Archive: 27/03/2017

Brain activity can be used to predict reading success up to two years in advance

By measuring brainwaves, it is possible to predict what a child's reading level will be years in advance, according to research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Mar 27, 2017

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Is MRI the 'mammography' of prostate cancer screening?

(HealthDay)—MRI screening might greatly reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer in older men, a preliminary study suggests.

Mar 27, 2017

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Genetic hyperglycemia raises risk of coronary artery disease

(HealthDay)—Genetic predisposition to hyperglycemia raises the odds of coronary artery disease (CAD), independent of type 2 diabetes and other CAD risk factors, according to research published online March 15 in Diabetes ...

Mar 27, 2017

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Paid medical malpractice claims decrease

Using data from the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), a centralized database of paid malpractice claims that was created by Congress in 1986, physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital analyzed the trends in paid medical ...

Mar 27, 2017

Health problems may increase as young people infected with HIV at birth get older

A new study has found that U.S. youth infected with HIV around the time of their birth are at higher risk throughout their adolescence and young adulthood for experiencing serious health problems, poor control of the HIV ...

Mar 27, 2017