Neuroscience

Overall rate of traumatic spinal cord injury remains stable in US

Between 1993 and 2012, the incidence rate of acute traumatic spinal cord injury remained relatively stable in the U.S., although there was an increase among older adults, mostly associated with an increase in falls, according ...

Oncology & Cancer

No link found between PTSD and cancer risk

In the largest study to date that examines Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a risk factor for cancer, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have shown no evidence of an association.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

DPP-4 inhibitors not tied to pneumonia hospitalizations

(HealthDay)—The use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors is not associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia, according to a study published in the April issue of Diabetes, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nurse-physician collaboration tied to lower infection rates

(HealthDay)—Collaborative relationships between nurses and physicians decrease rates of common health care-associated infections in intensive care units, according to a study published in the April issue of Critical Care ...

Oncology & Cancer

CDC releases estimates of cancer incidence, survival for 2011

(HealthDay)—Estimates of cancer incidence for 2011 in the United States show that about two-thirds of those with cancer survive five or more years after diagnosis, according to a report published in the March 13 issue of ...

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