California moves to defend law allowing life-ending drugs
California's attorney general is asking an appeals court to quickly block a judge's decision to toss a 2016 state law allowing the terminally ill to end their lives.
May 22, 2018
Archive: 22/05/2018
Trial demonstrates effectiveness of minimally invasive emphysema treatment
For patients with severe emphysema, every breath brings equal parts relief and burden. Oxygenated air comes in, but not all the air from the last breath is exhaled. Rather, it becomes trapped in the lungs, caught in large ...
May 22, 2018
Brazil's austerity measures could increase avoidable child deaths, researchers find
Cutbacks to social programmes in Brazil could lead to more avoidable childhood hospitalisations and deaths compared to maintaining current funding.
May 22, 2018
Downward-facing mouse: Stretching reduces tumor growth in mouse model of breast cancer
Many cancer patients seek out gentle, movement-based stretching techniques such as yoga, tai chi and qigong, but does stretching have an effect on cancer? While many animal studies have attempted to quantify the effects of ...
May 22, 2018
Future doctors take to the streets to address problems at the root of poor health
Medical students seldom learn much about the real-life problems (hunger, joblessness, addiction) their patients face outside the clinic walls. Yet, these problems are at the root of poor health in many low-income communities. ...
May 22, 2018
