Archive: 28/03/2017
New process designed to streamline faster care for EMS triage, transport of stroke patients
A new process, developed by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association, will help streamline the initial emergency care of stroke patients.
Mar 28, 2017
New report lays plan to eliminate 90,000 hepatitis B and C deaths by 2030
Hepatitis B and C kill more than 20,000 people every year in the United States. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a strategy to eliminate these diseases as serious public ...
Mar 28, 2017
Protein identified as potential druggable target for pancreatic cancer
A protein known as arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) may be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic cancer, and one of the most deadliest with a less ...
Mar 28, 2017
Tomographic imaging advances considered good yet can lead to overdiagnosis in PE patients
Although advances in tomographic imaging have improved the sensitivity of ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scans for pulmonary embolism (PE), they may lead to overdiagnosis by revealing small and clinically insignificant PEs, ...
Mar 28, 2017