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Gout patient hospitalizations: what’s causing the increase?

We looked at all hospitalizations in patients with gout. The concern is that gout is often considered as a disease of just the joints, specifically of the big toe. Yet, there have been quite a lot of studies that have talked about the many other comorbidities that occur because of hyperuricemia and gout. The idea is that it's not just the crystal deposits in the joint, but other consequences that are happening because of this disease in the rest of the body.

31 Aug 2017

St. Jude creates world’s largest collection of pediatric solid tumor samples

In an effort to improve outcomes for patients with some of the deadliest childhood cancers, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have created the world's largest collection of pediatric solid tumor samples, drug-sensitivity data and related information and have made the resource available at no charge to the global scientific community.

31 Aug 2017

Musician plays saxophone as surgeons operated on his brain

Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio's life, as a music teacher it is his livelihood. So when doctors discovered a tumor located in the part of his brain responsible for music function, he began a long journey that involved a team of physicians, scientists, and a music professor and culminated with him awake and playing a saxophone as surgeons operated on his brain.

31 Aug 2017

New tool helps researchers to identify and detect various sub-groups of Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been observed through the behaviour and actions of patients.

31 Aug 2017

Most people with self-perceived memory problems experience severe stress

Stress, fatigue, and feeling like your memory is failing you. These are the symptoms of a growing group of patients studied as part of a thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy. Result - They may need help, but they are rarely entering the initial stages of dementia.

31 Aug 2017

Aridhia signs pioneering research and innovation platform deal with Great Ormond Street Hospital

Aridhia, the cloud-based data analysis platform provider, has agreed a new ten-year deal with Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust which will see it deliver the research and innovation component of the Trust’s multi-year digital transformation program.

31 Aug 2017

Protein intake three times a day could be linked to greater mass, muscle strength in the elderly

Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or mobility problems. Eating enough protein is one way to remedy it, but it would seem that spreading protein equally among the three daily meals could be linked to greater mass and muscle strength in the elderly.

31 Aug 2017

'Open gym' format reduces cardiac rehabilitation wait times, study reports

Changing from scheduled appointments to an "open gym" format can reduce waiting times for cardiac rehabilitation, reports a study in the September/October issue of Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.

30 Aug 2017

Wayne State awarded NIH grant to improve outcomes, care for African American adolescents with asthma

A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine and public health sciences in Wayne State University's School of Medicine, received a $3.2 million award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

30 Aug 2017

Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of endometriosis

Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable gynecologic disorder that affects approximately 10 percent of women in the United States. Its symptoms can be debilitating and include chronic pelvic pain, painful periods and pain during intercourse.

30 Aug 2017

Racial make-up of neighborhood impacts care and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Individuals who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in neighborhoods with higher percentages of black residents had lower rates of bystander CPR and defibrillator use and were less likely to survive compared to patients who experienced an OHCA in predominantly white neighborhoods, according to a study published by JAMA Cardiology.

30 Aug 2017

$Novartis gets FDA approval for novel immunocellular therapy to treat relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL$

Novartis gets FDA approval for novel immunocellular therapy to treat relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL

Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) suspension for intravenous infusion, formerly CTL019, the first chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy, for the treatment of patients up to 25 years of age with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that is refractory or in second or later relapse.

30 Aug 2017

HHMI scientists expand access to new resource for studying pediatric cancers

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have created an extensive resource for studying pediatric cancers, which they are sharing widely to help accelerate research.

30 Aug 2017

Millennials regret opioid use, prefer lifestyle changes to manage pain

Often spending their days hunched over phones, tablets or computers and their free time at spin class or playing sports, millennials are the next generation poised to experience chronic pain. Even at their young age, millennials say acute and chronic pain are already interfering with their quality of life.

30 Aug 2017

Pioneering cancer gene therapy gets green light — and $475,000 price tag

The country's first approved gene therapy — approved Wednesday to fight leukemia that resists standard therapies — will cost $475,000 for a one-time treatment, its manufacturer announced.

30 Aug 2017

Scientists raise concerns about exposure to hazardous mineral fibers among off-road vehicle users

Preventing injuries may not be the only reason children shouldn't use off-road vehicles (ORVs). In a new study, public health scientists raise concerns that people who use ORVs in many regions of the country may face exposure to hazardous mineral fibers. These include naturally occurring asbestos and erionite - an asbestos-like material that occurs in sedimentary rocks of the western United States.

30 Aug 2017

Two distinct brain regions involve in decision-making process, research shows

Often when we make a decision, we calculate its "expected value," by multiplying the value of something (how much we want or need it) with the probability that we might be able to obtain it, a concept first introduced by 17th-century mathematician Blaise Pascal.

30 Aug 2017

Hospital News and Research

Gout patient hospitalizations: what’s causing the increase?

St. Jude creates world’s largest collection of pediatric solid tumor samples

Musician plays saxophone as surgeons operated on his brain

New tool helps researchers to identify and detect various sub-groups of Alzheimer’s disease

Most people with self-perceived memory problems experience severe stress

Aridhia signs pioneering research and innovation platform deal with Great Ormond Street Hospital

Protein intake three times a day could be linked to greater mass, muscle strength in the elderly

'Open gym' format reduces cardiac rehabilitation wait times, study reports

Wayne State awarded NIH grant to improve outcomes, care for African American adolescents with asthma

Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of endometriosis

Racial make-up of neighborhood impacts care and outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Novartis gets FDA approval for novel immunocellular therapy to treat relapsed or refractory B-cell ALL

HHMI scientists expand access to new resource for studying pediatric cancers

Millennials regret opioid use, prefer lifestyle changes to manage pain

Pioneering cancer gene therapy gets green light — and $475,000 price tag

Scientists raise concerns about exposure to hazardous mineral fibers among off-road vehicle users

Two distinct brain regions involve in decision-making process, research shows

People with cardiac arrest in black neighborhoods less likely to receive bystander CPR

Treatments for anxiety disorders likely to prove efficacious in ASD

New test for meningitis could speed up diagnosis and save lives

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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