Archive: 26/11/2014
Study reveals significantly increased risk of stillbirth in males
A large-scale study led by the University of Exeter has found that boys are more likely to be stillborn than girls. Published in the journal BMC Medicine, the study reviewed more than 30 million births globally, and found ...
Nov 26, 2014
Leading medical experts call for an end to UK postcode lottery for liver disease treatment and detection
Leading medical experts today [Thursday 27 November] warn that rising numbers of deaths from liver disease - already the UK's third commonest cause of premature death - will be unavoidable without radical improvements in ...
Nov 26, 2014
Teens with a history of TBI are nearly four times more likely to have used crystal meth
Ontario students between Grades 9 and 12 who said they had a traumatic brain injury in their lifetime, also reported drug use rates two to four times higher than peers with no history of TBI, according to research published ...
Nov 26, 2014
Haiti cholera outbreak kills 132 in 2014
Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed 132 people and may have infected nearly 15,000 others so far this year, a UN agency report said Wednesday.
Nov 26, 2014