Archive: 04/02/2015

Study identifies factors predicting infection risk in patients with serious burns

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a set of characteristics - including differences in gene expression - that may indicate which patients recovering from severe burns are at greatest ...

Feb 4, 2015

Internal tissue adhesive approved

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first tissue adhesive for internal use.

Feb 4, 2015

Money tops Americans' list of stressors

(HealthDay)—Money continues to be the leading cause of stress for Americans, a new survey finds.

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Imaging tests may help stem amputations for circulatory disorder

(HealthDay)—Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who face amputation of a foot or leg can have their limb saved by minimally invasive surgery to improve blood flow, a new study suggests.

Feb 4, 2015

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Americans confused about cancer risks

(HealthDay)—Fewer than half of Americans are aware that some major lifestyle factors can affect their cancer risk, a new survey suggests.

Feb 4, 2015

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Scripps offers new treatment for peripheral artery disease

A doctor at Scripps Green Hospital this week became the first in California to use a new drug-coated balloon to treat peripheral artery disease in a patient since regulatory approval of the IN.PACT Admiral device in January ...

Feb 4, 2015

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Disneyland measles outbreak isn't largest in recent memory

The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn't the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio's Amish country, where 383 people fell ill after unvaccinated Amish missionaries ...

Feb 4, 2015

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Supreme Court's new health law case cuts both ways

The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama's health care law, and this time it's not just the White House that should be worried.

Feb 4, 2015

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Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy

Pancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected by a fortress of tissue, making it difficult to deliver drugs to either shrink the tumor or stop its growth. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at ...

Feb 4, 2015

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Engineers create smartphone accessory for rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases—HIV and syphilis—at point of care

A team of researchers, led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has developed a low-cost smartphone accessory that can perform a point-of-care test that simultaneously detects ...

Feb 4, 2015

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