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Researchers find that volunteering may help reduce substance abuse among female student-athletes

More than 180,000 student-athletes from 450 colleges and universities compete in Division III sports, the largest NCAA division; nearly 44 percent are female.

19 Apr 2017

Study finds outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy to be safe, viable in public county hospital

Laparoscopic surgical procedures have many benefits over traditional open operations, like decreased length of stay at the hospital, less postoperative pain for patients, and earlier resumption of an oral diet.

19 Apr 2017

NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium adds nine new clinical practice guidelines in oncology

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network continues to build its NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium with the publication of radiation therapy (RT) recommendations from an additional nine NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

19 Apr 2017

Researchers explore use of free Annual Wellness Visit among Medicare patients

In 2011, through the Affordable Care Act, Medicare introduced the Annual Wellness Visit (AWV), the first annual health check-up offered by Medicare at no cost to patients.

19 Apr 2017

Study highlights need to increase federal funding for geriatrics education

Without a substantial increase in federal funding for geriatrics education and research we risk further decimating a workforce that is essential to training health professionals on the unique healthcare needs of older adults, say researchers reporting on the impact that Geriatrics Academic Career Awards have had on geriatrics academic careers, health professional training, and the care of older adults.

19 Apr 2017

Integrated disease management approach may benefit patients with CKD and gout, study suggests

A large-scale study examining the link between uncontrolled gout and the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) suggests that using an integrated disease management approach may help prevent the progression of CKD in these patients.

19 Apr 2017

Penn researchers pinpoint underlying cause of Best disease

Named for Friedrich Best, who characterized the disease in 1905, Best disease, also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy, affects children and young adults and can cause severe declines in central vision as patients age.

19 Apr 2017

Study: Harmful chemicals go undisclosed in numerous routine, unregulated oil and gas operations

California and more than two dozen other states require oil and gas producers to disclose the chemicals they use during hydraulic fracturing activities, enabling scientific and public scrutiny of the environmental and human health hazards these substances may pose.

19 Apr 2017

TSRI scientists reveal important role of genetics in brain circuits

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla have revealed new clues to the wiring of the brain. A team led by Associate Professor Anton Maximov found that neurons in brain regions that store memory can form networks in the absence of synaptic activity.

19 Apr 2017

Medicare's Hospital Compare portal underestimates AMI mortality rates, study finds

New analysis of Medicare's Hospital Compare portal shows the statistical methodology used to rate and compare hospitals underestimates mortality rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at small hospitals.

19 Apr 2017

SLU researchers make advances in understanding plaque-causing protein in neurological disorders

In a recent paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry Yuna Ayala, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Saint Louis University, and her research team made advances in understanding how a protein causes damaging plaques to build up in neurodegenerative illnesses like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and a form of dementia called frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

19 Apr 2017

Brain cancer patient treated with malaria drug shows dramatic improvement

After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her only a few months to live.

19 Apr 2017

Noninvasive imaging test may spare benign kidney tumor patients from unnecessary surgery

The latest in a series of studies led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that addition of a widely available, noninvasive imaging test called 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT to CT or MRI increases the accuracy of kidney tumor classification.

19 Apr 2017

IRCM researchers discover how immunotherapy works in some cancer patients

What if our immune system could cure cancer? This logic seems almost too simple to be true, but it forms the basis of an emerging cancer treatment—immunotherapy.

19 Apr 2017

Johns Hopkins study shows that healthy adult gut loses and regenerates nerve cells

Johns Hopkins researchers today published new evidence refuting the long-held scientific belief that the gut nerve cells we're born with are the same ones we die with.

19 Apr 2017

Closed-loop brainwave technology reduces post-traumatic stress symptoms

A closed-loop acoustic stimulation brainwave technology significantly reduced symptoms in people suffering from post-traumatic stress in a small pilot study conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study is published in the April 19 online edition of the journal BMC Psychiatry.

19 Apr 2017

Research News and Research

Researchers find that volunteering may help reduce substance abuse among female student-athletes

Study finds outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy to be safe, viable in public county hospital

NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium adds nine new clinical practice guidelines in oncology

Researchers explore use of free Annual Wellness Visit among Medicare patients

Study highlights need to increase federal funding for geriatrics education

Integrated disease management approach may benefit patients with CKD and gout, study suggests

Penn researchers pinpoint underlying cause of Best disease

Study: Harmful chemicals go undisclosed in numerous routine, unregulated oil and gas operations

TSRI scientists reveal important role of genetics in brain circuits

Medicare's Hospital Compare portal underestimates AMI mortality rates, study finds

SLU researchers make advances in understanding plaque-causing protein in neurological disorders

Brain cancer patient treated with malaria drug shows dramatic improvement

Noninvasive imaging test may spare benign kidney tumor patients from unnecessary surgery

IRCM researchers discover how immunotherapy works in some cancer patients

Johns Hopkins study shows that healthy adult gut loses and regenerates nerve cells

Closed-loop brainwave technology reduces post-traumatic stress symptoms

Twin study shows which facial features are highly influenced by genetics

Diet based on plant protein may help prevent type 2 diabetes

Nearly 1000 young UK women could become victims of SCAD each year, study finds

New study reports long-term infectious disease trends in China after SARS outbreak

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