Archive: 04/06/2014
Post-op kidney risk reduced in 'off-pump' patients
(Medical Xpress)—Among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, those who were not put on a heart-lung machine (off-pump) had a reduced risk of postoperative kidney injury compared to patients who ...
Jun 4, 2014
BMJ urged to widen its approach to transparency
(Medical Xpress)—A group of University of Otago health policy researchers, based in Dunedin and Christchurch, has called on the leading medical journal BMJ to be much more even handed in scrutinising the transparency of ...
Jun 4, 2014
UAE coronavirus death toll rises to 10 (Update)
The MERS coronavirus has killed 10 people and infected 68 in the United Arab Emirates since March 2013, the health minister said in comments published in the media on Wednesday.
Jun 4, 2014
3Qs: Researcher studies how human listeners process speech in order to recognize spoken words
Joanne Miller, Matthews Distinguished University Professor and chair of Northeastern's Department of Psychology, was recently recognized for her pioneering research on human language processing in the field of speech perception. ...
Jun 4, 2014
Mitochondrial replacement technique safe finds new report
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has found that mitochondrial techniques developed at Newcastle University are safe.
Jun 4, 2014