Archive: 11/09/2014
Australian hospital patient tests free of Ebola
An Ebola false alarm at Australia's premier beachside tourist city on Thursday triggered cancelled vacation bookings, early hotel checkouts and children missing school, an official said.
Sep 11, 2014
Bully victims more likely to suffer night terrors and nightmares by age 12
Children who are bullied at ages 8-10 are more likely to suffer from sleep walking, night terrors or nightmares by the time they are 12 years old.
Sep 11, 2014
VALUE study reports on accreditation status
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) announced today that researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have published a manuscript in Vascular Medicine analyzing a random national sample ...
Sep 11, 2014
Cutting health-care costs one appendix at a time
Consumer price comparison is almost nonexistent in the U.S. health care system, but a new study shows that when given the choice between a less costly "open" operation or a pricier laparoscopy for their children's appendicitis, ...
Sep 11, 2014
FDA approves weight-loss drug Contrave (Update)
U.S. regulators have greenlighted a new weight-loss drug called Contrave, the third in a string of approvals for prescription medications aimed at the nation's 78 million obese adults.
Sep 11, 2014