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New computer model predicts prostate cancer progression

An international team of cancer researchers from Denmark and Germany have used cancer patient data to develop a computer model that can predict the course of disease for prostate cancer.

11 Dec 2018

One implant, two prices. It depends on who’s paying.

Kim Daniels didn't have to pay a penny for her double mastectomy or the reconstructive surgery she had after treatment for breast cancer in June 2018. Her health insurance, PennCare, administered through Independence Blue Cross in Pennsylvania, fully covered both procedures.

11 Dec 2018

Study explores how patients want to discuss symptoms with doctors

Sleep, pain, anxiety, depression, and low energy/fatigue (known collectively as SPADE for short) symptoms are extremely common, but often unrecognized and undertreated by primary care physicians.

11 Dec 2018

Study: Some people with Type 2 diabetes may be testing their blood sugar more often than needed

For people with Type 2 diabetes, the task of testing their blood sugar with a fingertip prick and a drop of blood on a special strip of paper becomes part of everyday life.

11 Dec 2018

FDA clears mobile medical app to help increase retention in recovery program for opioid use disorder

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared a mobile medical application (app) to help increase retention (the amount of time a patient participates) in an outpatient treatment program for individuals with opioid use disorder.

10 Dec 2018

Exercise program during adjuvant breast cancer treatment may provide cardiovascular benefits

Women who underwent a supervised program of cardiovascular exercise during adjuvant breast cancer treatment experienced better cardiovascular function than those who were not part of the exercise program, according to results of the EBBA-II trial presented at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 4-8.

7 Dec 2018

High intensity statin treatment and adherence could save more lives

Thousands of heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular disease could be prevented by patients taking higher doses of statins and taking the drugs as advised by doctors.

7 Dec 2018

Online CBT can help treat gastrointestinal disorders in children

Cognitive behavioral therapy online can be useful in treating gastrointestinal disorders in children when no physical cause can be found. This is the viewpoint of researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden that is described in a new study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

7 Dec 2018

UT Austin researcher receives $2.5 million CZI grant for neurodegenerative disease research

Ning "Jenny" Jiang, an associate professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Dell Medical School's Department of Oncology, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to participate in the philanthropic organization's inaugural Neurodegeneration Challenge Network.

7 Dec 2018

Elevated air pollution associated with increased risk for miscarriage

Air quality has been associated with numerous adverse health outcomes from asthma to pre-term birth. Researchers at University of Utah Health found women living along the Wasatch Front -- the most populous region in the state of Utah -- had a higher risk (16 percent) of miscarriage following short-term exposure to elevated air pollution. The results are available online on December 5 in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

6 Dec 2018

Common antidepressant does not promote recovery after stroke, study finds

Stroke patients prescribed a common antidepressant show no improvement compared with those given a dummy drug, a study has found.

6 Dec 2018

EHR-related stress associated with physician burnout

While electronic health records improve communication and access to patient data, researchers found that stress from using EHRs is associated with burnout, particularly for primary care doctors such as pediatricians, family medicine physicians and general internists.

6 Dec 2018

Cancer patients who take beta-blocker along with breast cancer drug have less heart damage

Breast cancer patients who take a heart drug at the same time as trastuzumab have less heart damage, according to a study presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2018.

5 Dec 2018

Without Obamacare penalty, think it’ll be nice to drop your plan? Better think twice

Dana Farrell's car insurance is due. So is her homeowner's insurance — plus her property taxes.

5 Dec 2018

CEASE intervention enhances delivery of smoking cessation assistance for breastfeeding mothers

A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children researchers demonstrates that an MGHfC-developed program designed to help the parents of pediatric patients quit smoking can increase the provision of such assistance to breastfeeding mothers.

5 Dec 2018

New discovery offers parameter for predicting progression of oral cancer

Researchers in Brazil have identified a correlation between oral cancer progression and the abundance of certain proteins present in tumor tissue and saliva.

5 Dec 2018

Fasting for blood test can lead to hypoglycemia in patients who take diabetes medications

Fasting before getting your blood drawn for cholesterol tests is common practice, but new research from Michigan State University shows it is a contributing factor of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, in patients who take diabetes medications.

5 Dec 2018

Study of infrequent cannabis users compares adverse effects of vaping and smoking

In a small study of infrequent cannabis users, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that, compared with smoking cannabis, vaping it increased the rate of short-term anxiety, paranoia, memory loss and distraction when doses were the same.

4 Dec 2018

LetsGetChecked: The Company That's Revolutionizing Consumer Healthcare

LetsGetChecked is a medical technology platform revolutionizing consumer healthcare by linking patients with labs to make healthcare open and patient-led.

From Letsgetchecked 4 Dec 2018

Study finds women in hospital medicine to face major obstacles during pregnancy and work

Women in hospital medicine face major obstacles during pregnancy, parental leave and returning to work, prompting a discussion about gender equity in medicine, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

4 Dec 2018

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New computer model predicts prostate cancer progression

One implant, two prices. It depends on who’s paying.

Study explores how patients want to discuss symptoms with doctors

Study: Some people with Type 2 diabetes may be testing their blood sugar more often than needed

FDA clears mobile medical app to help increase retention in recovery program for opioid use disorder

Exercise program during adjuvant breast cancer treatment may provide cardiovascular benefits

High intensity statin treatment and adherence could save more lives

Online CBT can help treat gastrointestinal disorders in children

UT Austin researcher receives $2.5 million CZI grant for neurodegenerative disease research

Elevated air pollution associated with increased risk for miscarriage

Common antidepressant does not promote recovery after stroke, study finds

EHR-related stress associated with physician burnout

Cancer patients who take beta-blocker along with breast cancer drug have less heart damage

Without Obamacare penalty, think it’ll be nice to drop your plan? Better think twice

CEASE intervention enhances delivery of smoking cessation assistance for breastfeeding mothers

New discovery offers parameter for predicting progression of oral cancer

Fasting for blood test can lead to hypoglycemia in patients who take diabetes medications

Study of infrequent cannabis users compares adverse effects of vaping and smoking

LetsGetChecked: The Company That's Revolutionizing Consumer Healthcare

Study finds women in hospital medicine to face major obstacles during pregnancy and work

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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