A new study by Penn Medicine researchers published Oct. 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that busy intensive care units (ICUs) discharge patients more quickly than they otherwise would and do so without adversely ...
Sep 30, 2013
Hundreds of anesthesiologists urged the state of Missouri on Monday not to use propofol in an upcoming execution, saying the fallout could jeopardize the availability of the anesthetic relied on by thousands of U.S. hospitals ...
Sep 30, 2013
Babies considered "early-term," born at 37 or 38 weeks after a mother's last menstrual period, may look as healthy as full-term babies born at 39-41 weeks, but a new study published by University at Buffalo physicians in ...
Sep 30, 2013
Short-term hearing loss during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after basic auditory sensitivity has returned to normal. The processing of sound in the brain is shaped by early experience. New research ...
Sep 30, 2013
Most of the primary care malpractice claims filed in Massachusetts are related to alleged misdiagnoses, according to study in JAMA Internal Medicine by Gordon D. Schiff, M.D., of the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and ...
Sep 30, 2013
The oral hormone therapy conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs), which is used by women to relieve menopause symptoms, appears to be associated with increased risk for venous thrombosis (VT, blood clots) and possibly myocardial ...
Sep 30, 2013
