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New research suggests sleep apnea screening before surgery

Treatment helps reduce risk of cardiovascular complications by more than half Treatment helps reduce risk of cardiovascular complications by more than half Scheduled for surgery? New research suggests that you may want to get screened and treated for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before going under the knife.

A step in the right direction to avoid falls

By watching people walk, researchers decode the foot position's role in maintaining balance By watching people walk, researchers decode the foot position's role in maintaining balance Researchers at The Ohio State University have gained new insight into how the body moves when we're walking.

UTSA microbiologists discover regulatory thermometer that controls cholera

Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Karl Klose, professor of biology and a researcher in UTSA's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, has teamed up with researchers at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany to understand how humans get infected with cholera, Their findings were released this week in an article published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Study finds gallbladder surgery can wait

Patients benefit from minimally invasive procedures Patients benefit from minimally invasive procedures Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder, is one of the most common abdominal surgeries in the U.

Note to young men: fat doesn’t pay

Obese teenage boys could be paid 18 percent less once they enter job market Obese teenage boys could be paid 18 percent less once they enter job market Men who are already obese as teenagers could grow up to earn up to 18 percent less than their peers of normal weight.

Immune system is key ally in cyberwar against cancer

Rice University study yields new two-step strategy for weakening cancer Rice University study yields new two-step strategy for weakening cancer Research by Rice University scientists who are fighting a cyberwar against cancer finds that the immune system may be a clinician's most powerful ally.
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