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Personalized scans showing the extent of atherosclerosis help decrease cardiovascular risk

A new randomized trial of over 3000 people in The Lancet finds that sharing pictorial representations of personalized scans showing the extent of atherosclerosis (vascular age and plaque in the arteries) to patients and their doctors results in a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease one year later, compared to people receiving usual information about their risk.

4 Dec 2018

Expanded use of tele-emergency services can help strengthen rural hospitals

A new study from the University of Iowa finds rural hospitals that use tele-medicine to back up their emergency room health care providers not only save money, but find it easier to recruit new physicians.

3 Dec 2018

Link found between light pollution and insomnia in older adults

A new study is the first population-based investigation to report a significant association between artificial, outdoor light exposure at night and insomnia, as indicated by older adults' use of hypnotic drugs.

30 Nov 2018

Embarrassment and fear of being judged can mean patients lie to their doctors

Researchers at the University of Utah Health have conducted a survey suggesting that a large proportion of people have a tendency to lie to their doctors about information that could be relevant to their health.

30 Nov 2018

Sales reps may be wearing out their welcome in the operating room

In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who’s who — at least for outsiders.

30 Nov 2018

Electronic shutter eyeglasses may be alternative treatment for amblyopic children in future

The standard treatment for so-called lazy eye (amblyopia) in children is to cover the nonimpaired eye with a patch. This trains the impaired eye to work harder. Such therapy is successful only when the patient wears the eyepatch for the prescribed period of time.

29 Nov 2018

UA receives grant to provide sexual assault nurse examiners training

The Western Region Public Health Training Center at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, in collaboration with the UA College of Nursing, has received a $1.49 million, three-year federal grant to provide sexual assault nurse examiners training and certification to expand services to sexual assault victims in rural areas.

29 Nov 2018

Lifestyle intervention can benefit obese children despite common gene variants

Children who are genetically predisposed to overweight, due to common gene variants, can still lose weight by changing their diet and exercise habits.

29 Nov 2018

Chronically ill, traumatically billed: The $123,000 medicine for MS

Shereese Hickson's multiple sclerosis was flaring again. Spasms in her legs and other symptoms were getting worse.

28 Nov 2018

Early detection of pediatric epilepsy possible through 'deep learning' technique

Early detection of the most common form of epilepsy in children is possible through "deep learning," a new machine learning tool that teaches computers to learn by example, according to a new study that includes researchers from Georgia State University.

28 Nov 2018

Study: Some bowel cancer patients in the UK have to wait more than a year to begin treatment

It can take up to a year for some bowel cancer patients in the UK to start treatment, according to international research co-ordinated by Cancer Research UK and published in BMJ Open.

27 Nov 2018

One twin’s difficult birth puts a project designed to reduce C-sections to the test

The tiny hand and forearm slipped out too early. Babies are not delivered shoulder first. Dr. Terri Marino, an obstetrician in the Boston area who specializes in high-risk deliveries, tucked it back inside the boy’s mother.

27 Nov 2018

Recently diagnosed cancer patients more likely to drink alcohol and use tobacco, finds study

Recently diagnosed cancer survivors are more likely to drink alcohol, use tobacco, and frequent tanning beds than people in later stages of recovery, according to a research team from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

27 Nov 2018

Researchers identify sepsis symptoms that contribute to patient mortality

Using patient records from 210,289 hospital visits between 2013 and 2016, Drexel University researchers have identified the specific symptoms that put patients at the greatest risk of dying from sepsis - and they're not what many clinicians might think.

26 Nov 2018

Home blood pressure checks are more accurate than office BP assessments

Doctors could improve the care of high blood pressure by relying more on home blood pressure checks and not so much on the less-accurate office BP assessments, wrote health care quality experts from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in an editorial in the journal JAMA.

26 Nov 2018

Study: One in five young adults in India has hypertension

One in five young adults in India has high blood pressure, according to research presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India. That equates to around 80 million people, which is more than the entire UK population.

25 Nov 2018

Why Mosquitoes prefer some people over others: Genetic discovery

A new study has tried to assess the genetic variants among mosquitoes that make them more susceptible to spreading deadly viral diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya and more resistant to insecticides that are used to kill them.

25 Nov 2018

In health insurance wastelands, rosier options crop up for 2019

In recent years, places such as Memphis and Phoenix had withered into health insurance wastelands as insurers fled and premiums skyrocketed in the insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act. But today, as in many parts of the country, these two cities are experiencing something unprecedented: Premiums are sinking and choices are sprouting.

23 Nov 2018

Metastatic breast cancer patients feel isolated and need more support from HCPs, report reveals

A report released today highlights the growing need for healthcare professionals to manage both the physical and emotional aspects of this terminal disease.

From Eisai 22 Nov 2018

New lung cancer guides aim to drive better outcomes and care

Two new, national guides that aim to drive better outcomes and care for all people affected by lung cancer were released by Cancer Australia today. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in Australia with an estimated 25 people dying every day from the disease in 2018.

22 Nov 2018