Dementia :: Tube feeding in advanced dementia can be harmful
Tube feeding patients with advanced dementia does not prolong life or improve its quality and can actually shorten the life of some patients.
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Dementia :: Occupational therapy for dementia improves function
Community based occupational therapy for elderly patients with dementia improves daily function and reduces the burden on carers say Graff and colleagues.
Taco Bell :: E. Coli Cases Associated with Taco Bell Restaurants
The Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate an ongoing outbreak of E. coli O157 infection in consumers, associated with eating food from Taco Bell restaurants in six states.
Breastfeeding :: Breast-feeding overcomes a genetic tendency toward ear infections
Breast-feeding protects children otherwise made susceptible to ear infections by abnormalities in specific human genes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered.
Implant Device Designed to Prevent Blood Clots in Vascular Grafts
Surgeons at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston were among the first in the U.S. to implant a new vascular graft engineered to reduce the risk of blood clots in patients treated for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which affects as many as 12 million Americans over the age of 50.
Depression :: Patients’ requests for antidepressants can influence physician evaluation of depression
Patients who initiate a general discussion about the need for antidepressant medication with their primary-care physician are more likely to be thoroughly evaluated for depression than those who make a brand-specific request or no request, according to a new study in the December issue of Medical Care.
Immunity :: Researchers in Montreal and the US create model of key immune-system component
Researchers at Universit? de Montr?al, working with teams at Massachusetts General Hospital and Johns Hopkins University, have made a major breakthrough in understanding an essential aspect of the immune system.
New study suggests promising drug combinations for sleeping sickness
Results from a clinical trial evaluating new drug combinations for sleeping sickness, carried out by the international humanitarian medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), and its research arm, Epicentre, have now been published in the journal PLoS Clinical Trials.
Surgery :: Computer scientists unravel language of surgery
Computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such as suturing, dissecting and joining tissue.
Brain :: Researchers Say Brain Injury Patients Benefit from Prolonged EEG Monitoring
Epilepsy specialists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that brain injury patients in a coma can benefit from prolonged electroencephalographic (EEG) testing that may diagnose whether seizure activity is contributing to their coma state.