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Improving cardiac ICU outcomes through specialized 24/7 care
Around-the-clock care from senior physicians helped reduce major complications in cardiac surgery patients as compared to receiving care from resident...
Physicians’ losses can contribute to burnout
Physicians regularly encounter losses: not only the death of patients but also more ambiguous losses, including changes in professional roles,...
Journal of Orthoptera Research joins scholarly publisher Pensoft’s open access portfolio
Credit: Journal of Orthoptera Research and Pensoft The Orthopterists' Society's Journal of Orthoptera Research (JOR) joins the growing portfolio of...
New book provides guide to evidence-based practices in addiction treatment
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (July 10, 2017) - A new book will provide a definitive guide to the findings...
Can patients record doctor’s visits? What does the law say?
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Traffic stops, office conversations, and even doctor's visits--more and more people today are choosing to record...
Lost in translation: To the untrained zebra finch ear, jazzy courtship songs fall flat
Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don't react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that...
A novel practical test for the function of HDL, the carrier of ‘good’ cholesterol
Credit: Kobe University High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is known as "good" cholesterol, because HDL particles removes excess cholesterol from arterial...
CNIO scientists link new cancer treatments to cardiovascular alterations
Credit: PET images of the heart of wild-type mice (left) and mice with reduced levels of Plk1 (right). Plk1 mutant...
Brain responds differently to food rewards in bulimia nervosa
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered differences in how the brain responds to food...
Citizen science brings monarch butterfly parasitoids to light
Annapolis, Md.; July 5, 2017 -- Thanks to citizen volunteers, scientists now know more than ever about the flies that...
Kansas State University researchers help with landmark study of wild wheat ancestor
Credit: Pat Melgares, Kansas State University, K-State Research and Extension MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State University scientists are part of...
More evidence shows natural plant compound may reduce mental effects of aging
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 10, 2017) Salk scientists have found further evidence that a natural compound in strawberries reduces...
Call for the creation of chief primary care medical officer in hospitals
When patients are admitted to the hospital, their connection to their primary care physician is often disrupted, leading to difficult...
NEJM case reports show promise of cancer immunotherapy to treat rare lymphoma
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Three case reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate the promise...
Touchscreen test reveals why some birds are quicker to explore than others
Birds such as parrots and crows have been using touchscreen technology as part of an international research study examining whether...
Updated meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of S-DAPT versus L-DAPT strategies
WASHINGTON -- Researchers have evaluated the long-term efficacy and safety of long duration dual anti-platelet therapy (L-DAPT) compared to short...
Predictive model accurately diagnoses sinusitis
A new series of clinical decision rules integrating signs, symptoms, and C-reactive protein diagnose acute rhinosinusitis and acute bacterial rhinosinusitis...
Why strength depends on more than muscle
Credit: Craig Chandler | University of Nebraska-Lincoln A recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has given new meaning to...
Noninvasive intranasal method shows prevention of neurologic effect from metabolic disease
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 10, 2017--Researchers have successfully used a noninvasive intranasal approach to...
Food scientists find cranberries may aid the gut microbiome
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Many scientists are paying new attention to prebiotics, that is, molecules we eat but...
