A researcher from Florida Atlantic University has come up with a unique way to monitor sickle cell disease—a serious blood disorder—using a smart phone. With a $166,935 grant from the National Science Foundation, E. (Sarah) ...
Sep 22, 2015
Most people will experience at least one diagnostic error—an inaccurate or delayed diagnosis—in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National ...
Sep 22, 2015
Researchers have discovered a new cell type that appears to drive life-threatening food allergies and may help explain why some people get severe allergic reactions and others do not.
Sep 22, 2015
Although do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders after in-hospital cardiac arrest were generally aligned with patients' likelihood of favorable neurological survival, almost two-thirds of patients with the worst prognosis did not ...
Sep 22, 2015
Long term follow up indicates that men with comorbidity, predominately a prior heart attack, who received androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) died earlier, due to a fatal heart attack.
Sep 22, 2015
A simple, low-cost automated program of semi-personalized mobile phone text messages supporting lifestyle change led to improvement in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, blood pressure, body mass index, and ...
Sep 22, 2015
