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Children with autism have highest frequency of rapid weight gain in first six months of life

Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern that can have a profound impact on children's health and well-being.

7 Sep 2018

Transcranial direct current stimulation may help aphasia patients recover use of language

Neuroscientists at the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina have collaborated on a study in the field of aphasia that has successfully paved the way for a large clinical trial.

7 Sep 2018

Whole brain analysis reveals why 'mindful people' feel less pain

Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers – mindfulness.

7 Sep 2018

Penn launches formal alliance with Vingroup to improve health care and education in Vietnam

Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing have launched a formal alliance with the Vingroup – an enterprise that encompasses a newly formed private not-for-profit university project, VinUni, as well as the largest and leading private health service provider in Vietnam, Vinmec – in an effort to improve health care and to create new undergraduate and graduate medical training programs in Vietnam.

7 Sep 2018

Northwestern Memorial Hospital selected as preferred provider of medical care for Emirati patients

Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been selected as a preferred provider of exceptional medical care for patients from the United Arab Emirates.

7 Sep 2018

New study aims to understand why skin grafts have high rate of rejection

When it comes to transplant rejection, some organs are far trickier than others. Some transplantable organs, such as the liver, are readily accepted by the recipient's immune system, rarely triggering an immune response and rejection

7 Sep 2018

College years are time of increased risk of stressful events, finds new study

For college-bound students and their families, the start of the school year can be a time of excitement and optimism, but a new study brings to light that the college years are also a time of increased risk of stressful events and a wide range of accompanying mental health challenges, including risk of suicide.

7 Sep 2018

Rapid weight gain during infancy may put children with ASD at increased risk for obesity

Childhood obesity is a serious public health concern that can have a profound impact on children's health and well-being.

7 Sep 2018

Mayo Clinic collaborates with seven hospitals to establish not-for-profit generic drug company

Mayo Clinic joins a coalition of seven hospitals in launching Civica Rx, a not-for-profit generic drug company that will help patients by addressing shortages and high prices of lifesaving medications. The company, which is organized as a Delaware nonstock, not-for-profit corporation, will be headquartered in Utah.

7 Sep 2018

Orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital offer robotic-assisted joint replacements

Orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, are offering patients an innovative option for partial knee, total knee and hip replacements - Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgical System. Among the benefits for patients: less pain and shorter recovery time.

7 Sep 2018

Endocrine Society announces winners of prestigious 2019 Laureate Awards

The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2019 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field.

6 Sep 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Health policy goes to court

A federal judge in Texas seemed sympathetic to the argument by GOP state officials that the Affordable Care Act soon will no longer be constitutional since Congress eliminated the penalty for not having insurance. The case was filed by 18 state attorneys general and two governors.

6 Sep 2018

New diagnostic tool for difficult-to-detect cancers

A new diagnostic tool is expected to result in better treatment of cancer that is difficult to diagnose. The tool was developed by cancer researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy and doctors at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. Their study, which has been published in JCO Precision Oncology, started with a single cancer patient.

6 Sep 2018

Telehealth videoconferencing promotes antibiotic stewardship efforts in rural facilities

A pilot project at two rural VA medical centers demonstrated that telehealth videoconferencing promoted antibiotic stewardship efforts by linking remote facilities to infectious diseases-trained professionals, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

6 Sep 2018

New research compares social media ratings offered to hospitals by patients

Consumers can go to Google, Yelp and Facebook for crowdsourced insight about the experiences they'll have at a hospital, but they shouldn't expect foolproof guidance on the quality of care they will receive, according to new Indiana University research.

6 Sep 2018

Hospital News and Research

Children with autism have highest frequency of rapid weight gain in first six months of life

Transcranial direct current stimulation may help aphasia patients recover use of language

Whole brain analysis reveals why 'mindful people' feel less pain

Penn launches formal alliance with Vingroup to improve health care and education in Vietnam

Northwestern Memorial Hospital selected as preferred provider of medical care for Emirati patients

New study aims to understand why skin grafts have high rate of rejection

College years are time of increased risk of stressful events, finds new study

Rapid weight gain during infancy may put children with ASD at increased risk for obesity

Mayo Clinic collaborates with seven hospitals to establish not-for-profit generic drug company

Orthopedic surgeons at The Valley Hospital offer robotic-assisted joint replacements

Endocrine Society announces winners of prestigious 2019 Laureate Awards

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Health policy goes to court

New diagnostic tool for difficult-to-detect cancers

Telehealth videoconferencing promotes antibiotic stewardship efforts in rural facilities

New research compares social media ratings offered to hospitals by patients

Total ankle arthroplasty boosts patients' range of motion and improves quality of life

Doctor with Guillain Barré syndrome recovers back to normal life

Assisted living kicks out the frail 'cause ‘we can’t take care of you any longer’

Research finds why foods high in unsaturated fats protect against cardiovascular disease

Researchers develop fully-automated medical image analysis program to detect breast tumors

Industry Focus eBook - Analytical Chemistry (2nd Edition) eBook

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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