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Image: The ultra-quiet ResMed AirFit P10 nasal pillows mask system (Photo courtesy of ResMed).

Ultra-Light Nasal Pillows Improve Users’ Sleep

A new nasal pillows mask for continuous positive airway pressure therapy features a venting technology that reduces exhaust noise by 50%.  More...
28 Jan 2014

Fast Food Not Main Culprit in Rising Childhood Obesity Rates

A new study suggests that fast-food consumption is a consequence of poor dietary habits that originate in the children’s homes.   More...
28 Jan 2014

Radiotherapy Advances Result in More Targeted Treatments, Less Harm to Healthy Tissue

New targeted radiation therapy that is less destructive to healthy cells could soon be up and running due to a team of French researchers, working with German and American scientists.   More...
27 Jan 2014

Untreatable Tuberculosis Spreading in South Africa

A new study warns that patients in South Africa with untreatable tuberculosis are being discharged into the community, contributing to the spread of the disease.   More...
27 Jan 2014
Image: Latex agglutination test for Clostridium difficile (Photo courtesy of Oxoid).

Health Care Workers Carry Diarrhea Spores on Their Hands

It is not uncommon to find the bacteria Clostridium difficile on the hands of health care workers, highlighting a possible route through which the diarrhea causing bacteria spreads in hospitals.  More...
23 Jan 2014
Image: Cardiologists are being urged to reduce radiations from cardiology procedures that equals more than 50 chest X-rays per person each year (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthcare).

Cardiologists Urged to Lessen Patient Radiation Exposure

Recent findings show that radiation from cardiologic imaging equals more than 50 chest X-rays per person annually.  More...
23 Jan 2014

The Longer the Colonoscopy Takes, the Better

A new study reveals that polyp and adenoma detection rates were highest when the colonoscopy withdrawal time was nine minutes long.  More...
23 Jan 2014
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