Archive: 22/04/2017

Suicide and genetics: a complicated association

Dear Mayo Clinic: Why does it seem that suicide tends to run in families? Does it have anything to do with genetics?

Apr 22, 2017

The USA can learn from these foreign health care systems

The U.S. has lots to learn when it comes to health care coverage.

Apr 22, 2017

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Study finds obesity as top cause of preventable life-years lost

A team of researchers from Cleveland Clinic and New York University School of Medicine have found that obesity resulted in as much as 47 percent more life-years lost than tobacco, and tobacco caused similar life-years lost ...

Apr 22, 2017

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Golf ball pieces from harvest cause hash brown recall

A food company is recalling frozen hash browns from stores in nine states because the potatoes may have pieces of golf balls in them.

Apr 22, 2017

A new worry for smokers' families: 'thirdhand smoke'

Michael Miller does what many smokers do to protect his sons and daughter from cigarette smoke. He takes it outside.

Apr 22, 2017

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After Ebola, Liberians slowly embrace mental health care

Drawn-out deaths. Communities torn apart. Survivor's guilt. Patrick Fallah says his memories of the days when the Ebola virus swept through Liberia are so awful that he sometimes has trouble focusing on the present.

Apr 22, 2017

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Wearable devices increasingly being used to record health data

(HealthDay)—Wearable devices are increasingly being used by patients to record health care data, and the number is expected to grow, according to an article published in Medical Economics.

Apr 22, 2017

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Bilateral submental cryolipolysis safe, efficacious

(HealthDay)—Cryolipolysis is safe and efficacious for reduction of lateral and submental fat, according to a study published online April 20 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.

Apr 22, 2017

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Surgeon volume impacts parathyroidectomy outcomes

(HealthDay)—Patients undergoing parathyroidectomy by high-volume surgeons have a lower rate of vocal cord paralysis compared to patients of low-volume surgeons, according to a study published online April 20 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head ...

Apr 22, 2017

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1-g IV acetaminophen dose may be insufficient in multiple trauma

(HealthDay)—A dosage of 1 g intravenous acetaminophen every six hours yields serum concentrations below 10 µg/mL for critically ill multiple-trauma patients, according to a study published online April 17 in the Journal ...

Apr 22, 2017

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