Ebola death toll climbs to 2,630 out of 5,357 cases: WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected more than 5,000 people in west Africa and killed around half of them, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Sep 18, 2014
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Team explores STXBP5 gene and its role in blood clotting
Two independent groups of researchers led by Sidney (Wally) Whiteheart, PhD, of the University of Kentucky, and Charles Lowenstein, MD, of the University of Rochester, have published important studies exploring the role that ...
Sep 18, 2014
Americans rate losing eyesight as having greatest impact on their lives
Many Americans across racial and ethnic groups describe losing eyesight as potentially having the greatest impact on their day-to-day life, more so than other conditions including: loss of limb, memory, hearing and speech ...
Sep 18, 2014
Decision-support program helps keep seniors out of the emergency room
An Emergency Room Decision-Support (ERDS) program can significantly reduce ER visits and hospital admissions among older adults on Medicare. This could have important economic implications, helping to reduce the nearly 33% ...
Sep 18, 2014
Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood worsens musculoskeletal pain outcomes after trauma
Individuals living in disadvantaged neighborhoods have worse musculoskeletal pain outcomes over time after stressful events such as motor vehicle collision than individuals from higher socioeconomic status neighborhoods, ...
Sep 18, 2014
