A study appeared in the issue of the Journal of Pediatrics has reported that children who have heart surgery as infants are at risk for hearing loss, coupled with associated risks for language, attention and cognitive problems, by age four.
A study published by the journal Environmental Science and Technology shows that excess emissions — which occur with plant shut-downs, start-ups and malfunctions, and not just in connection with natural disasters — can make serious contributions to overall air pollution. Only three states — Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma — systematically track and report excess emissions and make the data public.
A retrospective multicenter study revealed that the significant risk factors for SSI occurrence were open injury, advanced age, incision cleanliness II-IV, high-energy injury, more experienced surgeon level, higher BMI, chronic heart disease, history of allergy, and preoperative neutrophil count > 75%.
The researchers from the University of Liverpool and Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, identifies the specific cellular process that helps cancer cells damaged as a result of proton beam therapy, repair themselves. The study was published online in The Red Journal.
In a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers said there has been a steady rise in the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the eyelid in England since 2000. They believe that behavioral changes and medical advances may underlie the increase.
When patients experience biochemical recurrence, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level rises. However, there is no visual evidence of disease on conventional scans. A new study presented at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (GUCS) shows that adding an imaging agent (18F-fluciclovine) to the positron-emission tomography (PET)/CT scans provides more information, and this has a substantial impact on clinical decisions for such patients.
Increasing evidence has linked autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with dysfunction of brain cerebellum, but the details have been unclear. In a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry , at Boston Children's Hospital used stem cell technology to create cerebellum cells known as Purkinje cells from patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). The lab-grown cells showed several characteristics that may help explain how ASD develops at the molecular level.
According to a new doctoral dissertation at Aalto University, an emotional state affects the operation of the entire brain instead of individual emotions being localized only in specific regions in the brain.
A new study published today in the BMJ has reported that people over 65 years old may be increasing their stroke risk by taking anticoagulants for an irregular heartbeat if they also have chronic kidney disease.
A new study results have shown open perspectives for the development of aleurone as a complementary prebiotic selectively targeting colon butyrate producers.
The Uttarakhand government has been administering polio drops to children every day at entry points on the Nepal border for the last four years, officials said.
Patients who underwent esophagectomy after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer survived significantly longer than those who refused surgery, according to study results presented at the Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.