Approximately 800,000 people suffer a stroke in the United States each year, nearly three-quarters of which occur in people over 65 years old. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds.

Children are a pain in the back!
New survey reveals that 83% of Mums suffer back pain directly related to caring for young children
A new survey* conducted by Maclaren Buggys and BackCare, ‘The Charity for Healthier Backs’, has revealed that 83% of Mums suffering from back pain believe it has been caused or exacerbated by their [...]

A total of 199 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer underwent breast MRI. “We found additional, unsuspected cancers in the ipsilateral breast (the one that had already been diagnosed with cancer) in 16% of patients; we found cancers in the contralateral breast (the one that had not been diagnosed with cancer) in 4% of patients,” [...]

Israeli start-up CartaSense has developed a device that can monitor and provide early detection of illness in pigs. The electronic sensor is a round-the-clock physiological function monitor that measures hog health: pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, as well as a pedometer. Data is sent in real-time to the farmer’s mobile phone and computer. Any unusual [...]

Ultrasound is just as useful as CT in diagnosing intraperoneal free air in patients suffering from abdominal pain or acute injury, a large Japanese study has found.
It is important after blunt trauma to diagnose gastrointestinal perforation, especially in the peritoneal cavity. In the U.S., CT is used almost exclusively for the workup of acute abdominal [...]