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Study finds most common, costly reasons for mental health hospitalizations for kids

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Categories Brain & Behavior

Legionnaires’ outbreak tied to hospital decorative fountain

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Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Life & Non-humans, Uncategorized

Patient isolation associated with hospital delirium

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A new study finds that patients who are moved into isolation during a hospital stay are nearly twice as likely to develop delirium, a potentially dangerous change in mental status that often affects hospital patients. Pat…

Categories Health, Uncategorized

Whole fresh blood for transfusions may have a longer shelf life than now assumed

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In a finding that may potentially improve survival from war injuries and disasters, laboratory researchers report that refrigerated whole blood may have a shelf life well beyond the current standard of 24 to 48 hours.
“We have found that whole blo…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Study links long-term use of osteoporosis drugs to unusual fractures

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TORONTO, Ont., Feb, 23, 2011 — Women who take commonly prescribed drugs for osteoporosis known as bisphosphonates for five years or more may be at higher risk of certain kinds of fractures of their thigh bone, a new study has found.
However, th…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Higher levels of social activity decrease the risk of developing disability in old age

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CHICAGO — Afraid of becoming disabled in old age, not being able to dress yourself or walk up and down the stairs? Staying physically active before symptoms set in could help. But so could going out to eat, playing bingo and taking overnight trip…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Scientists discover cell of origin for childhood muscle cancer

Oregon Health & Science University

PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital have defined the cell of origin for a kind of cancer called sarcoma. In a study published today as the Featured Article in the journal Cancer Cell,…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Early signs of heart disease in preadolescent children with type 1 diabetes

U.S. National Institutes of Health

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Patients with type 1diabetes have a 200 percent to 400 percent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes. Medical College of Wisc…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

New study identifies potential vaccine to prevent gastritis, ulcer disease, gastric cancer

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When delivered intranasally, vaccine was found to be more effective
Funding will support future clinical trials to test effectiveness in humans
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new study led by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital in collaboration with th…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Researchers unlock the potential for exploring kidney regeneration

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Boston, MA – It is estimated that up to 10 percent of the U.S. population may have some form of renal disease, with 450,000 patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring hemodialysis. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachuset…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Surgery for obstructive sleep apnea reduces daytime drowsiness

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DETROIT — Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who undergo surgery to improve their breathing get a better night’s sleep and therefore are less drowsy during the day, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
The study…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Growth-factor-containing nanoparticles accelerate healing of chronic wounds

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have developed a novel system for delivery of growth factors to chronic wounds such as pressure sores and diabetic foot ulcers. In their work published in the Jan. 18 Proceedings of the National Ac…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Physics & Mathematics
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