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Curable eye disease still rife among Indigenous Australians

Australia remains the only developed country in the world not to have eliminated trachoma, the leading cause of infectious blindness, despite recent progress in tackling the disease.

Ophthalmology Feb 26, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

An atlas of the human heart is drawn using statistics

Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) have created a high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people. The study demonstrates that an average image of an organ along with its ...

Medical research Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Can being self-aware help you beat the UK's biggest killer?

With heart disease one of the world's very biggest killers, new approaches to prevention and treatment are always welcome. In fact, most heart disease can be prevented by changes in people's behaviour and attitudes. The same ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Out of harm's way: Does injury prevention education in schools really work?

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers is to examine whether learning about injury prevention in school really can help to prevent a distressing trip to the A&E department for children and their parents.

Health Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

For some, surgical site infections are in the genes

(Medical Xpress)—An estimated 300,000 U.S. patients get surgical site infections every year, and while the causes are varied, a new University of Utah study suggests that some who get an infection can blame ...

Surgery Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

New FDA-approved clot removal devices show promise for treating stroke patients

Specialists at Stony Brook Medicine's Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center (CVC) are treating patients with a new generation of blood clot removal devices that show promise in successfully revascularizing stroke ...

Cardiology Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Study shows human brain able to discriminate syllables three months prior to birth

(Medical Xpress)—A team of French researchers has discovered that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between different types of syllables as early as three months prior to full term birth. As ...

Neuroscience Feb 26, 2013 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 7 |

Immune intervention reduces beta-cell death in type 1 diabetes

(HealthDay)—Patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have greater death of pancreatic β-cells compared with patients with long-standing diabetes, which can be reduced by treatment with teplizumab, ...

Diabetes Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Should caffeine be a regulated substance?

Caffeine-related toxicity, deaths, and near-deaths are an undeniable fact. In Sweden, for example, four people died as a result of confirmed caffeine-related causes in one year. Yet caffeine use continues to grow, including ...

Health Feb 26, 2013 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Costs up with failure to thrive planned weekend admissions

(HealthDay)—Scheduled failure to thrive (FTT) admissions on weekends are associated with increased length of stay (LOS) and health care costs compared with admissions of similar complexity on weekdays, ...

Pediatrics Feb 26, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

USPSTF: Vitamin D, calcium supplements don't prevent fx

(HealthDay)—For non-institutionalized postmenopausal women, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against daily supplementation with ≤400 IU of vitamin D3 and ≤1,000 mg of calcium for primary prevention of fractures, and a lack of e ...