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Investigating risks of postpartum hemorrhage treatment on future pregnancies

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a serious condition where a woman experiences significant blood loss after giving birth.

20 Sep 2024

UCLA develops largest collection of patient-derived organoids for sarcoma research

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed the largest collection of sarcoma patient-derived organoids to date that can help improve the understanding of the disease and better identify therapies that are most likely to work for each individual patient.

20 Sep 2024

Promising antidepressant offers hope for glioblastoma treatment

Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive brain tumor that at present is incurable. Cancer doctors can extend patients' life expectancy through operations, radiation, chemotherapy or surgical interventions. Nevertheless, half of patients die within twelve months of diagnosis.

20 Sep 2024

Access to accredited hospitals improves cancer care outcomes for vulnerable patients

Vulnerable patients facing social, environmental, and economic disadvantages often experience worse cancer outcomes than other groups.

19 Sep 2024

Liposomal bupivacaine shows no advantage in postoperative pain management for older adults

For older adults undergoing hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture, intraoperative use of liposomal bupivacaine does not improve pain scores or other relevant outcomes, compared to conventional bupivacaine, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

19 Sep 2024

New biopsy technique reduces infection risk in prostate cancer detection

A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches.

19 Sep 2024

Researchers seek to revolutionize rectal cancer treatment with AI

With a new four-year, $1.14 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, will use artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the best personalized treatment for Veterans with rectal cancer.

19 Sep 2024

Rice and Baylor receive $2.8 million to suppress inflammation and lung damage in ARDS patients

Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have received $2.8 million in funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for research on reducing inflammation and lung damage in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients.

19 Sep 2024

These Alabama workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in.

Like most medical offices, the small suite of exam rooms at the PhiferCares Clinic fills daily with patients seeking help with bumps and bruises, sore throats, and stuffy noses.

19 Sep 2024

Study highlights disparities in stroke burden across regions

Although stroke is highly preventable and treatable, there has been a rapid rise in the global stroke burden between 1990 and 2021, due to both population growth and the rise of aging populations worldwide, as well as a substantial increase in people's exposure to environmental and behavioral risk factors.

19 Sep 2024

Cancer drug shows promise for treating rare bleeding disorder

A clinical trial has demonstrated that the cancer drug pomalidomide is safe and effective in treating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a rare bleeding disorder that impacts more than 1 in 5,000 people worldwide. The trial, led by Keith McCrae, M.D., of Cleveland Clinic and supported by the National Institutes of Health, was stopped early because of these successful findings, and has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

19 Sep 2024

Researchers discover how rare cell type controls scar tissue formation in spinal cord injuries

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it.

18 Sep 2024

Study may represent a possible surgery-free strategy for managing cataracts

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have identified a protein, known as RNF114, that reverses cataracts, a clouding of the eye's lens that occurs commonly in people as they age.

18 Sep 2024

Scientists pinpoint thousands of gene variants linked to breast and ovarian cancer risk

Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person's risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, paving the way for better risk assessment and more personalised care.

18 Sep 2024

Extended estrogen suppression treatment found safe for postmenopausal breast cancer patients

New evidence shows that extended estrogen suppression treatment using an aromatase inhibitors for hormone receptor-positive postmenopausal breast cancer is safe; it does not increase the risk of coronary artery calcification, a sign of active coronary atherosclerosis, as some prior studies had indicated.

18 Sep 2024

Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad’s hospital monopoly after years of problems

Ballad Health, an Appalachian company with the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, may soon be required to improve its quality of care or face the possibility of being broken up.

18 Sep 2024

NIH-funded study compares eyelid surgeries for Trachomatous trichiasis

Trachomatous trichiasis, a potentially blinding condition where inward-turned eyelashes scratch the front of the eye, can successfully be treated by either of the two most common types of eyelid surgery, according to findings from a large comparison trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.

18 Sep 2024

OU Health Sciences receives major cancer research grant

A $5.3 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences will support advanced cancer research in Oklahoma. The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant is designed to build research capacity and help early-career researchers establish independently funded laboratories.

18 Sep 2024

Cancer patients favor early financial risk assessments

Patients with cancer want their care team to assess them early in treatment about their concerns related to costs of care, reports a Northwestern Medicine study.

17 Sep 2024

Post-treatment lifestyle choices influence long-term outcomes in breast cancer patients

Three studies led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have encouraging implications for patients with breast cancer.

17 Sep 2024

Surgery News and Research

Investigating risks of postpartum hemorrhage treatment on future pregnancies

UCLA develops largest collection of patient-derived organoids for sarcoma research

Promising antidepressant offers hope for glioblastoma treatment

Access to accredited hospitals improves cancer care outcomes for vulnerable patients

Liposomal bupivacaine shows no advantage in postoperative pain management for older adults

New biopsy technique reduces infection risk in prostate cancer detection

Researchers seek to revolutionize rectal cancer treatment with AI

Rice and Baylor receive $2.8 million to suppress inflammation and lung damage in ARDS patients

These Alabama workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in.

Study highlights disparities in stroke burden across regions

Cancer drug shows promise for treating rare bleeding disorder

Researchers discover how rare cell type controls scar tissue formation in spinal cord injuries

Study may represent a possible surgery-free strategy for managing cataracts

Scientists pinpoint thousands of gene variants linked to breast and ovarian cancer risk

Extended estrogen suppression treatment found safe for postmenopausal breast cancer patients

Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad’s hospital monopoly after years of problems

NIH-funded study compares eyelid surgeries for Trachomatous trichiasis

OU Health Sciences receives major cancer research grant

Cancer patients favor early financial risk assessments

Post-treatment lifestyle choices influence long-term outcomes in breast cancer patients

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