Archive: 01/10/2014
To improve oral health of adults with developmental disabilities, support caregivers
Despite a policy focus on expanding access to care for adults with developmental disabilities, this vulnerable population continues to have significant dental disease. In this month's issue of The Journal of the American ...
Oct 1, 2014
Effect of topical antibiotics on antibiotic resistance, patient outcomes in ICUs
A comparison of prophylactic antibiotic regimens applied to an area in the mouth and throat and digestive tract were associated with low levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and no differences in patient survival and intensive ...
Oct 1, 2014
Keeping your eyes on the prize can help with exercise, study finds
New research suggests the adage that encourages people to keep their "eyes on the prize" may be on target when it comes to exercise. When walking, staying focused on a specific target ahead can make the distance to it appear ...
Oct 1, 2014
Cause of donor death should not automatically exclude lungs from transplant consideration
Patients receiving lungs from donors whose cause of death was asphyxiation or drowning have similar outcomes and long-term survival as patients receiving lungs from traditional donors, according to a study in the October2014 ...
Oct 1, 2014
Exposure to dim light at night may make breast cancers resistant to chemotherapy
For rats bearing human breast tumors, exposure to dim light at night made the tumors resistant to the standard breast cancer chemotherapy doxorubicin, but giving the rats a melatonin supplement during the dim-light exposure ...
Oct 1, 2014