Archive: 10/11/2014
New patent to establish if a person will suffer from burns with laser hair removal treatments
Researchers at the U. of Granada have developed an innovative technique which facilitates the preventive identification of potential damage in the skin of a patient before he or she is submitted to a dermatological treatment ...
Nov 10, 2014
Nurse navigators may aid colon cancer screening follow-up
Group Health patients with a positive screening test for colon cancer (a stool test or sigmoidoscopy) tended to be more likely to get the recommended follow-up test, a diagnostic colonoscopy, if nurse navigators contacted ...
Nov 10, 2014
ACP releases High Value Care advice for communicating about end-of-life care goals
Physician-patient communication about goals of care is a low risk, high value intervention for patients with a life threatening illness, the American College of Physicians (ACP) advises in a paper published in JAMA Internal ...
Nov 10, 2014
Anti-bullying training helps children stand up to cyberbullies
A recent YouGov poll found that two-thirds of teachers had seen pupils trolling and bullying each other on the internet, demonstrating an urgent need to teach children to stay safe online.
Nov 10, 2014