Archive: 29/05/2014
Remember parathyroid hormone as well as vitamin D to assess vitamin's role in diabetes
Combined assessment of parathyroid hormone along with vitamin D may be needed to assess the impact of vitamin D status on sugar metabolism, according to Toronto researchers. Their study is published on-line in Diabetes on ...
May 29, 2014
Dentists' knowledge, confidence tied to care for scleroderma patients
A survey of dentists in Massachusetts suggests that their confidence in treating patients with scleroderma may be related to their familiarity with the autoimmune disease. Dentists who reported feeling knowledgeable about ...
May 29, 2014
Rare skin cancer on palms and soles more likely to come back compared to other melanomas
A rare type of melanoma that disproportionately attacks the palms and soles and under the nails of Asians, African-Americans, and Hispanics, who all generally have darker skins, and is not caused by sun exposure, is almost ...
May 29, 2014
Saudi death toll from MERS virus rises to 186
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says 13 people have died over the last two weeks from the Middle Eastern respiratory virus.
May 29, 2014
New book examines homelessness issues in Canada
Ryan McNeil, a Simon Fraser University postdoctoral researcher, hopes health care providers and policy makers dig deep into a new book he has co-authored to improve health care for Canada's approximately 200,000 homeless ...
May 29, 2014