Archive: 19/10/2015
Seizures from solving sudoku puzzles
The JAMA Neurology feature "Images in Neurology" features the case of a 25-year-old right-handed physical education student who was buried by an avalanche during a ski tour and endured 15 minutes of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency).
Oct 19, 2015
Unintended costs of health-care integration
In recent years hospitals have been rapidly acquiring physician practices, a trend that could potentially lower health care spending—for example, through better coordination of inpatient and outpatient care—or increase ...
Oct 19, 2015
First patients dosed with 'gene silencing' drug for Huntington's disease
The first few patients have received doses of an experimental RNA-targeting drug for Huntington's disease, it was announced today.
Oct 19, 2015
The Canadian experience on pediatric liver disease: Early diagnosis is critical
A first of its kind nationwide study on pediatric Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH), a progressive inflammatory liver disease, was released today in the esteemed journal, Pediatrics.
Oct 19, 2015