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$Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture$

Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture

There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, a new study aimed at understanding how hospital care impacts patients' outcomes and costs has revealed.

10 Jul 2023

New drug shows synergistic effect with antifungals in killing drug-resistant fungi

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that brilacidin, a new drug tested for treatment of diseases ranging from bacterial skin infections to COVID-19, can kill drug-resistant strains of fungi when combined with two classes of antifungals available on the market.

10 Jul 2023

Bystander CPR and defibrillation rates increase dramatically with volunteer responder systems

People suffering from sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to survive if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AED) are used as soon as possible. However, in an out-of-hospital setting survival rates are low due to delays in care and low uptake of bystander CPR and AED use.

10 Jul 2023

Surprising ancestry of caterpillar venom could be key to delivery of lifesaving drugs

Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered the venom of a notorious caterpillar has a surprising ancestry and could be key to the delivery of lifesaving drugs.

10 Jul 2023

Alcohol-related hepatitis hospitalizations increased dramatically during the pandemic

A boom in alcohol sales during the pandemic appears to have had dire consequences for some as hospital admissions for alcohol-related hepatitis, a life-threatening liver inflammation, increased dramatically, according to a study of national hospitalization data.

10 Jul 2023

Biomarkers in the brain could redefine mental health conditions

The study of biomarkers in the brain - powered by cutting-edge machine learning techniques - could redefine the way mental health conditions are categorized and diagnosed and lead to more effective, personalized treatments.

10 Jul 2023

Low-income families participating in multiple food assistance programs consume more SSBs

A long-standing and contentiously debated question is the extent to which US federal food assistance programs contribute to or deter healthy beverage intake.

10 Jul 2023

Two anti-inflammatory drugs reduce deaths in severe COVID-19 patients

Two anti-inflammatory drugs, abatacept and infliximab, reduced deaths among patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19, according to a national study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. William G. Powderly, MD, (right) who led the large clinical trial, discusses patient conditions with Maanasi Samant, MD, in the intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, one of the major trial sites, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Jul 2023

Real-time monitor can detect SARS-CoV-2 in indoor air within 5 minutes

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses.

10 Jul 2023

Pandemic-born babies may have communication gaps, study finds

A study involving RCSI researchers has found that a small proportion of babies born early in the COVID-19 pandemic had gaps in their communication skills at age two and could benefit from additional support.

10 Jul 2023

Meet the people deciding how to spend $50 billion in opioid settlement cash

As more than $50 billion makes its way to state and local governments to compensate for the opioid epidemic, people with high hopes for the money are already fighting over a little-known bureaucratic arm of the process: state councils that wield immense power over how the cash is spent.

10 Jul 2023

Depression after TBI may not be the same as depression related to other causes, study suggests

A new study led by Shan Siddiqi, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests that depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be a clinically distinct disorder rather than traditional major depressive disorder, with implications for patient treatment.

10 Jul 2023

Alarming pediatric hospital admissions linked to COVID-19 in England

Most SARS-CoV-2 associated hospital admissions in children and adolescents in England were due to SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-CoV-2 was a contributory factor. These results should inform future public health initiatives and research.

9 Jul 2023

New report reveals widespread, long-term impacts of Covid-19 restrictions on the poorest people

Future pandemic responses to restrict new infections need to be better balanced with allowing people to earn a living, say researchers, in a new report on the impacts of Covid-19.

8 Jul 2023

Bilateral total knee arthroplasty may increase risk of complications

Patients undergoing bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are at an increased risk of several types of complications, as compared with matched patients undergoing unilateral TKA, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

7 Jul 2023

Case report and review of a novel chromosomal abnormality in AML patient

A new research paper was published in Genes & Cancer on June 28, 2023, entitled, "A novel t (5; 17) (q35; q21) associated with t (8; 21) (q22; q22) in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: case report and review of literature."

7 Jul 2023

Pulse oximetry: A 50-year-old device gets an upgrade

A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates

7 Jul 2023

MTB offers precision oncology strategy for advanced cancer patients

The collaborative group led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Division of Clinical Pathology & Molecular Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH), have recently published their findings on the clinical importance of the Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumour Board (MTB) in delivering a Precision Cancer Medicine service.

7 Jul 2023

Novel approach sheds light on the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 viruses and human placenta

Until now, scientific evidence has been inconclusive regarding the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to replicate in the human placenta.

7 Jul 2023

Fecal transplants safe and effective in treating advanced melanoma, clinical trial shows

In a world-first clinical trial published in the journal Nature Medicine, a multi-center study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has found fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy donors are safe and show promise in improving response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma.

7 Jul 2023

Hospital News and Research

Significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery found across NHS hospitals following hip fracture

New drug shows synergistic effect with antifungals in killing drug-resistant fungi

Bystander CPR and defibrillation rates increase dramatically with volunteer responder systems

Surprising ancestry of caterpillar venom could be key to delivery of lifesaving drugs

Alcohol-related hepatitis hospitalizations increased dramatically during the pandemic

Biomarkers in the brain could redefine mental health conditions

Low-income families participating in multiple food assistance programs consume more SSBs

Two anti-inflammatory drugs reduce deaths in severe COVID-19 patients

Real-time monitor can detect SARS-CoV-2 in indoor air within 5 minutes

Pandemic-born babies may have communication gaps, study finds

Meet the people deciding how to spend $50 billion in opioid settlement cash

Depression after TBI may not be the same as depression related to other causes, study suggests

Alarming pediatric hospital admissions linked to COVID-19 in England

New report reveals widespread, long-term impacts of Covid-19 restrictions on the poorest people

Bilateral total knee arthroplasty may increase risk of complications

Case report and review of a novel chromosomal abnormality in AML patient

Pulse oximetry: A 50-year-old device gets an upgrade

MTB offers precision oncology strategy for advanced cancer patients

Novel approach sheds light on the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 viruses and human placenta

Fecal transplants safe and effective in treating advanced melanoma, clinical trial shows

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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