Joint replacement implants dipped in microgel flecks — and then into a charged solution — can release micro-doses of antibiotics…
Compared to sustained inflations for extremely premature infants, standard treatment prevails
Preterm infants must establish regular breathing patterns at delivery. For extremely preterm infants requiring resuscitation at birth, a ventilation strategy…
What Happens if Obamacare Is Struck Down?
The Affordable Care Act touches the lives of most Americans. Some 21 million could lose health insurance if the Trump…
When tempers flare, nurses’ injuries could rise
A new study has found that when there’s an imbalance in support among nurses at work, tempers flare and risk…
Gesturing related to storytelling style, not nationality, study
New research suggests that the amount you gesture when telling a story has more to do with what you’re saying…
Repeat heart attack and early death linked to hospitals with low care scores
Heart attack patients treated at hospitals with low care scores are at greater risk for another heart attack and/or death…
Biomechanics of how the Ebola virus attaches to its host cell
Engineers and microbiologists have developed a simple model for virus-host cell interaction driven by Ebola’s adhesion to cell surface receptors.…
C. elegans roundworms ‘harvest’ an essential coenzyme from the bacteria they consume
A study conducted in C. elegans nematode roundworms may lead to improved treatment of a rare human genetic disorder that…
Nurse work environments linked to outcomes
Nurses play critical roles in patient safety and are often the last line of defense against medical errors and unsafe…
Ancient Caribbean children helped with grocery shopping in AD 400
Researchers have long thought that snail and clam shells found at Caribbean archaeological sites were evidence of ‘starvation food’ eaten…