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New book suggests ways to reduce medical reversals

Medical reversal—when accepted medical interventions are abandoned because they are found to be ineffective—is the "most important problem in medicine today," according to the authors of a new book: Ending Medical Reversal.

8 Oct 2015

UT Southwestern investigators develop new strategy to classify cancers caused by KRAS mutations

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a classification for cancers caused by KRAS, the most frequently mutated gene in cancer, that could eventually help oncologists choose more effective, customized cancer therapies.

8 Oct 2015

Online advertising potentially effective in delivering targeted cancer prevention education

Online advertising based on Google search terms is a potentially effective way to deliver targeted cancer prevention education, according to a study led by Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH, an assistant professor of dermatology at UC San Francisco.

8 Oct 2015

Dan's House of Hope selected to receive ASTRO's 2015 Survivor Circle grant

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has selected a Houston-based cancer patient support group, Dan's House of Hope, to receive ASTRO's 2015 Survivor Circle grant. The organization will receive $8,500 to recognize its efforts and provide direct support for the organization's work assisting cancer patients and their families.

8 Oct 2015

Endocrine Society issues Clinical Practice Guideline on treatment of menopausal symptoms

The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on identifying women who are candidates for treatment of menopausal symptoms and selecting the best treatment options for each individual.

8 Oct 2015

Prenatal exposure to some flame retardants associated with attention problems in children

Prenatal exposure to some flame retardants that have been widely-used in consumer products is associated with attention problems in children ages three through seven, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, within Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

8 Oct 2015

Closure of women's health clinics due to government cuts affects preventive care

When women's health clinics close because of government funding cuts aimed at abortion providers, fewer women seek lifesaving preventive care that can identify health threats such as cancer, research from the University of Kansas shows.

8 Oct 2015

Skin cancer rates higher among gay and bisexual men, UCSF-led study finds

Gay and bisexual men were up to six times more likely than heterosexual men to take part in indoor tanning, and twice as likely to report a history of skin cancer, including nonmelanoma and melanoma, according to a study led by UC San Francisco researchers.

8 Oct 2015

CAMH study: More than half of workers with depression do not perceive a need for treatment

More than half of workers who reported symptoms of depression did not perceive a need for treatment, according to a study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto.

8 Oct 2015

New microscope technology may help surgeons work with greater accuracy

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a prototype of a new microscope technology that could help surgeons work with a greater degree of accuracy. The new technology, call augmented microscopy, overlays images depicting diagnostic information such as blood flow and cancerous tissue over real images of blood vessels and other tissues and structures being viewed in the microscope.

8 Oct 2015

UL study finds Irish mothers struggle to recognise overweight or obesity in their children

A University of Limerick study has found that mothers of overweight and obese children struggle to recognize their child as overweight or obese. The study reported on 7,655 mothers and their nine year old children using data from the national longitudinal study of children, Growing Up in Ireland.

7 Oct 2015

Texas Center for Proton Therapy lures top proton talent as Dallas center nears opening

Texas Center for Proton Therapy has announced the hiring of three dedicated radiation oncologists with experience in radiation oncology and proton beam cancer treatment, completing the center’s key medical staff.

7 Oct 2015

MIT researchers developing computer system to help predict effects of disease on brain anatomy

MIT researchers are developing a computer system that uses genetic, demographic, and clinical data to help predict the effects of disease on brain anatomy.

7 Oct 2015

VWR announces acquisition of Purification Technologies

VWR, a leading, global, independent provider of laboratory products, services and solutions, announced today that it has acquired Purification Technologies Inc., a specialty solvent company that performs high volume purification of selected high purity solvents. This acquisition will enhance VWR's growing laboratory and production chemical manufacturing portfolio to better support its laboratory and biopharmaceutical manufacturing customers.

7 Oct 2015

Use of chest CT scans for hospital emergency-room patients with blunt trauma can be reduced: Study

Use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest for hospital emergency-room patients with blunt trauma could be reduced by more than one-third without compromising detection of major injury, concludes a new study led by a UC San Francisco physician.

7 Oct 2015

UT Southwestern's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital receives UHC's Rising Star Quality Leadership award

UT Southwestern Medical Center's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital has received a national Rising Star Quality Leadership award from the University HealthSystem Consortium for its quality and safety efforts.

7 Oct 2015

Penn Medicine announces $375,000 in new grants to support BRCA-focused research projects

Penn Medicine's Basser Center for BRCA announced $375,000 in new grant funding to support BRCA-focused research projects across the nation. The grants are aimed at advancing the care of patients living with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.

7 Oct 2015

Innovative one-year project aims to bridge gap between healthcare education and clinical practice

Caring for patients in an acute care setting in a hospital requires a team approach and involves a multitude of healthcare professionals including nurses, attending physicians, residents, case managers, pharmacists, and clinical psychologists to name a few. Each of these professions enters into practice with different skills sets, knowledge and professional identities that contribute to patient care. Yet, in many circumstances, barriers exist between disciplines that can obstruct a team-based system.

7 Oct 2015

Women's contribution to global health care under-recognized

The results of a major Commission report on women and health took center stage at the Donna E. Shalala Student Center, as Felicia Knaul, Ph.D., Director of the Miami Institute for the Americas at the University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences, presented a discussion of a Lancet study that found women are contributing around $3 trillion to global health care, but nearly half of this labor is unpaid, unrecognized and unaccounted for.

7 Oct 2015

UGA awarded $8.2 million grant to improve lives of children and families in Georgia' child welfare system

A team of University of Georgia faculty members, led by a researcher in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has received an $8.2 million grant from the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to improve the lives of children and families in the child welfare system in Georgia.

7 Oct 2015

Education News and Research

New book suggests ways to reduce medical reversals

UT Southwestern investigators develop new strategy to classify cancers caused by KRAS mutations

Online advertising potentially effective in delivering targeted cancer prevention education

Dan's House of Hope selected to receive ASTRO's 2015 Survivor Circle grant

Endocrine Society issues Clinical Practice Guideline on treatment of menopausal symptoms

Prenatal exposure to some flame retardants associated with attention problems in children

Closure of women's health clinics due to government cuts affects preventive care

Skin cancer rates higher among gay and bisexual men, UCSF-led study finds

CAMH study: More than half of workers with depression do not perceive a need for treatment

New microscope technology may help surgeons work with greater accuracy

UL study finds Irish mothers struggle to recognise overweight or obesity in their children

Texas Center for Proton Therapy lures top proton talent as Dallas center nears opening

MIT researchers developing computer system to help predict effects of disease on brain anatomy

VWR announces acquisition of Purification Technologies

Use of chest CT scans for hospital emergency-room patients with blunt trauma can be reduced: Study

UT Southwestern's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital receives UHC's Rising Star Quality Leadership award

Penn Medicine announces $375,000 in new grants to support BRCA-focused research projects

Innovative one-year project aims to bridge gap between healthcare education and clinical practice

Women's contribution to global health care under-recognized

UGA awarded $8.2 million grant to improve lives of children and families in Georgia' child welfare system

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