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Common anesthesia drug could help reduce pressure inside the skull of children with TBI

A common anesthesia drug could be beneficial in reducing pressure inside the skull of children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), according to a study published in Critical Care Medicine.

31 Mar 2023

Probiotic E. coli secretes proteins of therapeutic value into its surroundings

Humans are colonized with thousands of bacterial strains. Researchers are now focused on genetically modifying such bacteria to enhance their intrinsic therapeutic properties.

31 Mar 2023

Targeting bad bacteria and the immune system in isolation may help fight deadly infections

Twenty to 50 per cent of all critically ill patients contract potentially deadly infections during their stay in the intensive care unit or in hospital after being in the ICU – markedly increasing the risk of death.

31 Mar 2023

Transposable elements in various cancers could be used to harness novel immunotherapies

New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that transposable elements in various cancers potentially may be used to harness novel immunotherapies against tumors that don't typically respond to immune-based treatments. Shown is a 3D rendering of cancer cells.

31 Mar 2023

High consumption of common artificial sweetener lowers activation of T-cells in mice

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found that high consumption of a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, lowers activation of T-cells, an important component of the immune system, in mice.

31 Mar 2023

New system leverages the sensing capabilities of a smartphone to measure blood glucose levels

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, one out of every three adults in the United States has prediabetes, a condition marked by elevated blood sugar levels that could lead to the development of Type 2 diabetes.

31 Mar 2023

New statistical model could help doctors improve outcomes for pediatric tonsillectomies

Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created a statistical model to identify standards for typical, high, or low rates of bleeding after pediatric tonsillectomies.

31 Mar 2023

Vedolizumab found to be effective for the treatment of chronic pouchitis after colectomy

12% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery to have their colon removed (colectomy). Most of those have an ileo-anal pouch surgically constructed from their small bowel, which means that they don't have to live with a stoma bag.

31 Mar 2023

Study identifies high levels of burnout across all members of the healthcare workforce

Burnout is associated with adverse outcomes including medical errors and lower quality of care. While many studies have focused on physician or nurse burnout, the COVID-19 pandemic increased stress across the healthcare workforce, including support staff and healthcare teams who have a crucial role in patient care.

31 Mar 2023

What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the occurrence of long-COVID symptomatology?

Researchers evaluated the incidence of long coronavirus disease symptoms among COVID 2019 patients,

31 Mar 2023

The potential benefits of using AI in the management of patients with traumatic injury

Researchers utilized a deep-learning algorithm to aid novices in focused assessment with sonography in trauma.

31 Mar 2023

Study highlights need for regular home and doctor's blood pressure measurements for white-coat syndrome

Researchers analyze the long-term reproducibility of the white-coat effect as a continuous variable in untreated individuals.

30 Mar 2023

Study shows how many HBeAg-negative patients can achieve permanent immune control of hepatitis B

More than half of patients who suffer from chronic hepatitis B have the e antigen (HBeAg)-negative form of the disease.

30 Mar 2023

New therapeutic approach to eliminate aging cells by boosting anti-viral immune response

Aging, or senescent cells, which stop dividing but don't die, can accumulate in the body over the years and fuel chronic inflammation that contributes to conditions such as cancer and degenerative disorders.

30 Mar 2023

CAR T-cell therapy improves quality of life for patients with blood cancers

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has transformed cancer treatment, yet relatively few studies have investigated the impact of the therapy on longitudinal patient quality of life – an aspect of care that often suffers from receiving traditional intensive cancer medications, such as chemotherapy.

30 Mar 2023

$3.2 million grant aids in the study of genetic testing approach to close racial disparity gaps in cancer care

With the aid of a near $3.2 million National Cancer Institute grant (R01CA277599) recently awarded, investigators from the state's leading cancer program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey,  and Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, both NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, will work to close racial disparity gaps in cancer care delivery by examining a novel approach to genetic testing and care based on community-identified needs.

30 Mar 2023

New research may upend long-held scientific dogma about short telomeres and cancer risk

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say their 20-year study of more than 200 people with premature aging syndromes caused by abnormally short telomeres, or shortened repetitive DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes, may upend long-held scientific dogma and settle conflicting studies about how and whether short telomeres contribute to cancer risk.

30 Mar 2023

Hospital News and Research

Common anesthesia drug could help reduce pressure inside the skull of children with TBI

Probiotic E. coli secretes proteins of therapeutic value into its surroundings

Targeting bad bacteria and the immune system in isolation may help fight deadly infections

Transposable elements in various cancers could be used to harness novel immunotherapies

High consumption of common artificial sweetener lowers activation of T-cells in mice

New system leverages the sensing capabilities of a smartphone to measure blood glucose levels

New statistical model could help doctors improve outcomes for pediatric tonsillectomies

Vedolizumab found to be effective for the treatment of chronic pouchitis after colectomy

Study identifies high levels of burnout across all members of the healthcare workforce

What is the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the occurrence of long-COVID symptomatology?

The potential benefits of using AI in the management of patients with traumatic injury

Study highlights need for regular home and doctor's blood pressure measurements for white-coat syndrome

Study shows how many HBeAg-negative patients can achieve permanent immune control of hepatitis B

New therapeutic approach to eliminate aging cells by boosting anti-viral immune response

CAR T-cell therapy improves quality of life for patients with blood cancers

$3.2 million grant aids in the study of genetic testing approach to close racial disparity gaps in cancer care

New research may upend long-held scientific dogma about short telomeres and cancer risk

Study paves the way for some patients with testicular cancer to avoid chemotherapy and radiation

The origin of congenital coronary fistulae discovered

Monthly prophylactic fitusiran injections effective in reducing bleeds in patients with hemophilia A or B

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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