Tuesday, November 15, 2016

This and That

Pneumonia rates linked to hospital ventilators have not dropped
The study found that about 10 percent of critically ill patients placed on a ventilator develop Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia.
Study finds large decrease in coronary heart disease in US 
Yes, but the statins that produced this effect have induced an equal amount of diabetes... thanks doctors!

Immune system uses gut bacteria to control glucose metabolism
There we go.

Traumatic stress changes brains of boys, girls differently

Depression on the rise among US teens, especially girls
Oh yay.  This trend continues...

Study shows how problem behaviors spread in siblings
Yeah.  It spreads like an infection.   Go figure.