Even high-risk patients can benefit from aortic aneurysm repair
Minimally invasive surgery can prevent a fatal rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Mar 16, 2015
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Minimally invasive spinal fusion: Less pain, faster recovery, smaller scar
A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery and return to work.
Mar 16, 2015
Stem cells help researchers peg rabies resistance (Update)
Researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research have developed a new technology to determine sensitivity or resistance to rabies virus.
Mar 16, 2015
Sufficient sleep is important for healthy sexual desire
In a study of 171 women, those who obtained more sleep on a given night experienced greater sexual desire the next day. Reflecting sleep's impact on sexual desire, each additional hour of sleep increased the likelihood of ...
Mar 16, 2015
World Trade Center workers at increased risk of developing autoimmune diseases
A new study has found a strong link between prolonged work at the World Trade Center (WTC) site following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the development of various autoimmune diseases including arthritis ...
Mar 16, 2015
ACP releases High Value Care advice for one of the most common diagnostic tests in US
Physicians should not screen for cardiac disease in adults at low risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) with resting or stress electrocardiography, stress echocardiography, or stress myocardial perfusion imaging, the American ...
Mar 16, 2015
Team finds direct evidence of gadolinium deposition in brain tissues
Mayo Clinic research finds direct evidence of gadolinium deposition in neuronal tissues following intravenous administration of gadolinium-based contrast agents used in MRI exams. The findings were recently published online ...
Mar 16, 2015
UK approves plain cigarette packaging for 2016
Britain will become the first European Union nation to introduce plain packaging on cigarette packets after members of the House of Lords rubber-stamped a new law on Monday.
Mar 16, 2015
