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New digital system could identify poisonous plants

Carnegie Mellon University researchers and a botany expert from Carnegie Museum of Natural History are developing a digital system for identifying poisonous plants.

27 Feb 2013

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

Taking omega-3 fish oils could help to protect against skin cancer, according to researchers at The University of Manchester.

27 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: GOP faces pressure from spending cuts effects on daily life; President needs to lead on Medicare cuts

Cuts this draconian have no place in a tottering economy. But, realistically, the only way to break this standoff is for the cuts to exact their toll on daily life, causing Republicans to face pressure from the public to negotiate an alternative plan with higher revenues in March as part of talks to finance the government for the final six months of the fiscal year.

26 Feb 2013

Surgeons told to pull the plug on robotically assisted hysterectomy

US researchers are calling for curbs on the rapidly increasing use of robotically assisted hysterectomy after an extensive study of the technique showed that it fails to improve outcomes over laparoscopy.

26 Feb 2013

Reduced income lessens chances of at-home death

Terminally ill patients with a low median annual household income are less likely to die at home than their wealthier counterparts, according to US study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

26 Feb 2013

COPD benzodiazepine warning

Canadian researchers have found that benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), despite their known association with adverse respiratory outcomes.

26 Feb 2013

Direct approach speeds ventilator weaning

Moving straight to unassisted breathing through a tracheostomy collar results in faster weaning than does a gradual reduction in pressure support among patients needing prolonged mechanical ventilation, shows a randomized trial in JAMA.

26 Feb 2013

‘Traffic light’ guide for pediatric bacterial infection needs refining

Study results suggest that a “traffic light” system for categorizing the severity of infections in children fails to detect a substantial number of serious bacterial infections, particularly urinary tract infections.

26 Feb 2013

One in three ventilated people with ALI shows substantial PTSD symptoms

One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator showed substantial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that lasted for up to two years, according to a new Johns Hopkins study of patients with acute lung injury.

26 Feb 2013

Wnt-induced Lgr5 expression marks stem cell production in the liver

For decades scientists around the world have attempted to regenerate primary liver cells known as hepatocytes because of their numerous biomedical applications, including hepatitis research, drug metabolism and toxicity studies, as well as transplantation for cirrhosis and other chronic liver conditions. But no lab in the world has been successful in identifying and growing liver stem cells in culture -- using any available technique - until now.

26 Feb 2013

Expanding Orthopedics initiates enrollment in XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System study

Expanding Orthopedics Inc., a leading company in the area of expanding orthopedics devices, announced today that it has started to enroll patients in Germany for its multi-center post-market study to evaluate the performance and usability of the XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System.

26 Feb 2013

Study finds major risk factor behind increased risk of adverse outcomes in IVF pregnancies

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified what may be a major factor behind the increased risk of two adverse outcomes in pregnancies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

26 Feb 2013

Re-election pressures may be driving some GOP governors to pursue Medicaid expansion

Meanwhile, news outlets report on health law implementation news from a variety of states, including Florida, California, Indiana, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Virgina, Kansas and Kentucky.

26 Feb 2013

Xellia to develop new antibiotics effective against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Xellia Pharmaceuticals, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the global anti-infective market, announced today that it is developing new antibiotics effective against multi-drug resistant (MDR), Gram-negative bacteria.

26 Feb 2013

Cleveland Clinic receives $1.97M NIMH grant for innovative autism research

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded $1.97 million for innovative autism research to Bruce Trapp, Ph.D., Chairman of Neurosciences at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute.

26 Feb 2013

Research roundup: Patients hesitant to focus on costs; Increase in primary care demand is uneven

One way to contain health care spending is to get patients involved in weighing costs of treatment options with their doctors. Researchers recruited 211 medically insured participants to assess their willingness to consider costs when choosing treatments. The authors found that participants generally "preferred better care, even when the relative benefit it offered was marginal, and even when told that the second-best choice still met the threshold of 'good enough' care from a clinician's perspective.

26 Feb 2013

Acupuncture with de qi improves facial muscle recovery in Bell palsy patients

Patients with Bell palsy who received acupuncture that achieves de qi, a type of intense stimulation, had improved facial muscle recovery, reduced disability and better quality of life, according to a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

26 Feb 2013

Hospital News and Research

New digital system could identify poisonous plants

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

Viewpoints: GOP faces pressure from spending cuts effects on daily life; President needs to lead on Medicare cuts

Surgeons told to pull the plug on robotically assisted hysterectomy

Reduced income lessens chances of at-home death

COPD benzodiazepine warning

Direct approach speeds ventilator weaning

‘Traffic light’ guide for pediatric bacterial infection needs refining

One in three ventilated people with ALI shows substantial PTSD symptoms

Wnt-induced Lgr5 expression marks stem cell production in the liver

Expanding Orthopedics initiates enrollment in XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System study

Study finds major risk factor behind increased risk of adverse outcomes in IVF pregnancies

Re-election pressures may be driving some GOP governors to pursue Medicaid expansion

Xellia to develop new antibiotics effective against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Cleveland Clinic receives $1.97M NIMH grant for innovative autism research

Research roundup: Patients hesitant to focus on costs; Increase in primary care demand is uneven

Acupuncture with de qi improves facial muscle recovery in Bell palsy patients

Henry Ford Hospital scientists to research into hypertension and tissue and organ damage

Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group physicians appear on the Best Doctors in America List

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches Brilliance GBS Agar

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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