• Doctors 'print' airway splint to save baby's life

    May 23, 2013
    Daily Briefing

    In a medical first, physicians at the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital have saved the life of a baby boy by using a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint out of plastic particles.

  • Medical first: Man has prostatectomy after testing positive for BRCA gene

    May 23, 2013
    Daily Briefing

    A 53-year-old British businessman has undergone the first prophylactic prostatectomy after discovering that he carries the BRCA2 gene, which greatly enhances his risk of developing prostate cancer.

  • Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB, study finds

    May 23, 2013
    Daily Briefing

    Yeshiva University researchers have discovered that vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a finding that could pave the way to new treatments for the bacteria.

  • Moore Medical Center records safe despite tornado damage

    May 23, 2013
    Daily Briefing

    The health records of more than two million patients in the Oklahoma City area remain safe despite the damage caused by massive tornado on Monday because they were backed up by a regional health information exchange and stored in a data warehouse, Modern Healthcare reports.

  • Even in red states, Americans support ACA coverage expansion

    May 23, 2013
    Daily Briefing

    Although few adults living in the Deep South have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nearly two-thirds support the law's Medicaid expansion, according to a poll released this week by Families USA.

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