Archive: 06/10/2014
US doctor cleared of Ebola virus
US health officials said that a doctor who returned to a hospital after being treated for the Ebola virus last month did not in fact have a new case of the infectious disease.
Oct 6, 2014
Study finds that care lags for people who have a stroke in hospital
At the first sign of a stroke, time is of the essence. For every minute of delay in treatment, people typically lose almost two million brain cells. Yet a new study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress reveals that those ...
Oct 6, 2014
A vicious cycle in osteoarthritis: Sleep disturbance-pain-depression-disability
New research confirms that sleep disturbances are linked to pain and depression, but not disability, among patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Study results published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American ...
Oct 6, 2014
Sexting leads to increased sexual behavior among teens
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston say that sexting may be the new "normal" part of adolescent sexual development and is not strictly limited to at-risk teens. The findings, published in the ...
Oct 6, 2014
Innovative stroke patient management system cuts hospital bed usage by more than 25 percent
An innovative patient management system at the acute stroke unit of Kelowna (BC) General Hospital has reduced the number of stroke patient bed days by more than 25 per cent, according to a study of the system presented at ...
Oct 6, 2014