Archive: 22/05/2014

Scientists invent kidney dialysis machine for babies and safely treat newborn with multiple organ failure

Italian scientists have developed a miniaturised kidney dialysis machine capable of treating the smallest babies, and have for the first time used it to safely treat a newborn baby with multiple organ failure. This technology ...

May 22, 2014

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Parents 'need to be convinced' to let children walk to school

Parents need to be convinced about the benefits of their children walking or cycling to school as much as the children themselves, according to research led at the University of Strathclyde.

May 22, 2014

Many mental illnesses reduce life expectancy more than heavy smoking

Serious mental illnesses reduce life expectancy by 10-20 years, an analysis by Oxford University psychiatrists has shown – a loss of years that's equivalent to or worse than that for heavy smoking.

May 22, 2014

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More than fun and games: iPads give autistic children a voice

Jaime Morin, 9, was diagnosed with autism at age 2 and has been nonverbal his whole life. When the therapy he was receiving at school became insufficient, his mother, Lupe Santander, sent him to Big Sky Pediatric Therapy, ...

May 22, 2014

ASCO: No benefit for immediate ADT after PSA-only relapse

(HealthDay)—For men with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-only-based relapse after prostate surgery or radiation therapy, there seems to be little or no survival benefit for immediate initiation of androgen deprivation ...

May 22, 2014

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Scoliosis tied to more back problems regardless of Tx

(HealthDay)—Adults with idiopathic scoliosis have a higher prevalence of back problems, compared to individuals without scoliosis, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of Spine.

May 22, 2014

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Illegal online meds targeted in worldwide crackdown, FDA says

(HealthDay)—Illegal online pharmacies that sell unapproved and potentially dangerous prescription drugs to Americans were targeted this week in a worldwide operation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

May 22, 2014

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Women with diabetes 44 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men

A systematic review and meta-analysis of some 850,000 people published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that women with diabetes are 44% more likely to develop coronary ...

May 22, 2014

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FDA OKs test to improve blood donor-recipient matching

(HealthDay)—The first gene-based test to help determine red blood cell compatibility between a blood donor and a recipient has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

May 22, 2014

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Sharp rise in ER visits tied to abuse of sedative, study finds

(HealthDay)—There's been a steep increase in the number of Americans being treated at emergency departments for abuse of the sedative alprazolam, best known as Xanax, federal officials reported Thursday.

May 22, 2014

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