Archive: 03/04/2017
Study finds significant variability in doctors' angioplasty death rates
Some doctors have higher or lower than expected death rates from coronary angioplasty procedures, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, doctors should not be judged solely on the rate of patients ...
Apr 3, 2017
Traumatic brain injuries leave women prone to mental health problems
Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, according to research presented at the Endocrine Society's 99th annual meeting, ENDO 2017, in Orlando, Fla. The results could help ...
Apr 3, 2017
Brain signals after a meal respond to food pictures more in obese than lean kids
Brain signals that should help tell us we are full after eating appear to be dulled in obese children, according to preliminary results of a new study being presented Monday at ENDO 2017, the Endocrine Society's 99th annual ...
Apr 3, 2017
In US military, white kids, officers' kids more likely to use diabetes technology
Even with equal access to healthcare in the United States military, significant disparities in caring for children with type 1 diabetes still exist, new research reports. The results of the study will be presented Monday, ...
Apr 3, 2017
Patients with higher thyroid hormone levels lose more weight after bariatric surgery
Patients who have higher levels of the thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) lose more weight after bariatric surgery, new research from Portugal reports. The study results will be presented in a poster Monday, April 3, at ...
Apr 3, 2017