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TSRI awarded $20 million for first year of precision medicine initiative cohort program

As part of the most ambitious medical research program in the history of American medicine, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has received an initial award of $20 million for its role in a national precision medicine initiative, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today.

8 Jul 2016

Osprey Medical announces record sales for medical device

Osprey Medical has announced record sales results for the second quarter of CY2016, reflecting strong adoption by physicians and hospitals of Osprey’s technology protecting patients from the harmful effects of X-ray dye.

8 Jul 2016

St. Luke’s Emergency and Transport Services recognized for excellence

St. Luke’s Emergency and Transport Services has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks.

8 Jul 2016

Study shows wealthier Americans receive more health care than lower-income groups

Inequality in the use of health care has increased dramatically in recent years, with wealthier Americans, who tend to be healthier, now consuming the most care, according to a study published today [Wednesday, July 6] in the July issue of Health Affairs.

7 Jul 2016

Study reveals many women may be smoking and exposed to nicotine during pregnancy

More women may be smoking and exposed to nicotine during pregnancy than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in collaboration with Cradle Cincinnati.

7 Jul 2016

Pediatric health educator provides tips for protecting children from heat stroke

Hot temperatures and high humidity can put nearly anyone at risk for dehydration and heat stroke, but children are especially vulnerable.

7 Jul 2016

Aggressive home blood pressure monitoring may contribute to rise in emergency department visits

Visits to emergency departments for patients with hypertension increased by 64 percent between 2002 and 2012 while hospitalizations for those visits declined by 28 percent.

7 Jul 2016

New report provides insight into burnout syndrome

A new report on burnout syndrome in critical care health care professionals gives key stakeholders guidance on mitigating the development of burnout syndrome and calls for initiating research to examine ways to prevent as well as treat burnout syndrome.

7 Jul 2016

Women trust their own judgment when making breast cancer surgery-related decisions

A research team led by Breast Health Fellow Rebecca M. Kwait, MD, at The Breast Health Center at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, recently presented research indicating that when faced with a decision on the type of surgery to have to remove breast cancer, more women trust their own judgment over the input of their surgeon and even their partner.

7 Jul 2016

Bacterial infection may play role in causing OAB symptoms

A team led by researchers at the University of Kent has identified bacterial infection as a possible cause of Overactive Bladder Syndrome (OAB).

7 Jul 2016

Exercise during pregnancy can have benefits for mom and baby

Researchers collected and re-examined clinical trial data on exercise during pregnancy and whether it plays a role in preterm birth, and found that exercise is safe and does not increase the risk of preterm birth.

7 Jul 2016

MGH researchers discover how obesity increases inflammation, desmoplasia in PDAC patients

Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have discovered the mechanism by which obesity increases inflammation and desmoplasia - an accumulation of connective tissue - in the most common form of pancreatic cancer.

7 Jul 2016

Clinical trial to test low-dose heparin treatment for patients with ruptured brain aneurysm

A Louisville patient is the first to be enrolled in a national clinical trial to test a new treatment for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm.

7 Jul 2016

Study finds close link between diet quality of parents and children

Many people accept the old axiom - "You are what you eat." That's not to say you become a carrot if you eat carrots, of course, but rather that a regular pattern of eating carrots will shape you in a much different way than a regular pattern of eating cotton candy.

7 Jul 2016

Inherited mutations in DNA repair genes may predispose to metastatic prostate cancer

Inherited mutations in genes that function to repair DNA may contribute to metastatic prostate cancer more than previously recognized, according to a study out today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

7 Jul 2016

Clinical trial to evaluate safety of palbociclib drug in African American women with breast cancer

The first clinical trial to test a newly approved breast cancer drug specifically in African American patients is now enrolling at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and will begin soon at five other institutions in Washington, DC, Maryland, Alabama and New Jersey.

7 Jul 2016

Study finds similar care for Medicaid and non-Medicaid pediatric asthma inpatients

Children covered by Medicaid and equally sick children not covered by Medicaid received essentially similar asthma treatment in a given pediatric hospital, according to a new study.

7 Jul 2016

Genetic risk score may help detect Alzheimer's disease risk in healthy young adults

New research shows that a genetic risk score may detect those at higher risk for Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear—even possibly in healthy young adults, according to a study published in the July 6, 2016, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

7 Jul 2016

Palliative care-led support does not reduce caregiver anxiety, study finds

Among families of patients with chronic critical illness, the use of palliative care-led informational and emotional support meetings compared with usual care did not reduce anxiety or depression symptoms, according to a study appearing in the July 5 issue of JAMA.

7 Jul 2016

European first for Golden Jubilee knee replacement patients

A groundbreaking device which could revolutionise post surgery care for knee replacement patients is being trialled for the first time in Europe at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

7 Jul 2016

Hospital News and Research

TSRI awarded $20 million for first year of precision medicine initiative cohort program

Osprey Medical announces record sales for medical device

St. Luke’s Emergency and Transport Services recognized for excellence

Study shows wealthier Americans receive more health care than lower-income groups

Study reveals many women may be smoking and exposed to nicotine during pregnancy

Pediatric health educator provides tips for protecting children from heat stroke

Aggressive home blood pressure monitoring may contribute to rise in emergency department visits

New report provides insight into burnout syndrome

Women trust their own judgment when making breast cancer surgery-related decisions

Bacterial infection may play role in causing OAB symptoms

Exercise during pregnancy can have benefits for mom and baby

MGH researchers discover how obesity increases inflammation, desmoplasia in PDAC patients

Clinical trial to test low-dose heparin treatment for patients with ruptured brain aneurysm

Study finds close link between diet quality of parents and children

Inherited mutations in DNA repair genes may predispose to metastatic prostate cancer

Clinical trial to evaluate safety of palbociclib drug in African American women with breast cancer

Study finds similar care for Medicaid and non-Medicaid pediatric asthma inpatients

Genetic risk score may help detect Alzheimer's disease risk in healthy young adults

Palliative care-led support does not reduce caregiver anxiety, study finds

European first for Golden Jubilee knee replacement patients

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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