Most people can’t tell their toes apart without looking. Some healthy people can ‘lose’ a…
Month: September 2015
Bugs in space: How microbes are surviving on astronauts
Bugs are winning out, and that’s a good thing according to NASA’s Human Research Program….
Energy use feedback key to unlocking savings, if used wisely
Using feedback that incorporates goals or incentives and leverages new media and technology appears to…
Androgen deprivation therapy associated with increased risk for fatal heart attack
Long term follow up of a randomized clinical trial that compared ADT and radiation therapy…
Researchers find novel signature in brains of children with cerebral malaria
Cells associated with inflammation and blood clotting accumulate in the brain blood vessels of children…
DNR orders often do not align with poor prognosis
Although do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders after in-hospital cardiac arrest were generally aligned with patients’ likelihood of…
Outcomes of ICU admission for older, low-risk patients with pneumonia
Among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with pneumonia, intensive care unit (ICU) admission of patients which appeared…
Lifestyle focused text messaging results in improvement in cardiovascular risk factors
A simple, low-cost automated program of semi-personalized mobile phone text messages supporting lifestyle change led…
Combination drug treatment reduces agitation for patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease
In a preliminary 10-week randomized trial, patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease who received the combination…
Diagnostics breakthrough brings viral sequencing to doctors’ toolkit
A breakthrough genetic testing method promises to give clinicians a powerful new tool to detect…