Vitamin D deficiency is linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and both disorders…
Month: March 2015
Topical TXA in total joint replacement lowers blood transfusion use
Orthopedic surgeons have conducted a cost-benefit analysis of topical tranexamic acid in primary total hip…
Effect of smoking, alcohol on feeding tube duration in head/neck cancer patients
Current smoking and heavy alcohol consumption appear to be risk factors for prolonged use of…
Racial, ethnic differences in picking surgeons, hospitals for breast cancer care
Black and Hispanic women with breast cancer were less likely to pick their surgeon and…
Three million egg-laying hens killed each year: Redundant egg layers can become food
Three million egg-laying hens are destroyed each year. Researchers believe that this practice is inadequately…
Citizen scientists discover new plant species in the Cape Floral Kingdom
Amateur botanists in the Western Cape Province of South Africa have discovered two new species…
‘Nanofiber gusher’ created
Researchers report a method that can produce unprecedented amounts of polymer nanofibers in liquid, which…
World-first cancer drugs could work in larger group of patients
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer…
Click! That’s how modern chemistry bonds nanoparticles to a substrate
Nanoparticles of various types can be quickly and permanently bonded to a solid substrate, if…
Hidden benefits of electric vehicles revealed
Electric vehicles are cool, research shows. Literally. A new study adds more fuel to the…