Study: Antibiotics, not surgery, may sometimes better treat appendicitis
(Medical Xpress) -- Antibiotics rather than surgery may be the better treatment for cases of appendicitis in which the appendix hasn't burst, according to a new study.
View ArticleMost children with head injuries are seen in hospitals not equipped to treat...
More than four fifths of children who turn up at emergency departments with head injuries in the UK are seen in hospitals which would have to transfer them if the injury was serious, reveals a study...
View ArticleNot all hospitals treat elderly the same
Hospitals that provide quality care for young people do not always provide the same quality care for the elderly, a new study has found.
View ArticleMinority children less likely to wear a car seatbelt, putting them at greater...
Less than half of pediatric car passengers suffering injuries from motor vehicle crashes were restrained, with the lowest rates among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, according to a research...
View ArticlePatients fare just as well if their nonemergency angioplasty is performed at...
Hospitals that do not have cardiac surgery capability can perform nonemergency angioplasty and stent implantation as safely as hospitals that do offer cardiac surgery. That is the finding of the...
View ArticleA Rhode Island Hospital physician's experience in front-line field hospital...
Adam Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician with Rhode Island Hospital and a volunteer physician with International Medical Corps, was deployed to a field hospital near Misurata, Libya, during...
View ArticleGene variations linked to intestinal blockage in newborns with cystic fibrosis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers working as part of the International Cystic Fibrosis Consortium have discovered several regions of the genome that may predispose cystic fibrosis...
View ArticlePregnancy still a death sentence for many Liberian women
Hawa Kollie lies on her back screaming in pain, her head throbbing and body aching after the loss of first her baby, and then her uterus. Like many Liberian women, she got to the hospital too late.
View ArticleQuick-reversal method may be at hand for new blood thinner
(HealthDay) -- Newer blood-thinning drugs sometimes have one drawback: In cases where they trigger bleeding, their effects can be tough to reverse compared to the standard anticoagulant, warfarin.
View ArticleNew device eases a tricky task in defibrillator surgery
Dr. Pierce Vatterott and his team of nurses and technicians worked smoothly and efficiently in the chilly catheter lab at St. Paul's United Hospital. It was complex and potentially risky work, removing...
View ArticleStudy questions technique to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
A new study raises a cautionary note about the increasing use of a minimally invasive procedure to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to vascular surgeon Dr. Jae Sung Cho of Loyola...
View ArticleBowel cancer 'chemo swap' shrinks tumours, making surgery safer and easier
Giving some bowel cancer patients six weeks of chemotherapy before surgery can significantly shrink their tumour, making it easier to remove and potentially reducing the chances of the cancer coming...
View ArticleMagnet ingestion injuries on the rise among children
(Medical Xpress)—With many new toys hitting store shelves this holiday season, there is a lot to consider when picking the perfect gift for a child. While young ones may be creating their wish lists...
View ArticleNew anti-clotting drug more effective than current treatment
A new and experimental anti-clotting drug, cangrelor, proved better than the commonly used clopidogrel and was significantly more effective at preventing blood clots in a large trial of patients who...
View ArticleAngioplasty at hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery safe, effective
Non-emergency angioplasty performed at hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery capability is no less safe and effective than angioplasty performed at hospitals with cardiac surgery services,...
View ArticleAnaesthetists' research network to create buzz at national conference
A research network established by a network of training anaesthetists in the South West of England, and which in just nine months has become one of the most successful of its kind in the UK, is set to...
View ArticleSmall, high-powered magnets hazardous to kids remain on market
Last summer Kelly Bruski went to the store with her sons to buy a birthday gift for her boyfriend. When the boys, now 6 and 9, chose a magnet desk-toy called Buckyballs, "I saw they were really picking...
View ArticleNew research finds hernia surgery offers value for money
New research suggesting that elective hernia surgery offers value-for-money and improved quality of life for patients has been published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. The new...
View ArticleRates of emergency bowel surgery vary wildly from state to state
Johns Hopkins researchers have documented huge and somewhat puzzling interstate variations in the percentage of emergency versus elective bowel surgeries. Figuring out precisely why the differences...
View ArticleGettysburg offers lessons on battlefield medicine
(AP)—As gunshots ravaged the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg 150 years ago, military doctors responded with a method of treatment that is still the foundation of...
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