Archive: 07/08/2017
Brain lays foundation for reason in childhood
Structural connections between frontal and parietal areas in children's brains can predict their ability to reason later in life, reports new research published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Aug 7, 2017
Safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals deliver similar PCI outcomes
Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at safety-net hospitals experienced similar outcomes as patients treated at non-safety-net hospitals, according to research published today in JACC: Cardiovascular ...
Aug 7, 2017
Physician implicit racial bias does not impact their clinical decision making
A doctor's racial preference does not necessarily mean he or she will order more or fewer diagnostic tests or treatments based on race. That is the primary indication of a study to be published in the August 2017 issue of ...
Aug 7, 2017
Automated measure of nighttime oxygen levels could speed diagnosis of sleep apnea
Computer analysis of oxygen levels in the blood during sleep could—by itself—provide an easy, relatively inexpensive and sufficiently reliable way to determine which children who snore habitually could benefit from a ...
Aug 7, 2017