Archive: 29/09/2014
Obesity risk rises if antibiotics given before age two
Kids who get treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics before age two face a higher risk of childhood obesity, said a US study on Monday.
Sep 29, 2014
Scientists shed light on cause of spastic paraplegia
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a gene mutation linked to hereditary spastic paraplegia, a disabling neurological disorder, interferes with the normal breakdown of triglyceride fat ...
Sep 29, 2014
A safer approach for diagnostic medical imaging
Medical imaging is at the forefront of diagnostics today, with imaging techniques like MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computerized tomography), scanning, and NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) increasing steeply over ...
Sep 29, 2014
Decision to reintroduce aprotinin in cardiac surgery may put patients at risk
Cardiac surgery patients may be at risk because of the decision by Health Canada and the European Medicines Agency to reintroduce the use of aprotinin after its withdrawal from the worldwide market in 2007, assert the authors ...
Sep 29, 2014
Trial shows trastuzumab should remain as standard of care for HER2-positive breast cancer
Analysis of more than 8,000 women who participated in the world's largest study of two treatments for HER2-positive breast cancer reinforces other findings from the clinical trial showing that trastuzumab (Herceptin) should ...
Sep 29, 2014