Archive: 18/11/2014
A global surge in ADHD diagnosis has more to do with marketing than medicine
You can't catch attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet the diagnosis and treatment of this behavioral condition is spreading like a contagion—surging as much as tenfold in some countries.
Nov 18, 2014
Noninvasive test that identifies patients at risk of kidney transplant rejection
Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and doctors at University Hospital of Bellvitge, together with a team of researchers from the University of California, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, ...
Nov 18, 2014
New study finds testosterone replacement therapy does not increase cardiovascular risks
An important new study of men who have undergone testosterone replacement therapy has found that taking supplemental testosterone does not increase their risk of experiencing a major adverse cardiac event, such as a heart ...
Nov 18, 2014
British bird flu outbreak confirmed as H5N8 strain
The strain of bird flu discovered at a duck farm in northern England is H5N8, the same as confirmed in outbreaks in Germany and the Netherlands, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
Nov 18, 2014
Combined strategies help patients with adverse heparin reaction before heart surgery
New evidence suggests that therapeutic plasma exchange and appropriate blood testing could help patients who are in urgent need of heart surgery, but have a history of an adverse reaction to the blood thinner heparin, according ...
Nov 18, 2014