Archive: 08/06/2017

Drop in admission for aspiration pneumonia from 2002 to 2012

(HealthDay)—From 2002 to 2012 there was a decrease in the incidence of admission for aspiration pneumonia, according to research published in the June 1 issue of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Jun 8, 2017

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Doctors discuss role of weight-loss surgery in obesity

(HealthDay)—The role of weight-loss surgery (WLS) for obesity is addressed in a Grand Rounds Discussion published in the June 6 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Jun 8, 2017

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Researchers identify how class of drugs blocks Hepatitis C virus replication

Globally, an estimated 71 million people are living with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Over decades of infection, chronic HCV infection results in progressive damage to the liver and an increased risk for end stage liver ...

Jun 8, 2017

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Snake venom might provide a safer antiplatelet drug

Researchers have designed a safer antiplatelet drug based on a snake venom, according to new research in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association journal.

Jun 8, 2017

How to protect yourself against vision loss, a growing problem

Ask Americans to name the ailment they fear most, and blindness ranks at the top, along with Alzheimer's and cancer, according to a recent survey by the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University. And yet each year, ...

Jun 8, 2017