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How the worm knows where its nose is
For decades, scientists have studied Caenorhabditis elegans – tiny, transparent worms – to glean clues about how neurons develop and function. A new Harvard study suggests that the worms' nervous system is much m ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Young asthmatics are leaving emergency rooms missing critical documentation
It sounds unbelievably simple but it's true – a written action plan for asthma treatment, attached to the drug prescription, improves asthma control in children.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Some hospitals open ERs just for graying patients
(AP) -- Many hospitals run emergency rooms just for children. Now a few are opening ERs specially designed for seniors, without all the confusion and clamor and with a little more comfort.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs
Hospital readmissions are increasingly viewed as an indicator of quality of care. If patients receive appropriate discharge care planning and coordinated outpatient follow-up when leaving the hospital, they should transition ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Doctors use sick boy's DNA in diagnosis, treatment
Doctors and scientists in Wisconsin have published the first detailed account of a groundbreaking medical case in which they sequenced all the genes of a very sick young boy from Monona, Wis., and used the information to ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Our brains are wired so we can better hear ourselves speak, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like the mute button on the TV remote control, our brains filter out unwanted noise so we can focus on what we're listening to. But when following our own speech, a new brain study from UC ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Tracing the 'blurry line' between hospital and at-home care
(PhysOrg.com) -- When patients come home from the hospital after major surgery or a transplant, they often are not well enough to care for themselves, and more importantly, have complex medical needs that need to be monitored ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Knowledge gaps, fears common among parents of children with drug-resistant bacteria
Knowledge gaps and fear -- some of it unjustified -- are common among the caregivers of children with a drug-resistant staph bacterium known as MRSA, according to the results of a small study from the Johns Hopkins Children ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Program to improve palliative care falls short of hopes
There may be no simple one-size-fits-all approach to improving end-of-life care in ICU settings, according to a recent study from some of the world's leading researchers in palliative care.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Is the current recession compromising hospital quality?
During past recessions, the financial stability of hospitals seemed to be nearly indestructible. But researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Health System say the current national economic ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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