Archive: 12/08/2014

Regional anesthesia for pediatric knee surgery reduces pain, speeds recovery

A recent study of an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique, called femoral nerve block, shows that it leads to less opioid use and allows the majority of patients to go home within hours of surgery. As many as 98 ...

Aug 12, 2014

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Identifying epigenetic markers in cancer cells could improve patient treatment

Scientists have known for decades that cancer can be caused by genetic mutations, but more recently they have discovered that chemical modifications of a gene can also contribute to cancer. These alterations, known as epigenetic ...

Aug 12, 2014

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Contrary to popular belief, more exercise is not always better

There is strong epidemiological evidence of the importance of regular physical activity, such as brisk walking and jogging, in the management and rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease and in lowering the risk of death ...

Aug 12, 2014

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Hijacking the brain's blood supply: Tumor discovery could aid treatment

Dangerous brain tumors hijack the brain's existing blood supply throughout their progression, by growing only within narrow potential spaces between and along the brain's thousands of small blood vessels, new research shows ...

Aug 12, 2014

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Transgender relationships undermined by stigma

Researchers who looked at the impact of discrimination, poverty and stigma on the mental health and relationship quality of transgender women and their male romantic partners found that social and economic marginalization ...

Aug 12, 2014

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Fit to a T-cell: Conformal hydrogel coating could lead to immunosuppression-free islets of Langerhans transplantation

(Medical Xpress)—Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease in which viral infection1,2, genetics and environmental factors conspire to impact the immune system's T-cells, which then attack and destroy the pancreatic ...

Aug 12, 2014 feature

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Review: Troponin has prognostic value in CKD without ACS

(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) without suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), troponin levels may have prognostic and diagnostic value, according to two reviews published online Aug. 12 in ...

Aug 12, 2014

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EHR adoption increasing, but stage 2 criteria often not met

(HealthDay)—Most U.S. hospitals and office-based physicians have adopted electronic health records (EHR), according to two studies published in the August issue of Health Affairs.

Aug 12, 2014

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Preemies' thinking skills may catch up by adolescence

(HealthDay)—A new Australian study offers some potentially reassuring news to parents of preemies who are worried about their child's intellectual development: By adolescence, many of these infants appear to catch up to ...

Aug 12, 2014

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Listeria in deli meats kills 12 in Denmark: agency (Update)

A listeria outbreak at a small meat producer outside Copenhagen has killed 12 people in Denmark over the past few months, the country's food safety regulator said on Tuesday.

Aug 12, 2014

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