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Study provides insights into characteristics of sports-related facial fractures in young athletes

Facial fractures are relatively common, and potentially serious, sports-related injuries among children participating in a wide range of sports, according to a study in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

30 May 2013

Californians who jump from provider to provider less likely to get preventive treatment against flu: Study

Too many cooks may spoil a recipe, and too many doctors may give you the flu. That's the takeaway from a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that found that Californians who jump from provider to provider rather than seeing a regular doctor who coordinates their care may be less likely to get the kind of preventive treatment that protects against the flu and flare ups in their chronic conditions.

30 May 2013

Mayo Clinic researchers envision new way to detect early onset of Alzheimer's disease

Blood offers promise as a way to detect Alzheimer's disease at its earliest onset, Mayo Clinic researchers say. They envision a test that would detect distinct metabolic signatures in blood plasma that are synonymous with the disease -- years before patients begin showing cognitive decline.

30 May 2013

In rural Alaska, new rules reshape care often hampered by isolation

Two news outlets examine some of the difficulties in providing care in Alaska.

30 May 2013

New hope for children with multi-system LCH

A new international study finds that prolonged, intense initial treatment in children with multi-system Langerhans cell histiocytosis can achieve survival rates as high as 84 percent-a full 15 percent improvement over the previous clinical trial in this series.

30 May 2013

Scientists find that 'junk DNA' could promote cancer progression

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have found that a genetic rogue element produced by sequences until recently considered 'junk DNA' could promote cancer progression.

30 May 2013

Better treatment for brain haemorrhage patients

An international trial has provided surgeons with a formula which predicts when brain haemorrhage patients need surgery for the best outcome.

30 May 2013

Hospitals cracking down on those who don't wash their hands

At North Shore University Hospital on Long Island, motion sensors, like those used for burglar alarms, go off every time someone enters an intensive care room.

30 May 2013

Gene therapy techniques show promise in promoting growth of skin, bone and other tissues

Experimental genetic techniques may one day provide plastic and reconstructive surgeons with an invaluable tool-the ability to promote growth of the patient's own tissues for reconstructive surgery.

30 May 2013

Restoring blood vessels may help cure type 1 diabetes, finds University of Missouri scientist

Millions of people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin injections to survive. They would die without the shots because their immune system attacks the very insulin-producing cells it was designed to protect. Now, a University of Missouri scientist has discovered that this attack causes more damage than scientists realized.

30 May 2013

Researchers codify age-specific probabilities of live birth after IVF with frozen eggs

Researchers from New York Medical College and the University of California Davis have for the first time codified age-specific probabilities of live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF) with frozen eggs.

30 May 2013

Researchers tie traumatic brain injury to toxic form of protein

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have uncovered what may be a key molecular mechanism behind the lasting damage done by traumatic brain injury.

30 May 2013

Study: Living in poverty linked to increased risk of getting chlamydia in young adulthood

Living in a poor neighborhood as an adolescent is linked to an increased risk of getting the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia in young adulthood, according to new research.

30 May 2013

Tafinlar, Mekinist get FDA approval to treat patients with advanced melanoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved two new drugs, Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), for patients with advanced (metastatic) or unresectable (cannot be removed by surgery) melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

30 May 2013

Coronavirus incubation period may be longer than previously thought

A detailed clinical description of two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in France, published online in The Lancet today, suggests that the incubation period for the virus may be longer than previously thought, and longer quarantine periods may be required to rule out infection among patient contacts.

29 May 2013

Adult stem cells combined with new drug could hold key to curing type 1 diabetes

29 May 2013

Strengthening miniaturized titanium-based medical devices: an interview with Dr Masaru Rao, University of California, Riverside

While titanium is used widely for more conventional macro-scale medical devices (e.g. hip implants, dental implants, and cardiac pacemakers), its use for micro- and nano-scale devices has been limited thus far.

29 May 2013

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Study provides insights into characteristics of sports-related facial fractures in young athletes

Californians who jump from provider to provider less likely to get preventive treatment against flu: Study

Mayo Clinic researchers envision new way to detect early onset of Alzheimer's disease

In rural Alaska, new rules reshape care often hampered by isolation

New hope for children with multi-system LCH

Scientists find that 'junk DNA' could promote cancer progression

Better treatment for brain haemorrhage patients

Hospitals cracking down on those who don't wash their hands

Gene therapy techniques show promise in promoting growth of skin, bone and other tissues

Restoring blood vessels may help cure type 1 diabetes, finds University of Missouri scientist

Researchers codify age-specific probabilities of live birth after IVF with frozen eggs

Researchers tie traumatic brain injury to toxic form of protein

Study: Living in poverty linked to increased risk of getting chlamydia in young adulthood

Tafinlar, Mekinist get FDA approval to treat patients with advanced melanoma

Coronavirus incubation period may be longer than previously thought

Adult stem cells combined with new drug could hold key to curing type 1 diabetes

Strengthening miniaturized titanium-based medical devices: an interview with Dr Masaru Rao, University of California, Riverside

BayCare Health System, CHS agree to co-manage two onsite health centers for employees

Cancer: The No. 1 health concern among middle-income Americans

Targacept initiates TC-5214 Phase 2b clinical study in patients with OAB

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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