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UAMS’ multi-disciplinary structure offers best maternal and fetal care

Charlotte and Emelia Dubs are just starting to toddle around their world. The 1-year-old twin girls from Conway spend their days exploring, laughing, blowing kisses and keeping their parents, Kenzie Butcher-Dubs and Morgan Dubs, on their toes.

6 Sep 2018

Study reaffirms success of conditional release programs for criminally insane individuals

After being found not guilty by reason of insanity, it's not typically a crime - rather declining mental health or breaking rules of conditional release like not drinking alcohol - that puts people back in a psychiatric hospital or even jail, researchers say.

6 Sep 2018

Study examines unnecessary medicine use in patients with advanced lung cancer

Individuals with advanced lung cancer often have other comorbid conditions, and many may be on complex, costly, and even inappropriate medication regimens.

6 Sep 2018

New study finds clusters of abnormal connectivity in cerebellum of adults with HF-ASD

A new study using an unbiased, whole-brain data-driven approach to assess the resting-state functional connectome in young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder found two clusters of abnormal connectivity in the cerebellum.

6 Sep 2018

Vanderbilt professor receives major award to improve stroke outcomes

Vanderbilt's Kenneth Gaines, MD, MBA, professor of Clinical Neurology, has received a $15.7 funding award to determine if stroke outcomes can be improved with a redesigned and better-integrated model of care.

6 Sep 2018

New nuclear medicine imaging method could help diagnose widespread tumors

A new nuclear medicine imaging method could help diagnose widespread tumors, such as breast, colon, pancreas, lung and head and neck cancer better than current methods, with less inconvenience to patients and with equal or improved accuracy.

6 Sep 2018

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital recognized as one of the most innovative children's hospitals in the U.S.

Parents magazine has named UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital one of the most innovative children's hospitals in the United States.

6 Sep 2018

Supplemental drivers' education program helps teens to drive responsibly and defensively

Teens who took a supplemental drivers' education program -- including tours of emergency rooms, intensive care units and a morgue -- showed greater awareness of the consequences of risky driving and of how they can avoid dangers, a Baylor University study found.

6 Sep 2018

Expert explains how hotter nights can have worse health effects

After this summer's recording-breaking heat - 118°F in Riverside, 109°F in Long Beach, 114°F in Burbank - and massive wildfires, California residents are definitely ready for the cooler temperatures of autumn.

6 Sep 2018

Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths

Shana Dorsey first caught sight of the purplish wound on her father's lower back as he lay in a suburban Chicago hospital bed a few weeks before his death.

6 Sep 2018

Superbugs emerging from skin bacteria on the increase

A new study has shown that some of the sub-strains of the bacteria that commonly live on our skin have become resistant to common infections – or in other words turned into superbugs. Infections with these strains thus could become untreatable with the antibiotics available and may turn life-threatening, warn researchers.

6 Sep 2018

Clinical trial to examine whether sleep apnea treatment prevents recurrent stroke, improves recovery

Recovery after a stroke is often challenging, and patients are also at heightened risk of another stroke. Now, with the launch of a new clinical trial, stroke survivors across the country will have the opportunity to help guide how future patients are cared for after a stroke.

5 Sep 2018

Study finds ways to maximize nutrition and growth for tiniest of premature infants

The tiniest of premature infants - weighing just over two pounds at birth on average - start out receiving nutrition intravenously. Over the next several days or weeks, they are transitioned to enteral (or through the gut) feeds, often delivered through feeding tubes if the baby still cannot suck or swallow.

5 Sep 2018

Research shows new way to target drug delivery for brain tumors

A person's brainstem controls some of the body's most important functions, including heart beat, respiration, blood pressure and swallowing. Tumor growth in this part of the brain is therefore twice as devastating.

5 Sep 2018

Phase 2 clinical study reports best outcomes to date for older Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Recently published results of a phase 2 clinical trial have shown the best outcomes to date for newly diagnosed older Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with brentuximab vedotin given before and after doxorubicin, vinblastine and dacarbazine chemotherapy, which is the standard of care.

5 Sep 2018

Mass. ICU nurse staffing regulations not associated with improved patient outcomes

In 2014, Massachusetts lawmakers passed a law requiring a 1:1 or 2:1 patient-to-nurse staffing ratio in intensive care units in the state, as guided by a tool that accounts for patient acuity and anticipated care intensity.

5 Sep 2018

Genome-wide association study reveals potential genes behind diverticular disease

More than half of adults in the Western hemisphere over the age of 40 have small bulging pouches inside their intestine known as diverticula. Caused by weakening of the outer lining of the intestine, these pouches are typically harmless.

5 Sep 2018

UIC to evaluate use of negative pressure wound therapy in obese and diabetic patients

Surgical site infections are a significant complication that can prevent proper wound healing, require expensive treatment and may even lead to death in severe cases. Patients with higher body mass indices and with diabetes have an increased risk of developing incision infections.

5 Sep 2018

Gene therapy for rare genetic blindness wins prestigious Champalimaud Vision award

A team of seven researchers collaborating from United States and Britain have found a way to use gene therapy to cure a rare form of childhood blindness that occurs due to a genetic predisposition.

5 Sep 2018

Study finds substantial shift from emergency departments to urgent care centers

Treatment for new health problems, or acute care visits, encompass over one-third of all ambulatory care delivered in the United States.

4 Sep 2018

Hospital News and Research

UAMS’ multi-disciplinary structure offers best maternal and fetal care

Study reaffirms success of conditional release programs for criminally insane individuals

Study examines unnecessary medicine use in patients with advanced lung cancer

New study finds clusters of abnormal connectivity in cerebellum of adults with HF-ASD

Vanderbilt professor receives major award to improve stroke outcomes

New nuclear medicine imaging method could help diagnose widespread tumors

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital recognized as one of the most innovative children's hospitals in the U.S.

Supplemental drivers' education program helps teens to drive responsibly and defensively

Expert explains how hotter nights can have worse health effects

Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths

Superbugs emerging from skin bacteria on the increase

Clinical trial to examine whether sleep apnea treatment prevents recurrent stroke, improves recovery

Study finds ways to maximize nutrition and growth for tiniest of premature infants

Research shows new way to target drug delivery for brain tumors

Phase 2 clinical study reports best outcomes to date for older Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Mass. ICU nurse staffing regulations not associated with improved patient outcomes

Genome-wide association study reveals potential genes behind diverticular disease

UIC to evaluate use of negative pressure wound therapy in obese and diabetic patients

Gene therapy for rare genetic blindness wins prestigious Champalimaud Vision award

Study finds substantial shift from emergency departments to urgent care centers

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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