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Effectiveness of Medications for Treating Epileptic Seizures in Children Examined
Apr. 22, 2014 — Although some studies have suggested that the drug lorazepam may be more effective or safer than the drug diazepam in treating a type of epileptic seizures among children, a randomized trial finds ... full story -
Specialized Ambulance Improves Treatment Time for Stroke
Apr. 22, 2014 — Using an ambulance that included a computed tomography scanner, point-of-care laboratory, telemedicine connection and a specialized prehospital stroke team resulted in decreased time to treatment for ... full story -
Patient Preferences for Emergency Treatment of Stroke Examined in New Study
Apr. 22, 2014 — The majority of adults surveyed in new research indicated they would want administration of clot-dissolving medications if incapacitated by a stroke, a finding that supports clinicians' use of ... full story -
Conservative Management of Vascular Abnormality in Brain Associated With Better Outcomes
Apr. 22, 2014 — Patients with arteriovenous malformations (abnormal connection between arteries and veins) in the brain that have not ruptured had a lower risk of stroke or death for up to 12 years if they received ... full story -
Quality Improvement Program Helps Lower Risk of Bleeding, Death Following Stroke
Apr. 22, 2014 — In a study that included more than 71,000 stroke patients, implementation of a quality initiative was associated with improvement in the time to treatment and a lower risk of in-hospital death, ... full story -
New Drugs Offer Hope for Migraine Prevention
Apr. 22, 2014 — Two new studies may offer hope for people with migraines. Both studies involve drugs that are aimed at preventing migraine attacks from occurring, rather than stopping the attacks once they have ... full story -
Risk of Pregnancy Greater With Newer Method of Female Sterilization
Apr. 22, 2014 — The risk of pregnancy among women using a newer method of planned sterilization called hysteroscopic sterilization is more than 10 times greater over a 10-year period than using the more commonly ... full story -
Clinics Not Bogged Down by Red Tape Can Ease Health Cost Burdens
Apr. 22, 2014 — Health clinics that can provide primary care for low-income patients may ease the financial burden on both hospitals and insurance companies while improving patient health, researchers have ... full story -
Bioinformatics Profiling Identifies a New Mammalian Clock Gene
Apr. 22, 2014 — Over 15 mammalian clock proteins have been identified, but researchers surmise there are more. Could big data approaches help find them? To accelerate clock-gene discovery, investigators used a ... full story -
New Patenting Guidelines Needed for Biotechnology, Experts Argue
Apr. 22, 2014 — Biotechnology scientists must be aware of the broad patent landscape and push for new patent and licensing guidelines, according to a new paper. Biotechnological inventions have been patented for ... full story -
Neuroimaging Technique: Live from Inside the Cell in Real-Time
Apr. 22, 2014 — A novel imaging technique provides insights into the role of redox signaling and reactive oxygen species in living neurons, in real time. Scientists have developed a new optical microscopy technique ... full story -
How Cells Take out the Trash
Apr. 22, 2014 — As people around the world mark Earth Day (April 22) with activities that protect the planet, our cells are busy safeguarding their own environment. To keep themselves neat, tidy and above all ... full story -
For an Immune Cell, Microgravity Mimics Aging
Apr. 22, 2014 — Telling someone to "act your age" is another way of asking him or her to behave better. Age, however, does not always bring improvements. Certain cells of the immune system tend to ... full story -
Applying Math to Biology: Software Identifies Disease-Causing Mutations in Undiagnosed Illnesses
Apr. 22, 2014 — A computational tool has successfully identified diseases with unknown gene mutations in three separate cases. Sequencing the genomes of individuals or small families often produces false predictions ... full story -
Fat Metabolism in Animals Altered to Prevent Most Common Type of Heart Disease
Apr. 22, 2014 — Working with mice and rabbits, scientists have found a way to block abnormal cholesterol production, transport and breakdown, successfully preventing the development of atherosclerosis, the main ... full story -
Management of Elderly Patients With Lung Cancer
Apr. 22, 2014 — An expert opinion on managing treatment for elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer has been recently published. This update includes recommendations for screening, surgery, adjuvant ... full story -
Male Health Linked to Testosterone Exposure in Womb, Study Finds
Apr. 22, 2014 — Men's susceptibility to serious health conditions may be influenced by low exposure to testosterone in the womb, new research suggests. Understanding why some men have less of the hormone than ... full story -
Life Stressors Trigger Neurological Disorders, Researchers Find
Apr. 22, 2014 — When mothers are exposed to trauma, illness, alcohol or other drug abuse, these stressors may activate a single molecular trigger in brain cells that can go awry and activate conditions such as ... full story -
Turoctocog Alfa in Patients With Hemophilia A: Added Benefit Not Proven, Article Finds
Apr. 22, 2014 — As no relevant studies and no valid data are available, the added benefit of turoctocog alfa over other blood-clotting agents is not proven, a publication concludes. Turoctocog alfa (trade name: ... full story -
Researchers Identify a New Variant of Ebola Virus in Guinea
Apr. 22, 2014 — In a new article, researchers have published their initial findings on the characteristics of the Ebola virus discovered in Guinea. Initial virological investigations enabled them to identify Zaire ... full story
- Effectiveness of medications for treating epileptic seizures in children examined
- Specialized ambulance improves treatment time for stroke
- Patient preferences for emergency treatment of stroke examined in new study
- Conservative management of vascular abnormality in brain associated with better outcomes
- Quality improvement program helps lower risk of bleeding, death following stroke
- New drugs offer hope for migraine prevention
- Risk of pregnancy greater with newer method of female sterilization
- Clinics not bogged down by red tape can ease health cost burdens
- Bioinformatics profiling identifies a new mammalian clock gene
- New patenting guidelines needed for biotechnology, experts argue
- Neuroimaging Technique: Live from inside the cell in real-time
- How cells take out the trash
- For an immune cell, microgravity mimics aging
- Applying math to biology: Software identifies disease-causing mutations in undiagnosed illnesses
- Fat metabolism in animals altered to prevent most common type of heart disease
- Management of elderly patients with lung cancer
- Male health linked to testosterone exposure in womb, study finds
- Life stressors trigger neurological disorders, researchers find
- Turoctocog alfa in patients with hemophilia A: Added benefit not proven, article finds
- Researchers identify a new variant of Ebola virus in Guinea
- Stink, stank, stunk: When excessive sweating is a problem
- Commonly available blood-pressure medication prevents epilepsy after severe brain injury
- Two genes linked to inflammatory bowel disease
- Child's autism risk accelerates with mother's age over 30
- Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
- Drug-related morbidity in more than 10 percent of adults, Swedish study finds
- Bariatric surgery health benefits: Is it bile acids at work?
