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Study provides new insights into development of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

Medulloblastoma is the most common type of solid brain tumor in children. Current treatments offer limited success and may leave patients with severe neurological side effects, including psychiatric disorders, growth retardation and cognitive impairment.

13 Dec 2017

Specialized physiotherapy provides many benefits for patients with Parkinson’s disease

Specialized ParkinsonNet physiotherapy leads to better care at lower costs. This is the conclusion of large-scale research conducted by the CZ healthcare insurance company and Radboudumc, who studied the medical claims declarations of over four thousand people with Parkinson's disease for a period of three years.

13 Dec 2017

Florida Hospital Nicholson Center launches mobile broadcast hardware for advanced surgical training

The Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, one of the leading robotic training centers in the country, today announces the launch of the B-Hive, an adaptable mobile broadcast hardware that allows for a unique and customized learning experience.

13 Dec 2017

Novel ‘black box’ recorder captures surgeons' robotic surgery skills

You may know that your surgeon is using the latest minimally invasive technology for your surgery, but how do you know if they've mastered it? To help answer that question, researchers at Keck Medicine of USC looked to a custom recording tool similar in concept to a flight recorder on an airplane.

13 Dec 2017

Oxford and Berlin create partnership to open up new research initiatives

The partnership will build on existing research links involving the five universities and create an environment for forging new projects in medicine, the sciences, humanities and social sciences among all partners.

12 Dec 2017

Children's Colorado and RxRevu partner to help prescribers better meet needs of pediatric patients

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) and RxRevu, the leader in prescription-decision support, are collaborating to help prescribers better meet the needs of children by seamlessly incorporating antimicrobial-stewardship best practices into prescribers' decision-making processes.

12 Dec 2017

New research aims to improve medical care and benefits for injured troops

Gunshots crackled as a man dressed in camouflage sat on the ground with a red stream trickling from his ear and a purple splotch marking the skin near his cheekbone. A medic asked what happened.

12 Dec 2017

Retinal diseases could be treated by ophthalmic drops instead of intraocular injections

The Spanish firm Sylentis has developed a compound to treat diseases of the retina, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, which will be administered by ophthalmic drops instead of intraocular injections.

12 Dec 2017

Study could pave way for new life-saving treatments to be administered in critical first hour of injury

Scientists hope to have paved the way for the development of potentially new life-saving treatments to be administered to seriously injured patients in the critical first hour of injury.

12 Dec 2017

DePuy Synthes launches CONCORDE Clear MIS Discectomy Device to simplify spinal fusion surgery

DePuy Synthes today announced the launch of CONCORDE Clear MIS Discectomy Device, a surgical solution designed to simplify discectomy in minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery.

From DePuy Synthes 12 Dec 2017

Researchers identify promising solution for improving cystic fibrosis treatments

Researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre have identified a promising solution to improving treatments offered to patients with cystic fibrosis.

12 Dec 2017

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

Consider it America’s other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too many unnecessary drugs, often prescribed by multiple doctors, for dubious or unknown reasons.

12 Dec 2017

New report reveals steep rise in lung disease admissions to emergency departments during winter

An 80% rise in lung disease admissions to emergency departments in winter plays a major part in pushing our A&E services over the edge. Yet, only 10% of hospital trusts who responded to an FOI request had plans in place to make more beds available for respiratory patients warns a new report from the British Lung Foundation.

12 Dec 2017

Newly discovered molecular chaperones may soon be part of therapies for Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease. It is always fatal. The disease is caused by a defect in the Huntingtin gene. To this day, no therapy will put a stop to the insidious disintegration of brain cells.

12 Dec 2017

Study: Combination targeted therapy has high response rates in AML patients

Initial findings from a multi-national open-label phase Ib study of inhibitory drug therapy for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have demonstrated a complete response in up to 50 percent patients say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

11 Dec 2017

Patient satisfaction, good caregiver communication linked to reduced risk of hospital readmission

A survey of patients admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that patients reporting greater levels of satisfaction with their care and good communication with the health care providers were significantly less like to readmitted to the hospital in the 30 days after discharge.

11 Dec 2017

NIH expected to award up to $70 million to launch Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium

The National Institutes of Health is expected to award up to $70 million over five years to three physician-scientists to launch the Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium, which will create a network of 35 Alzheimer's disease trial sites across the country with the goal of finding new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer's.

11 Dec 2017

Study investigates link between cortisol levels of ICU patients’ family members and anxiety

When a loved one has been hospitalized in intensive care for a critical illness, many family members experience anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress or other negative effects lasting months, according to new research led by Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

11 Dec 2017

Butler Hospital launches international Alzheimer's disease prevention study

The Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, a member of Care New England and a major teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, enrolled one of the initial participants in an international Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevention study.

11 Dec 2017

Tgen And Baylor secure federal grant to develop early detection system for pancreatic cancer

A group of the nation's premier cancer researchers led by the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute -- has secured a $5.13 million federal grant to develop an early detection system for pancreatic cancer, the nation's third-leading cause of cancer-related death.

11 Dec 2017

Hospital News and Research

Study provides new insights into development of Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma

Specialized physiotherapy provides many benefits for patients with Parkinson’s disease

Florida Hospital Nicholson Center launches mobile broadcast hardware for advanced surgical training

Novel ‘black box’ recorder captures surgeons' robotic surgery skills

Oxford and Berlin create partnership to open up new research initiatives

Children's Colorado and RxRevu partner to help prescribers better meet needs of pediatric patients

New research aims to improve medical care and benefits for injured troops

Retinal diseases could be treated by ophthalmic drops instead of intraocular injections

Study could pave way for new life-saving treatments to be administered in critical first hour of injury

DePuy Synthes launches CONCORDE Clear MIS Discectomy Device to simplify spinal fusion surgery

Researchers identify promising solution for improving cystic fibrosis treatments

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

New report reveals steep rise in lung disease admissions to emergency departments during winter

Newly discovered molecular chaperones may soon be part of therapies for Huntington's disease

Study: Combination targeted therapy has high response rates in AML patients

Patient satisfaction, good caregiver communication linked to reduced risk of hospital readmission

NIH expected to award up to $70 million to launch Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium

Study investigates link between cortisol levels of ICU patients’ family members and anxiety

Butler Hospital launches international Alzheimer's disease prevention study

Tgen And Baylor secure federal grant to develop early detection system for pancreatic cancer

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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