Archive: 25/07/2019
Pain and gain: Skin nerves anticipate and fight infection, research finds
Pinch yourself. If you feel pain, it's thanks to specialized nerve endings in the skin. And, in a surprising discovery, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine demonstrated that pain-sensing nerves ...
Jul 25, 2019
US emergency medical services must do more to combat underrepresentation of women and minorities
Women and minority groups are underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the US and workforce diversity is not likely undergo big changes anytime soon, according to a new ten-year study of almost 700,000 newly ...
Jul 25, 2019
Researchers suggest empathy be a factor in medical school admissions
High empathy scores could become part of the criteria for getting into medical school, according to research published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
Jul 25, 2019
Children with medical emergencies during airline flights have limited aid
Children afflicted with medical emergencies during commercial airline trips tend to have common ailments such as vomiting, fever or allergic reactions—events that should be easily treated, according to a study led by Duke ...
Jul 25, 2019