- New way to enhance nerve growth following injury discovered
- First brain images of African infants enable research into cognitive effects of nutrition
- How are we different and what gave us the advantage over extinct types of humans like the Neanderthals?
- 'Blood lab' inside a mobile phone could detect cancer
- Sleep behavior disorder linked to brain disease
- New tool helps doctors better predict, prevent deadly respiratory failure after surgery, multicenter study says
- Sleeping away infection: Researchers find link between sleep, immune function in fruitflies
- First targeted drug for advanced stomach cancer approved
- Increased prevalence of celiac disease in children with irritable bowel syndrome
- False-positive mammograms associated with anxiety, willingness for future screening
- Patient care patterns studied in Medicare accountable care organizations
- Open-heart surgery performed on patient 27 weeks' pregnant
- Reference pricing for proton therapy will help establish clinical benefits
- Narrowing of neck artery without warning may signal memory, thinking decline
- Malfunction in molecular 'proofreader' prevents repair of UV-induced DNA damage
- Plague in your family: Family tree of black death bacterium explored
- Fast, simple-to-use assay reveals 'family tree' of cancer metastases
- 'Dustman' protein helps kill cancer cells
- Safer alternatives to nonsteroidal antinflamatory pain killers
- Gene within a gene contributes to aggressiveness of acute myeloid leukemia
- Death of public figures provides important opportunities for health education
- Physicists push new Parkinson's treatment toward clinical trials
- Information sharing between health systems reduces tests, study shows
- Top 10 functional food trends for 2014
- Want to quit smoking? New study says try 'self-expanding' activities
- Edible flowers may inhibit chronic diseases
- Regulating legal marijuana could be guided by lessons from alcohol, tobacco, study says
- Ginseng can treat, prevent influenza, RSV, researcher finds
- Novel function of protein linked to Alzheimer's disease discovered
- Financial incentives help economically-disadvantaged pregnant smokers quit, improve fetal growth
- A protein required for integrity of induced pluripotent stem cells
- Cardiothoracic surgeon launches research into space
- Proposal: Managing most troubling symptoms of dementia, lessen use of drugs
- Why alcoholism saps muscle strength
- Codeine often prescribed to children, despite available alternatives
- Low tolerance for pain? The reason may be in your genes
- Source of most cases of invasive bladder cancer identified
- Link between Down syndrome, leukemia uncovered
- Study of gut microbes, antibiotics offers clues to improving immunity in premature babies
- Cancer stem cells linked to drug resistance
- 'Chaperone' compounds offer new approach to Alzheimer's treatment
- Treating depression in Parkinson's Disease patients: New research
- Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Researchers present new view of myelin
- Proteins conspire to make breast cancer cells resistant to drug treatment
- Future heat waves pose risk for population of Greater London
- ADHD: Scientists discover brain's anti-distraction system
- Tissue scarring in scleroderma: New clues
- Better way to deal with bad memories suggested
- Innovative strategy to facilitate organ repair
- People think about their health early in the week, according to Google searches
- Mom's diet mirrors child's food allergies
- Chronic inflammation linked to 'high-grade' prostate cancer
- Boomers' dark secret: Booze; What their caregivers don’t know or don't ask could end up hurting aging patients
- Impact of childhood bullying still evident after 40 years
- Is UK shale gas extraction posing a risk to public health?
- Experts call for higher exam pass marks to close performance gap between international, UK medical graduates
- Recalculating costs of combination vaccines
- Multitarget TB drug could treat other diseases, evade resistance
- Target for treating dengue fever discovered
- How the immune system protects children from malaria
- Malaria pathogen's cellular skeleton under super-microscope
- Gene variant raises risk for aortic tear, rupture
- Novel stapled peptide nanoparticle combination prevents RSV infection, study finds
- Tracking flu levels with Wikipedia
- New pain relief targets discovered by researchers
- First genetic link discovered to difficult-to-diagnose breast cancer sub-type
- Deadly human pathogen Cryptococcus fully sequenced
- Proteomics discovers link between muscle damage and cerebral malaria
- Gene variant increases risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat
- Progressive neurodegenerative disorder linked to R-loop formation
- Prenatal risk factors may put children at risk of developing kidney disease
- Building 'smart' cell-based therapies
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