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Study challenges use of in-hospital mortality as sepsis quality metric for safety-net hospitals

Sepsis is a leading cause of death and disability and a key target of state and federal quality measures for hospitals.

31 May 2024

Integrating PGx testing for personalized prostate cancer treatment

Prostate cancer (PC) is a significant health concern, being the second leading cause of death among American men.

31 May 2024

Super-resolution microscopy offers high-resolution view of virus replication inside cells

A new, nano-scale look at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates in cells may offer greater precision in drug development, a Stanford University team reports in Nature Communications.

31 May 2024

Stress and pain linked to worse outcomes in HER2-positive breast cancer patients

Secondary analyses of a phase 3 clinical trial have revealed that breast cancer patients who reported high levels of pain and stress were more likely than their study peers to experience worse invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) and worse overall survival (OS).

31 May 2024

Eye-tracking technology offers earlier, more accurate autism diagnosis

Nearly 3% of all children in the United States are diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

31 May 2024

Mindfulness as medicine: A powerful tool for pain and addiction

Mindfulness training has made its way into school districts, self-help and health books, and workplaces. One day soon, it could also be widely offered as a "medicine" for some physical and mental health conditions.

31 May 2024

Synthetic cartilage plugs may help heal osteochondral defects and avoid total knee replacements

Osteochondral defects (OCDs) can cause damage to cartilage and underlying bone, leading to chronic pain and loss of joint function.

31 May 2024

Conscience and care: Physicians' ethical barriers to medical aid in dying

Recently published research led by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus examined the prevalence - and impact - of physicians' ethical or religious barriers to their involvement in medical aid in dying (MAiD), a multi-step process where a physician provides a terminally ill adult with decision-making capacity with a lethal dose of medication to end their life.

31 May 2024

From ancient remedies to modern medicine: Inorganic materials offer new hope for tissue regeneration

For centuries, civilizations have used naturally occurring, inorganic materials for their perceived healing properties.

31 May 2024

Non-coding gene mutation linked to monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and others have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by mutations in a single gene, that affects tens of thousands of people worldwide.

31 May 2024

Mediterranean diet linked to lower mortality risk in women

Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital identified and assessed underlying mechanisms that may explain the Mediterranean diet's 23 percent reduction in all-cause mortality risk for American women.

31 May 2024

RNA virus hiding in common human parasite may exacerbate toxoplasmosis

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite.

31 May 2024

Good communication between fathers and adolescents influences physical activity levels

A doctoral dissertation from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that having difficulties in talking with one's father predicted a decrease in physical activity and the maintenance of low physical activity between adolescence and young adulthood.

31 May 2024

Household chaos and sleep hygiene impact sleep quality in teens with ADHD

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found that household chaos and sleep hygiene are important factors in the relationship between sleep quality and ADHD symptoms in teens.

31 May 2024

New consensus provides evidence-based guidelines for second-degree burns

Second-degree burns are among the most challenging injuries to manage due to their varying depths and healing potentials.

31 May 2024

New method enhances the efficacy of bispecific antibody therapies in treating solid tumors

Professor Seung-Woo Lee and PhD candidate Kun-Joo Lee from the Department of Life Sciences at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), in collaboration with NeoImmuneTech Director Donghoon Choi and Professors Dae Hee Kim and Sun Shim Choi from Kangwon National University, have revealed a groundbreaking method to significantly enhance the efficacy of bispecific antibody therapies in treating solid tumors.

31 May 2024

Radiomics imaging analysis can effectively forecast hearing status of vestibular schwannoma patients

A recent study demonstrates that radiomics imaging analysis can effectively forecast the hearing status of patients with vestibular schwannoma patients.

31 May 2024

New research center delves into ubiquitin's role in cancer

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has now approved a new Collaborative Research Centre in the search for innovative therapies against cancer: Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Goethe University Frankfurt and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) have joined forces for this purpose.

31 May 2024

Supervised physical exercise lowers back pain and improves wellbeing of eldercare workers

Mainly older and middle-aged women, working class, with a very high prevalence of lower back pain and consequently possible psycho-affective problems and a poorer quality of life... This is the general profile of carers of the elderly.

31 May 2024

Vaping linked to respiratory issues in young adults

Researchers explore the association of respiratory illness based on self-reported symptoms among young adolescents who vaped.

31 May 2024

Medicine News and Research

Study challenges use of in-hospital mortality as sepsis quality metric for safety-net hospitals

Integrating PGx testing for personalized prostate cancer treatment

Super-resolution microscopy offers high-resolution view of virus replication inside cells

Stress and pain linked to worse outcomes in HER2-positive breast cancer patients

Eye-tracking technology offers earlier, more accurate autism diagnosis

Mindfulness as medicine: A powerful tool for pain and addiction

Synthetic cartilage plugs may help heal osteochondral defects and avoid total knee replacements

Conscience and care: Physicians' ethical barriers to medical aid in dying

From ancient remedies to modern medicine: Inorganic materials offer new hope for tissue regeneration

Non-coding gene mutation linked to monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders

Mediterranean diet linked to lower mortality risk in women

RNA virus hiding in common human parasite may exacerbate toxoplasmosis

Good communication between fathers and adolescents influences physical activity levels

Household chaos and sleep hygiene impact sleep quality in teens with ADHD

New consensus provides evidence-based guidelines for second-degree burns

New method enhances the efficacy of bispecific antibody therapies in treating solid tumors

Radiomics imaging analysis can effectively forecast hearing status of vestibular schwannoma patients

New research center delves into ubiquitin's role in cancer

Supervised physical exercise lowers back pain and improves wellbeing of eldercare workers

Vaping linked to respiratory issues in young adults

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