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UA researcher focuses on preventing health-care-associated infections

On any given day in the United States, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one health-care-associated infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

16 Oct 2019

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can relieve symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can relieve self-reported symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy against cancer in the pelvic region, a study shows. After 30-40 sessions in a hyperbaric chamber, many patients experienced reductions in bleeding, urinary incontinence, and pain alike.

16 Oct 2019

Spectrum Health, MSU researchers aim to find new or better treatments for "orphan diseases"

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Michigan State University researcher a $2.1 million, five-year grant to search vast databases of existing drugs.

16 Oct 2019

Epigenetic changes can lead to development of GISTs, other cancers

Most cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), a type of soft-tissue cancer (sarcoma), are caused by mutations in genes that can be effectively targeted with drugs that inhibit the activity of rogue cancer-promoting enzymes.

16 Oct 2019

AACN grants support nurse-driven research designed to improve critical care nursing practice

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses announces the recipients of its annual research grants. Clinicians and researchers are invited to submit projects by Nov. 1, 2019, for the next application cycle, with total available funding of $160,000.

16 Oct 2019

NIH-funded research consortium aims to advance treatments for frontotemporal lobar degeneration

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, multi-investigator research grant expected to total more than $63 million to Mayo Clinic and the University of California, San Francisco, to advance treatments for frontotemporal lobar degeneration

16 Oct 2019

Study reports first evidence of biological changes related to e-cig use in never-smokers

E-cigarette (e-cig) use is rising at concerning levels among both smokers and non-smokers, and new research data suggests that even short-term e-cig use can cause cellular inflammation in never-smoker adults.

16 Oct 2019

Children exposed to smokeless tobacco in fetal life more likely to have higher blood pressure

Five to six year old children had higher systolic blood pressure if their mothers used snus, a moist, powdered smokeless tobacco that contains nicotine, while pregnant compared to children of mothers who did not use snus, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the open access journal of the American Heart Association.

16 Oct 2019

Study reveals factors that predict obesity by adolescence

Three simple factors that predict whether a healthy weight child will be overweight or obese by adolescence have been revealed in a new study led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

16 Oct 2019

Subtle changes in mitochondrial DNA can have profound consequences for patient's health

Subtle changes in the DNA of mitochondria, the tiny power plants within cells, can have profound consequences for a patient's health.

16 Oct 2019

Researchers develop new smart speaker that uses white noise to monitor infants' breathing

Gone are the days when people use smart speakers - like Amazon Echo or Google Home - only as kitchen timers or dinner party music players. These devices have started helping people track their own health, and can even monitor for cardiac arrest.

16 Oct 2019

Kids with celiac disease and allergic inflammatory disorder may not need to remove soy from their diets

Children who have both celiac disease and an associated allergic inflammatory disorder may not need to permanently remove soy from their diets to reduce scarring in the esophagus, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine.

16 Oct 2019

Non-invasive tape strips can be used in children to assess atopic dermatitis on the molecular level

In a study using non-invasive tape strips in young children with eczema (or atopic dermatitis), researchers found many molecular signs of immune dysfunction and skin changes that relate to disease activity.

16 Oct 2019

White noise listening device for monitoring infant breathing

Researchers at the University of Washington have come up with a device which acts as a monitor for infant breathing patterns while playing white noise to soothe them to sleep. The results of their study with the new device would be presented in an article titled, “Contactless Infant Monitoring using White Noise,” at the MobiCom 2019 conference in Los Cabos, Mexico on the 22nd of this month.

15 Oct 2019

Hospital News and Research

UA researcher focuses on preventing health-care-associated infections

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can relieve symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy

Spectrum Health, MSU researchers aim to find new or better treatments for "orphan diseases"

Epigenetic changes can lead to development of GISTs, other cancers

AACN grants support nurse-driven research designed to improve critical care nursing practice

NIH-funded research consortium aims to advance treatments for frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Study reports first evidence of biological changes related to e-cig use in never-smokers

Children exposed to smokeless tobacco in fetal life more likely to have higher blood pressure

Study reveals factors that predict obesity by adolescence

Subtle changes in mitochondrial DNA can have profound consequences for patient's health

Researchers develop new smart speaker that uses white noise to monitor infants' breathing

Kids with celiac disease and allergic inflammatory disorder may not need to remove soy from their diets

Non-invasive tape strips can be used in children to assess atopic dermatitis on the molecular level

White noise listening device for monitoring infant breathing

Inactive receptor prevents cancer drugs from reactivating the immune system

Amyloid-β protein misfolding proves to be strong risk prediction marker for Alzheimer's

BU researcher receives NIH grant for clinical research in rheumatology

Drug-light combination could offer better control over CAR T-cell treatments

Mindfulness meditation appears to alter how the brain processes fear memories

Retinal macular damage linked to sleep apnea in diabetes

Industry Focus eBook - Forensics & toxicology (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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