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Use of telemedicine for ICU patients not linked with improvement in survival

Medicine & Health / Other

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of ...


WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues (AP)

WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday.


First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.


Compound Halts Common Type of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer

Research yields new agent for some drug-resistant non-small cell lung cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant ...


Enzyme necessary for development of healthy immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mice without the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) enzyme have defects in their adaptive immune system, producing very low levels of both T and B lymphocytes, the major players involved in immune response, according to a study by ...


Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers used the placebo effect to successfully treat psoriasis patients with one quarter to one half of their usual dose of a widely used steroid medication, according to an early study published online today in the ...


Clinical Trial Examines Drug?s Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Clinical Trial Examines Drug's Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acute optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerve, doesn't occur all that often. But for those who experience it, the vision loss, pain and nerve damage that often result are no small ...


Heart transplant patients appear to have elevated risk for multiple skin cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many heart transplant patients develop multiple skin cancers, with increased risk for some skin cancers among patients with other cancers and with increasing age, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of ...


Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Regenerative medicine therapies often require the growth of functional, stable blood vessels at the site of an injury. Using synthetic polymers called hydrogels, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology ...


Gene therapy makes mice breath easier

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study, which appears on-line in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, descri ...



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