Weekend Hospital Stays Prove More Deadly Than Other Times for Older People with Head Trauma
Johns Hopkins study finds higher mortality rate even among less severely injured patients
Off-Label Drug Use Common, but Patients May Not Know They’re Taking Them
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Many people have probably heard of off-label drug use, but they may not know when that applies to prescriptions they are taking, a Mayo Clinic analysis found.
Memory Improves for Older Adults Using Computerized Brain Fitness Program
UCLA researchers found that older adults who regularly used a brain fitness program played on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills.
Increase in Influenza A H3N2v Virus Infections in Three U.S. States
Multiple infections with variant* influenza A (H3N2v) viruses have been identified in 3 states in recent weeks. From July 12 through August 3, 2012, 16 cases of H3N2v were reported and confirmed by CDC. This virus was first detected in humans in July 2011. It has also been isolated in U.S. swine in many U.S. […]