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Children who undergo simple emergency surgeries on weekends are more likely to die

Children who undergo simple emergency surgeries, such as hernia repairs or appendix removals, on weekends are more likely to suffer complications and even die than children getting the same kind of treatment during the week, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study.

1 Jul 2014

Study: Women's careers more likely to be disrupted by alcohol

John D. Meyer, MD, MPH, of Icahn-Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and Miriam Mutambudzi, PhD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, studied the relationship between occupation and AUDs in workers followed up from early adulthood to middle age.

1 Jul 2014

Focal choroidal excavation’s coexistence with other choroidal diseases impairs vision

Focal choroidal excavation appears to be relatively common and can have a detrimental effect on vision, a study of Korean patients suggests.

1 Jul 2014

Prophage autologous cancer vaccine extends survival in patients with newly diagnosed GBM

Agenus Inc., announced final results from a single-arm, multi-institutional, open-label, Phase 2 study showing that patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) who received Agenus' Prophage autologous cancer vaccine added to the standard of care treatment, lived nearly twice as long as expected.

1 Jul 2014

Kinetic Concepts' CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System now commercially available in Europe

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today launched its CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System in Europe. The CelluTome System provides an automated, precise and reproducible process of harvesting autologous epidermal tissue for grafting that has been shown to aid closure of acute and chronic wounds.

1 Jul 2014

Gateway Apothecary wins Peter M. Fox Excellence in HIV Credentialing Award for 2014

Gateway Apothecary in St. Louis, Mo., has received a Peter M. Fox Excellence in HIV Credentialing Award for 2014. Gateway was the only pharmacy to be recognized among the 17 nationwide award recipients, which consist primarily of physicians and/or medical practices.

1 Jul 2014

Use of NMR in diagnostic research: an interview with Elaine Holmes, Imperial College

The Phenome Center developed out of the Olympic drug testing facility, and we've adapted it so that we use NMR spectrometry, which we have three spectrometers, and mass spectrometry, to take blood and urine from hundreds and thousands of people and profile them to get a biochemical fingerprint of every person.

From Bruker BioSpin Division 1 Jul 2014

Researchers develop new methods for analysis of clinical studies in small patient groups

Six to eight per cent of the EU population - equivalent to as many as 36 million people - suffer from one of the 5,000 to 8,000 known rare diseases. Both for the research of new treatments for rare diseases, as well as personalised medicine and the development of medicines for children, the patient groups available are often only small.

1 Jul 2014

Medical boards draft plan to allow greater use of telemedicine

Amid predictions of a growing doctor shortage, state medical boards have drafted a model law that would make it easier for physicians licensed in one state to treat patients in others, whether in person, by videoconference or online. Meanwhile, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledges she made mistakes in the health law's rollout by spending "too little time clearly on the technology side."

1 Jul 2014

Heavy drinkers at greater risk of developing pneumonia and ARDS

Heavy drinking damages the body in many ways. In addition to liver failure, alcoholics are at a much greater risk of developing pneumonia and life threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), for which there is no treatment.

1 Jul 2014

LifeBridge Health's Neil Meltzer wins AHA Gold Heart Award

The Gold Heart Award, the American Heart Association's highest national recognition for volunteerism, was presented to Neil Meltzer, M.P.H., president and CEO of LifeBridge Health, for his two decades of exceptional leadership and advocacy at the annual Gold Heart Banquet in Dallas, Texas.

1 Jul 2014

'Pattern of errors' plagues military medicine

The New York Times' investigation finds that on several important measures, the military system "has consistently had higher than expected rates of harm and complications."

1 Jul 2014

Herbal supplement can become dangerous when taken with prescribed drugs

St. John's wort, the leading complementary and alternative treatment for depression in the United States, can be dangerous when taken with many commonly prescribed drugs, according to a study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

1 Jul 2014

HIV-positive people with early-stage cancer less likely to get cancer treatment

HIV-infected people diagnosed with cancer are two to four times more likely to go untreated for their cancer compared to uninfected cancer patients, according to a new, large retrospective study from researchers in Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

1 Jul 2014

Researchers develop new way to identify potential therapeutic targets for drug resistant melanoma

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers developed a new way to identify possible therapeutic targets for patients with drug resistant melanoma. It involves using liquid chromatography-multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry to measure biomarkers or molecules in blood and tissue that indicates cancer is present. These measurements can help researchers determine if a patient is responding to treatment.

1 Jul 2014

Doctor offers tips on fireworks safety to prevent injuries

Fireworks can result in severe burns, scars and disfigurement that can last a lifetime. Fireworks that are often thought to be safe, such as sparklers, can reach temperatures above 2000 degrees Fahrenheit, and can burn users and bystanders.

1 Jul 2014

Research could help to reduce health care charges

Recently published findings in Annals of Internal Medicine by Steven Lipshultz, M.D., Wayne State University professor and chair of pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at the Children's Hospital of Michigan, part of the Detroit Medical Center, and colleagues could help to reduce health care charges while also protecting childhood cancer survivors from heart ailments caused by drug therapy.

1 Jul 2014

Medicine News and Research

Children who undergo simple emergency surgeries on weekends are more likely to die

Study: Women's careers more likely to be disrupted by alcohol

Focal choroidal excavation’s coexistence with other choroidal diseases impairs vision

Prophage autologous cancer vaccine extends survival in patients with newly diagnosed GBM

Kinetic Concepts' CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System now commercially available in Europe

Gateway Apothecary wins Peter M. Fox Excellence in HIV Credentialing Award for 2014

Use of NMR in diagnostic research: an interview with Elaine Holmes, Imperial College

Researchers develop new methods for analysis of clinical studies in small patient groups

Medical boards draft plan to allow greater use of telemedicine

Heavy drinkers at greater risk of developing pneumonia and ARDS

LifeBridge Health's Neil Meltzer wins AHA Gold Heart Award

'Pattern of errors' plagues military medicine

Herbal supplement can become dangerous when taken with prescribed drugs

HIV-positive people with early-stage cancer less likely to get cancer treatment

Researchers develop new way to identify potential therapeutic targets for drug resistant melanoma

Doctor offers tips on fireworks safety to prevent injuries

Research could help to reduce health care charges

Research finding may accelerate development of treatments for PTSD

Researchers find unique cell type that can protect against uveitis

UCSF researchers complete first Internet-based clinical trial for children with autism

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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