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Researchers find link between patient satisfaction and SDM during radiation treatment

Playing an active role in their radiation treatment decisions leaves cancer patients feeling more satisfied with their care, and may even relieve psychological distress around the experience, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in the journal Cancer.

15 Apr 2014

Residential aged care facilities need to tackle antipsychotic usage in dementia patients

NPS MedicineWise has welcomed the recommendations of the recently released Senate Committee report on the care of Australians living with dementia and is encouraging residential aged care facilities to tackle the overuse of antipsychotics medicines in people with behavioural or psychological problems associated with dementia.

15 Apr 2014

NEPHRON+ project improves lives of kidney failure patients by developing wearable artificial kidney device

End stage kidney disease is a global public health problem with an estimated 2.4 million patients on dialysis. The number of new cases is rising (7-8% annually) due to population ageing and increased diabetes prevalence.

15 Apr 2014

Experts create new definition for epilepsy

An expert task force has created a new definition for epilepsy that refines the scope of patients diagnosed with this brain disease. The study published in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy, provides a greater level of detail to diagnose epilepsy by including individuals with two unprovoked seizures, and those with one unprovoked seizure and other factors that increase risk of seizure recurrence.

15 Apr 2014

Engineers develop tools to efficiently analyze living cells

For more than a decade Chang Lu, associate professor of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, has worked on the development of tools to efficiently analyze living cells. The long-term goal is to gain a better understanding of a range of diseases.

15 Apr 2014

Low-cost empowerment program for adolescent girls sharply curtails sexual harassment

A low-cost empowerment program for adolescent girls in Kenyan slums sharply curtails rape and sexual harassment of these girls, who live in an environment where women have low status and are frequently attacked, a large new study shows.

15 Apr 2014

Scientists discover how bacterium Y. pestis overwhelms lungs to cause pneumonic plague

Northwestern Medicine scientists are continuing to unravel the molecular changes that underlie one of the world's deadliest and most infamous respiratory infections.

15 Apr 2014

New guidelines on management and return to play of Female Athlete Triad discussed at AMSSM

The Female Athlete Triad is a medical condition often observed in physically active girls and women, and involves three components: low energy availability with or without disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction and low bone mineral density.

15 Apr 2014

AES released list of new fellowship awardees for organization's early-career awards

Today, the American Epilepsy Society (AES) released its list of new fellowship awardees, naming 15 recipients for the organization's early-career awards.

15 Apr 2014

Study identifies young fathers who are at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms

Depression can hit young fathers hard -- with symptoms increasing dramatically during some of the most important years of their children's lives, a new Northwestern Medicine- study has found.

15 Apr 2014

Gaining too much or too little weight during pregnancy may increase risk of having obese child, says study

Gaining both too much or too little weight during pregnancy appears to increase the risk of having an overweight or obese child, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

15 Apr 2014

Long-term study confirms association between more television viewing and reduced sleep in kids

A study following more than 1,800 children from ages 6 months to nearly 8 years found a small but consistent association between increased television viewing and shorter sleep duration.

15 Apr 2014

Students competing in Center for Medical Innovation’s Annual Bench-to-Bedside Competition win nearly $72,000

University of Utah students competing in the Center for Medical Innovation's Annual Bench-to-Bedside Competition were awarded nearly $72,000 in prize money on April 9 at the Utah State Capitol.

15 Apr 2014

Irrational health beliefs associated with lower adherence to prescribed cardiac rehab program, says study

Heart patients with beliefs about health that aren't based on medical evidence are more likely to skip sessions of cardiac rehabilitation, new research suggests.

15 Apr 2014

Oral therapy cures hepatitis C infection in more than 90% of patients with liver cirrhosis

Twelve weeks of an investigational oral therapy cured hepatitis C infection in more than 90 percent of patients with liver cirrhosis and was well tolerated by these patients, according to an international study that included researchers from UT Medicine San Antonio and the Texas Liver Institute.

15 Apr 2014

Study shows obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased risk of stroke, cancer and death

A new study shows that moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with an increased risk of stroke, cancer and death.

15 Apr 2014

Scientists uncover mechanism and possible treatment to reverse immune suppression in liver disease patients

The mechanism which underlies the susceptibility of liver disease patients to life-threatening infection has been uncovered by Wellcome Trust-funded medical scientists, who have also suggested a possible treatment to reverse immune suppression in these patients.

15 Apr 2014

Medicine News and Research

Researchers find link between patient satisfaction and SDM during radiation treatment

Residential aged care facilities need to tackle antipsychotic usage in dementia patients

NEPHRON+ project improves lives of kidney failure patients by developing wearable artificial kidney device

Experts create new definition for epilepsy

Engineers develop tools to efficiently analyze living cells

Low-cost empowerment program for adolescent girls sharply curtails sexual harassment

Scientists discover how bacterium Y. pestis overwhelms lungs to cause pneumonic plague

New guidelines on management and return to play of Female Athlete Triad discussed at AMSSM

AES released list of new fellowship awardees for organization's early-career awards

Study identifies young fathers who are at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms

Gaining too much or too little weight during pregnancy may increase risk of having obese child, says study

Long-term study confirms association between more television viewing and reduced sleep in kids

Students competing in Center for Medical Innovation’s Annual Bench-to-Bedside Competition win nearly $72,000

Irrational health beliefs associated with lower adherence to prescribed cardiac rehab program, says study

Oral therapy cures hepatitis C infection in more than 90% of patients with liver cirrhosis

Study shows obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased risk of stroke, cancer and death

Scientists uncover mechanism and possible treatment to reverse immune suppression in liver disease patients

UK study finds link between low vitamin D status and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in British children

Ceritinib ‘highly active’ in advanced ALK-rearranged NSCLC

Variability in SBP portends cognitive decline

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Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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