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Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

In the year before total knee arthroplasty (TKA), patients incur considerable costs for nonoperative treatments and other procedures for osteoarthritis (OA) – raising questions about the value of those procedures, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

22 Sep 2022

Vizient recognizes NYU Langone Health as No. 1 in quality and safety for inpatient, ambulatory care

NYU Langone Health has been recognized as No. 1 in quality and safety for inpatient and ambulatory care by Vizient, Inc.

22 Sep 2022

New modeling system identifies potential therapeutics for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

Organoids - lab grown cells or tissues that resemble organs - serve as a new tool for disease modeling, but researchers often have difficulty replicating the biophysical conditions in which the organs operate within the body.

22 Sep 2022

An unusual case of Monkeypox virus transmission by needlestick injury

In a recent study published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers described an unusual case of patient-to-healthcare worker (HCW) monkeypox virus (MPXV) transmission via a needlestick injury that occured in Brazil.

21 Sep 2022

Mount Sinai researchers use unbiased AI-based method to study the causes of cognitive impairment

Mount Sinai researchers have used novel artificial intelligence methods to examine structural and cellular features of human brain tissues to help determine the causes of Alzheimer's disease and other related disorders.

21 Sep 2022

Cutting-edge technology uses MRI to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed cutting-edge technology to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time.

21 Sep 2022

Medical cannabis use reduces sleep disturbances caused by PTSD

Researchers assess the association between the use of medical cannabis and sleep.

21 Sep 2022

Medulloblastomas originate much earlier in pregnancy than previously thought and may be preventable

An aggressive type of pediatric brain tumor, medulloblastoma, exists in a pre-malignant form at birth after initially developing during the first or second trimester of pregnancy, according to a new international study.

21 Sep 2022

New guideline for the evaluation and testing of patients with penicillin allergies

A new guideline published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy will help clinicians evaluate and test patients for potential penicillin allergies.

21 Sep 2022

Scientists track origins of group 3 and group 4 medulloblastoma to the rhombic lip

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered which cells give rise to certain high-risk groups of medulloblastoma.

21 Sep 2022

New genetic discovery improves understanding of congenital heart disease

A new study led by the Masonic Medical Research Institute published in the journal Cells shows for the first time that a particular gene, called VGLL4, is required for embryo development but is dispensable for myocardial growth.

21 Sep 2022

In-home device can monitor Parkinson's patient's movement and gait speed

Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and progression.

21 Sep 2022

Researchers secure $4.2 million NIH grant for improving PrEP access and use in the Bronx

Bronx county has the country's fifth-highest rate of HIV diagnosis - but the lowest rate in New York State for use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medications that are extremely effective in preventing HIV infection.

21 Sep 2022

Large clinical trial compares four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes

In a large clinical trial that directly compared four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers found that insulin glargine and liraglutide performed the best of four medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to maintain blood glucose levels in the recommended range.

21 Sep 2022

Population-wide cohort study detects increase in major arterial and venous thrombotic events immediately after COVID-19 diagnoses

In a new study, researchers explored the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and vascular thrombotic events using a population-wide cohort study across England and Wales.

21 Sep 2022

Genome-based microbiome signature associated with the severity and prognosis of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients

Researchers evaluated the association between guild-level microbiome signature and the severity and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 infections by a genome-level metagenomic analysis.

21 Sep 2022

Formula may be right for infants, but experts warn that toddlers don’t need it

Formulas for toddlers are a burgeoning business in the United States: Sales of the drinks more than doubled in recent years as companies convinced parents that their little ones needed the liquid boost.

21 Sep 2022

Why fatigue from long COVID goes beyond simply feeling tired

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the Netherlands examined the role of inflammatory genes, cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CD8+ T cells), and pro-inflammatory cytokines in long-lasting severe fatigue experienced by a large number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

21 Sep 2022

Cutting protein intake can help control obesity, diabetes and hypertension

Cutting protein intake can help control metabolic syndrome and some of its main symptoms, such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension), according to a study conducted by researchers in Brazil and Denmark to compare the effects of protein and calorie restriction diets in humans.

20 Sep 2022

Humanized zebrafish could aid in the search for MS drugs

The zebrafish should be known to many aquarium enthusiasts mainly because of its striking pigmentation. However, the characteristic black-blue stripes, to which the animal owes its name, only form over time.

20 Sep 2022

Hospital News and Research

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

Vizient recognizes NYU Langone Health as No. 1 in quality and safety for inpatient, ambulatory care

New modeling system identifies potential therapeutics for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

An unusual case of Monkeypox virus transmission by needlestick injury

Mount Sinai researchers use unbiased AI-based method to study the causes of cognitive impairment

Cutting-edge technology uses MRI to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time

Medical cannabis use reduces sleep disturbances caused by PTSD

Medulloblastomas originate much earlier in pregnancy than previously thought and may be preventable

New guideline for the evaluation and testing of patients with penicillin allergies

Scientists track origins of group 3 and group 4 medulloblastoma to the rhombic lip

New genetic discovery improves understanding of congenital heart disease

In-home device can monitor Parkinson's patient's movement and gait speed

Researchers secure $4.2 million NIH grant for improving PrEP access and use in the Bronx

Large clinical trial compares four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes

Population-wide cohort study detects increase in major arterial and venous thrombotic events immediately after COVID-19 diagnoses

Genome-based microbiome signature associated with the severity and prognosis of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients

Formula may be right for infants, but experts warn that toddlers don’t need it

Why fatigue from long COVID goes beyond simply feeling tired

Cutting protein intake can help control obesity, diabetes and hypertension

Humanized zebrafish could aid in the search for MS drugs

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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