Archive: 05/03/2018

Number of paid sick days directly impacts how Americans use preventive care like flu shots

How much is enough? That is what researchers from Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University wanted to find out in the first study to measure the link between an employee's number of paid sick leave days and ...

Mar 5, 2018

Genes for age-linked brain deterioration identified

A group of genes and genetic switches involved in age-related brain deterioration have been identified by scientists at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge and Sapienza University, Rome. The research, published online today ...

Mar 5, 2018

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US healthcare system needs coordinated response to potential pediatric pandemics

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have identified gaps in the United States healthcare system that make it inadequately prepared for the surge in pediatric patients that could result from an infectious ...

Mar 5, 2018

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Weightlifting shows benefits for kidney disease patients

Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease.

Mar 5, 2018

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Birth control pills increase risk of ischemic stroke

Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who do not have other stroke risk factors, according to a Jan. 3, 2018 paper in the journal MedLink Neurology by Loyola Medicine ...

Mar 5, 2018

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Italian law must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest

An Italian law requiring citizens to hold a certificate to use a defibrillator must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest, researchers argued today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018, a European Society of Cardiology ...

Mar 5, 2018