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Change in short-term beliefs related to dopamine function, study shows

For the first time, scientists have been able to image brain activity when people change their short-term beliefs, and to relate this brain activity to dopamine function in humans.

9 Oct 2018

Researchers devise a simple way to boost efficacy of malarial TBVs

For decades, scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine that prevents mosquitoes from spreading malaria among humans.

9 Oct 2018

Funding requests are being accepted by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust is accepting funding requests for January-June 2019. The deadline to submit requests for funding cycle 1 of 2019 is Nov. 1, 2018.

9 Oct 2018

King's College researchers awarded £2.3 million for new trial to treat liver disease

Dr Mark McPhail from the Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences and Dr Vishal Patel from the Institute of Liver Studies at King's College Hospital have been awarded £2.3 million by the National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Assessment to lead a new UK wide multi-centre trial to treat liver disease.

9 Oct 2018

New high-definition, miniature camera allows digital view inside veins and arteries

Breakthrough innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants today announced a watershed moment for intravascular surgery, with the demonstration of a single-use, high-definition miniature camera. Called ‘Leap’, the technology allows a digital view inside veins and arteries for the first time.

9 Oct 2018

Study links scoliosis to essential dietary mineral

Nobody knows why some children's backs start to curve to one side just as they hit puberty. Most children diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, have no known risk factors.

9 Oct 2018

Arcus Biosciences announces presentation of final results from Phase 1 study of AB928 at ESMO 2018

Arcus Biosciences, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating innovative cancer immunotherapies, today announced that it will present final results from the Phase 1 study of AB928, its dual adenosine receptor antagonist, in healthy volunteers during a poster display session at the European Society of Medical Oncology 2018 Congress, being held October 19-23, 2018, in Munich, Germany.

8 Oct 2018

Scientists develop first example of bioelectronic medicine

Researchers at Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine have developed the first example of a bioelectronic medicine: an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve.

8 Oct 2018

Medicare Advantage plans shift their financial risk to doctors

Dr. Christopher Rao jumped out of his office chair. He'd just learned an elderly patient at high risk of falling was resisting his advice to go to an inpatient rehabilitation facility following a hip fracture.

8 Oct 2018

FDA and EMA accept Novartis' regulatory application for siponimod to treat SPMS in adults

Novartis today announced that both the US Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency have accepted the company's New Drug Application and Marketing Authorization Application respectively, for investigational oral, once-daily siponimod (BAF312) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in adults.

8 Oct 2018

Immunotherapy effective for individuals with inherited form of skin cancer

Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type of immunotherapy that was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is, however, particularly effective in this patient group, research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows. The study is published in the Journal of Medical Genetics.

8 Oct 2018

Nonfatal injuries in the U.S. cost over $1.8 trillion in 2013

A new analysis by researchers from Brown University and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation has found that nonfatal injuries in the U.S. in the year 2013 cost more than $1.8 trillion.

8 Oct 2018

Health insurers have inconsistent policy terms for non-drug pain treatments, study finds

Public and private health insurance policies in the U.S. are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy, psychological counseling and other non-drug alternatives to opioid medication for treating lower back pain, a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found.

6 Oct 2018

Scientists develop micron-sized spheres that catch and destroy contaminants in water

Rice University scientists have developed something akin to the Venus' flytrap of particles for water remediation.

6 Oct 2018

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, putting vulnerable kids at risk for a serious infection.

5 Oct 2018

Top American hospitals make it unduly confusing for patients to access medical records

Many top hospitals in the United States are making it unduly confusing or expensive for patients to gain access to their own medical records, say researchers at Yale. Their study appeared on Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open.

5 Oct 2018

Yale researchers discover how deadly biofilms develop

By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as biofilms can be deadly during surgeries and in urinary tract infections. Yale researchers have just come a lot closer to understanding how these biofilms develop, and potentially how to stop them.

5 Oct 2018

OCT News and Research

Change in short-term beliefs related to dopamine function, study shows

Researchers devise a simple way to boost efficacy of malarial TBVs

Funding requests are being accepted by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust

King's College researchers awarded £2.3 million for new trial to treat liver disease

New high-definition, miniature camera allows digital view inside veins and arteries

Study links scoliosis to essential dietary mineral

Arcus Biosciences announces presentation of final results from Phase 1 study of AB928 at ESMO 2018

Scientists develop first example of bioelectronic medicine

Medicare Advantage plans shift their financial risk to doctors

FDA and EMA accept Novartis' regulatory application for siponimod to treat SPMS in adults

Immunotherapy effective for individuals with inherited form of skin cancer

Nonfatal injuries in the U.S. cost over $1.8 trillion in 2013

Health insurers have inconsistent policy terms for non-drug pain treatments, study finds

Scientists develop micron-sized spheres that catch and destroy contaminants in water

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Top American hospitals make it unduly confusing for patients to access medical records

Yale researchers discover how deadly biofilms develop

Studies needed on effects of cannabis use on physical health of children

Study: Synthetic models can produce stress response similar to that of live tissue during simulation training

Length of hospital stay and readmission likelihood increases by 2.9% in rural areas, review finds

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