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Alarming rise: New cases of dementia surging in elderly population of Wales, UK

Dementia cases are increasing among the elderly population, with a rise in new diagnoses and a growing number of people living with the disease. This trend poses challenges for healthcare systems as the aging population with dementia continues to grow.

20 Jun 2023

Researchers identify Paenibacillus bacteria as responsible for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Uganda

In 2007, Yale pediatric neurosurgeon Steven Schiff, MD, visited his friend, Benjamin Warf, MD, at the CURE Children's Hospital of Uganda.

20 Jun 2023

Medicaid expansion linked to improvement in insurance coverage for cardiac care, better patient outcomes

An expansion of the Affordable Care Act that extends Medicaid eligibility to more people improved patient outcomes, prevention measures and screening access, according to a review of research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal.

20 Jun 2023

Cardiac MRI is a safe and valuable tool to help evaluate patients with acute chest pain

An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain and mildly elevated troponin levels.

20 Jun 2023

New measurement tool helps analyze quality of life after childhood cancer

A new measurement tool helps analyze the survival rate of children with cancer, but also the quality of survival.

20 Jun 2023

Challenges associated with return to school after traumatic brain injury

Each year nearly 900,000 US children up to 19 years of age sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) requiring hospitalization or emergency treatment.

20 Jun 2023

Study shows therapeutic potential of HK for treating degenerative rotator cuff injury in humans

The incidence of degenerative rotator cuff injury in the elderly poses a significant economic burden. A novel study by investigators in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, has established that mitochondrial sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) activator honokiol (HK) promotes healing of rotator cuff injury in aged mice.

20 Jun 2023

Pioneering methodology reveals novel biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer

Researchers of the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia have identified new biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer, the most common lung cancer.

20 Jun 2023

Dementia can take a toll on financial health, as some families learn the hard way

Angela Reynolds knew her mother’s memory was slipping, but she didn’t realize how bad things had gotten until she started to untangle her mom’s finances: unpaid bills, unusual cash withdrawals, and the discovery that, oddly, the mortgage on the family home had been refinanced at a higher interest rate.

20 Jun 2023

What are the potential long-term effects on healthcare and the economy due to decreased STEMI treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Researchers predicted long-term health consequences and expenses associated with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treatment during the first COVID-19 lockdown.

20 Jun 2023

Is vaginal microbiota transfer intervention for infants delivered by C-section beneficial to their neurodevelopment?

Researchers examined the impact of vaginal microbiota transfer on the neurodevelopment of infants born via cesarean section.

19 Jun 2023

$Yourgene Health presents data demonstrating successful fetal fraction enrichment in NIPT workflows following prolonged blood storage in EDTA tubes$

Yourgene Health presents data demonstrating successful fetal fraction enrichment in NIPT workflows following prolonged blood storage in EDTA tubes

Yourgene Health plc, a leading international molecular diagnostics group, today presented data demonstrating that prolonged storage of blood in EDTA tubes is compatible with non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) when using size selection to enrich the fetal fraction.

From Yourgene Health 19 Jun 2023

Trends in the prevalence of hospital-associated infections caused by high-priority pathogens

Researchers explored the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant hospital-associated infections worldwide.

19 Jun 2023

AIHW report: Sports injury hospitalizations bounce back to pre-pandemic trends

In 2020-21, 66,500 Australians were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained while playing sport – an increase of 14,200 compared with the previous year, with the total number of injury hospitalizations largely in line with pre-COVID trends – according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

19 Jun 2023

New tele-robot with a ‘sense of touch’ gives clinicians the ability to ‘feel’ patients remotely

A first-of-its-kind robot which gives clinicians the ability to ‘feel’ patients remotely has been launched as part of a Finnish hospital pilot by deep tech robotics company Touchlab, a new tenant of the world-leading centre for robotics and artificial intelligence the National Robotarium.

19 Jun 2023

Heart Foundation urges men to adopt healthier habits to improve physical and mental wellbeing

The Heart Foundation is urging men to think more about their daily behavior during this year’s Men’s Health Week.

19 Jun 2023

Cutting out the ‘longest incision in surgery’ from routine operations gives patients a comfortable recovery

Heart specialists at NHS Golden Jubilee are cutting out one of the ‘longest incisions in surgery’ from routine operations, giving Scottish patients a quicker, and almost pain-free, recovery.

19 Jun 2023

Transgender adolescents rarely chose to discontinue gender-affirming hormone therapy, finds study

A three-year-long retrospective cohort study of a single Atlanta hospital's patient population found transgender and gender-diverse teenagers rarely chose to discontinue gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to a study being presented Sunday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

18 Jun 2023

Commercially available tests to identify Candida auris susceptibility perform poorly

Matching an infection with Candida auris, a pathogenic yeast, to an effective antifungal is a critical clinical decision.

18 Jun 2023

Improving access to transgender-friendly health care can help decrease the burden on ERs

Transgender people who come to the emergency room for care tend to be sicker than cisgender people who are otherwise similar to them and are much more likely to be admitted to the hospital once they visit the ER, according to a study being presented Saturday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

18 Jun 2023

Hospital News and Research

Alarming rise: New cases of dementia surging in elderly population of Wales, UK

Researchers identify Paenibacillus bacteria as responsible for postinfectious hydrocephalus in Uganda

Medicaid expansion linked to improvement in insurance coverage for cardiac care, better patient outcomes

Cardiac MRI is a safe and valuable tool to help evaluate patients with acute chest pain

New measurement tool helps analyze quality of life after childhood cancer

Challenges associated with return to school after traumatic brain injury

Study shows therapeutic potential of HK for treating degenerative rotator cuff injury in humans

Pioneering methodology reveals novel biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer

Dementia can take a toll on financial health, as some families learn the hard way

What are the potential long-term effects on healthcare and the economy due to decreased STEMI treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Is vaginal microbiota transfer intervention for infants delivered by C-section beneficial to their neurodevelopment?

Yourgene Health presents data demonstrating successful fetal fraction enrichment in NIPT workflows following prolonged blood storage in EDTA tubes

Trends in the prevalence of hospital-associated infections caused by high-priority pathogens

AIHW report: Sports injury hospitalizations bounce back to pre-pandemic trends

New tele-robot with a ‘sense of touch’ gives clinicians the ability to ‘feel’ patients remotely

Heart Foundation urges men to adopt healthier habits to improve physical and mental wellbeing

Cutting out the ‘longest incision in surgery’ from routine operations gives patients a comfortable recovery

Transgender adolescents rarely chose to discontinue gender-affirming hormone therapy, finds study

Commercially available tests to identify Candida auris susceptibility perform poorly

Improving access to transgender-friendly health care can help decrease the burden on ERs

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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