Sitting Position Can Influence Risk Of Whiplash Women run a three times greater risk than men of incurring a debilitating injury in a rear-end collision. This is partly due to differences between the sexes regarding sitting position. This has been shown by Bertil Jonsson at Umea University in Sweden.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRisk Of Death Persists In Heart Patients With Acute Kidney Injury Acute kidney injury (AKI), a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalization, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Archives of Internal
Medicine by Yale School of
Medicine researchers.Led by Chirag Parikh, M.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEdward Kennedy Had Seizure, Not Stroke Sen. Edward Kennedy was transferred by helicopter from a local hospital in Cape Cod to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, after reportedly suffering a seizure. Reports indicate he may have experienced two seizures (Boston Globe). According to a hospital media release, Kennedy is "resting comfortably". The second seizure has not been confirmed by doctors or Kennedy's office.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Thyroid Nodule Test Could Significantly Reduce Unnecessary Surgeries By testing suspicious thyroid nodules for the presence of galectin-3, asubstantial number of unnecessary surgical procedures could beeliminated, according to an article released on May 19, 2008 in TheLancet Oncology. Screening potentially cancerous thyroid nodules is presently an inexactscience. In fact, approximately 85% of all nodules removed surgicallyare actually benign.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNurse Addresses Lymphedema In Breast Cancer Patients And Survivors A poster session presented by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the Oncology Nurses Society 33rd Annual Congress, found that early nursing intervention and implementation of effective strategies can lead to a decrease in the incidence of lymphedema, better management of chronic lymphedema and improved quality of life in breast cancer patients.
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