Medical News
No increase in deaths from cardiac arrests at the weekend
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(British Heart Foundation) People admitted to NHS hospitals with a cardiac arrest over the weekend do not face a higher risk of dying compared to those admitted during the week, according to new research presented today ...
Chest cavity fire during emergency cardiac surgery
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) At this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology) in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June), doctors present the unique case of a man ...
Coffee not as bad for heart and circulatory system as previously thought
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(British Heart Foundation) Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy knowing that the popular drink isn't as bad for our arteries as some previous studies would sugge...
High body fat (but not BMI itself) linked to four-fold increase in mortality risk after heart bypass surgery
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (June 1-3, 2019) shows that mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was o...
Industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Cambridge) A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry-favorable positions to policy makers and inte...
Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Queensland) Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
Only one in five doctors aware of patient feedback about their care online, survey reveals
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Warwick) Around one in five doctors are aware of patient feedback about themselves on review and ratings websites, according to a new survey of health professionals.
Blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery linked with higher risk of cancer recurrence and death
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) Receiving a blood transfusion during curative surgery for the most common type of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is associated with a much higher risk of cancer recurr...
Using facial recognition technology to continuously monitor patient safety in the ICU
EurekAlert! - 2 Jun 2019 06:00
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) A team of Japanese scientists has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict when patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high ...