Posted by: admin on: April 26, 2011
America is closer to meaningful health care reform than at any time in its history. Finding a way to both provide every American access to affordable health care while seeking to control health care costs has not been easy. One goal all sides can agree on, but have yet to meaningfully address, is the need […]
Posted by: admin on: April 26, 2011
The league’s Head, Neck and Spine committee announced the new concussion assessment protocol at the NFL Scouting Combine on Friday. The revised guidelines combine a symptom checklist, cognitive evaluation, neurologic examination and a balance assessment and are derived from a sideline protocol developed by the international Concussion in Sport group, which last met in 2008 […]
Posted by: admin on: April 26, 2011
Neither video game violence exposure, nor television violence exposure, were prospective predictors of serious acts of youth aggression or violence in a sample of 302 (52.3% girls) mostly Hispanic youth. However, current levels of depressive symptoms were strong predictors of serious aggression and violence across most outcome measures. Moreover, depressive symptoms also interacted with antisocial […]
Posted by: admin on: April 26, 2011
Treat kids’ discomfort, not fevers Don’t immediately reach for the medicine cabinet when your little one’s forehead feels warm, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that says fevers alone are not a cause for intervention. “The focus should be on comfort and not on absolute temperature,” Dr. Janice Sullivan, […]
Posted by: admin on: April 26, 2011
It makes little difference to the risk of MI, stroke, or death whether chronic aspirin therapy is discontinued earlier than five days or within five days of CABG surgery Withdrawal of aspirin within five days of surgery in the analysis was associated with greater need for peri- and postoperative transfusion. Later aspirin withdrawal doesn’t necessarily […]