Archive: 24/10/2016

ASA: study describes non-operating room anesthesia care

(HealthDay)—Patient and case characteristics differ for non-operating room anesthesia (NORA) and operating room (OR) anesthesia, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Many teens light up to lose weight, study suggests

(HealthDay)—Many American teens may smoke to control or lose weight, a new study suggests.

Oct 24, 2016

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Boosting levels of known antioxidant may help resist age-related decline

Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a specific detoxification compound, glutathione, helps resist the toxic stresses of everyday life - but its levels decline with age and this sets the stage for a wide ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Look-alike smart snacks: Are they benefiting student nutrition or brand marketing?

When Smart Snacks sold in schools-reformulated versions of less nutritious snacks sold in stores—are packaged to look like their commercial counterparts, consumer confusion is likely, compromising dietary health gains and ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Fetal surgery successfully removes life-threatening tumor connected to heart

For the first time, fetal medicine experts have performed prenatal heart surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor, called intrapericardial teratoma. The patient, who underwent the operation at 24 weeks of gestation while ...

Oct 24, 2016

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New subtypes of lung cancer can lead to personalized therapies with better outcome

Personalized therapies can potentially improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer, but how to best design such an approach is not always clear. A team of scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and the University ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Poles protest plan to ban abortion of unviable fetuses

Polish women gathered Monday in cities across the country to protest a proposal to ban abortions in cases where fetuses are badly damaged or even have no chance of survival after birth.

Oct 24, 2016

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Patients report symptom improvement following prolotherapy for knee osteoarthritis

Prolotherapy, an injection-based complementary treatment for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, was associated with improved knee-specific symptoms, quality of life, and ability to participate in daily activities among the ...

Oct 24, 2016

Canada Health Act needs bite: CMAJ urges federal government to strengthen Act and punish violations

A new health accord between federal and provincial governments must uphold the universality, equity and quality of our current system, rather than introduce two-tiered health care, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...

Oct 24, 2016

A new mode of communication between donor and host photoreceptors in retinal dystrophy

UK eye researchers with funding from Fight for Sight have discovered a new means of communication between transplanted donor photoreceptors developed from stem cells and the degenerating photoreceptors of the host retina. ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Archive: 24/10/2016

ASA: study describes non-operating room anesthesia care

Many teens light up to lose weight, study suggests

Boosting levels of known antioxidant may help resist age-related decline

Look-alike smart snacks: Are they benefiting student nutrition or brand marketing?

Fetal surgery successfully removes life-threatening tumor connected to heart

New subtypes of lung cancer can lead to personalized therapies with better outcome

Poles protest plan to ban abortion of unviable fetuses

Patients report symptom improvement following prolotherapy for knee osteoarthritis

Canada Health Act needs bite: CMAJ urges federal government to strengthen Act and punish violations

A new mode of communication between donor and host photoreceptors in retinal dystrophy

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