Half of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and psychosis receive prescriptions for anti-psychotic (AP) agents,…
Month: July 2011
Positron emission tomography may help identify the presence of Alzheimer’s disease lesions in the brain
The use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may help identify findings in brain tissue…
Neighborhood fast food availability related to an individual’s fast food consumption
Living near fast-food restaurants appears related to an individual’s consumption of these foods whereas living…
Microsoft Warns End Is Really Coming for XP (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – When we last left the venerable Windows XP operating system, it was being…
Not all U.S. hospitals are following guidelines for percutaneous revascularization procedures for some patients with an occluded artery following a heart attack
Guideline recommendations for the appropriate use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients who have…
Study investigates association between intake of sodium and potassium and deaths among U.S. adults
A high sodium intake, especially when combined with a low potassium intake, is associated with…
No substantial link between swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, experts confirm
Adjuvanted vaccines used during the 2009 swine flu pandemic did not increase the risk of…
Advice to drink eight glasses of water a day ‘nonsense,’ argues doctor
The recommendation to drink six to eight glasses of water a day to prevent dehydration…
Accentuating the positive may eliminate the negative in teenagers with anxiety
Researchers say intervening early during teen years may help to prevent adult problems later
Philadelphia newspapers plan to sell subsidized Android tablets (Appolicious)
Appolicious – In the ongoing struggle to grow newspaper readership in the digital age, there…