Archive: 23/06/2014
Intervention appears to help teen drivers get more, better practice
A web-based program for teen drivers appears to improve driving performance and quality supervised practice time before teens are licensed.
Jun 23, 2014
Examining lifetime intellectual enrichment and cognitive decline in older patients
Higher scores that gauged education (years of school completed) and occupation (based on attributes, complexities of a job), as well as higher levels of mid/late-life cognitive activity (e.g., reading books, participating ...
Jun 23, 2014
Quitting smokeless tobacco after heart attack may extend life expectancy
People who stop using smokeless tobacco after a heart attack may extend their life expectancy similar to people who stop smoking, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Jun 23, 2014
Women sometimes benefit more from cardiac resynchronization therapy than men
Cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator implantation (CRT-D) sometimes helps women with heart failure more than men, although women are less likely to receive CRT-D than men.
Jun 23, 2014
Bone loss persists two years after weight loss surgery
A new study shows that for at least two years after bariatric surgery, patients continue to lose bone, even after their weight stabilizes. The results—in patients undergoing gastric bypass, the most common type of weight ...
Jun 23, 2014