Puerto Rico declares chikungunya epidemic (Update)
Health officials in Puerto Rico on Thursday declared an epidemic of the mosquito-borne virus known as chikungunya.
Jul 17, 2014
Archive: 17/07/2014
Transplant patients who receive livers from living donors more likely to survive
Research derived from early national experience of liver transplantation has shown that deceased donor liver transplants offered recipients better survival rates than living donor liver transplants, making them the preferred ...
Jul 17, 2014
Orthopedic surgery generally safe for patients age 80 and older
Over the past decade, a greater number of patients, age 80 and older, are having elective orthopaedic surgery. A new study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that these surgeries are generally ...
Jul 17, 2014
What are the risks of post-traumatic stress disorder after an accident?
Many patients continue to suffer from symptoms (headaches, pain) several months after an accident, which can pose a real handicap to their lives. The team of Emmanuel Lagarde, research director at Inserm's Research Centre ...
Jul 17, 2014
Team discovers genetic dysfunction connected to hydrocephalus
The mysterious condition once known as "water on the brain" became just a bit less murky this week thanks to a global research group led in part by a Case Western Reserve researcher. Professor Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD, ...
Jul 17, 2014
Scientists identify gene that plays a surprising role in combating aging
It is something of an eternal question: Can we slow or even reverse the aging process? Even though genetic manipulations can, in fact, alter some cellular dynamics, little is known about the mechanisms of the aging process ...
Jul 17, 2014
A new view of the world
New research out of Queen's University has shed light on how exercise and relaxation activities like yoga can positively impact people with social anxiety disorders.
Jul 17, 2014
