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Death from childhood stroke

Death from childhood stroke

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...


Uninsured more likely to die after trauma

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans without health insurance appear more likely to die following admission to the hospital for trauma than those with health care coverage, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Surgery.


New figures on cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality but big variations

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New figures on deaths from cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality between the periods 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. Deaths from all cancers in the European Union (EU) between these two periods fell by nine percent ...


Role of Statins in Reducing H1N1 Mortality Rates Studied

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying statins, the class of drugs long associated with lowering cholesterol, as a way to reduce H1N1-related deaths.


Study finds that infections are common in ICUs worldwide

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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An international study that examined the extent of infections in nearly 1,300 intensive care units (ICUs) in 75 countries found that about 50 percent of the patients were considered infected, with infection associated with ...


Improving female reproductive health and empowerment through control of NTDs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according ...


Research highlights need to address hemophilia in developing world

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When modern medicine finds a way to treat a medical condition, people often think that the problem is solved. But we also have to find ways to get that treatment into the hands of those who need it. For example, new research ...


Clearing the way for detecting pulmonary embolism

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to diagnosing pulmonary embolism—a sudden blockage in the lung artery that could be deadly if not treated—which technique is the most effective? Research published in the December issue of The Journal of Nu ...


Popular anti-platelet therapy reduces risk of cardiovascular events in men and women

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study, published in the November 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, adds to a growing body of research seeking to evaluate and understand possible sex differences associated with a ...


South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies (AP)

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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(AP) -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation ...



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