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NAM report calls for strengthening psychosocial interventions for mental health, substance use disorders

A plan to ensure that evidence-based psychosocial interventions are routinely used in clinical practice and made a part of clinical training for mental health professionals was released today by the National Academy of Medicine.

15 Jul 2015

New self-monitoring app introduced to support adults with epilepsy

A new self-monitoring app launched to support adults with epilepsy will help to 'fill the information gap' left by NHS funding cuts for GP epilepsy monitoring, according to specialist epilepsy charity SUDEP Action.

15 Jul 2015

People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in later childhood experience weaker brain connectivity in midlife

People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in later childhood have weaker brain connectivity in midlife compared to those who were diagnosed at earlier ages according to a University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences study.

15 Jul 2015

Noninvasive prenatal screening could detect maternal cancer

A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that genetic test results, as revealed by non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal chromosome abnormalities, may detect underlying conditions in the mother, including cancer.

15 Jul 2015

Innovation in anaesthesia: an interview with Matti Lehtonen, GE Healthcare

The spectrum of patients seen today, from pre-term infants to the morbidly obese to the longer living elderly, is wider than ever before and increasingly more challenging with patients often presenting with multiple co-morbidities. This puts a huge strain on healthcare providers who are facing increasing challenges such as cost pressure and staff shortages.

14 Jul 2015

Kal Vaikla appointed as Chief Executive by The Learning Clinic

Health improvement company The Learning Clinic has appointed Kal Vaikla as Chief Executive, with immediate effect.

14 Jul 2015

Accuray announces presentation of CyberKnife System data at AAPM annual meeting

Accuray Incorporated announced today that studies on the clinical use of the CyberKnife System, the only robotic SBRT system capable of tracking and automatically correcting for target motion, continue to demonstrate the benefits of its precise, innovative treatment delivery techniques.

14 Jul 2015

Scientists gain insights into dynamic remodeling of tissue during lung repair

Our lungs are permanently exposed to harmful environmental factors that can damage or even destroy their cells. In a specific regenerative process these injured cells must be replaced as soon as possible. In collaboration with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have now, for the first time, gained detailed insights into the dynamic remodeling of the tissue during lung repair.

14 Jul 2015

New study evaluates impact of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines for PSA screening

Current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines for prostate screening may be impacting the detection of high-risk prostate cancer.

14 Jul 2015

Consumers get access to nationwide ratings of individual surgeons based on patient outcomes

Preventable medical errors of various kinds kill at least 200,000 Americans each year, making this the third leading cause of death in the United States, six times as many deaths as from auto accidents. One way to reduce such errors is for consumers to choose the best surgeons. For the first time ever, consumers across the U.S. today have access to ratings of individual surgeons based on outcomes—how often their patients die in hospital or within 90 days of hospital discharge, have serious complications in hospital, or need to be readmitted to a hospital within 90 days of discharge.

14 Jul 2015

New five point model of midwifery care results in safer birth outcomes, lower Cesarean Section rates

Donna Tabas, CNM, M.S., has developed a new five point model of midwifery care for low risk women that results in faster, safe, natural and empowering labor and birthing outcomes in both first time and repeat birthing mothers and extremely low Cesarean Section rates.

14 Jul 2015

Study: Distinct naming convention for babies in NICU can reduce wrong-patient errors by almost 40%

Traditionally, babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are temporarily identified by gender and last name, such as Babyboy Jackson or Babygirl Smith, but this naming configuration can result in wrong-patient errors for the fragile newborns.

14 Jul 2015

Single molecule appears to be central regulator driving cancer metastasis

Cancer is a disease of cell growth, but most tumors only become lethal once they metastasize or spread from their first location to sites throughout the body. For the first time, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia report a single molecule that appears to be the central regulator driving metastasis in prostate cancer.

14 Jul 2015

Study provides new insights into complex juncture of emergency care and end-of-life care

Paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are trained to save lives. But they sometimes enter situations where a dying patient's end-of-life wishes contradict their professional code.

14 Jul 2015

Tobacco cessation service provides survival benefit for lung cancer patients who quit smoking

Tobacco cessation provided significant survival benefit for lung cancer patients who quit smoking shortly before or after diagnosis, despite the severity of the disease. Results of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute study were published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

14 Jul 2015

Southern Ocean Medical Center Auxiliaries pledge $2.5 million to support purchase of TrueBeam linear accelerator

The Auxiliaries at Southern Ocean Medical Center recently announced their pledge to raise $2.5 million that will support the purchase of a TrueBeam linear accelerator, the most advanced radiation therapy technology, for the hospital. The announcement was made at Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation's Signature Social fundraising event on July 10 at Bonnet Island Estate.

14 Jul 2015

Hospital News and Research

NAM report calls for strengthening psychosocial interventions for mental health, substance use disorders

New self-monitoring app introduced to support adults with epilepsy

People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in later childhood experience weaker brain connectivity in midlife

Noninvasive prenatal screening could detect maternal cancer

Innovation in anaesthesia: an interview with Matti Lehtonen, GE Healthcare

Kal Vaikla appointed as Chief Executive by The Learning Clinic

Accuray announces presentation of CyberKnife System data at AAPM annual meeting

Scientists gain insights into dynamic remodeling of tissue during lung repair

New study evaluates impact of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines for PSA screening

Consumers get access to nationwide ratings of individual surgeons based on patient outcomes

New five point model of midwifery care results in safer birth outcomes, lower Cesarean Section rates

Study: Distinct naming convention for babies in NICU can reduce wrong-patient errors by almost 40%

Single molecule appears to be central regulator driving cancer metastasis

Study provides new insights into complex juncture of emergency care and end-of-life care

Tobacco cessation service provides survival benefit for lung cancer patients who quit smoking

Southern Ocean Medical Center Auxiliaries pledge $2.5 million to support purchase of TrueBeam linear accelerator

Multidrug-resistant bacteria can naturally relinquish its ability to resist antibiotics

Two antioxidant supplements effective in treating mice with skin-picking disorder

Novel gene therapy control system regulates expression of therapeutic transgenes

VUMC becomes Human Vaccines Project's first scientific hub

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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