Jamaica adopts smoking ban in public places
People caught lighting up in bars, restaurants and other enclosed public spaces now face hefty penalties in Jamaica.
Jul 15, 2013
Archive: 15/07/2013
Music decreases perceived pain for kids in pediatric ER
Newly published findings by medical researchers at the University of Alberta provide more evidence that music decreases children's perceived sense of pain.
Jul 15, 2013
Researcher works to increase hearing-aid use among adults with hearing impairments
Nearly half of individuals who are prescribed hearing aids do not wear the devices, previous research has shown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has received a fellowship that will help her continue her work to increase ...
Jul 15, 2013
Surgical patients' mortality rates drop at ACS NSQIP hospitals in California
A new study evaluating surgical outcomes at California hospitals enrolled in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) found surgical patients at ACS NSQIP hospitals had ...
Jul 15, 2013
Fear factor: Missing brain enzyme leads to abnormal levels of fear in mice
A little bit of learned fear is a good thing, keeping us from making risky, stupid decisions or falling over and over again into the same trap. But new research from neuroscientists and molecular biologists at USC shows that ...
Jul 15, 2013
Common autism supplement affects endocrine system
Plant-based diets are healthy. Plants are high in flavonoids. So flavonoids are healthy. At least that's the reasoning of many manufacturers of flavonoid-based nutritional supplements. But a University of Colorado Cancer ...
Jul 15, 2013
Chemical compound shows promise as alternative to opioid pain relievers
A drug targeting a protein complex containing two different types of opioid receptors may be an effective alternative to morphine and other opioid pain medications, without any of the side effects or risk of dependence, according ...
Jul 15, 2013
Elevated blood pressure increasing among children, adolescents
The risk of elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents rose 27 percent during a thirteen-year period, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Jul 15, 2013
One-year mortality remains high in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (inflammation and infection involving the heart valves and lining of the heart chambers) remains associated with a high one-year mortality rate and early valve replacement does not appear to ...
Jul 15, 2013
