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Resident involvement does not compromise safety of laparoscopic hysterectomy

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 18:35

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Laparoscopic hysterectomy takes longer when residents participate, but is generally as safe as when an attending physician performs the surgery alone, a study showed. A resident...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

CDC: Young teens’ birth rates drop 67%

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 22:50

Despite a 67% drop in the birth rate among teens aged 15-17 years over the past 2 decades, there is still plenty of room for improvement, according to a report issued April 8 by the Centers for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Neither perioperative aspirin nor clonidine prevents MI

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 13:00

Neither perioperative aspirin therapy nor perioperative clonidine prevented death or MI in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery who were at risk for major vascular complications, according to data...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Study links number of live births to future cardiac risk

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 12:00

The number of children a woman has may affect her future risk of cardiovascular disease – and the mechanism may be subclinical atherosclerosis, data from the <link...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Study links number of live births to future cardiac risk

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 12:00

The number of children a woman has may affect her future risk of cardiovascular disease – and the mechanism may be subclinical atherosclerosis, data from the <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Study highlights progress, challenges in nosocomial infections

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 21:40

Onein twenty-five hospitalized patients on any given day has an infection acquired from health care, and as many as one in nine of those will die. At a press briefing, Dr. Michael Bell discussed...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Postmastectomy radiotherapy improves survival with one to three positive nodes

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 13:10

Radiotherapy after mastectomy for women with one to three positive nodes significantly reduces the risk of recurrence and breast cancer mortality, researchers found in a meta-analysis. With...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Postmastectomy radiotherapy improves survival with one to three positive nodes

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 13:10

Radiotherapy after mastectomy for women with one to three positive nodes significantly reduces the risk of recurrence and breast cancer mortality, researchers found in a meta-analysis. With...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Whole-genome sequencing not ready for prime time

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 20:25

Clinicians and the public have held great hope for years that genomic analysis would transform the prevention and treatment of disease, but although costs may be plummeting, challenges persist,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

U.S. tracking of HPV in cervical precancers confirms half due to 16/18

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 19:40

U.S. surveillance data show that half of high-grade cervical lesions are caused by human papillomavirus 16 and 18. Another 25% are attributable to the five additional HPV types 31/33/45/52/58...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

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