Researchers have identified new genes that likely contribute to asthma, a disease that currently affects…
Month: July 2014
Neighborhoods with healthy food options less likely to have overweight kids
Children with a greater number of healthy food outlets near their homes had a reduced…
Carbon monoxide predicts ‘red and dead’ future of gas guzzler galaxy
Astronomers have studied the carbon monoxide in a galaxy over 12 billion light years from…
Ancient hedgehog and tapir once inhabited British Columbia
A new study describes an ancient hedgehog and tapir that lived in what is now…
Study Examines Survival Following Repair of Failed Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves
In an analysis of about 460 patients with failed bioprosthetic aortic valves who underwent transcatheter…
Removing gall bladder for suspected common duct stone shows benefit
Among patients with possible common duct stones, removal of the gall bladder, compared with endoscopic…
No increased risk of blood clot following HPV vaccination found by study
Although some data has suggested a potential association between receipt of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus…
Antibiotics after gall bladder surgery do not appear to reduce risk of infection
Among patients who underwent gall bladder removal for acute calculous cholecystitis, lack of postoperative antibiotic…
Varenicline combined with nicotine patch improves smoking cessation rates
Combining the smoking cessation medication varenicline with nicotine replacement therapy was more effective than varenicline…
Microsoft Rolls Out Updates for IE, Microsoft Windows in July Patch Tuesday
Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows are some of the affected applications addressed in this month’s…