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Bottom Line: Researchers compared long-term quality of life and patient satisfaction among those patients who were treated with antibiotics or who had their appendix removed for uncomplicated acute appendicitis. Evidence in recent years has indicated antibiotic treatment is a safe and efficient alternative to appendectomy. This study was a seven-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial in Finland of patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis who underwent appendectomy or who received antibiotics.
What The Study Did: Researchers compared treatment and survival rates between African American and white women following early detection with mammography of triple-negative breast cancer. African American women have a higher rate of death from breast cancer compared with white women, a disparity partly explained by a higher rate of this aggressive breast cancer.
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What The Study Did: The large health care system Kaiser Permanente Northern California provides universal screening for prenatal cannabis use in women during pregnancy by self-report and urine toxicology testing. This observational study used data to examine the association of depression, anxiety, and trauma diagnoses and symptoms with cannabis use by women during pregnancy.
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What The Study Did: This analysis estimated the health and economic consequences of indoor tanning regulations, such as banning indoor tanning devices or prohibiting their use by minors, in North America and Europe compared with current levels of use.
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Authors: Louisa G. Gordon, Ph.D., of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia, is the corresponding author.
New research has identified a clear accountability gap in the current Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation when it comes to outsourced public services.
The research, which focused on outsourcing through Private Finance Initiative (PFI), found high levels of non-disclosure due either to refusal/partial refusal or non-response to FOIs.
PHILADELPHA -- Machine learning is helping Penn Medicine researchers identify the size and shape of brain networks in individual children, which may be useful for understanding psychiatric disorders. In a new study published today in the journal Neuron, a multidisciplinary team showed how brain networks unique to each child can predict cognition.
NEW YORK, NY (February 19, 2020) - A global community of over 150 scientists studying the primate brain has released a blueprint for developing more complete "wiring diagrams" of how the brain works that may ultimately improve understanding of many brain disorders.
SINGAPORE, 20 February 2020 - Publishing in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine today, an international research collaboration led by Professor Tazeen H.
AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 19, 2020) - A novel, four-week parenting rotation designed for pediatric residents has dramatically increased the amount of time resident parents can spend at home with their babies, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
The elective, created in 2010 by physicians at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was set up to address the lack of maternity leave for doctors in residency programs, a time when many get pregnant.
Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford have found that while having high cholesterol levels does not influence your risk of aortic or mitral valve regurgitation, it does increase your risk of developing another major heart valve disease - aortic stenosis.
The model will permit to accelerate and reduce the price of the research, which is studying the mechanisms and the possible pharmacological targets for the neuronal alterations of this disease.
The earliest results of studies with this organism point to glial cells as a man responsible for the neurological damage caused by the disease.
In ancient Greek mythology, Icarus' wax wings melted when he dared to fly too close to the sun. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have made artificial wings that are actually powered by the sun. The tiny wings, which can flap even faster than those of butterflies, could someday be used in robots or devices for solar energy harvesting, the researchers say. Watch a video of the flapping wings in action here.
McGill-led research shows that boys exhibiting inattention-hyperactivity at age 10 have a higher risk for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in adolescence and adulthood. Treatments to reduce these behaviours may decrease the risk for TBIs.
To many people, EPO rhymes with doping and cycling. But in fact, EPO is an important medical drug. This hormone works naturally in the body by stimulating red blood cell production. Patients suffering from anemia caused by for instance chronic kidney disease, AIDS or hematologic disorders can benefit immensely from EPO therapy. Furthermore, many cancer patients who are anemic from receiving chemotherapy are also in great need of EPO therapy. It is estimated that the market for EPO therapy is around 11 billion dollars annually.
Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy report new evidence that fetuses with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a rare but life-threatening, lung-damaging condition, experience a significantly high rate of success