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Study: Holding intubated infants found to be well tolerated and safe

Critically ill infants who are old enough to move on their own but too young to cooperate with care instructions have been among the last to benefit from patient mobility initiatives.

2 Dec 2019

‘I feel like I’m in jail’: Hospital alarms torment patients

When Kea Turner’s 74-year-old grandmother checked into Virginia’s Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital with advanced lung cancer, she landed in the oncology unit where every patient was monitored by a bed alarm.

2 Dec 2019

Study reveals exposure of new-born babies in NICU environment to harmful chemicals

A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Granada has warned for the first time of the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) and parabens (PBs) in a wide range of plastic medical devices, fabrics, personal care products (including topical creams), and nutritional supplements in hospital neonatal intensive care units, coming into direct contact with new-born babies.

29 Nov 2019

Potent antimicrobial could combat antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections

Scientists have discovered a strong antimicrobial that is effective against some of the strongest infectious diseases.

25 Nov 2019

No safety switch: How lax oversight of electronic health records puts patients at risk

In fall 2009, several dozen of the best minds in health information technology huddled at a hotel outside Washington, D.C., to discuss potential dangers of an Obama White House plan to spend billions of tax dollars computerizing medical records.

21 Nov 2019

The case of the ACA’s disappearing taxes

It was a moment of genuine bipartisanship at the House Ways and Means Committee in October, as Democratic and Republican sponsors alike praised a bill called the "Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019."

20 Nov 2019

VUMC offers minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be the first in the state to offer a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema.

19 Nov 2019

CTF, DELopen jointly offer unique opportunities to neurofibromatosis research community

The Children's Tumor Foundation, an innovative and global neurofibromatosis (NF) research foundation announced today a collaboration with DELopen, a DNA-encoded library technology platform sponsored by WuXi AppTec, a leading global provider of R&D and manufacturing services enabling companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

19 Nov 2019

Johns Hopkins launches new center for 'immunoengineering' research

If the saying that two heads are better than one is true, then joining two fields of science may be better than one to spur more advances in medicine.

13 Nov 2019

Bio–nano interactions help kill deadly microbes

Nanotechnology has been part of the changing world today. Nanoparticles, for instance, can help make materials lighter and stronger. They have been widely used across several industries, such as computers and medical technology.

11 Nov 2019

CRIPSR could be used to detect disease

CRISPR could be used to establish new diagnostic blood tests by identifying viral nucleic acids, such as Parvo or HPV.

11 Nov 2019

New point-of-care medical device rapidly and accurately detects viruses

The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been heralded as a scientific miracle destined to eradicate diseases from sickle-cell anemia to cancer, or decried as "the genetic scissors that tailor the human gene pool," an ethically risky technology driving us toward a designer babies.

11 Nov 2019

First device-based, non-drug therapy for treating ADHD in children

Deciding how to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children can be a difficult decision for parents. Stimulants, such as Adderall and Ritalin, are the most commonly prescribed ADHD treatments - and are considered to be the most effective.

8 Nov 2019

New open source Design Thinking for Health curriculum launched for nurses

Nurses make up the largest and most trusted group of health care professionals, work on the front lines of the health care system, and are frequently called on to devise on-the-spot solutions to urgent health care problems, yet most nurses receive little or no training in how to effectively address these design challenges.

7 Nov 2019

C. diff puts up a winning fight against hospital disinfectants

The deadly and notoriously stubborn superbug, Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), is putting up a winning fight against hospital-grade disinfectants meant to kill it, according to results of a new study published in the Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

6 Nov 2019

ISPOR explores the evolving demands for evidence requirements relating to medical devices

ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research - explored the issue of medical devices and the evolving demands for evidence requirements and assessments in the session, "The Evolving Demands for Medical Device Evidence Development: What the Future Holds." [SP3]. The session was held this afternoon at ISPOR Europe 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

6 Nov 2019

New 'intelligent' metamaterial could make MRI faster, safer, and more accessible

Boston University researchers have developed a new, "intelligent" metamaterial--which costs less than ten bucks to build--that could revolutionize magnetic resonance imaging, making the entire MRI process faster, safer, and more accessible to patients around the world.

5 Nov 2019

Switching to greener asthma inhalers would reduce carbon footprint

Environmentalists now have a new cause to take up – the metered dose inhalers (MDIs) used by asthmatic patients to control their airway spasm.

31 Oct 2019

Syringe-injectable, self-expandable and ultraconformable magnetic nanosheets developed

Syringe-injectable biomaterials, medical devices and engineered tissues have attracted great attention as minimally-invasive implants for diagnosis, therapy and regenerative medicine.

30 Oct 2019

Study examines link between gift-giving and opioid prescribing by medical specialty

Physicians who received gifts from pharmaceutical companies related to opioid medications were more likely to prescribe opioids to their patients the following year, compared to physicians who did not receive such gifts, according to a new analysis led by health policy scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

30 Oct 2019

Medical Devices News and Research

Study: Holding intubated infants found to be well tolerated and safe

‘I feel like I’m in jail’: Hospital alarms torment patients

Study reveals exposure of new-born babies in NICU environment to harmful chemicals

Potent antimicrobial could combat antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections

No safety switch: How lax oversight of electronic health records puts patients at risk

The case of the ACA’s disappearing taxes

VUMC offers minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema

CTF, DELopen jointly offer unique opportunities to neurofibromatosis research community

Johns Hopkins launches new center for 'immunoengineering' research

Bio–nano interactions help kill deadly microbes

CRIPSR could be used to detect disease

New point-of-care medical device rapidly and accurately detects viruses

First device-based, non-drug therapy for treating ADHD in children

New open source Design Thinking for Health curriculum launched for nurses

C. diff puts up a winning fight against hospital disinfectants

ISPOR explores the evolving demands for evidence requirements relating to medical devices

New 'intelligent' metamaterial could make MRI faster, safer, and more accessible

Switching to greener asthma inhalers would reduce carbon footprint

Syringe-injectable, self-expandable and ultraconformable magnetic nanosheets developed

Study examines link between gift-giving and opioid prescribing by medical specialty

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