PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Original post on nih.gov Comments on reddit.com
Weeks before a new edition of the so-called bible of mental disorders is released, the federal government’s most prominent psychiatric expert said it had a scientific “lack of validity.” Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists hail medical breakthrough by which half a million UK sufferers could avoid major surgery and take antibiotics instead Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
An influential group of cancer experts has warned that the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for cancer drugs are effectively condemning patients to death. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Preliminary Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China Original post on nejm.org Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s city attorney said on Monday he has opened an investigation into recent newspaper reports that a Nevada mental hospital was illegally busing hundreds of newly discharged psychiatric patients to California and other states. In a letter to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, City Attorney Dennis Herrera cited a Sacramento Bee investigative series documenting what it described as rampant Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Early trials suggest a host of allergies and autoimmune ailments could be treated by ingesting worm-like parasites. But will it ever reach the clinic? Original post on bbc.com Comments on reddit.com
Silent MI is 50% more common among patients with diabetes. Original post on 2minutemedicine.com Comments on reddit.com
Functioning kidney built from newborn rat cells is a major step towards personalised transplant organs for people Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
New research has revealed that the use of Antimicrobial Copper surfaces in hospital rooms can reduce the number of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) by 58% as compared to patients treated in Intensive Care Units with non-copper touch surfaces. In the United States, 1 out of every 20 hospital patients develops an HAI, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths per ye Original post on labspaces.net Comments on reddit.com
Technique to make tissue transparent offers three-dimensional view of neural networks. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Health officials Thursday urged 7,000 patients of an Oklahoma dentist to seek medical tests for hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS after discovering that instruments weren’t properly cleaned despite the doctor’s knowing that several of his patients carried infectious dis … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Tweaking immune cells so they recognise a molecule found only on cancer cells can make a usually fatal form of leukaemia vanish Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
The science-fiction dream of building replacement parts for the human body has turned into a reality. In the quest to build a heart, researchers are tackling the most complex organ yet. The payoff could be huge, both medically and financially. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
A MAN has had 75 per cent of his skull replaced with a custom-made 3D-printed implant. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
(Reuters) – When the local doctor who had been treating Vicky Hilborn told her that her rare cancer had spread throughout her body, including her brain, she and her husband refused to accept a death sentence. Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
A team of scientists and surgeons from Newcastle are developing a new nasal spray from a marine microbe to help clear chronic sinusitis. Original post on esciencenews.com Comments on reddit.com
Two Indiana University researchers have developed a computer model they say can identify significantly better and less-expensive treatments than can doctors acting alone. It’s just the latest evidence that big data will have a profound impact on our health care system. Original post on gigaom.com Comments on reddit.com
Feelings of terror did not involve the brain’s ‘fear centre’. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
The science behind an extraordinary press release claiming to have discovered ‘A Way to Delay Symptoms of HD’ Original post on hdbuzz.net Comments on reddit.com
Stroke, traumatic injury, and metabolic disorder are major causes of brain damage and permanent disabilities, including motor dysfunction, psychological disorders, memory loss, and more. Original post on psypost.org Comments on reddit.com
Yoga on our minds: the 5,000-year-old Indian practice may have positive effects on major psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and sleep complaints. Original post on eurekalert.org Comments on reddit.com
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Duodenal Infusion of Donor Feces for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Original post on nejm.org Comments on reddit.com
Parkinson’s experts have been reporting a remarkable phenomenon— many patients treated with drugs to increase the activity of dopamine in the brain are developing new creative talents, including painting, sculpting, writing and more. Original post on laboratoryequipment.com Comments on reddit.com
ANN ARBOR—Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that’s considered one of the body’s most powe Original post on umich.edu Comments on reddit.com
How far should doctors go in attempting to cure addiction? In China, some physicians are taking the most extreme measures. By destroying parts of the brain’s “pleasure centers” in heroin addicts and alcoholics, these neurosurgeons hope to stop drug cravings. Original post on time.com Comments on reddit.com
An Indian student who was left critically ill after being gang-raped on a Delhi bus has died, say doctors who were treating her in Singapore. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Five highlights and five lowlights from the 2012 world of marketing, advertising, public relations and social media Original post on financialpost.com Comments on reddit.com
A USA TODAY review finds that deadly CRE bacteria are showing up in hospitals and other health care facilities across the country and there is virtually nothing to stop these ‘superbugs’ at this point. Original post on usatoday.com Comments on reddit.com
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is ‘disgusted and appalled’ by reports of neglect at a hospital in Worcestershire where a man died of starvation. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com