Archive: 25/03/2015
New model for predicting cardiovascular disease risk worldwide
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model—developed by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Imperial College London, and colleagues—will be of ...
Mar 25, 2015
Indiana to declare public health emergency over HIV outbreak
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is preparing to declare a public health emergency in a county that's at the epicenter of an HIV outbreak tied to intravenous drug use.
Mar 25, 2015
New pox discovered in Eastern Europe, but not deadly
Health officials have discovered a new germ in Eastern Europe that is related to the dreaded smallpox and monkeypox viruses but so far seems far less threatening.
Mar 25, 2015
AGA guidelines boldly suggest high value care for incidental CT findings
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released new guidelines on the management of asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts found incidentally during computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging ...
Mar 25, 2015