Archive: 16/04/2013
Patients with surgical complications provide greater hospital profit-margins
Privately insured surgical patients who had a complication provided hospitals with a 330% higher profit margin than those without a complication, according to new research from Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health system ...
Apr 16, 2013
Parents can help their children avoid alcohol pitfalls during transition from high school to college
Prior research has shown that the transition from high school to college is a particularly vulnerable time, associated with increased alcohol use and risk of negative alcohol-related consequences. While studies have examined ...
Apr 16, 2013
Negative fathering plus barroom drinking are a dangerous mix, lead to aggression
Alcohol-related aggression is estimated to be involved in half of all assaults globally. In addition, alcohol-related aggression is most likely to occur among young males and usually at a bar or other licensed venue. While ...
Apr 16, 2013
Aerobic exercise may protect cognitive abilities of heavy drinkers, study finds
Aerobic exercise may help prevent and perhaps even reverse some of the brain damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study.
Apr 16, 2013
New study finds digoxin safe despite recent reports
A study published today in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal ...
Apr 16, 2013
Energy efficiency could increase infection risks in hospital wards
The chance of infection in some hospital wards varies dramatically according to whether the nurses leave the windows open.
Apr 16, 2013
Survived cancer? Now look out for cardiovascular risks
Many people survive their cancers, but end up dying of cardiovascular disease (CVD). New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds that CVD risk factors may be overlooked during survivorship care.
Apr 16, 2013
Spread of breast cancer linked to kisspeptins which normally inhibit metastasis
KISS 1 is a metastasis-suppressor gene which helps to prevent the spread of cancers, including melanoma, pancreatic and ovarian cancers to name a few. But new research from Western University's Schulich School of Medicine ...
Apr 16, 2013