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(Wiley) Poor nutrition is common in patients with liver failure, or cirrhosis, and it can lead to muscle wasting, weakness, fatigue, and worse outcomes before and after patients undergo liver transplantation.

Article MEDICA ACADEMY offers the latest expertise and practical tips on implementation of infection prevention for hospital and practice scenarios ... Contributed Author: Nina Passoth, Life Sciences Communications (Berl...

Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year

News This new higher range expansion will enable us to better treat our patients and restore segmental lordosis up to 15 degrees ... Contributed Author: Expanding Orthopedics Inc. Topics: Orthopedics

News The embedded software of medical devices now plays a role in most diagnostic and delivery systems, sharpening the risk for both Class II and life-supporting and life-sustaining Class III devices ... Contributed Auth...

News In an effort to quickly care for this injury, a portable, point-of-injury device for diagnosing TBI will be developed by Neural Analytics ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

Josue Zurita, a 31-year-old man, has succumbed to the deadly necrotizing fasciitis. He had contracted the flesh-eating bacterial infection while repairing homes damaged by floodwater post-hurricane Harvey.

Product Announcement Aved Medical & Hi-Reliability Battery Packs are designed and built with the cell type and battery chemistry optimized with respect to voltage, cycles, pulse rates, capacity, charging ... Contributed ...

The VIPER PRIME system is designed to feature all of the instruments within the single tool ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Surgical

(American Geriatrics Society) Recently, a team of researchers studied older Latin Americans to examine the relationship between the American Heart Association's definition of 'ideal cardiovascular health' and disability....

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study has shown that low-income US residents living in Medicaid expansion states are significantly more likely to have health insurance and to receive a routine che...

(University of Cincinnati) UC research links hormones and changing climate to altered evolution for spadefoot toad species.

(International Osteoporosis Foundation) A new study led by an International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) research committee has found that daily average calcium intake among adults varies widely around the world. Critic...

(University of Louisville) A research participant at the University of Louisville with a complete spinal cord injury, who had lost motor function below the level of the injury, has regained the ability to move his legs v...

(McLean Hospital) McLean Hospital researchers found a connection between disrupted energy production and the development of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers found mutations in a master-switch protein called Epithelial Splicing Regulatory Protein 1 in individuals with a type of congenital hearing loss. In general, wh...

(New York University) The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a research team at New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) f...

(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Outpatient antibiotic use is a primary risk factor for acquiring Clostridium difficile infection in the community, reinforcing the need for appropriate prescribing in this setting...

(University of California - Davis Health System) Participating in a brief intervention delivered by their peers in community settings can help reduce smoking among youth and young adults, a new study from a team of tobac...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Disrupting sleep-wake cycles from a predominantly daytime to a delayed eating lifestyle, -- i.e., skipping breakfast and making lunch the first meal of the day, plus eating...

(Oxford University Press USA) A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that pregnancy does not incur a greater risk of relapse for survivors of breast cancer.

(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center research study investigated a pump-induced disease and defined the molecular mechanism that triggers it. Researchers presented...