Day: December 25, 2018

  Opioids for pain management in pediatric patients are sometimes necessary but their use has raised concerns about the effects

A policy designed to reduce hospital readmissions through financial penalties was associated with a significant increase in post-discharge mortality for

More than half of Americans with hepatitis C are living in just nine U.S. states — five of those in

Emergency medical personnel in Alameda County, California, use a screening process for determining whether to “medically clear” patients experiencing psychiatric

IMAGE: This is wild guinea pig. Credit: Anja Günther Adaptations to environmental change are the most important asset for the persistence

IMAGE: These are components of the mixing system (scaled). All measurements are in mm. Credit: Majid Warkiani An international team of

1. Catheter ablation superior to standard drug therapy for heart failure A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials found that catheter

IMAGE: Main effects of SES on global and local anatomy, after controlling for age and sex. (A) Standardized effect size of

IMAGE: Letrozole (20 μg/day, p.o.) exerts sex-specific reduction in thermoregulation during thermal challenge. (A) Facial temperature was measured via thermal camera

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