Few Teens Undergo Pregnancy Testing in E…
October 19, 2012 by American Academy of Pediatrics
Pregnancy Testing Rates Among Adolescent Emergency Department Patients Few adolescent females undergo pregnancy testing in the hospital emergency department (ED), even when they complain of lower abdominal pain, or before they are exposed to radiation for tests...
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Delivery of therapeutics: Small Packages…
July 14, 2013 by University of Melbourne
New strategy to coat microscopic materials University of Melbourne researchers have developed an efficient system to coat tiny objects, such as bacterial cells, with thin films that assemble themselves which could have important implications for drug delivery...
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Novel Spinal Neuromodulation Device Deli…
March 25, 2011 by American Academy of Pain Medicine
Results from an ongoing prospective study report that a novel spinal neuromodulation device changes the paradigm for patients suffering with low back pain who have not found relief through conventional spinal cord stimulation (SCS). The single-centered results...
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Medication use higher among overweight k…
October 4, 2012 by Bryan Alary
Overweight children aged 12 to 19 are 59 per cent more likely than normal-weight kids to take prescription medication, according to UAlberta research. Overweight children are far more likely to take prescription medications than children of a...
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Helen Flanders Dunbar - Pioneer in Psych…
December 25, 2011 by Constance M. McGovern
Helen Flanders Dunbar - "the mother of holistic medicine" (Stevens & Gardner, 1982, p. 93) Dunbar, Helen Flanders (14 May 1902-21 Aug. 1959), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and pioneer in psychosomatic medicine, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter...
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The Story of Dagmar Berne
December 25, 2011 by Vanessa Witton
The difficult road of the first female medical student Written by Dr Vanessa Witton, Sydney Medical School Foundation Dagmar Berne was born in the New South Wales coastal town of Bega on 16 November 1866, the daughter of a Danish-born...
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