Archive: 27/05/2016
Study finds consumer knowledge gap on genetically modified food
While consumers are aware of genetically modified crops and food, their knowledge level is limited and often at odds with the facts, according to a newly published study by a University of Florida researcher.
May 27, 2016
Meta-analysis shows ketamine effective against persistent post-surgical pain
A new meta-analysis showing the effectiveness of ketamine for dealing with persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP) is to be presented at Euroanaesthesia 2016 (London, May 27-30 ). Ketamine, a cheap and safe drug, may have the ...
May 27, 2016
People with disabilities unite to create buzz on political fronts
There's a buzz penetrating the political scene this election year and it's coming from the world's largest minority group: people with disabilities.
May 27, 2016
The dying child: Room for improvement in end-of-life care
Many pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists believe that their clinical care extends from treating ill children through end-of-life care. However, are pediatricians actually meeting the needs of families and their dying ...
May 27, 2016
Palliative, hospice care lacking among dying cancer patients, Stanford researcher finds
Medical societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, recommend that patients with advanced cancer receive palliative care soon after diagnosis and receive hospice care for at least the last three days of ...
May 27, 2016
Teenagers and young adults still fare worse than children for many common cancers, according to Europe-wide study
More young people of all ages are surviving cancer than ever before, but new research published today in The Lancet Oncology journal shows that adolescents and young adults have a lower chance of surviving eight relatively ...
May 27, 2016
Moving beyond race-based drugs
Prescribing certain medications on the basis of a patient's race has long come under fire from those uneasy with using race as a surrogate for biology when treating disease.
May 27, 2016
Fighting diseases affecting the world's most vulnerable population
The University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) join forces with close to twenty researchers from partner institutions in Mo¬zambique, Nepal and Peru, as well as with the Graduate Institute and the ...
May 27, 2016