A new study has suggested that patients who are operated on at night are twice as likely to die as those who undergo surgery during regular business hours, according to researchers in Canada. Doctors examined surgical data gathered over a five-year period. They found even people who had surgeries late in the day had a higher mortality risk.
Scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine said they have identified a key chemical characteristic in the blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients. The chemical is similar to a state of hibernation. Researchers hope the discovery will lead to faster, more accurate diagnosis and therapies.
New data from Brigham and Women’s Hospital indicated some radiologists can detect breast cancer in the blink of an eye. Radiologists who were shown mammograms for even just half a second could identify abnormal mammograms at better than chance levels.
Sources
1- McGill University
2- PNAS
3- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences