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Nonfatal injuries in the U.S. cost over $1.8 trillion in 2013

A new analysis by researchers from Brown University and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation has found that nonfatal injuries in the U.S. in the year 2013 cost more than $1.8 trillion.

8 Oct 2018

New update on CareMore's innovative program to transform delivery of care for Medicaid consumers

CareMore Health announced today that a new article "Rethinking How Medicaid Patients Receive Care" has been published in Harvard Business Review. The outcomes reported in the article provide the first update on CareMore's innovative program designed to transform the delivery of care for Medicaid consumers.

7 Oct 2018

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, putting vulnerable kids at risk for a serious infection.

5 Oct 2018

Top American hospitals make it unduly confusing for patients to access medical records

Many top hospitals in the United States are making it unduly confusing or expensive for patients to gain access to their own medical records, say researchers at Yale. Their study appeared on Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open.

5 Oct 2018

Patient advocacy or political ploy? Union, industry square off over dialysis initiative

This year, California dialysis clinics — and their profits — are in a powerful union's crosshairs. On Nov. 6, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West union hopes to deliver a stinging blow with a ballot measure designed to limit clinic profits.

5 Oct 2018

Energy insecure New Yorkers more likely to have many health issues and poor sleep

Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric bills.

5 Oct 2018

Sink traps are unexpected source of drug-resistant bacteria in ICU, study reveals

During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its intensive care unit to an unexpected source--sink traps, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

5 Oct 2018

Studies needed on effects of cannabis use on physical health of children

McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies on the physical health effects of cannabis use, including its impact on puberty.

5 Oct 2018

Study finds typical mutations in offspring of radar soldiers

The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without radiation exposure.

5 Oct 2018

RNA sequencing method uncovers new insights into biological events in heart disease

Scientists using a powerful new technology that sequences RNA in 20,000 individual cell nuclei have uncovered new insights into biological events in heart disease.

5 Oct 2018

Scripps Research scientists discover role of immune system double agent

Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered the role of an immune system double agent. This molecule, called USP18, can help curtail immune responses, but it can also open the door to bacterial infections, such as harmful listeria and staph infections.

5 Oct 2018

Length of hospital stay and readmission likelihood increases by 2.9% in rural areas, review finds

Hospital readmissions cost hospitals about $26 billion annually. Systems like the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program within the Affordable Care Act penalize hospitals with higher readmission rates for targeted diagnoses.

5 Oct 2018

Study analyzes role of environmental exposures in pediatric asthma control

A study from the Nationwide Children's Hospital analyzed environmental exposures, like pet and secondhand smoke, to determine if they have a role in asthma control among children whose asthma is managed per NAEPP (EPR-3) guidelines.

5 Oct 2018

Krembil scientists develop potential treatment to stop knee and spine osteoarthritis

Scientists at the Krembil Research Institute have developed a novel therapeutic treatment that has the potential to stop knee and spine osteoarthritis in its tracks.

5 Oct 2018

Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim present full results of cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today presented the full results of the long-term cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA®, which studied the impact of Trajenta® (linagliptin) on cardiovascular and kidney safety in adults with type 2 diabetes at high risk for heart and/or kidney disease.

5 Oct 2018

Scientists receive Young Investigator Grants from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued at more than $13.8 million to 200 of the world's most promising young scientists.

5 Oct 2018

Low-dose aspirin use associated with reduced ovarian cancer risk

Taking a low-dose aspirin daily may help women lower their risk of developing ovarian cancer. A new study co-led by Moffitt Cancer Center found that women who reported taking a low-dose aspirin every day had a 23 percent lower risk of ovarian cancer compared to nonaspirin users.

4 Oct 2018

Pilot study shows how migraine can be treated without medicine

By slightly changing the body's own molecules using a small inhaler, certain migraine patients can either cut down on medication or do without it completely. This is shown by a pilot study which has been published in the scientific journal Cephalalgia.

4 Oct 2018

Common herbicide compound could help fight hospital-acquired fungal infections

A chemical compound found in common herbicides could help fight hospital-acquired human fungal pathogenic infections, which claim an estimated two million lives per year.

4 Oct 2018

Alnylam announces positive results from Phase 1/2 study of lumasiran for treating primary hyperoxaluria-1

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today updated positive results from its Phase 1/2 clinical study of lumasiran, an investigational, subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting glycolate oxidase for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1.

4 Oct 2018

Hospital News and Research

Nonfatal injuries in the U.S. cost over $1.8 trillion in 2013

New update on CareMore's innovative program to transform delivery of care for Medicaid consumers

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Top American hospitals make it unduly confusing for patients to access medical records

Patient advocacy or political ploy? Union, industry square off over dialysis initiative

Energy insecure New Yorkers more likely to have many health issues and poor sleep

Sink traps are unexpected source of drug-resistant bacteria in ICU, study reveals

Studies needed on effects of cannabis use on physical health of children

Study finds typical mutations in offspring of radar soldiers

RNA sequencing method uncovers new insights into biological events in heart disease

Scripps Research scientists discover role of immune system double agent

Length of hospital stay and readmission likelihood increases by 2.9% in rural areas, review finds

Study analyzes role of environmental exposures in pediatric asthma control

Krembil scientists develop potential treatment to stop knee and spine osteoarthritis

Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim present full results of cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA

Scientists receive Young Investigator Grants from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Low-dose aspirin use associated with reduced ovarian cancer risk

Pilot study shows how migraine can be treated without medicine

Common herbicide compound could help fight hospital-acquired fungal infections

Alnylam announces positive results from Phase 1/2 study of lumasiran for treating primary hyperoxaluria-1

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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