Belgium moves closer to euthanasia for minors
Belgian lawmakers on Thursday moved closer to legalising the euthanasia of minors, so long as they are judged capable of deciding for themselves.
Jun 20, 2013
Archive: 20/06/2013
Most unscheduled hospital admissions now come through the ER
More than three-quarters (81.8 percent) of unscheduled admissions to the hospital now come through the emergency department, which is a sharp increase from the previous decade when only 64.5 percent of unscheduled admissions ...
Jun 20, 2013
High rates of burnout and depression among anesthesia residents
Residents in anesthesiology training programs have high rates of burnout and depression, reports a survey study in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society ...
Jun 20, 2013
Reports of retained guidewires draw attention to 'never events' in anesthesia
Retention of guidewires used to place central venous catheters (CVCs) is a complication that is considered always preventable—but nevertheless still happens, according to a report in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, ...
Jun 20, 2013
Researchers discover how a mutated protein outwits evolution and fuels leukemia
Scientists have discovered the survival secret to a genetic mutation that stokes leukemia cells, solving an evolutionary riddle and paving the way to a highly targeted therapy for leukemia. In a paper published today in Cell, ...
Jun 20, 2013
International study on fragile newborns challenges current practices
One of the largest clinical trials done in infants with congenital (present at birth) heart diseases, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the increasingly common practice of using the drug clopidogrel ...
Jun 20, 2013
Researchers discover a new gene involved in obesity
The discovery of an unexpected function for a gene that was associated to another process in the organism might be a solution in search of a problem, a clue to unsuspected connections. That is what has happened with RAP1, ...
Jun 20, 2013
Review: Composition of care team critical to improved outcomes for nursing home patients
An interdisciplinary team that actively involves a nursing home patient's own physician plus a pharmacist has substantially better odds of improving the quality of nursing home care, according to a new systemic review of ...
Jun 20, 2013
