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Robot Helps Doctors
Robot Helps Doctors
posted by travel_nursing 192 days 1 hour 54 minutes ago
Doctors in Louisville are using a robot to help them remotely treat patients in western and central Kentucky.
Read more...Elderly Black Women More Likely To Maintain Hypertension Treatment
Elderly Black Women More Likely To Maintain Hypertension Treatment
posted by danieljohn 192 days 1 hour 55 minutes ago
Elderly black women who use spirituality might be more successful adhering to a hypertension regimen, according to a study presented on Wednesday at an annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports.
Read more...Bahrain on alert over H5N1
Bahrain on alert over H5N1
posted by marcusy56 192 days 1 hour 57 minutes ago
Bahrain has "re-activated" its health services over possible bird flu cases with the onset of winter, it was announced yesterday.
Read more...Anti-Reflux Drugs May Be Overprescribed in Infants
Anti-Reflux Drugs May Be Overprescribed in Infants
posted by kmarshall 198 days 1 hour 39 minutes ago
Doctors may be overprescribing anti-reflux medications to infants, new research suggests.
Read more...Breast milk helps lungs but not if mom has asthma
Breast milk helps lungs but not if mom has asthma
posted by kmarshall 198 days 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Breast-feeding seems to protect children from asthma later in life, but only when the mother does not have the respiratory disorder herself, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Read more...HPV common in sexually active male college students
HPV common in sexually active male college students
posted by kmarshall 198 days 1 hour 38 minutes ago
In a study of sexually active young male, heterosexual college students, almost two thirds developed genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection over 2 years of follow-up, according to Seattle-based researchers.
Read more...U.S. moves toward equal treatment for mentally ill
U.S. moves toward equal treatment for mentally ill
posted by kmarshall 198 days 1 hour 34 minutes ago
Some days, Mrs. J can't travel further than her bed to her chair, her chair to her bed. Her arms and legs work just fine, but she is too depressed to move...
Read more...Many obesity surgery candidates fail psych screen
Many obesity surgery candidates fail psych screen
posted by kmarshall 198 days 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Pre-operative psychiatric evaluations can reliably spot patients who are not yet ready for obesity surgery, a new study suggests.
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