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Study investigates if remote ischemic preconditioning could be beneficial to the brain

What if wearing a blood pressure cuff could help prevent stroke? In a new study, people who restricted their blood flow by wearing inflated blood pressure cuffs on an arm and leg showed signs of more controlled blood flow to their brain, a process that could be protective if blood flow is more severely restricted in the event of a stroke, according at a study published in the May 29, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

30 May 2019

New case study provides definitive road map to bridge the gap between medicine and public health

Academic medical centers across the country and around the world are rapidly creating and expanding population health departments to bridge the worlds of clinical practice and public health. However, few frameworks exist to guide these efforts.

30 May 2019

International research collaboration uses FDA-approved drugs to slow aging in nematodes

An international research collaboration that includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has discovered that aging in nematodes (worms) can be slowed and even reversed by a number of Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs, findings that have the potential to extend human lifespan.

30 May 2019

Newly identified internal regulator helps control body's response to fight infection

Scientists have identified a new internal regulator which helps control the body's response to fight infection.

30 May 2019

Study identifies patterns of chronic lymphocytic leukemia growth

In patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the rate of disease growth is apt to follow one of three trajectories: relentlessly upward, steadily level, or something in between, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the University of Washington report in a new study.

29 May 2019

$9.5 million grant funds brain imaging study aimed at detecting autism in early infancy

A multicenter research team led jointly by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant to further evaluate whether brain imaging can help detect very high risk of autism spectrum disorder in early infancy.

29 May 2019

Advanced testing does not help predict major cardiac events, research shows

Most patients seen in a hospital emergency department for chest pain did not experience major cardiac events within six months following discharge, new research from UC Davis Health and Oregon Health Sciences University cardiologists shows.

29 May 2019

Study: Less than 60% of teenagers diagnosed with STIs in emergency departments fill prescriptions

Fewer than 60% of young women diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections in the emergency department fill prescriptions for antimicrobial therapy to treat these conditions, according to a research letter published online May 28, 2019, by JAMA Pediatrics.

29 May 2019

Low vitamin D associated with potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in pregnant black women

Vitamin D, sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin, has long been known to be important for a healthy pregnancy. Pregnant mothers take vitamin D supplements to ensure their own health and that of their unborn child.

29 May 2019

Study explores associations between daytime sleepiness and epigenetic modifications

Everyone feels tired at times, but up to 20 percent of U.S. adults report feeling so sleepy during the day that it interferes with daily activities, including working, having meals or carrying on conversations.

29 May 2019

Nicotine delivery devices are harmful and do not help smokers to quit

In a new statement published by the European Respiratory Society Tobacco Control Committee, an international coalition of respiratory doctors and scientists have warned that tobacco harm reduction strategies which support the use of alternative nicotine delivery products for smoking cessation are not effective and are based upon incorrect assumptions and undocumented claims.

29 May 2019

Women in low- and middle-income countries need radiotherapy to treat their cervical cancer

A first of its kind study is reporting that millions of women in low- and middle-income countries will need life-saving radiotherapy to treat their cervical cancer, despite the growth of essential human papilloma virus vaccination prevention programs.

29 May 2019

Lawmakers push to stop surprise ER billing

California has some of the nation's strongest protections against surprise medical bills. But many Californians still get slammed with huge out-of-network charges.

29 May 2019

Deep learning analysis of SPECT MPI can improve diagnosis of coronary artery disease

A multicenter international study has demonstrated for the first time that diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease can be improved by using deep learning analysis of upright and supine single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging

29 May 2019

Hospital News and Research

Study investigates if remote ischemic preconditioning could be beneficial to the brain

New case study provides definitive road map to bridge the gap between medicine and public health

International research collaboration uses FDA-approved drugs to slow aging in nematodes

Newly identified internal regulator helps control body's response to fight infection

Study identifies patterns of chronic lymphocytic leukemia growth

$9.5 million grant funds brain imaging study aimed at detecting autism in early infancy

Advanced testing does not help predict major cardiac events, research shows

Study: Less than 60% of teenagers diagnosed with STIs in emergency departments fill prescriptions

Low vitamin D associated with potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in pregnant black women

Study explores associations between daytime sleepiness and epigenetic modifications

Nicotine delivery devices are harmful and do not help smokers to quit

Women in low- and middle-income countries need radiotherapy to treat their cervical cancer

Lawmakers push to stop surprise ER billing

Deep learning analysis of SPECT MPI can improve diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Patients reading clinician visit notes report positive effects on use of prescription medications

Delirium increases risk of cognitive dysfunction, but only in the first postoperative month

Study draws up criteria for correctly assessing avalanche victims' chances of survival

Living in a warzone linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke, finds study

Mount Sinai receives highest quality rating for adult cardiac valve surgery

Study finds new evidence that it is unnecessary to fast before complete cholesterol test

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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