High folate intake is related to better academic achievement in Swedish adolescents, regardless of their socioeconomic or genetic status. br / iMedscape Medical News/i
Women with epithelial cells present in nipple aspirate fluid face a higher risk of breast cancer than do women without epithelial cells in their nipple fluid, according to a report in the March 19th BMC Cancer. Reuters Health Information
Stem cells can be coaxed into becoming the hair cells deep inside the ears that are destroyed in hearing loss, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
The American College of Physicians (ACP) Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee has drafted an "ethics manifesto," warning against pay-for-performance programs that fail to protect patients. Reuters Health Information
Despite the fact that medication errors and ADEs are common in hospitalized patients, no gold standard exists to accurately detect all medication misadventures. Pharmacotherapy
A substudy of ICSS shows that white-matter changes boost the risk for periprocedural stroke, MI, or death with carotid endarterectomy, but particularly with carotid stenting. Medscape Medical News