Health
Spanish government passes 1st hurdle to legalize euthanasia
Spain's parliament has endorsed an effort by the new Socialist-led government to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide.
Feb 11, 2020
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Neuroscience
Seeing blue after the little blue pill: Visual disturbances in Viagra users
Sildenafil is commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction and is generally regarded as safe with limited side effects. However, a recent study in Frontiers in Neurology has highlighted the risk of persistent visual side-effects, ...
Feb 7, 2020
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Health
Direct supervision by attendings doesn't reduce medical errors
(HealthDay)—Direct supervision in which attending physicians join work rounds does not reduce the rate of medical errors, according to a study published online June 4 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Jun 5, 2018
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Cardiology
A wearable device intervention to increase exercise in peripheral artery disease
A home-based exercise program, consisting of wearable devices and telephone coaching, did not improve walking ability for patients with peripheral artery disease, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Apr 24, 2018
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Health
Know the signs of concussion
(HealthDay)—Concussions have been in the news a lot because of health problems experienced by football players, but you don't have to be a professional athlete to suffer this injury.
Aug 2, 2017
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Addiction
France to open first safe-injection room for drug addicts
France will open its first safe-injection room for drug addicts despite years of efforts by conservatives to block the plan.
Oct 11, 2016
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Cardiology
Common antacid linked to accelerated vascular aging
Chronic use of some drugs for heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) speeds up the aging of blood vessels, according to a published paper in Circulation Research (early online), an American Heart Association journal. ...
May 10, 2016
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Autism spectrum disorders
One-third of autistic children likely to wander, disappear
A review of data on 1,420 children ages 6 to 17 with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) found that more than one-third had wandered away from a safe environment within the past 12 months, according to findings from two studies ...
Apr 30, 2016
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Autism spectrum disorders
Children on autism spectrum more likely to wander, disappear
A new study by researchers at Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York (CCMC) suggests that more than one-quarter million school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other developmental disorders wander ...
Feb 4, 2016
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Other
More doctors fail to land residency positions after school
Doctors wanting to practice medicine in the U.S. cannot start treating patients on their own immediately after medical school. They typically must go through a residency program that provides additional training under the ...
Dec 12, 2015
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