Archive: 01/03/2018
Patients with head injuries do better when treated by trauma centers, even if it means bypassing other hospitals
Patients who sustain severe head injuries tend to have better outcomes if they are taken to a designated trauma center, but 44 percent of them are first taken to hospitals without these specialized care capabilities, according ...
Mar 1, 2018
ESL students with special needs fail to get language instruction, study finds
Students learning English as a second language who also have special needs are more likely to fall between the cracks of elementary school education, finds researcher Sara Kangas of Lehigh University in a paper to be recognized ...
Mar 1, 2018
Brazil yellow fever cases on track to surpass last outbreak
Brazil has confirmed 723 cases of yellow fever, putting the current outbreak on track to surpass the previous, unusually large one.
Mar 1, 2018
Voice problems: Updates to treatment and care of patients with hoarseness
The American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Hoarseness (Dysphonia) (Update) today in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The updated guideline provides ...
Mar 1, 2018
Multimodal approach to pain management reduces opioids, prescriptions after joint replacement
A multimodal approach to pain management (using two or more different methods or medications to manage pain) rather than using opioids alone was associated with a decrease in opioid use, opioid prescriptions and common opioid-related ...
Mar 1, 2018