Postpartum hospital discharges -- when is the 'right time?'
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... Dr Glikson said the UQ team had then taken the study further by comparing the fossil microbial structures to primitive microbes found today in seafloor environments similar to those existing 3.5 billion years ago. The microbiologists on the team, led by Dr Sly, cultured currently existing primitive ...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
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...e RAND QAScoresTM were derived from RANDs landmark study of the quality of health care in the United States...r. McGlynn and several of her RAND colleagues. The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that adults in the United States receive only...Why women get more migraines than men
...are more frequent during the menstrual period, the study results appear to be independent of a specific phase of the cycle, according to Charles. We didnt monitor the estrous cycle in the female mice, so its likely we sampled from different estrous phases in different animals, Charles said. Yet we still ...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
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...ogged heart arteries than even a decade ago, a new study finds. But 10 percent of patients who could ben...amage to the heart muscle dont get it at all, the study shows. And the chance of missing out on lifesaving emergency treatment was highest among those pa...European heat waves double in length since 1880
... summer temperatures since the 19th century. The study adds evidence that heat waves, such as the devasta...at perhaps began as early as the 1950s, when their study showed some of the highest trends in summer mean temperature and summer temperature variance. "The...Vicente Fox Center and RAND launch joint program to find policies to combat poverty
...ng to establish a joint research program that will study ways to fight poverty and aid vulnerable groups in...ality and strategies to fight poverty. The first study arising out of the new collaboration is scheduled to be completed by fall 2008 and will be titled: F...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
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... Healthcare (ENH) to test the technique in a pilot study of 51 patients. The researchers found they could d...the tumor can be removed surgically, which in this study is defined as stage 1 or 2 tumors.) Some people were identified who did not have a tumor; it is unce...Highlights from the August 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... University of Virginia School of Medicine. In a study of nearly 150 people, comparing lifestyle case man...usual medical care. The researchers conclude the study provides preliminary evidence that moderate-intensity lifestyle intervention using an RD as a lifest...Medical residents score poorly in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis
...tuberculosis leads to poor patient care, says lead study author Petros Karakousis, M.D. Medical residents may be quick to consult experts in infection control, infectious diseases, or in pulmonary medicine to assist in diagnosis, isolation and treatment. According to Karakousis, an assistant professor a...Study says normal but out-of-control enzyme may be culprit that signals some cells to become cancer
...nown as TOPK, could have anti-cancer benefits. The study appears in the July issue of the journal Gastroenterology. Colorectal [cancer] is the second leading cause of cancer mortality, and the molecular pathways [by which it develops] remain incompletely understood, said Dong, a McKnight Presidential Pro...HealthGrades study: Bariatric surgery patients have fewer complications at high-volume hospitals
...with a one-star rated hospital, according to a new study released today by HealthGrades, the healthcare ratings company. The study of bariatric surgery outcomes at hospitals in 19 states over the years 2003 to 2005 also found that ...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
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