Archive: 07/02/2014
Variability of contact precaution policies in US emergency departments
In a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology on February 7, 2014, Daniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH and Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MS, surveyed a random sample of US emergency departments (EDs) and found substantial ...
Feb 7, 2014
Endocrine Society calls for large-scale studies to evaluate testosterone therapy risks
According to a statement issued today by the Endocrine Society, the risks and benefits of testosterone therapy for older men with declining levels of the hormone need to be fully evaluated.
Feb 7, 2014
Diaphragm pacing in spinal cord injury successful in weaning patients from ventilators
A new study published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery finds that diaphragm pacing (DP) stimulation in spinal cord-injured patients is successful not only in weaning patients from mechanical ventilators but ...
Feb 7, 2014
Study provides surprising new clue to the roots of hunger
While the function of eating is to nourish the body, this is not what actually compels us to seek out food. Instead, it is hunger, with its stomach-growling sensations and gnawing pangs that propels us to the refrigerator ...
Feb 7, 2014
Analysis of calls to IBD clinic predicts emergency visits and hospitalizations, Pitt finds
A comprehensive analysis of patient telephone records at an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinic revealed that 15 percent of patients account for half of all calls to the clinic. Forty-two percent of frequent-caller patients ...
Feb 7, 2014
Study identifies protein to repair damaged brain tissue in MS
Vittorio Gallo, PhD, Director of the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children's National Health System, and other researchers have found a "potentially novel therapeutic target" to reduce the rate of deterioration and ...
Feb 7, 2014
Measuring the quality and quantity of sleep at home
Difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking, poor quality of sleep and a variety of sleep-related breathing problems are very common – they afflict approximately a third of the population.
Feb 7, 2014