Archive: 22/10/2018

New approach to neonatal sepsis in developing nations could save thousands of lives

Sepsis is a major cause of preventable death among newborn children in tropical countries. Now the antibiotic ceftriaxone, which has been available only as an injectable, can be administered through rectal delivery. This ...

Oct 22, 2018

Poor access to trauma center linked to higher death rates in more than half of US states

States with poor access to a comprehensive trauma center have more deaths occurring before injured patients' arrival at a hospital, compared with states that have better access. Furthermore, this frequency of prehospital ...

Oct 22, 2018

Mouse study supports stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy

Neural stem cells can repair damaged parts of the brain and restore motor impairments in mice that display features of cerebral palsy, according to new research published in eNeuro. These results demonstrate the feasibility ...

Oct 22, 2018

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Nose breathing enhances memory consolidation

Breathing through the nose may improve the transfer of experience to long-term memory, finds a study of human adults published in JNeurosci. The findings add to growing evidence for the influence of respiration on human perception ...

Oct 22, 2018

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Study gives new insight into how our brain perceives places

Nearly 30 years ago, scientists demonstrated that visually recognizing an object, such as a cup, and performing a visually guided action, such as picking the cup up, involved distinct neural processes, located in different ...

Oct 22, 2018

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How we remember what we read

The results of two human experiments published in eNeuro reveal patterns of brain activity associated with successful memory of a just-read text. The research provides new insight into the memory processes involved in natural ...

Oct 22, 2018

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Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies

Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world's largest medical device companies, Medtronic, has died. He was 94.

Oct 22, 2018

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Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients

While popular beliefs and population data suggest that African-American men are at higher risk of dying from prostate cancer than Caucasian men, a new analysis of genetic data from a large prospective registry and clinical ...

Oct 22, 2018

Immunotherapy improves survival in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer

Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab improves survival in patients with head and neck cancer that has recurred or metastasised, according to late-breaking results from the KEYNOTE-048 study reported at the ESMO 2018 Congress ...

Oct 22, 2018

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High-dose, high-precision radiation therapy safe, effective for solitary kidney cancer patients with only one kidney

Treatment of renal cell carcinoma with stereotactic radiation therapy is as safe and effective for patients with one kidney as it is for those who have two, according to an analysis of the largest-ever, international dataset ...

Oct 22, 2018

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Archive: 22/10/2018

New approach to neonatal sepsis in developing nations could save thousands of lives

Poor access to trauma center linked to higher death rates in more than half of US states

Mouse study supports stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy

Nose breathing enhances memory consolidation

Study gives new insight into how our brain perceives places

How we remember what we read

Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies

Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients

Immunotherapy improves survival in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer

High-dose, high-precision radiation therapy safe, effective for solitary kidney cancer patients with only one kidney

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