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Mount Sinai researcher presents novel findings in environmental health at PAS annual meeting

Toxic waste sites with elevated levels of lead and chromium cause a high number of "healthy years of life lost" in individuals living near 373 sites located in India, Philippines and Indonesia, according to a study by a Mount Sinai researcher published online today in Environmental Health Perspectives.

5 May 2013

Research roundup: Surgical care at critical access hospitals; Digging into the cost of emergency medicine; Getting what you want for end-of-life care

During the past 15 years, the number of critical access hospitals – those with fewer than 25 acute care beds that receive higher reimbursements and other considerations from Medicare to help sustain them – has increased substantially, representing a quarter of all U.S. acute care hospitals in 2011.

4 May 2013

New joint lubricant brings longer lasting relief to osteoarthritis sufferers

A team of researchers led by a Boston University Biomedical Engineer has developed a new joint lubricant that could bring longer lasting relief to millions of osteoarthritis sufferers.

3 May 2013

Five sudden signs and symptoms of stroke

Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States. Each year an estimated 795,000 people in this country experience a stroke. That's approximately the equivalent of every man, woman and child living in Anaheim and Long Beach combined.

3 May 2013

Study finds link between bigger birth weight babies and risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

The biggest study of fetal growth and autism to date has reported that babies whose growth is at either extreme in the womb, either very big or very small, are at greater risk of developing autism.

From The University of Manchester 2 May 2013

Continued work needed in vaccine development

Reflecting on World Immunization Week, April 21-28, Angeline Nanni, director of market access at Aeras, discusses the "remarkable results" of expanded immunization programs in a guest post on the Global Health Technologies Coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog.

30 Apr 2013

Embracing Patient Centered Medical Home concept

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine opened its 98th annual meeting with a keynote speech by Paul Grundy, MD, Global Director of Healthcare Transformation at IBM, urging adoption of a new system of patient care in the United States that moves away from focusing on the management of health care "episodes" and more toward long-term management of population health and integrated delivery of health services.

30 Apr 2013

Study examines relationship between medical interventions in childhood, increasing prevalence of later ID

A study by Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Miami, Florida, and colleagues examines the relationship between medical interventions in early childhood and the increasing prevalence of later intellectual disability.

30 Apr 2013

Delayed psychosis treatment harms chance of success

The longer patients with first-episode psychosis go untreated, the less likely they are to achieve remission within a year of starting treatment, report researchers.

29 Apr 2013

Drug alerts have variable impact on prescribing habits

Direct communication with healthcare professionals, in the form of so-called “Dear doctor” letters, can be effective in reducing inappropriate and unsafe use of medicines, Dutch scientists believe.

29 Apr 2013

Osteomyelitis guidelines push pediatric care

US clinicians have demonstrated the benefits of multidisciplinary evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of children with osteomyelitis.

29 Apr 2013

UK’s health performance: an interview with Prof. Murray, University of Washington

Rates of premature mortality in the UK have been falling steadily, but the pace of decline is not as fast as in many other high-income countries, such as Australia. In that sense, the UK lags behind.

29 Apr 2013

Study gives insight into underlying causes of specific learning disabilities

Up to 10 per cent of the population is affected by specific learning disabilities (SLDs), such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, translating to two or three pupils in every classroom, a new study has found.

29 Apr 2013

Examining social factors is vital to understand the rise in diagnoses of mental disorders

Examining social factors is vital to better explaining and understanding the dramatic rise in the number of Americans diagnosed with mental disorders in recent years, according to an analysis by a team of medical and mental health experts.

26 Apr 2013

Scioderm completes Series A financing commitment totaling $16 million

Scioderm, a company developing novel dermatology therapeutics, today announced the completion of a Series A financing commitment totaling $16 million. Morgenthaler Ventures led the Series A financing, with Technology Partners as the second investor participating in the round.

26 Apr 2013

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): an interview with Dr. Jennifer Cohn, Médecins Sans Frontières

MDR-TB is tuberculosis, a mycobacterial infection, that has developed resistance to two important and powerful first-line anti-TB drugs, INH and rifampin.

26 Apr 2013

Childhood meningitis linked with lower educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency in adult life

In a study that included nearly 3,000 adults from Denmark, a diagnosis of meningococcal, pneumococcal, or Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in childhood was associated with lower educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency in adult life, according to a study in the April 24 issue of JAMA.

25 Apr 2013

Disability News and Research

Mount Sinai researcher presents novel findings in environmental health at PAS annual meeting

Research roundup: Surgical care at critical access hospitals; Digging into the cost of emergency medicine; Getting what you want for end-of-life care

New joint lubricant brings longer lasting relief to osteoarthritis sufferers

Five sudden signs and symptoms of stroke

Study finds link between bigger birth weight babies and risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Continued work needed in vaccine development

Embracing Patient Centered Medical Home concept

Study examines relationship between medical interventions in childhood, increasing prevalence of later ID

Delayed psychosis treatment harms chance of success

Drug alerts have variable impact on prescribing habits

Osteomyelitis guidelines push pediatric care

UK’s health performance: an interview with Prof. Murray, University of Washington

Study gives insight into underlying causes of specific learning disabilities

Examining social factors is vital to understand the rise in diagnoses of mental disorders

Scioderm completes Series A financing commitment totaling $16 million

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): an interview with Dr. Jennifer Cohn, Médecins Sans Frontières

Childhood meningitis linked with lower educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency in adult life

Childhood bacterial meningitis influences educational, financial achievement

Auricular point acupressure shows promise for chronic back pain

Viewpoints: Time to confirm Tavenner; 'Self-defeating' GOP plan for prevention fund; Parents need insurance too

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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