From the University of Royal Holloway London media release: A new study has revealed stroke patients receiving emergency clot busting drugs, the correct dose of which depends on the patient’s weight, may be receiving the wrong…
From the University of California, Davis media release: Vitamin D insufficiency among the elderly is highly correlated with accelerated cognitive decline and impaired performance, particularly in domains such as memory loss that are associated with…
From the University of Helsinki media release: Patient satisfaction is a very poor proxy for quality of care comparisons in elective cranial neurosurgery. Because deaths are rare events in elective cranial neurosurgery, reporting of surgeon or…
From the American Cancer Society media release: Cancer survivors who smoke report fewer negative opinions about smoking, have more barriers to quitting, and are around other smokers more often than survivors who had quit before…
From the University of Melbourne media release: Doctors have successfully reduced risk-taking behaviour in teenagers and young people, in a world-first trial led by the University of Melbourne. The study involved 901 young people doctors and…
From the American Heart Association media release: Uric acid — a chemical at high levels can lead to serious illness — may lessen women’s disability after stroke, according to new research in the American Heart…
From the King’s College London media release: Public attitudes towards mental illness and levels of healthcare spending may explain the huge variation in antidepressant use across Europe, according to a new study by researchers from…
From the Iowa State University media release: The fact that obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers is well known. But a new Iowa State University study adds to the growing evidence…
From the George Washington University media release: In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers at the George Washington University have identified a potential link between microbes (viruses, bacteria and fungi) in the throat and…
From the SOCIETY OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY media release: Despite efforts to close the time gap between symptom onset and stroke treatment – including improvements in public education, 911 dispatch operations, pre-hospital detection and triage, hospital stroke…