Archive: 16/01/2014
Survival rates of kids suffering cardiac arrest improve with new training approach
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford have found a new way to boost the survival of pediatric patients whose hearts stop while they are hospitalized.
Jan 16, 2014
House passes bill requiring health care numbers
The House has approved a bill that would require the Obama administration to report weekly on how many Americans have signed up for health care coverage.
Jan 16, 2014
Research associates pro-inflammatory molecules with early death in HIV patients
A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides new insight into the impact that pro-inflammatory molecules have on early death in HIV patients who abuse alcohol. The findings, published ...
Jan 16, 2014
Fetal exposure to nicotine increases long-term risk of obesity
Many women are encouraged to quit smoking when they become pregnant using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) whether as gum, transdermal patches, nasal spray or lozenges. But new research from Western University in London, ...
Jan 16, 2014
Canada agrees to hear appeal in right-to-die case
Canada's highest court said Thursday it will hear an appeal in a case that could grant terminally ill people the right to assisted suicide.
Jan 16, 2014
Chronic intestinal damage raises hip-fracture rate in celiac disease patients
Celiac disease patients who experience chronic damage in the small intestine may be more likely to break a hip than those whose intestinal tissues have begun healing, according to new research accepted for publication in ...
Jan 16, 2014