Back To Basics: Aspirin After Knee Surgery

Back To Basics: Aspirin After Knee Surgery
Taking aspirin to prevent blood clots after knee surgery may be a safe and effective alternative to currently recommended treatments that are often costlier and riskier, according to preliminary results from a study presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). The study found that patients taking aspirin had less risk of developing blood clots than patients taking other blood thinning drugs.

Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis Gives Patrick Swayze Only 5 Weeks Of Life
Patrick Swayze, who diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, was told that he has only five weeks to live.

Narcolepsy and Cataplexy Sleep Disorder Linked To Eating Disorder
The majority of patients with narcolepsy and cataplexy sleep disorder experience a number of symptoms of eating disorders, with an irresistible craving for food and binge eating as the most prominent features, according to a new study.

Pacemaker Tune Up Works Chemical Wonders On Damaged Hearts In Dogs
Using pacemakers to electrically retune a heart damaged by long bouts of a wobbling heartbeat, where one heart muscle wall is beating sooner than the other, leads to fast improvements in the tissue levels of more than a dozen proteins key to the organ's health, scientists at Johns Hopkins report in experiments in dogs.

Sensor necklace helps elderls to take medications on time
Two researchers have designed a sensor necklace that records the date and time a pill is swallowed, which they hope will increase drug compliance and decrease unnecessary health care costs.

Rusty Worms In Human Brain
Nanomineralization of iron: Does the iron transporter transferrin play a role in neurodegenerative diseases?