Tuberculosis increases the risk of lung cancer mortality in the elderly
Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong.
May 21, 2012
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Nighttime intensivist staffing and mortality in the ICU
Nighttime intensivist physician staffing in intensive care units (ICUs) with a low-intensity daytime staffing model is associated with reduced mortality, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
May 21, 2012
Study debunks idea that foreign health aid rife with waste
(Medical Xpress) -- When a 2010 study concluded that about half the money given to international governments for providing health-care services isn’t used as intended, skeptics who argued that foreign aid is largely ...
May 21, 2012
Building a drug delivery platform to regenerate heart tissue
(Medical Xpress) -- While current heart-attack treatments mainly try to preserve healthy heart tissue, scientists have been finding compounds that can stimulate growth of new tissue – either by getting heart muscle ...
May 21, 2012
