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Pioneering procedure for common prostate condition offered by The London Clinic

The London Clinic is one of the first hospitals in the UK to offer prostate artery embolization, a new procedure for non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition in older men.

24 Sep 2018

Place where older adults live before hospitalization may affect risk of readmission

Forty per cent of older adults who leave hospital are discharged to home care or a long-term care facility, which, combined with where they lived before hospitalization, affects their risk of readmission, found a study published in CMAJ.

24 Sep 2018

SNMMI announces recipients of 2018-2020 Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018-2020 SNMMI Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship.

24 Sep 2018

Columbia University announces winners of 2018 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

Columbia University has decided to award the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2018.

24 Sep 2018

AGA partners with ESNM for 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

The American Gastroenterological Association is proud to partner with the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility for the 8th annual Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

In proof-of-concept experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have highlighted a potential therapy for a rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting disorder, TTP.

24 Sep 2018

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and mortality for heart failure patients with moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation.

24 Sep 2018

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients who underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a high number experienced severe and moderate cases of prosthesis-patient mismatch--meaning the implanted heart valve is too small for the patient which can lead to inadequate blood flow.

24 Sep 2018

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

JUST as the cataclysmic conflict of the Great War was in its death throes, a new killer emerged that would, on a global scale, be even more lethal - the Spanish Flu pandemic, which was at its most virulent in October and November 1918.

24 Sep 2018

CHMP adopts positive opinion of Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for treatment of ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the full approval of ALUNBRIG® as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer previously treated with crizotinib.

24 Sep 2018

New therapeutic vaccine helps immune cells fight HPV-related head and neck cancer

A therapeutic vaccine can boost antibodies and T cells, helping them infiltrate tumors and fight off human papillomavirus-related head and neck cancer.

24 Sep 2018

Research shows possibility to postpone cumbersome treatment for low-risk MDS patients

It's possible to postpone the introduction of blood transfusions for an average of 17 months for patients with the low-risk variant of MDS blood cancer, provided they are given erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, which stimulate the body to produce red blood cells, according to a dissertation at Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden.

24 Sep 2018

New research suggests power of zebrafish as tool for cancer drug discovery

The lab of Leonard Zon, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital has long been interested in making blood stem cells in quantity for therapeutic purposes.

24 Sep 2018

Old letters provide insight into Spanish flu pandemic horror

An archive of letters written by those who survived the Spanish flu pandemic at the start of the last century shows what it was actually like to live during that time. The Spanish flu pandemic killed over 250,000 people in Britain alone and worldwide it wiped out a population of over 100 million.

23 Sep 2018

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

One man's trash is another man's treasure, as the saying goes. If things go to plan, feces from registered and thoroughly tested healthy donors will in a few years be the standard treatment for the bacterium Clostridium difficile at Danish hospitals.

21 Sep 2018

EFS checklist provides user-friendly tool for evaluating feeding skills in preterm infants

Infants born prematurely face challenges in developing the complex, interrelated skills needed for effective feeding.

21 Sep 2018

Family history in blacks, Latinos associated with higher risk of AFib

Despite being the most common heart arrhythmia disorder in the U.S., there is not much research on the causes of atrial fibrillation in minority populations.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers identify new genetic disorder in a human patient

Researchers from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and physicians from Spectrum Health have identified for the first time in a human patient a genetic disorder only previously described in animal models.

21 Sep 2018

Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk, finds study

Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula, a study has found.

21 Sep 2018

$CHMP grants positive opinion for VENCLYXTO plus rituximab for treating relapsed/refractory CLL$

CHMP grants positive opinion for VENCLYXTO plus rituximab for treating relapsed/refractory CLL

AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has granted a positive opinion for VENCLYXTO® in combination with rituximab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia who have received at least one prior therapy.

21 Sep 2018

Hospital News and Research

Pioneering procedure for common prostate condition offered by The London Clinic

Place where older adults live before hospitalization may affect risk of readmission

SNMMI announces recipients of 2018-2020 Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship

Columbia University announces winners of 2018 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

AGA partners with ESNM for 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

CHMP adopts positive opinion of Takeda’s ALUNBRIG for treatment of ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

New therapeutic vaccine helps immune cells fight HPV-related head and neck cancer

Research shows possibility to postpone cumbersome treatment for low-risk MDS patients

New research suggests power of zebrafish as tool for cancer drug discovery

Old letters provide insight into Spanish flu pandemic horror

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

EFS checklist provides user-friendly tool for evaluating feeding skills in preterm infants

Family history in blacks, Latinos associated with higher risk of AFib

Researchers identify new genetic disorder in a human patient

Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk, finds study

CHMP grants positive opinion for VENCLYXTO plus rituximab for treating relapsed/refractory CLL

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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