A new targeted therapy drug against EGFR-mutation driven lung tumors that have become resistant to…
Month: April 2015
Low health literacy linked to heart failure deaths after hospitalization
Acute heart failure patients are more likely to die within two years of hospitalization if…
Calling 911 in rural areas leads to faster heart attack care
Fifty-two percent of patients in rural areas with severe heart attacks drove themselves to the…
Friends, social networks valued by heart failure patients and health care providers
Most patients consult family first in assessing their heart failure symptoms. Meanwhile, healthcare providers say…
Left ventricular assist devices may lead to declines in health, cognitive thinking in some heart failure patients
Left ventricular assist devices are life-prolonging devices for patients with advanced heart failure but they…
Silica dust in small-scale gold mining linked to silicosis, TB epidemic
Silica dust hazards in large gold mines have been well documented, but the situation is…
Challenging work tasks may have an upside for the brain
Professionals whose jobs require more speaking, developing strategies, conflict resolution and managerial tasks may experience…
WordPress Vulnerability Puts Millions of Sites at Risk; Trend Micro Solutions Available
Millions of sites running the popular WordPress blogging platform are at risk from recently discovered…
WordPress Vulnerability Puts Millions of Sites at Risk; Trend Micro Solutions Available
Millions of sites running the popular WordPress blogging platform are at risk from recently discovered…
Uncovering new functions of a gene implicated in cancer growth opens new therapeutic possibilities
For the first time, researchers have shown that a gene previously implicated in blood vessel…