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Stopping opioid addiction at one key source: The hospital

It may not be rocket science, but a group of surgeons at the University of Michigan's Michigan Medicine have devised a strategy to curb the nation's opioid epidemic — starting at their own hospital.

6 Dec 2017

Your plumber offers a money-back guarantee. Should your doctor?

Linda Radach has had six hip replacement operations since 2006, three on each side. Osteoarthritis was the reason she needed surgery in the first place, but replacing her hips in some ways only worsened her troubles.

6 Dec 2017

Does patient care suffer with substitute doctors?

When a regular doctor is not at hospital due to illness or vacation, for example, patients are not treated by the doctor’s colleague or other hospital physician, but by a locum from outside of the hospital. Researchers from Harvard Medical School have now asked whether these temps provide the same level of care as the doctors they are filling in for.

6 Dec 2017

Patients with RBD sleep disorder have risk of developing Parkinson's disease in future

Researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that patients with the RBD sleep behavior disorder lack dopamine and have a form of inflammation of the brain. This means that they are at risk of developing Parkinson's disease or dementia when they grow older.

5 Dec 2017

Transgender youth feel uncomfortable to discuss health-care needs with their doctors

Close to half of transgender young Canadians aren't accessing health care when they need it, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia.

5 Dec 2017

Dangling a carrot for patients to take healthy steps: Does it work?

Patricia Alexander knew she needed a mammogram but just couldn't find the time. "Every time I made an appointment, something would come up," said Alexander, 53, who lives in Moreno Valley, Calif.

5 Dec 2017

New approaches show promise to fight against drug-resistant superbugs in hospitals

If you visit a doctor's surgery or hospital you may be asked to apply a hand sanitizer upon entry. Strict hand hygiene practices have become one of the most essential activities in the battle against reducing multi-drug resistant infections in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare settings.

4 Dec 2017

Study shows connection between common hypertension drug and skin cancer

Recently published research from The University of Southern Denmark and the Danish Cancer Society shows a connection between one of the most common medications for hypertension and skin cancer.

4 Dec 2017

Less than one-third of glaucoma patients talk to their doctor about medication costs, study finds

Less than one-third of patients with glaucoma talk to their doctor about the costs of medications needed to control their disease, reports a study in the December issue of Optometry and Vision Science, the official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.

4 Dec 2017

Study provides insights on mechanisms involved in tolerance after kidney transplantation

A new study provides insights on the mechanisms that allow an individual's immune system to accept, rather than reject, a donor kidney. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, point to markers that could be monitored to assess and track the health of organs following transplantation.

1 Dec 2017

New immunotherapy study shows positive results in chronic migraine sufferers

A new study of fremanezumab, an immunotherapy that counteracts one of the molecules released during migraine, was found successful in reducing the number of days that chronic migraine sufferers experienced headaches.

30 Nov 2017

Straight from the patient’s mouth: Videos can clearly state your end-of-life wishes

For years, Wendy Forman, considered how to make her wishes known if she became horribly ill and couldn't speak for herself.

30 Nov 2017

Blood test could provide low-cost alternative to MRI for monitoring disease activity in MS

A blood test to monitor a nerve protein in the blood of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may help predict whether disease activity is flaring up, according to a study published in the November 29, 2017, online issue of Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

30 Nov 2017

Doctor News and Research

Stopping opioid addiction at one key source: The hospital

Your plumber offers a money-back guarantee. Should your doctor?

Does patient care suffer with substitute doctors?

Patients with RBD sleep disorder have risk of developing Parkinson's disease in future

Transgender youth feel uncomfortable to discuss health-care needs with their doctors

Dangling a carrot for patients to take healthy steps: Does it work?

New approaches show promise to fight against drug-resistant superbugs in hospitals

Study shows connection between common hypertension drug and skin cancer

Less than one-third of glaucoma patients talk to their doctor about medication costs, study finds

Study provides insights on mechanisms involved in tolerance after kidney transplantation

New immunotherapy study shows positive results in chronic migraine sufferers

Straight from the patient’s mouth: Videos can clearly state your end-of-life wishes

Blood test could provide low-cost alternative to MRI for monitoring disease activity in MS

Researchers receive DoD grant to identify alternatives to opioids for pain management

University was tipped off to possible unauthorized trials of herpes vaccine

Older adults do not get enough help to make sure multiple drugs mix safely, new poll finds

The ratcheting cost of the pneumococcal vaccine: What gives?

Patients rate physicians less positively if they have their requests denied

Doctors make big money testing urine for drugs, then ignore abnormal results

Capsule research could transform treatment for C. difficile infections

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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