Archive: 15/05/2015

New guidelines aim to resolve conflicts in treating critically ill patients

Who should decide what life-prolonging medical treatments the intensive care patient should receive: the clinician or the patient's family?

May 15, 2015

Smoking linked to worse outcomes after urologic cancer surgery and other major surgeries

Patients who smoke, as well as those who once had the habit, are more likely to develop complications during and after major urologic cancer surgery, according to a new study that included researchers at Henry Ford Health ...

May 15, 2015

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Antiviral compound may protect brain from pathogens, West Nile virus study shows

Researchers have found that an antiviral compound may protect the brain from invading pathogens.

May 15, 2015

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Researchers call for interdisciplinary look at sexual violence on campus

National thought leaders convened at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health yesterday for a symposium identifying gaps in understanding the prevention of sexual violence on college campuses, calling for a broad ...

May 15, 2015

Soft-tissue engineering for hard-working cartilage

An international study published in the journal Nature Communications points the way toward wider, more effective use of biocompatible materials in repairing human tissues. Focusing on the difficult case of restoring cartilage, ...

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Activity after ICD implantation may predict survival

Patients who had higher activity levels following ICD implantation had better survival, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The research will be simultaneously presented at the Heart Rhythm ...

May 15, 2015

Age-friendly communities essential to urban elders' well-being

The future of communities around the world will in large part be determined by the efforts to achieve a high quality of life for their older citizens, according to the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR), ...

May 15, 2015

Cancer survivors have evolving information needs

Judging by the nature and topics of their information seeking, cancer patients' information needs appear to differ depending on the type of cancer they have and where they are in their survivorship. Clinicians caring for ...

May 15, 2015