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American Gastroenterological Association announces “AGA Future Leaders Program”

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has announced the third class of its Future Leaders Program, which was created in 2015 to provide a pathway for leadership development within AGA for early career physicians and scientists who have the potential to make a significant impact on the specialty.

21 Feb 2019

Research finds steep rise in self-poisonings among young people

Self-harm from self-poisoning in children and adolescents is not only increasing but starting at a younger age, finds new research by University of Sydney and the NSW Poisons Information Centre.

20 Feb 2019

Penn study reveals increase in health-related internet searches before ER visits

Health-related internet searches doubled during the week before patients visited an emergency department, according to a new study from researchers at Penn Medicine who examined consenting patients' Google search histories in relation to their electronic health records.

20 Feb 2019

Newly released national framework identifies obstacles to improving EMS systems

As part of nationwide efforts to improve emergency medical care, researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System, in collaboration with UC San Diego Health, have released a national framework report titled "Promoting Innovations in Emergency Medical Services" that identifies regulatory, financial, and technological obstacles to improving local and state EMS systems.

20 Feb 2019

New screening tool more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth

A screening tool designed specifically to assess for human trafficking was more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth, as well as the risk factors, than a commonly used psychosocial assessment, reported researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.

20 Feb 2019

Physicians graduated outside the U.S. offer better care for Medicare patients with complex needs

A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital research team indicates that internal medicine physicians who are graduates of medical schools outside the U.S. care for Medicare patients with more complex medical needs than those cared for by graduates of American medical schools.

20 Feb 2019

New forms of older anti-cancer agent appear to enhance immune response to fight melanoma

Researchers at the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Johns Hopkins and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report two new forms of an older anti-cancer agent they developed appear to enhance the immune system's ability to fight melanoma in mice.

20 Feb 2019

Greater primary care physician supply associated with longer life spans

New research shows us just how important primary care physicians are in prolonging our lives.

19 Feb 2019

Fetal signaling pathways may offer future opportunities to treat lung damage

Specialized lung cells appear in the developing fetus much earlier than scientists previously thought. A new animal study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports how cells that become alveoli, the tiny compartments in which gas exchange occurs in the lung, begin their specialized roles very early in prenatal life.

18 Feb 2019

New protocol can help identify febrile infants at low risk for serious bacterial infections

A national research team led by UC Davis Health clinicians and researchers from the University of Michigan, Nationwide Children's Hospital and Columbia University, has derived and validated a new protocol for emergency departments that can determine which infant patients with fevers, age 60 days or younger, are at low risk of significant bacterial infections.

18 Feb 2019

Drug combinations could become first-line treatment for metastatic kidney cancer

A combination of two drugs - one of them an immunotherapy agent - could become a new standard, first-line treatment for patients with metastatic kidney cancer, says an investigator from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reporting results from a phase 3 clinical trial.

18 Feb 2019

Study estimates how common, preventable are sepsis-related deaths in hospitals

This study estimates how common sepsis-related deaths are in hospitals and how preventable those deaths might be.

18 Feb 2019

Research finds reasons for sudden cardiac death in patients with stable ischemic disease

Sudden death in patients with stable ischemic heart disease is not a common occurrence and is sparsely reported.

18 Feb 2019

MUSC researchers discover new mechanism for a class of anti-cancer drugs

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina reveal a novel binding site for a class of anti-cancer drugs known as E1 inhibitors. This finding could lead to the design of more efficient E1 inhibitors.

15 Feb 2019

Blood clot discovery could lead to development of better treatments for blood diseases

Scientists have discovered new ways in which the body regulates blood clots, in a discovery which could one day lead to the development of better treatments that could help prevent and treat conditions including heart diseases, stroke and vascular dementia.

15 Feb 2019

Study: Women experiencing miscarriage should be offered treatment choices

Women experiencing miscarriage should be offered a choice in the treatment they receive, argues a new study from the University of Warwick that compares all treatment options for the first time.

15 Feb 2019

New study reveals high success rate for hip and knee replacements

After reviewing thousands of case studies going back 25 years across six countries, generalizable survival data is now available for the first time to estimate how long hip and knee replacements are likely to last.

14 Feb 2019

Depression prevention for pregnant women and new mothers – new recommendations

At present all new mothers are screened for symptoms of depression and help is provided to those who need care. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now has urged doctors to screen pregnant women for risks of depression and provide adequate counselling and support to prevent the onset of depression after delivery. The report was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week.

14 Feb 2019

Human cells can change their original function to battle against diabetes

For the first time, researchers have shown that ordinary human cells can change their original function. This may give new hope for diabetes patients.

14 Feb 2019

Breakthrough study highlights the promise of cell therapies for muscular dystrophy

The University of Minnesota Medical School continues its legacy of advancing cell replacement therapies with a scientific breakthrough that highlights the promise of cell therapies for muscular dystrophy.

14 Feb 2019

Medical School News and Research

American Gastroenterological Association announces “AGA Future Leaders Program”

Research finds steep rise in self-poisonings among young people

Penn study reveals increase in health-related internet searches before ER visits

Newly released national framework identifies obstacles to improving EMS systems

New screening tool more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth

Physicians graduated outside the U.S. offer better care for Medicare patients with complex needs

New forms of older anti-cancer agent appear to enhance immune response to fight melanoma

Greater primary care physician supply associated with longer life spans

Fetal signaling pathways may offer future opportunities to treat lung damage

New protocol can help identify febrile infants at low risk for serious bacterial infections

Drug combinations could become first-line treatment for metastatic kidney cancer

Study estimates how common, preventable are sepsis-related deaths in hospitals

Research finds reasons for sudden cardiac death in patients with stable ischemic disease

MUSC researchers discover new mechanism for a class of anti-cancer drugs

Blood clot discovery could lead to development of better treatments for blood diseases

Study: Women experiencing miscarriage should be offered treatment choices

New study reveals high success rate for hip and knee replacements

Depression prevention for pregnant women and new mothers – new recommendations

Human cells can change their original function to battle against diabetes

Breakthrough study highlights the promise of cell therapies for muscular dystrophy

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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