Archive: 04/04/2016
Mechanical ventilation as aggravating factor in lung failure
Mechanical ventilation can contribute to lung damage by inducing rapid changes in oxygen levels. Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna are now conducting studies for the first time into the significance of these ...
Apr 4, 2016
Evacetrapib fails to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events
Despite lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL), known as "bad" cholesterol, while markedly increasing levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good" cholesterol, a large clinical trial to investigate the cholesterol ...
Apr 4, 2016
New push to keep seniors in home, community-based programs
The federal government is pushing states to keep more low-income seniors out of nursing homes and, instead, enroll them in home and community-based programs.
Apr 4, 2016
Philippines launches world's first mass dengue vaccination
The Philippines on Monday launched the first public immunization program for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren the world's first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that the World ...
Apr 4, 2016
Bypass boosts survival in heart failure, 10-year study says
Heart failure patients with clogged arteries have a better chance of surviving 10 years if they get bypass surgery plus medicine rather than just drugs alone, according to an international study.
Apr 4, 2016