Music and remembering

Ode to recall: To remember events in order, we rely on the brain's 'symphony'

 

Night surgery has a higher risk

 Five-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations

Human interaction with dogs

Dogs understand both vocabulary and intonation of human speech

Anticoagulents in atrial fibrillation

Results of trial into anticoagulants for cardioversion in atrial fibrillation patients published

Do not overdo blood pressure control

Caution urged in the use of blood pressure lowering treatment for heart disease patients

Childhood obesity and antibiotic use

Swelling obesity rates may be tied to childhood antibiotic use