Archive: 02/10/2017
Warnings on anesthesia before age 3—plastic surgeons get update on evidence
The evidence behind the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recent drug safety warning regarding prolonged anesthesia in infants and young children is discussed in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ...
Oct 2, 2017
Few South Africans receiving adequate diabetes care: study
The large number of South Africans with unmet diabetes care highlights the challenges the country faces with rising levels of chronic non-communicable diseases, says a new study led by a Boston University School of Public ...
Oct 2, 2017
Firearm-related injuries account for $2.8 billion on emergency room and inpatient charges each year
A new Johns Hopkins study of more than 704,000 people who arrived alive at a United States emergency room for treatment of a firearm-related injury between 2006 and 2014 finds decreasing incidence of such injury in some age ...
Oct 2, 2017
Millions of suburban residents in US lack health insurance
Nearly 40% of the uninsured population in America lives in the suburbs and nearly one in seven suburban residents lacks health insurance.
Oct 2, 2017