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Multidisciplinary pediatric aerodigestive centers provide better outcomes with reduced costs

Children who choke when they drink or eat may have what's known as dysphagia, or a swallowing disorder -- one of the most common medical complaints seen in young children.

17 Jun 2020

UVA doctors and students launch 12-part COVID-19 podcast series

UVA School of Medicine physicians and students have launched a COVID-19 podcast series that includes advice to protect your health along with a behind-the-scenes look at UVA Health's patient care and research.

17 Jun 2020

Study: Nearly 10% of patients continue to use opioids more than 90 days after heart surgery

Nearly 10 percent of patients who are prescribed opioid medications following heart surgery will continue to use opioids more than 90 days after the procedure, according to a new study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

17 Jun 2020

Discovery could significantly improve diagnosis of motor neuron disease

Scientists at the University of Sussex have identified a potential pattern within blood which signals the presence of motor neuron disease; a discovery which could significantly improve diagnosis.

17 Jun 2020

Time-driven activity-based costing can be an effective strategy to support value-based healthcare

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR - the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of results of a study suggesting that time-driven activity-based costing can be an effective technique to support value-based healthcare initiatives.

17 Jun 2020

Researchers investigate how neural circuits enable the brain to regulate basal sighing

One group of neurons controls various types of sighing, but they receive their instructions from different areas of the brain depending on the reason for the sigh, according to a study scheduled to publish June 16 in the journal Cell Reports.

17 Jun 2020

Two potent small molecules appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers

City of Hope scientists have identified and developed two potent small molecules that appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers even when other treatments cease to work, possibly due to the development of drug resistance.

16 Jun 2020

Experts evaluate options for treating cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis

Experts in cognitive research evaluated the status of available treatments as well as promising strategies for treating cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis.

16 Jun 2020

Including patients in hospital discharge letters could enhance outcomes of care

Sending discharge letters to patients as well as their GPs when they leave UK hospitals could make a substantial difference to patient outcomes, according to a new study by University of Warwick researchers.

16 Jun 2020

Researchers receive federal funding to rapidly repurpose FDA-approved drugs for COVID-19

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will be partnering on an agreement funded by the federal government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to rapidly test hundreds of drugs, approved and marketed for other conditions, to see whether any can be repurposed to prevent or treat COVID-19.

16 Jun 2020

Antibody cocktail with potential to treat COVID-19 identified

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) evaluated several human antibodies to determine the most potent combination to be mixed in a cocktail and used as a promising anti-viral therapy against the virus that causes COVID-19.

16 Jun 2020

Sending discharge letters to patients can make major difference to patient outcomes

Sending discharge letters to patients as well as their GPs when they leave hospital could make a substantial difference to patient outcomes, according to a new study by University of Warwick researchers.

16 Jun 2020

Study highlights processes that act as barriers to use evidence-based pulmonary embolism testing

Common barriers exist to the use of risk stratification tools in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department and provide insight into where to focus efforts for future implementation endeavors.

16 Jun 2020

Researchers call for policy reform in nursing support amid current pandemic

There are close to 28 million nurses around the world who comprise a global workforce that delivers about 90 percent of primary healthcare, including frontline response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 Jun 2020

Researchers report the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women

Universal testing of pregnant women admitted to labor and delivery units is part of a multipronged approach to reducing transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 in hospitals and clinics.

15 Jun 2020

Electronic health information exchange increases disease reporting and completeness of information

Disease tracking is an important area of focus for health departments in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 Jun 2020

Nasal swab tests miss low viral SARS-CoV-2

A recent study by researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, currently available on the preprint server medRxiv, demonstrates how nasal swab samples reliably detect patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that present with high viral loads, but may miss many patients with lower viral loads – questioning their role as a sole specimen for diagnostic purposes.

15 Jun 2020

Medical School News and Research

Multidisciplinary pediatric aerodigestive centers provide better outcomes with reduced costs

UVA doctors and students launch 12-part COVID-19 podcast series

Study: Nearly 10% of patients continue to use opioids more than 90 days after heart surgery

Discovery could significantly improve diagnosis of motor neuron disease

Time-driven activity-based costing can be an effective strategy to support value-based healthcare

Researchers investigate how neural circuits enable the brain to regulate basal sighing

Two potent small molecules appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers

Experts evaluate options for treating cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis

Including patients in hospital discharge letters could enhance outcomes of care

Researchers receive federal funding to rapidly repurpose FDA-approved drugs for COVID-19

Antibody cocktail with potential to treat COVID-19 identified

Sending discharge letters to patients can make major difference to patient outcomes

Study highlights processes that act as barriers to use evidence-based pulmonary embolism testing

Researchers call for policy reform in nursing support amid current pandemic

Researchers report the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women

Electronic health information exchange increases disease reporting and completeness of information

Nasal swab tests miss low viral SARS-CoV-2

Developing a new rapid test for COVID-19

Molecular approach can improve diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

Researchers are developing new diagnostic tool for rapid detection of coronavirus

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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