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Study provides new insights into aging process of the human mind

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has demonstrated that communication among memory-coding neurons - nerve cells in the brain responsible for maintaining working memory - is disrupted with aging and that this can begin in middle age.

22 Jan 2024

Tailoring a computerized decision support system to the ICU environment improves patient safety

A recent multicentre study led by Amsterdam UMC and conducted in nine Dutch Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has shown that tailoring a computerized decision support system (CDSS) to the ICU environment significantly reduced the number of high-risk drug combinations administered to ICU patients.

22 Jan 2024

Updated pediatric sepsis definition could save countless children's lives

An international research team led by Tell Bennett, MD, MS, professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric critical care at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, released new diagnostic criteria for sepsis in children this week, marking the first update to the pediatric sepsis definition in nearly two decades.

22 Jan 2024

HoloCare launches 3D surgical holograms across the UK and Europe

Norwegian healthtech startup HoloCare scales its commercial footprint across the UK and Europe, following UKCA and CE certification.

22 Jan 2024

Study assesses effectiveness of strategies to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission in healthcare settings

Researchers analyzed whether infection prevention measures during the COVID-19 pandemic were adequate in protecting healthcare workers.

22 Jan 2024

Study: Daily multivitamins hold promise for combating cognitive decline

By 2060, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly one in four Americans will be in an age bracket at elevated risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease unless interventions can help preserve cognitive function before deficits begin.

22 Jan 2024

Immune checkpoint inhibitor target found to promote skin cancer growth

Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) is an important target for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies that block its signaling and boost T-cell activity. PD-1 inhibitors have been approved for treating various types of cancer.

19 Jan 2024

Study reveals disparities in emergency department restraint use by race and ethnicity

A new study that contributes additional data to a growing body of evidence demonstrating disparities in restraint use in the emergency department (ED) has been published in the January issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).

19 Jan 2024

Memory T cells learn and adapt: Post-Omicron immunity offers wider protection

It has been 4 years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 has yet to be eradicated and new variants are continuously emerging.

19 Jan 2024

Antiviral hope emerges as viruses linked to multiple myeloma

A few years ago, a patient was cured of multiple myeloma after being treated for hepatitis C, astounding researchers from the group led by Joaquín Martínez, from the H12O-CNIO Haematological Tumours Clinical Research Unit, a collaboration between the Hospital 12 de Octubre (H12O) and the National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO).

19 Jan 2024

Tailored opioid prescribing limits more effective at reducing prescription length, study finds

Many states have passed new laws that place restrictions on the duration of first-time opioid prescriptions to help address the opioid epidemic.

19 Jan 2024

Racial disparity identified in referral for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy.

19 Jan 2024

Mathematical model ushers in era of cost-effective early diabetes detection

A simple blood test could perform better than a complex test thanks to mathematical modeling.

19 Jan 2024

New study challenges role of rectal exam in prostate cancer screening

A study by the Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has taken a closer look at the effectiveness of common examination methods for the early detection of prostate cancer.

19 Jan 2024

Evaluating the effectiveness and safety of single-port robot-assisted technique in nipple-sparing mastectomy procedures

Researchers evaluated the safety and feasibility of a single-port (SP) robotic-assisted approach for performing nipple-sparing mastectomies (NSM).

19 Jan 2024

What is the association between prenatal opioid exposure and risk of immune-related conditions?

Researchers compared the risk of hospitalization and emergency department presentation for immune-related conditions in children with and without prenatal opioid exposure.

19 Jan 2024

Insurance doesn’t always cover hearing aids for kids

Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn't passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant, meaning sounds are extremely muffled.

19 Jan 2024

In this Oklahoma town, most everyone knows someone who’s been sued by the hospital

It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community.

19 Jan 2024

Clinical study suggests statins could be key in reducing dementia in individuals with heart failure

The association between statin therapy and the risks of dementia among patients with heart failure.

19 Jan 2024

Clinical trial shows MRI and tracking-guided delivery of magnetic stimulation to brains of people with severe depression eases symptoms

Researchers performed a randomized clinical trial to compare resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging connectivity-guided intermittent theta burst stimulation vs. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for therapy-resistant depression.

19 Jan 2024

Hospital News and Research

Study provides new insights into aging process of the human mind

Tailoring a computerized decision support system to the ICU environment improves patient safety

Updated pediatric sepsis definition could save countless children's lives

HoloCare launches 3D surgical holograms across the UK and Europe

Study assesses effectiveness of strategies to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission in healthcare settings

Study: Daily multivitamins hold promise for combating cognitive decline

Immune checkpoint inhibitor target found to promote skin cancer growth

Study reveals disparities in emergency department restraint use by race and ethnicity

Memory T cells learn and adapt: Post-Omicron immunity offers wider protection

Antiviral hope emerges as viruses linked to multiple myeloma

Tailored opioid prescribing limits more effective at reducing prescription length, study finds

Racial disparity identified in referral for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome

Mathematical model ushers in era of cost-effective early diabetes detection

New study challenges role of rectal exam in prostate cancer screening

Evaluating the effectiveness and safety of single-port robot-assisted technique in nipple-sparing mastectomy procedures

What is the association between prenatal opioid exposure and risk of immune-related conditions?

Insurance doesn’t always cover hearing aids for kids

In this Oklahoma town, most everyone knows someone who’s been sued by the hospital

Clinical study suggests statins could be key in reducing dementia in individuals with heart failure

Clinical trial shows MRI and tracking-guided delivery of magnetic stimulation to brains of people with severe depression eases symptoms

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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