Surgery
Rice University device would help fix fractured bones
Threading a needle is hard, but at least you can see it. Think about how challenging it must be to thread a screw through a rod inside a bone in someone's leg.
Apr 22, 2019
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Health
England World Cup wins and losses linked to 30 percent rise in domestic violence
Domestic violence rates rose by an average of 30 percent each time England won or lost their games during the 2010 World Cup, but draws had little impact on the statistics.
Oct 11, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Facing measles outbreaks, New York bans religious vaccination exemptions
Confronted with both serious measles outbreaks and a growing anti-vaccine movement, New York lawmakers voted Thursday to ban religious exemptions that would allow parents to circumvent school-mandated vaccination.
Jun 14, 2019
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Reopen recreation spaces after COVID-19 for the good of the public, not the individual
As we struggle through various phases of COVID-19 restrictions, we are all looking towards what will be a long and tentative process of reopening. Yet the lessons from our first reopening strategies last spring make it clear ...
Jan 6, 2021
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Cardiology
Ablation effectiveness quotient predicts clinical success
(HealthDay)—For patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) who undergo AF ablation (AFA), a high ablation effectiveness quotient (AEQ) correlates with freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmia (AT), according to a study ...
Jan 21, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Charges thrown out against US right-to-die leader
(AP)—A judge dismissed charges against the former leader of a U.S. right-to-die group accused in the death of a Minnesota woman, ruling that the state law against advising suicide is unconstitutionally overbroad.
Mar 23, 2013
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Vaccination
Vaccine mandates for NZ's health and education workers are now in force, but has the law got the balance right?
For workers in the health and disability and education sectors, midnight last night was the deadline to receive at least their first vaccine dose under a government mandate that now extends to about 40% of New Zealand's workforce.
Nov 16, 2021
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Health
Assisted-living facilities limit older adults' rights to sexual freedom, study finds
Older adults in assisted-living facilities experience limits to their rights to sexual freedom because of a lack of policies regarding the issue and the actions of staff and administrators at these facilities, according to ...
Aug 8, 2016
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Investigation sheds doubt on a 'shaken-baby' murder conviction
(Medical Xpress)—Based on developments in science and interviews with numerous medical experts, an in-depth investigation by Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project raises significant questions about the murder ...
Dec 14, 2012
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Health
Obama health law birth control plan returns to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge from faith-based groups that object to an Obama administration effort to ensure their employees and students can get cost-free birth control.
Mar 23, 2016
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