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Researchers investigate whether aspirin can decrease rate of intracranial aneurysm growth

Researchers conducted a database search to investigate whether aspirin can aid in the prevention of intracranial aneurysm rupture by hindering aneurysm growth. The researchers identified 146 patients harboring multiple intracranial aneurysms, five millimeters or less in diameter, that had been observed for at least five years.

29 Oct 2019

Hyperfine launches world's first low-cost, point-of-care MRI system at ACEP 2019

Hyperfine Research Inc. is introducing the world's first low-cost, point-of-care magnetic resonance imaging system at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly 2019. In inventing POC MRI, Hyperfine aims to make MRI available anytime, anywhere, to any patient who needs it.

29 Oct 2019

The McLean Hospital Brain Bank receives new NIH contract

The Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center at McLean Hospital, known as the Brain Bank, has received a new contract from the National Institutes of Health for a total of $12,796,394.

29 Oct 2019

Hospitals take shot at opioid makers over cost of treating uninsured for addiction

While thousands of cities and counties have banded together to sue opioid makers and distributors in a federal court, another group of plaintiffs has started to sue on their own: hospitals.

29 Oct 2019

NHS Digital publishes new figures on Mental Health Act detentions

NHS Digital has published new figures on the number of detentions carried out under the Mental Health Act in 2018-19.

29 Oct 2019

States try a gentler approach to getting Medicaid enrollees to work

Under pressure from the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature to require Medicaid recipients to work as a condition for coverage, state health officials have devised a gentler approach to getting beneficiaries into jobs.

29 Oct 2019

Horrifying HIV epidemic in Pakistani town children due to syringe reuse

Allegations abound in this small Pakistani town of Ratodero, in the province of Sindh. Stung by poverty, pediatricians, barbers and dentists alike brave the risk of transmitting fatal and incurable HIV infection by sharing the same needles, tools and blades for multiple patients and clients, without sterilizing them in between uses.

28 Oct 2019

Work in progress on medicine for treatment of ulcerative colitis

IKBFU center for clinical research scientists have participated in the international VARSITY clinical research. It's the world's first research aimed at finding the most effective drug among anti-inflammatory ones for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

28 Oct 2019

NCCN ORP plans to support phase II randomized trial for lung cancer patients

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Research Program today announced plans to support a phase II randomized trial for lung cancer patients.

28 Oct 2019

Teen e-cigarette use epidemic blamed on flavoured cartridges

Researchers from University of Southern California have found that more and more teenagers are sticking to vaping e cigarettes if they are being offered choices of different candy and fruity flavours.

28 Oct 2019

Bariatric surgery is safe and beneficial for teenagers with morbid obesity

Bariatric surgery is safe and, in many cases, beneficial for teenagers with morbid obesity who would otherwise face a heightened risk of developing severe health problems, including heart disease and stroke, according to a new study from Penn Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

25 Oct 2019

Decision support tool could avert needless referrals of low-risk patients to cardiac specialists

Few events strike more fear in parents than hearing their child's heart "hurts."

25 Oct 2019

Empowering clinicians to prevent firearm injuries and deaths among kids

Lenore Jarvis, M.D., MEd, FAAP, remembers feeling fatigue and frustration when, despite her team's herculean efforts, a 5-year-old died from accidental gunshot wounds.

25 Oct 2019

Research finds increase in use of emergency CPR device despite lack of evidence

Despite significant cost and minimal evidence that mechanical resuscitation devices benefit patients in cardiac arrest more than resuscitation performed by people, the devices are being used more often than ever, says a new study.

25 Oct 2019

Functional medicine model linked to improvements in health-related quality of life

In the first retrospective cohort study of the functional medicine model, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that functional medicine was associated with improvements in health-related quality of life. The study was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open.

25 Oct 2019

Phase 2 clinical trial of CAR T-cell therapy starts at Atlantic Health System

Atlantic Health System is treating patients in a new Phase 2 clinical trial of CAR T-cell therapy at Morristown Medical Center. A select number of sites across the U.S. are involved in this study, which is done on an outpatient basis.

25 Oct 2019

Study finds molecular key to formation of mature and fully functioning T cells

In a finding that could help lead to new therapies for immune diseases like multiple sclerosis and IBD, scientists report in the Journal of Experimental Medicine identifying a gene and family of proteins critical to the formation of mature and fully functioning T cells in the immune system.

25 Oct 2019

Researchers find antibody that may protect against wide range of lethal influenza viruses

A nationwide team of researchers has found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of potentially lethal influenza viruses, advancing efforts to design of a universal vaccine that could either treat or protect people against all strains of the virus.

25 Oct 2019

TB is not a life-long infection in most people

A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis. Based on a review of clinical studies, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues show that people who test positive with immunologic TB skin or blood tests rarely develop TB.

25 Oct 2019

Study explores distribution of new diabetes cases and specialist density in the U.S.

In the last five years, the landscape of type 2 diabetes treatment has changed dramatically. Two new classes of drugs -- SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists -- have been shown to prevent some of the most serious diabetes complications, including heart and kidney conditions, in patients.

25 Oct 2019