols (fun...), a subtest of the WAIS-IV, for the past few weeks at my new neuropsych externship so the following article seems particularly relevant.
Oct 5, 2009
