Researchers have taken inspiration from avian locomotion strategies and created a pump that moves fluid…
Month: February 2015
Just knowing isn’t enough: Issuing hospital ‘report cards’ had no impact on surgical outcomes
If you’re an older person having a major operation these days, it is very likely…
Study compares effectiveness of different transfusion strategies for severe trauma
Among patients with severe trauma and major bleeding, those who received a transfusion of a…
Care of patients prior to making a diagnosis rarely assessed by quality measures
An examination of process measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum finds that these measures…
Hospital readmissions after surgery often related to complications from surgery
In a study that included readmission information from nearly 350 hospitals, readmissions the first 30…
The future of holographic video
Holographic video displays, featuring 3-D images, are about to “go large” and become a lot…
Skin based immunity secrets revealed
A new mechanism by which immune cells in the skin function as the body’s ‘border…
Scientists discover organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years
The greatest absence of evolution ever reported has been discovered by an international group of…
Reducing hospital readmission rates will require community-focused efforts
Most of the variation in hospital readmission rates in the United States is related to…
Non-invasive first trimester blood test reliably detects Down’s syndrome
Cell-free fetal DNA testing, which measures the relative amount of free fetal DNA in a…