'Low risk' bird flu outbreak at Dutch farm: official
Dutch authorities have identified an outbreak of avian flu in chickens at a farm in the centre of the country that is likely a "low risk" strain, officials said Thursday.
Mar 12, 2015
Archive: 12/03/2015
Health law hasn't cut insurers' rate of overhead spending
Despite claims by the Obama administration that the Affordable Care Act will reduce health insurance companies' spending on overhead, thereby channeling a greater share of consumers' premium dollars into actual patient care, ...
Mar 12, 2015
Reaching '80 percent by 2018' would prevent more than 20,000 colorectal cancer deaths per year
Increasing colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% by 2018 would prevent an additional 21,000 colorectal cancer deaths per year by 2030, according to a new study. The study is the first to estimate the public health benefits ...
Mar 12, 2015
Study bolsters 'turbocharged' protein as a promising tool in hemophilia gene therapy
Using gene therapy to produce a mutant human protein with unusually high blood-clotting power, scientists have successfully treated dogs with the bleeding disorder hemophilia, without triggering an unwanted immune response. ...
Mar 12, 2015
'Mind reading' thanks to metaphors
Observe whether two people use metaphors in conversation with each other if you want to guess how close they are as friends. Or sharpen your ability to tune into other people's emotional or mental states by observing the ...
Mar 12, 2015
Liver-sparing operation associated with higher survival rates in cancer patients
A surgical approach in which a surgeon removes less than a lobe of the liver in a patient undergoing an operation for liver cancer is associated with lower mortality and complication rates, according to new study results ...
Mar 12, 2015
Low breast density in mammography worsens breast cancer prognosis
Very low mammographic breast density worsens the prognosis of breast cancer, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. Disease free survivals as well as overall life expectancies were significantly ...
Mar 12, 2015
