Archive: 29/07/2014
New anesthesia technique helps show cause of obstruction in sleep apnea
A simplified anesthesia procedure may enable more widespread use of preoperative testing to demonstrate the cause of airway obstruction in patients with severe sleep apnea, suggests a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Jul 29, 2014
New research describes trends in substance use among high school athletes
Newly published research from Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse (Routledge) reports on the current trends of substance use by high school student athletes and notes an increase in the use of prescription pain ...
Jul 29, 2014
It takes more than practice to excel, psychologist reports
Case Western Reserve University's new assistant professor of psychology Brooke N. Macnamara, PhD, and colleagues have overturned a 20-year-old theory that people who excel in their fields are those who practiced the most.
Jul 29, 2014
Collaborative study of uninsured smokers finds benefit from pairing nicotine patches with quitline support
Uninsured smokers who used nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) patches in combination with NRT lozenges nearly doubled their quit rates when using the support of a quitline, according to a study published online ahead of print ...
Jul 29, 2014