Archive: 25/03/2014
Excess weight at one year postpartum increases moms' risk for diabetes, heart problems
'Watch out for weight gain within a year of giving birth to prevent new risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.' That advice for women comes from a study published today in the journal Diabetes Care.
Mar 25, 2014
Electronic medication alerts designed with provider in mind reduce prescribing errors
Changing how medication alerts are presented in electronic medical records resulted in safer prescribing, increased efficiency and reduced workload for health care providers who placed drug orders in a study published online ...
Mar 25, 2014
Canadian traveller tests negative for Ebola (Update)
A traveller who returned to Canada from Liberia with symptoms that initially triggered fears of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus was pronounced clear of the disease Tuesday.
Mar 25, 2014
Group sues NYC, seeks to overturn e-cigarette ban (Update)
A smokers' advocacy group says it has sued New York City seeking to overturn the city's ban on electronic cigarettes.
Mar 25, 2014
Doxorubicin alone or with ifosfamide for treating soft tissue sarcoma?
An EORTC study published in The Lancet Oncology does not support administration of intensified doxorubicin and ifosfamide for palliation of advanced soft tissue sarcoma, unless the objective is to shrink the tumor.
Mar 25, 2014
Replacing insulin through stem cell-derived pancreatic cells under the skin
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists have shown that by encapsulating immature pancreatic cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC), and implanting them under ...
Mar 25, 2014