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New trial shows how parents can avoid bringing dangerous bacteria into the NICU

For sick or prematurely born babies spending their first days of life in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, the soothing voice and gentle touch of a loving parent can have a tremendous impact toward a positive outcome -- that is, unless mom or dad's visit leaves the infant with something extra: a dangerous bacterial infection.

31 Dec 2019

Novela Neurotech’s “smart” neural interface displayed at Creative Destruction Lab

Novela Neurotech, a MedTech company developing AI-powered wireless, "smart" neural interface systems, joins Canada's Creative Destruction Lab to further fine-tune its health technologies to the needs of patients with difficult neurological disorders.

31 Dec 2019

Proper disposal of leftover medication can help reduce antibiotic resistance

Proper disposal of leftover medication, particularly antibiotics and opioids, can help reduce antibiotic resistance, prevent children from being poisoned and stop the misuse of addiction-forming drugs.

31 Dec 2019

New combination of antibodies leads to more effective tumor destruction

The simultaneous use of antibodies based on two differing mechanisms of action leads to a more effective destruction of tumors.

30 Dec 2019

Consumers feel empowered and confused by direct-to-consumer fertility tests, study reveals

Direct-to-consumer hormone-based "fertility testing" for women is viewed by consumers as both an alternative, empowering tool for family planning, and a confusing and misleading one, according to the results of a new study from Penn Medicine.

30 Dec 2019

Closing of local automotive assembly plants may lead to rise in opioid overdose deaths

Closing of local automotive assembly plants may lead to increases in deaths from opioid overdose, according to a study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

30 Dec 2019

Children who drank whole milk had lower odds of being overweight or obese, study finds

A systematic review and meta-analysis led by St. Michael's Hospital of Unity Health Toronto found children who drank whole milk had 40 per cent lower odds of being overweight or obese compared with children who consumed reduced-fat milk.

30 Dec 2019

Diarrhea in young children linked to La Niña climate conditions

A study in Botswana by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists finds that spikes in cases of life-threatening diarrhea in young children are associated with La Niña climate conditions.

30 Dec 2019

A reality check on artificial intelligence: Are health care claims overblown?

Health products powered by artificial intelligence, or AI, are streaming into our lives, from virtual doctor apps to wearable sensors and drugstore chatbots.

30 Dec 2019

Scientists discover potential drug compounds that target common type of liver cancer

Scientists from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Genome Institute of Singapore have discovered four potential drug compounds that target hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer.

30 Dec 2019

Proton therapy has similar cure rates, fewer serious side effects compared with traditional radiation

Cancer patients who receive high-tech proton therapy experience similar cure rates and fewer serious side effects compared with those who undergo traditional X-ray radiation therapy, according to a study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

28 Dec 2019

Study reveals rapid effects of diet on sperm quality

Sperm are influenced by diet, and the effects arise rapidly. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at Linköping University, in which healthy young men were fed a diet rich in sugar.

28 Dec 2019

Teens with more equitable gender attitudes have lower odds of reporting violent behaviors

Teenage boys who witness their peers abusing women and girls are much more likely to bully and fight with others, as well as behave abusively toward their dates, compared to teenage boys who don't witness such behaviors, according to an analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

27 Dec 2019

Yale Cancer Center launches CEHE to ensure health equity and improve patient outcomes

Yale Cancer Center announces the launch of the Center for Community Engagement and Health Equity.

26 Dec 2019

Proton therapy reduces the relative risk of side effects for cancer patients

Proton therapy leads to significantly lower risk of side effects severe enough to lead to unplanned hospitalizations for cancer patients when compared with traditional radiation, while cure rates between the two groups are almost identical.

26 Dec 2019

Lab-grown brain organoids may hold the answers to personalized treatments for glioblastomas

Lab-grown brain organoids developed from a patient's own glioblastoma, the most aggressive and common form of brain cancer, may hold the answers on how to best treat it.

26 Dec 2019

Transcendental Meditation technique helps prevent left ventricular hypertrophy

A randomized controlled study recently published in Ethnicity & Disease in their Autumn 2019 Hypertension issue found that the Transcendental Meditation technique helps to prevent abnormal enlargement of the heart compared to health education controls.

26 Dec 2019

Hospital News and Research

New trial shows how parents can avoid bringing dangerous bacteria into the NICU

Novela Neurotech’s “smart” neural interface displayed at Creative Destruction Lab

Proper disposal of leftover medication can help reduce antibiotic resistance

New combination of antibodies leads to more effective tumor destruction

Consumers feel empowered and confused by direct-to-consumer fertility tests, study reveals

Closing of local automotive assembly plants may lead to rise in opioid overdose deaths

Children who drank whole milk had lower odds of being overweight or obese, study finds

Diarrhea in young children linked to La Niña climate conditions

A reality check on artificial intelligence: Are health care claims overblown?

Scientists discover potential drug compounds that target common type of liver cancer

Proton therapy has similar cure rates, fewer serious side effects compared with traditional radiation

Study reveals rapid effects of diet on sperm quality

Teens with more equitable gender attitudes have lower odds of reporting violent behaviors

Yale Cancer Center launches CEHE to ensure health equity and improve patient outcomes

Proton therapy reduces the relative risk of side effects for cancer patients

Lab-grown brain organoids may hold the answers to personalized treatments for glioblastomas

Transcendental Meditation technique helps prevent left ventricular hypertrophy

Coping with loss of hospital, rural town realizes: We don’t need a hospital

Synthetic mRNA nanoparticles restore tumor suppressor gene, make cancer cells susceptible to drugs

Immunologists discover new RIPK1 mechanism that leads to cell death

Industry Focus eBook - Neurology/Neuroscience - 2nd edition eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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