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Most babies with uncomplicated febrile seizures can avoid spinal tap
Jan 06, 2009 |
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When babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where their workup frequently includes a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to rule out bacterial ...
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Researchers design re-engineered hospital discharge program to reduce rehospitalization
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have designed a process to minimize discharge failures. The Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) program reduces hospital utilization within ...
Researchers find gram-negative rods in two Philippine neonatal intensive care units
May 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the city of Manila, Philippines. ...
BUSM researcher solves mystery of 9-month-old
Jan 21, 2009 |
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A researcher from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has determined that a 9-month old infant who was admitted to a local Boston hospital with seizures and a bulging soft spot was actually suffering from rickets ...
New iPhone app 'Outbreaks Near Me' locates H1N1, infectious diseases
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine ...
Second face transplant in US performed
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Surgeons in Boston have performed the second-ever partial face transplant in the United States, replacing some 80 percent of a disfigured man's face.
Stem cell protein offers a new cancer target
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A protein abundant in embryonic stem cells is now shown to be important in cancer, and offers a possible new target for drug development, report researchers from the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital Boston.
New study finds hospital practices strongly impact breastfeeding rates
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Hospital practices, such as supplementing newborns with formula or water or giving them pacifiers, significantly reduce the chances that mothers who intend to exclusively breastfeed will achieve that intention, according ...
Foster care may boost brain activity of institutionalized children
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Children raised in institutions are more likely to lag physically, socially, and cognitively, but little is known about what happens to children's brains when they live in institutions. Now a new study finds that placing ...
Swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.
Potent metastasis inhibitor identified
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have isolated a potent inhibitor of tumor metastasis made by tumor cells, one that could potentially be harnessed as a cancer treatment. Their findings were published in the online ...
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