Archive: 22/09/2016
Researchers update understanding of damaging liver disease
An article published today in the New England Journal of Medicine updates the medical community on a potentially devastating liver disease that afflicts approximately 29,000 Americans. Primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC, ...
Sep 22, 2016
ACS NSQIP now offers a pediatric surgical risk calculator
For many of the most common pediatric operations performed in the U.S., the new American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) Pediatric Surgical Risk Calculator provides an individualized ...
Sep 22, 2016
Cesarean section carries increased risk for postpartum venous thromboembolism
Women are four times more likely to suffer a VTE after a cesarean-section compared to a vaginal birth, according to a new study in Chest.
Sep 22, 2016
Researchers take a new step towards non-antibiotic bladder infection therapies
A cross-border team of scientists has gained fresh insight into the development of bladder infections, also known as cystitis. These findings are the result of a close collaboration between Belgian researchers from VIB-Vrije ...
Sep 22, 2016
Arkansas court rejects challenge to medical marijuana plan
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt to block votes from being counted on an effort to legalize medical marijuana in the state, but two other challenges to the November ballot measures remain pending ...
Sep 22, 2016