Archive: 23/02/2016
Specialist treatment delivery at university hospitals
Universitätsmedizin Berlin compares the true cost of treating patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease with costs recoverable under the current German DRG-based system. The treatment of these conditions, which include ...
Feb 23, 2016
Critical care resuscitation unit speeds up transfer of critically ill patients
A team of surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has developed a program that utilizes its Shock Trauma Center (STC) model to direct critically ill non-trauma patients to the appropriate treatment location ...
Feb 23, 2016
Childhood leukemia patients from high-poverty areas more likely to suffer early relapse
Among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric cancer, those who live in high-poverty areas are substantially more likely to suffer early relapse than other patients, despite having received ...
Feb 23, 2016
Vaginal delivery doubles the risk of stress incontinence compared to cesarean section
Stress and urgency incontinence are the two most frequent and the most bothersome urinary symptoms among women. It has been estimated that about twelve percent of women report significant bother from stress incontinence and ...
Feb 23, 2016
It's great to have siblings, but they're also hard work
What do children think about their new families? A research project conducted by the Danish School of Education at Aarhus University focuses on what happens to sibling relationships when mum and dad get divorced and find ...
Feb 23, 2016