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UK EMT gets Solomon Islands prepared for potential subsequent waves of COVID-19

This was made possible through the UK Government's deployment of its Emergency Medical Team (EMT) who were in the country over the last nine weeks.

16 May 2022

Robotic surgery reduces readmissions, benefits patients' overall recovery

A new study, published in JAMA, has found that robotic surgery reduces the chance of readmission by half (52 per cent), and revealed a "striking" four-fold (77 per cent) reduction in prevalence of blood clots (deep vein thrombus and pulmonary emboli) - a significant cause of health decline and morbidity - when compared to patients who had open surgery.

15 May 2022

Immunotherapy after bladder cancer surgery helps reduce cancer recurrence

Immunotherapy after surgery helped reduce cancer recurrence in patients with urothelial cancer of the bladder or other sites in the urinary tract that had invaded the muscle and therefore posed a high risk for recurrence, according to clinical trial results presented at the American Urological Association annual meeting in May.

15 May 2022

Nurse-led program helped Black and Hispanic people in Bronx better manage blood pressure

A nurse-led blood pressure program that included patient education and support for management of high blood pressure resulted in participants taking their blood pressure medication regularly and having fewer episodes of uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022.

15 May 2022

No prison time for Tennessee nurse convicted of fatal drug error

RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison.

13 May 2022

Novel approach allows islet transplants to survive and control diabetes

In type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune response attacks the pancreas's insulin-producing beta cells, leading to marked fluctuations in blood sugar levels. Lifelong daily insulin treatments are standard for patients, but replacing lost beta cells through transplants of islets, a group of cells in the pancreas, represents an attractive option.

13 May 2022

Researchers identify how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep

Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to consolidate the storage of positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative ones.

13 May 2022

Federal subsidies kept hospitals across the U.S. afloat during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic

Subsidies from the federal government kept hospitals across the U.S. afloat during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively defraying income loss even for the most vulnerable medical centers, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report in a new study.

13 May 2022

Novel Type 1 diabetes treatment involves pancreatic islet transplant without the need for immunosuppression

In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Georgia Tech and Harvard University has demonstrated the successful use of a novel Type 1 diabetes treatment in a large animal model.

13 May 2022

Hispanic people with chest pain may experience unwarranted treatment delays in the ER

Hispanic people who went to the emergency room reporting chest pain waited longer than non-Hispanic people to be treated, admitted to the hospital or discharged from the ER, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022.

13 May 2022

Study shows how co-transplanting islet cells with SA-FasL-microgels reverses diabetic symptoms

Islet cell transplants are a promising treatment that can cure difficult-to-treat type 1 diabetes. The cells, taken from a donor pancreas, provide patients with a sustainable and tightly controlled source of insulin.

13 May 2022

New discovery has potential to stop inflammation at the "growing end"

Redness, swelling, pain - these are signs of inflammation. It serves to protect the body from pathogens or foreign substances.

13 May 2022

Researchers use bacteriophages to treat antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection

For the first time, researchers have successfully used bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria – to treat an antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection, clearing the way for a young National Jewish Health patient with cystic fibrosis to receive a life-saving lung transplant.

13 May 2022

Antibiotics disrupt the immune system in the gut leading to fungal infection

Patients prescribed antibiotics in hospital are more likely to get fungal infections because of disruption to the immune system in the gut, according to a new study from the University of Birmingham and National Institutes of Health.

13 May 2022

Collectively moving malaria parasites form vortices that are largely determined by physical principles

The disease of malaria is triggered by single-celled parasites that accumulate in large groups in the salivary glands of mosquitoes before transmission to human beings.

13 May 2022

The longitudinal progression of health outcomes in COVID-19 survivors with different initial disease severity

Researchers determined the evolution of health outcomes in individuals hospitalized due to acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Wuhan, China.

13 May 2022

Adolescent and young adult leukemia survivors have reduced long-term survival compared to peers without cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have reduced long-term survival rates compared to their peers without cancer.

13 May 2022

Lean people with NAFLD more likely to have cardiovascular disease than those who are overweight

Those with a normal body mass index (BMI) with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are more likely to have cardiovascular disease than those who are overweight or living with obesity, according to research selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2022.

13 May 2022

Blood adenosine levels positively correlate to the white matter lesions in very low birth weight premature infants

Prematurity affects about 10% of pregnancies worldwide each year. In about 20% of very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants, punctate white matter lesions (PWML) can be diagnosed at MRI at term equivalent age.

13 May 2022

The Future of Gynecological Conditions; Improving Attention, Understanding, and Treatment

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Laurence Orbuch about the lack of understanding behind gynecological conditions like endometriosis and how this needs to change.

13 May 2022

Hospital News and Research

UK EMT gets Solomon Islands prepared for potential subsequent waves of COVID-19

Robotic surgery reduces readmissions, benefits patients' overall recovery

Immunotherapy after bladder cancer surgery helps reduce cancer recurrence

Nurse-led program helped Black and Hispanic people in Bronx better manage blood pressure

No prison time for Tennessee nurse convicted of fatal drug error

Novel approach allows islet transplants to survive and control diabetes

Researchers identify how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep

Federal subsidies kept hospitals across the U.S. afloat during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic

Novel Type 1 diabetes treatment involves pancreatic islet transplant without the need for immunosuppression

Hispanic people with chest pain may experience unwarranted treatment delays in the ER

Study shows how co-transplanting islet cells with SA-FasL-microgels reverses diabetic symptoms

New discovery has potential to stop inflammation at the "growing end"

Researchers use bacteriophages to treat antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection

Antibiotics disrupt the immune system in the gut leading to fungal infection

Collectively moving malaria parasites form vortices that are largely determined by physical principles

The longitudinal progression of health outcomes in COVID-19 survivors with different initial disease severity

Adolescent and young adult leukemia survivors have reduced long-term survival compared to peers without cancer

Lean people with NAFLD more likely to have cardiovascular disease than those who are overweight

Blood adenosine levels positively correlate to the white matter lesions in very low birth weight premature infants

The Future of Gynecological Conditions; Improving Attention, Understanding, and Treatment

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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