The theme of 2011 National Neurosurgery Awareness Week, April 10-16, 2011, is There’s Always Another Game, but You Only Have One Brain. NNAW is held annually in celebration of American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meetings. The 79th AANS Annual Meeting Scientific program starts officially on Monday, April 11 at the Colorado Convention Center. […]
Using aspirin for coronary heart prevention is less costly and more effective than doing nothing in men older than 45 with more than a 10 percent 10-year-risk of the disease, according to a study by researchers at RTI International, University of Michigan, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The results were published online […]
Following the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showing that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) produces a 41% reduction in fatal and non-fatal first recurrent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) believes stress management programs should be made more widely available across Europe for patients with coronary […]
Health care reform should be able to mend a disconnect that has existed between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) – a task force charged by the government to review clinical preventive health services for older adults – and Medicare coverage for those services, a new UCLA-led study finds. The results […]
A pill containing a mix of essential oils has been shown to significantly reduce the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Reproductive Health tested the tablets by carrying out a randomized, controlled trial in 120 women. This open access study is available for free. Check the end of […]
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