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Protein elevated in blood predicts post-concussion symptom severity in professional athletes
New Penn Medicine research has found that elevated levels in the blood of the brain-enriched protein calpain-cleaved αII-spectrin N-terminal fragment, known as SNTF, shortly after sports-related concussion can predict the severity of…
ICRC will have an official headquarter in Marocco
Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and the International Committee of the Red Cross/ Red Crescent (ICRC) signed an agreement today that formalizes the relations the ICRC has had with Morocco since the country gained independence.…
Avoid these 4 mistakes when using a computer in the exam room
With the growing usage of EHRs, more and more doctors are bringing their computers and tablets with them into the exam room. But just because you’re using a computer in the exam room, it doesn’t mean that you’re using it properly. Computers…
What Mayor Thomas Menino taught us about cancer
Beloved and deeply respected Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino died on hospice in Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently. Menino developed advanced cancer of unknown primary (CUP) in the spring of this year, and after six months of…
Mediterranean diet is best way to tackle obesity, say doctors
A Mediterranean diet may be a better way of tackling obesity than calorie counting, leading doctors have said
Writing in the Postgraduate Medical Journal (PMJ), the doctors said a Mediterranean diet quickly reduced the risk of heart attacks…
Bird Flu comes to Britain
Chief Veterinary Officer, Nigel Gibbens, warns wild birds are at threat from the disease as he asks people to be alert for symptoms in animals
Wild birds across the UK are now at threat from bird flu after an outbreak at a duck breeding…
Stephen's Story will never end: New project to fight cancer is online
"My original goal was to become a doctor". This is the beginning of the video (published by BBC) about Stephen Sutton, the teenager who raise £5 millions speaking all around the world about cancer, the disease which Stephen had battled…
End the use of animals in training education for paramedics
The use of live animals in paramedic training program at the University of Washingon could be stopped. UW's course is the only one in the Pacific Northwest known to use live animals for train EMT about surgical airway management. The other…
Dying for a for a cardiac arrest, the stewardess refused to use a defibrillator
"Your chest is too hairy for my AED". This could be the incredible reason under the dead of a men who suffered a cardiac arrest as he was travelling on a flight between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Mirror reported that an…
World Humanitarian Day: remember the 454 victims of attacks
BRUXELLES - Today's World Humanitarian Day is an occasion to pay tribute to humanitarian workers who risk their lives in bringing assistance to victims of wars and natural disasters worldwide. It is a time when we commemorate all those who…