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Researchers report poor outcomes for CCI patients leaving hospitals on ventilators

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients, discharged from hospitals on ventilator support and with cognitive impairments, fare poorly four months later. Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University report ...


Doulas may indicate failings in patient care, warns doctor

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The presence of doulas (paid birth assistants) during labour may alter the doctor-patient dynamic and can compromise communication and therefore patient care, warns a doctor in the British Medical Journal today.





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39 percent of Britons polled said climate change had not yet been proven to be man-made

Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

created 20 hours ago | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 10

Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.


Researchers restore some function to cells from cystic fibrosis patients

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before ...


Fruit fly neuron can reprogram itself after injury

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Studies with fruit flies have shown that the specialized nerve cells called neurons can rebuild themselves after injury.


New study finds barriers to pain treatment in children with sickle cell disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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A new study by researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, found a substantial variation in hydroxyurea utilization for pain and other sickle cell disease complications in children. Barriers to its use ...


Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. The results will be presented at the annual ...


Most runaway teens return home with help of family ties, study finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Runaways who maintain contact with pro-social peers and have parental support, especially from their mothers, tend to return home.


Lower income women report more insurance-based discrimination during pregnancy, delivery

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of ...


Physicist Jack Harris Is Honored by DARPA as One of Nation's 'Rising Stars'

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jack Harris, an associate professor of physics, has received one of this year's Young Faculty Awards (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He is one of 33 "rising stars" across ...


Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.


Popular diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of heart failure and death

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sulphonylureas, a type of drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, carries a greater risk of heart failure and death compared with metformin, another popular antidiabetes drug.



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