Tag Archives: Medical
High-risk pregnancy on the rise: Older moms, larger families and heavier women are driving the need for specialty care
Feb. 6, 2013 At a time when society struggles to find a definition for the “typical” American family, perinatologists at Greenwich Hospital are helping women start and grow families when a pregnancy is considered “high risk” due to age or other factors.
Outcomes of cartilage tympanoplasty in the pediatric population
Feb. 1, 2013 Cartilage tympanoplasty can be performed successfully in 95 percent of young children when appropriate conditions exist, according to a study in the February 2013 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery .
People having stroke should get therapy within 60 minutes of hospital arrival
Jan. 31, 2013 People having an ischemic stroke should receive clot-dissolving therapy — if appropriate — within 60 minutes of arriving at the hospital, according to new American Stroke Association guidelines published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke .
HIV in gay men ‘refuses to fall’
31 January 2013 Last updated at 22:49 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Huge improvements in treating and testing for HIV have failed to curb infections in gay and bisexual men in England and Wales, a study suggests. New infections were static at about 2,300 a year between 2001 and 2010, despite rises in early diagnosis and far more people taking medication.
Patients can emit small, influenza-containing particles into the air during routine care
Jan. 31, 2013 A new study suggests that patients with influenza can emit small virus-containing particles into the surrounding air during routine patient care, potentially exposing health care providers to influenza.
Exposure to antiepileptic drug in womb linked to autism risk
Jan. 30, 2013 Children whose mothers take the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate while pregnant are at significantly increased risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, suggests a small study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Hospital cuts over neighbour debt
31 January 2013 Last updated at 10:56 ET The A&E department at Lewisham hospital in south-east London is to be downgraded and made smaller as part of cost-cutting measures. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt also said the maternity unit at Lewisham would be replaced with a midwife-led facility.
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