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Two week stay in specialized hospital may help manage insomnia

Insomnia is a disturbance that afflicts many people. Some new findings published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicate that a two week stay in a specialized hospital may help.

4 Sep 2014

Football players are found to be carriers of sickle cell trait later in life

From 2000 to 2014, nine collegiate football players unexpectedly collapsed and died during training. The cause? Muscle breakdown leading to organ failure.

4 Sep 2014

Current issue provides critical review of data concerned with antidepressant drugs

A paper in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Giovanni Fava, MD (University of Bologna) provides a critical review of the data concerned with antidepressant drugs.

4 Sep 2014

Nosopharm reports findings on Odilorhabdins that has potential to combat antibiotic resistance

Nosopharm, a specialist in the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces today its in vitro and in vivo findings for a novel antibacterial class, Odilorhabdins, which has the potential to combat antibiotic resistance.

4 Sep 2014

Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Daklinza in the UK for treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Bristol-Myers Squibb today announced the launch of Daklinza▼ (daclatasvir) in the UK, a new medicine for the treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis C. Daclatasvir, a treatment that works across multiple hepatitis C genotypes, will allow up to 90% of UK patients the option of a potentially curative oral treatment regimen that does not include interferon, a standard of care commonly associated with sustained flu-like side effects.

4 Sep 2014

Study shows 1 in 10 patients may not need surgery following heart attack

Researchers from the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and the University of Glasgow have reported a study that shows one in ten patients may not need cardiac intervention following a heart attack and in those that do need stents, the procedure can be targeted more effectively.

4 Sep 2014

Virginia Mason introduces surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements

Virginia Mason, a national leader in improving quality and safety and controlling health care costs, today introduced a surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements.

4 Sep 2014

Radioactive tracer with PET MRI imaging helps prostate cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are pioneering the use of a radioactive tracer in combination with PET MRI imaging to help some prostate cancer patients avoid lengthy and unnecessary surgery.

4 Sep 2014

ICBT might be equally effective alternative to conventional CBT in management of chronic tinnitus

Chronic tinnitus is a disabling disorder. A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics reports on a therapy that is performed over internet.

4 Sep 2014

Accreditation of bariatric surgery centers contributes to improved safety for patients

Patients who underwent weight loss operations in recent years, when most bariatric surgical centers were accredited, had fewer postoperative complications and were 2.3 times less likely to die in the hospital than patients who had bariatric procedures performed before a national movement toward facility accreditation was taking place, according to new study findings.

4 Sep 2014

State highlights: Mass. health spending slows, but for how long?

Two years ago, Massachusetts set what was considered an ambitious goal: The state would not let that persistent monster, rising health care costs, increase faster than the economy as a whole.

4 Sep 2014

Robotics engineers demonstrate viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans

In a first-of-its-kind study, an international team of neuroscientists and robotics engineers have demonstrated the viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans.

4 Sep 2014

Transplantation of B10 cells helps inhibit development of bladder fibrosis post SCI

A team of researchers from Korea and Canada have found that transplantation of B10 cells (a stable immortalized human bone marrow derived -mesenchymal stem cell line; B10 hMSC) directly into the bladder wall of mice modeled with spinal cord injury (SCI) helped inhibit the development of bladder fibrosis and improved bladder function by promoting the growth of smooth muscle cells in the bladder.

4 Sep 2014

E-cigarettes may function as "gateway drug" to marijuana and cocaine

Like conventional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) may function as a "gateway drug"—a drug that lowers the threshold for addiction to other substances, such as marijuana and cocaine—according to the 120th Shattuck lecture, presented to the Massachusetts Medical Society by Columbia researchers Denise and Eric Kandel and published today in the online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

4 Sep 2014

Electroconvulsive therapy combats treatment-resistant schizophrenia

The use of electroconvulsive therapy improves the chances of a treatment response in patients with continued schizophrenia symptoms despite use of antipsychotic medication, a randomised trial shows.

3 Sep 2014

Type 2 diabetes adds to hospital mortality risk in bipolar patients

Type 2 diabetes is a major contributor to mortality in patients with bipolar disorder who are admitted to general hospitals, a study shows.

3 Sep 2014

Distinct features of COPD–asthma overlap syndrome identified

US researchers have shown that patients with both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma have more exacerbations, less emphysema and more airway disease than patients with COPD alone.

3 Sep 2014

Implementing guidelines can improve hospitals' communication during patient care transitions

What happens when you are hospitalized, but your outpatient doctor does not know? Or when you arrive at the office for follow-up care, but your doctor does not have the right information about your hospital stay? Missing or incomplete communication from hospitals to outpatient primary care physicians (PCPs) can contribute to poor experiences and lead to hospital readmissions.

3 Sep 2014

Researchers call for implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality

In a Viewpoint published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of Boston researchers call for the implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality in the United States.

3 Sep 2014

Measuring levels of sex hormones in patients' blood may identify risk of sudden cardiac arrest

Measuring the levels of sex hormones in patients' blood may identify patients likely to suffer a sudden cardiac arrest, a heart rhythm disorder that is fatal in 95 percent of patients.

3 Sep 2014

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Two week stay in specialized hospital may help manage insomnia

Football players are found to be carriers of sickle cell trait later in life

Current issue provides critical review of data concerned with antidepressant drugs

Nosopharm reports findings on Odilorhabdins that has potential to combat antibiotic resistance

Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Daklinza in the UK for treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Study shows 1 in 10 patients may not need surgery following heart attack

Virginia Mason introduces surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements

Radioactive tracer with PET MRI imaging helps prostate cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery

ICBT might be equally effective alternative to conventional CBT in management of chronic tinnitus

Accreditation of bariatric surgery centers contributes to improved safety for patients

State highlights: Mass. health spending slows, but for how long?

Robotics engineers demonstrate viability of direct brain-to-brain communication in humans

Transplantation of B10 cells helps inhibit development of bladder fibrosis post SCI

E-cigarettes may function as "gateway drug" to marijuana and cocaine

Electroconvulsive therapy combats treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Type 2 diabetes adds to hospital mortality risk in bipolar patients

Distinct features of COPD–asthma overlap syndrome identified

Implementing guidelines can improve hospitals' communication during patient care transitions

Researchers call for implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality

Measuring levels of sex hormones in patients' blood may identify risk of sudden cardiac arrest

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