News tagged with survival rates

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Nanoscale biological coating is a new way to stop the bleeding

MIT engineers have developed a nanoscale biological coating that can halt bleeding nearly instantaneously, an advance that could dramatically improve survival rates for soldiers injured in battle.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chivalry at sea a 'myth', Swedish study shows

Imagine a giant ship slowly sinking into the sea, with the men of course standing back allowing women and children to board the life boats and themselves to stoically be engulfed by the frothy waves.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Chest compression-only CPR improves survival in cardiac arrest patients

Heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and do only chest compression, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Lessons learned from Japan's earthquake applicable for hurricanes, other natural disasters

The importance of knowing your neighbors and taking warnings seriously are just two of the life-saving lessons that can be learned from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan six months ago, says a Purdue University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Light pollution transforming insect communities

(Phys.org) -- Street lighting is transforming communities of insects and other invertebrates, according to research by the University of Exeter. Published today in the journal Biology Letters, the study shows ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stock markets can regulate themselves

Whenever crisis threatens the financial markets, voices are loud in calling for greater control. It is dubious, however, whether tighter regulation would actually offer investors better protection against losing their capital. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Prostate cancer study's dramatic results

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risk of death for men suffering from locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer could be dramatically cut, according to a new international study involving Cardiff University.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Without intervention, Mariana crow to become extinct in 75 years

Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow, a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Breakthroughs help brain surgeons remove nearly all of a tumor, raise survival rates

Donna Vinson suddenly felt she "couldn't think well." She was far off from choosing the right words, even pointing to a garbage can once as she asked a family member to pass the potatoes.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New strategy offers hope for Florida's gopher tortoises

Florida's approach to saving gopher tortoises from extinction a decade ago allowed developers to bury the docile reptiles alive in their burrows in return for what critics called "blood money" that was used to buy and protect ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Colorectal cancer survival advantage in MUTYH-associated polyposis

Survival for colorectal cancer patients with MUTYH-associated polyposis was statistically significantly better than for patients with colorectal cancer from the general population, according to a recent study published online ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find new CPR method increases survival rate by 50 percent

A five-year clinical trial led by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers has led to a new method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that improves long-term survival rates with good brain function by 50 percent.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Long-distance swims may cause polar bear problems

Polar bears forced to swim longer distances because of diminished sea ice off Alaska's coast may be paying a price in lost cubs or precious calories, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Surgery better than radiation, hormone treatments for some prostate cancer, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgery for localized prostate cancer offers a significantly higher survival rate than either external-beam radiation or hormonal therapies, according to a new study led by researchers at UCSF.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seeing melanoma (w/ Video)

Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer but it accounts for the majority of the skin cancer deaths (about 75 percent).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0