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Increased spending on emergency care does produce better outcomes for patients

Because Americans spend more per capita on health care than residents of any country, debate has rumbled on for years about whether all that investment yields sufficient results. Now a newly published study with a distinctive design, led by an MIT health care scholar, shows that increased spending on emergency care does, in fact, produce better outcomes for patients.

6 Feb 2015

Most hospital readmissions after surgery are not due to poor care coordination, finds new study

A study from Northwestern Medicine and the American College of Surgeons published today in JAMA suggests that penalizing hospitals for patient readmissions following surgery may be ineffective, and even counterproductive, for improving the quality of hospital care in America.

5 Feb 2015

Misonix net sales increase 36% to $5.6 million in second quarter fiscal 2015

Misonix, Inc., an international surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic products for spine surgery, skull based surgery, neurosurgery, wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and other surgical applications, today announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, ended December 31, 2014.

5 Feb 2015

National Centre for Healthcare Photonics to be located in North East of England

One of the most interesting and fastest developing areas in healthcare is the use of light to diagnose and treat medical conditions and illnesses, collectively known as Healthcare Photonics. It includes a range of new phototherapies as well as bio-medical imaging and in vitro diagnostics. The area offers huge potential for the UK and the global healthcare sector. Applications are wide ranging from wound, skin and cancer care to niche applications in neurology and ophthalmology.

2 Feb 2015

New protocol promises to transform remote monitoring of patients through implanted medical sensors

The ageing of society needs new, more cost-effective solutions to improve the life quality of patients and cut the burden that is placed on the social welfare system.

2 Feb 2015

Jersey Coast Vascular Institute, Meridian Health partner to accept a wide range of insurances

Improving access to care is an important focus at Meridian Health, and a new partnership with Jersey Coast Vascular Institute is making high quality vascular services more readily available for local residents.

2 Feb 2015

Scientists identify critical molecule that helps explain why diabetics suffer from non-healing wound

One of the most troubling complications of diabetes is its effect on wound healing. Roughly 15 percent of diabetics will suffer from a non-healing wound in their lifetime. In some cases, these open ulcers on the skin lead to amputations.

28 Jan 2015

Researchers decode how cancer uses cell-cell interaction mechanism to promote metastasis

Cancer uses a little-understood element of cell signaling to hijack the communication process and spread, according to Rice University researchers.

27 Jan 2015

Study explores economic outcomes of hospital-based violence intervention

At more than 25 hospitals across the U.S., health care professionals have embraced a public health approach to their work--taking action to prevent violent injuries, not just treat them. In programs known as hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs), teams of medical professionals, social workers and researchers step in at a critical moment in a patient's life--the period following a violent injury such as a gunshot or stab wound--with case management, counseling and other services that help these victims break free from the cycle of violence.

27 Jan 2015

Altered AHNAK gene may open door to improved treatment for keloid scars

Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have identified a gene that may offer a better understanding of how keloid scars develop and potentially open the door to improved treatment for the often painful, itchy and tender scars.

23 Jan 2015

Rice researchers develop new version of hydrogel to promote wound healing

Rice University scientists have found the balance necessary to aid healing with high-tech hydrogel.

21 Jan 2015

Despite forced-air warming, hypothermia affects patients undergoing surgery

Body temperature decreases during the first hour of surgery, even when patients are actively warmed with forced air, reports a new study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

21 Jan 2015

Gecko Biomedical obtains 1.3 million euros to advance Bio-inspired Surgical Solutions

Gecko Biomedical, a French medical device company developing 'bio-inspired' biodegradable surgical glues and patches for wound closure, announces today it has received 1.3 million euros from Bpifrance to advance its Bio-inspired Surgical Solutions.

20 Jan 2015

ETH Zurich researchers demonstrate promising method to fabricate cellulose-sheaths for implants

Artificial implants such as pacemakers often cause complications because the body identifies them as foreign objects. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated a simple method to fabricate cellulose-sheaths for implants, whose micro-structured surface makes them especially biocompatible.

19 Jan 2015

$New device holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy for non-healing fractures$

New device holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy for non-healing fractures

A new device that can rapidly concentrate and extract young cells from irrigation fluid used during orthopaedic surgery holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy in cases of non-healing fractures. UC Davis surgeons plan to launch a "proof-of-concept" clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of the device in the coming months.

16 Jan 2015

GSU researchers discover how steroids use a novel 'trick' to suppress inflammation

A new "trick" steroids use to suppress inflammation, which could be used to make new anti-inflammatory drugs without the harmful side effects of steroids, has been discovered by researchers at Georgia State University.

15 Jan 2015

People with iron overload disease are more vulnerable to Vibrio vulnificus infections

Every summer, the news reports on a bacterium called Vibrio vulnificus found in warm saltwater that causes people to get sick, or die, after they eat raw tainted shellfish or when an open wound comes in contact with seawater.

15 Jan 2015

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma treatment may reduce risk of transmitting norovirus

Treating surfaces with cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) may reduce the risk of transmitting norovirus, a contagious virus leading to stomach pain, nausea and diarrhea, according to a new study.

14 Jan 2015

Virginia Tech scientists plan to design virus to switch wound-healing drug into cancer fighter

At the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, three scientists are planning to create a virus capable of destroying brain cancer.

12 Jan 2015

Nuo signs licensing and distribution agreement with Rohto for Aurix wound care system

Nuo Therapeutics, Inc., a pioneer in biodynamic therapies, today announced that it has signed an exclusive licensing and distribution agreement for the Aurix System with Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s leading pharmaceutical, health and wellness companies.

9 Jan 2015

Wound News and Research

Increased spending on emergency care does produce better outcomes for patients

Most hospital readmissions after surgery are not due to poor care coordination, finds new study

Misonix net sales increase 36% to $5.6 million in second quarter fiscal 2015

National Centre for Healthcare Photonics to be located in North East of England

New protocol promises to transform remote monitoring of patients through implanted medical sensors

Jersey Coast Vascular Institute, Meridian Health partner to accept a wide range of insurances

Scientists identify critical molecule that helps explain why diabetics suffer from non-healing wound

Researchers decode how cancer uses cell-cell interaction mechanism to promote metastasis

Study explores economic outcomes of hospital-based violence intervention

Altered AHNAK gene may open door to improved treatment for keloid scars

Rice researchers develop new version of hydrogel to promote wound healing

Despite forced-air warming, hypothermia affects patients undergoing surgery

Gecko Biomedical obtains 1.3 million euros to advance Bio-inspired Surgical Solutions

ETH Zurich researchers demonstrate promising method to fabricate cellulose-sheaths for implants

New device holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy for non-healing fractures

GSU researchers discover how steroids use a novel 'trick' to suppress inflammation

People with iron overload disease are more vulnerable to Vibrio vulnificus infections

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma treatment may reduce risk of transmitting norovirus

Virginia Tech scientists plan to design virus to switch wound-healing drug into cancer fighter

Nuo signs licensing and distribution agreement with Rohto for Aurix wound care system

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