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Researchers develop consensus statement to embrace expanded definition of patient harm

Even when health care experiences go well, patients and their families can still suffer harm. To date, organizational efforts to reduce harm have focused primarily on physical harm, but other forms of harm are both prevalent and equally as important.

19 Jun 2018

If you’ve got hep C, spitting can be a felony

Last week, an Ohio man who has the hepatitis C virus was sentenced to 18 months in prison for spitting at Cleveland police and medics.

19 Jun 2018

MAARA to celebrate its 50th anniversary with lecture titled 'The Future of Asthma'

50 years of pioneering asthma research which has benefited patients and sufferers throughout the UK will be celebrated at an event hosted by the University of Leicester on Wednesday 20 June.

19 Jun 2018

Microglia play protective role in response to retinal detachment, shows study

A research team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear has shown that microglia, the primary immune cells of the brain and retina, play a protective role in response to retinal detachment.

19 Jun 2018

Researchers understand the role of brain's ‘reward circuit’ in autism spectrum disorder

A pair of recent studies performed by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania represents a significant step forward in understanding the role of the brain's "reward circuit" and certain hallmarks of autism spectrum disorder, namely difficulty interpreting or engaging in typical social behavior and restricted or repetitive interests or behaviors.

19 Jun 2018

Study: Effects of in vitro fertilization depend on genetic variation inherited from parents

In vitro fertilization affects the regulatory region of genes essential for placental and embryonic growth, as well as the birth weight.

19 Jun 2018

Study hints at benefits of lifestyle interventions in reducing dementia risk

There is no treatment yet for dementia; but one day, a family doctor could prescribe a specific diet, an exercise regime, music or language lessons, or documentary discussion groups as treatments to ward off the disease.

19 Jun 2018

Study finds elevated risk of congenital defects in lithium-exposed infants

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found an elevated risk of major congenital malformations in fetuses after first-trimester exposure to lithium, in the largest study ever to examine the risk of birth defects in lithium-exposed babies.

19 Jun 2018

Scientists develop novel computational framework to support personalized cancer treatment

Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed a highly innovative computational framework that can support personalized cancer treatment by matching individual tumors with the drugs or drug combinations that are most likely to kill them.

19 Jun 2018

Researchers develop new method to preserve fertility in boys with prepubertal cancer

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center researchers in Beer-Sheva, Israel are developing a cell culture system that for the first time can change testicular stem cells into sperm-like cells that may enable future fertility for boys with prepubertal cancer.

18 Jun 2018

BIDMC scientists develop new tool to benefit patients with HCV-associated liver failure

An estimated 3.5 million people in the United States have chronic hepatitis C (HCV), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

18 Jun 2018

Study finds more information about how gene linked to ASD affects the brain

New preclinical research shows a gene already linked to a subset of people with autism spectrum disorder is critical to healthy neuronal connections in the developing brain, and its loss can harm those connections to help fuel the complex developmental condition.

18 Jun 2018

Osteochondral knee defect treated using cell technology

As the publication describes, autologous cells of stromal vascular fraction were transplanted to a 36-year-old man with the use of fibrin matrix. The patient, whose injury had been caused by a fall, then has been under supervision for 2 years.

18 Jun 2018

Engineers develop algorithm to monitor joints of patients with arthritis

An algorithm to monitor the joints of patients with arthritis, which could change the way that the severity of the condition is assessed, has been developed by a team of engineers, physicians and radiologists led by the University of Cambridge.

18 Jun 2018

Scientists discover genetic causes underlying group of related infant cancers

The genetic causes of a group of related infant cancers have been discovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Wuerzburg and their collaborators.

18 Jun 2018

Research explores role of autopsy in cardiovascular medicine

Autopsy is often an overlooked source of medical insight which may be hindering advances in cardiovascular medicine, according to new research published in a special issue of the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

18 Jun 2018

Study finds increased risk of mortality in people with cold agglutinin disease in five years after diagnosis

Bioverativ Inc., a Sanofi company dedicated to transforming the lives of people with rare blood disorders, today announced results from a new, population-based retrospective study that found a greater than twofold increased risk of mortality in people with cold agglutinin disease within the first five years after diagnosis.

18 Jun 2018

New stimulation method increases hope for improving disorders of consciousness

To diagnose patients with severe brain injuries reliably, their state of consciousness has to be evaluated several times with suitable tools.

18 Jun 2018

Diabetes diagnosis may come with increased risk of pancreatic cancer for African-Americans, Latinos

Each year, more than one million Americans are diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes mellitus, also known as type 2 diabetes. The new diagnosis comes with a long list of potential complications: high blood pressure, nerve damage, kidney disease, stroke, glaucoma and more.

18 Jun 2018

Study unravels 'blood stem cell niche' puzzle

In humans and other mammals, the stem cells that give rise to all blood cells are located in the bone. But in fish, blood stem cells are found in the kidney. Since the late 1970s, when biologists first realized that blood develops in a specific location in the body — the ‘blood stem cell niche’ — they have wondered why different creatures have evolved to carry out this function in different locations.

18 Jun 2018

Hospital News and Research

Researchers develop consensus statement to embrace expanded definition of patient harm

If you’ve got hep C, spitting can be a felony

MAARA to celebrate its 50th anniversary with lecture titled 'The Future of Asthma'

Microglia play protective role in response to retinal detachment, shows study

Researchers understand the role of brain's ‘reward circuit’ in autism spectrum disorder

Study: Effects of in vitro fertilization depend on genetic variation inherited from parents

Study hints at benefits of lifestyle interventions in reducing dementia risk

Study finds elevated risk of congenital defects in lithium-exposed infants

Scientists develop novel computational framework to support personalized cancer treatment

Researchers develop new method to preserve fertility in boys with prepubertal cancer

BIDMC scientists develop new tool to benefit patients with HCV-associated liver failure

Study finds more information about how gene linked to ASD affects the brain

Osteochondral knee defect treated using cell technology

Engineers develop algorithm to monitor joints of patients with arthritis

Scientists discover genetic causes underlying group of related infant cancers

Research explores role of autopsy in cardiovascular medicine

Study finds increased risk of mortality in people with cold agglutinin disease in five years after diagnosis

New stimulation method increases hope for improving disorders of consciousness

Diabetes diagnosis may come with increased risk of pancreatic cancer for African-Americans, Latinos

Study unravels 'blood stem cell niche' puzzle

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