Archive: 07/05/2015
New care approach to colorectal operations speeds patients' recovery times
Patients undergoing colorectal operations who participated in an enhanced recovery program left the hospital sooner and had significantly lower hospital costs than patients who had the traditional approach to their care, ...
May 7, 2015
FRAX fracture risk assessment tool output can now be modified by TBS
FRAX, launched by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases in 2008, calculates 10-year probability of osteoporotic fracture based on scientifically validated clinical risk factors including bone mineral density ...
May 7, 2015
Nuclear medicine scan could identify who might benefit from aromatase inhibitor treatment
A new, noninvasive nuclear medicine test can be used to determine whether aromatase inhibitor treatment will be effective for specific cancer patients, according to a recent study reported in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. ...
May 7, 2015
UN struggles to stem new rise in Haiti cholera cases
A deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti that experts say was introduced by UN peacekeepers from Nepal is on the rise, with hundreds of new cases registered weekly, a UN official said Thursday.
May 7, 2015