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How electrical stimulation promotes wound healing

Scientists have known for decades that electrical stimulation promotes healing of chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers and bedsores, but how it happens has been a mystery-until now.

9 Jul 2019

Study: Two-thirds of pneumonia patients receive more antibiotics than they probably need

A million times a year, pneumonia sends American adults to the hospital. And while antibiotics help save lives, a new study shows two-thirds receive more antibiotics than they probably need.

9 Jul 2019

Does genetic testing affect psychosocial health?

A recent report from the Hastings Center brings out evidence for the first time that knowing about one’s increased genetic risk for diseases such as obesity, cancer and Alzheimer’s can actually alter one’s functioning negatively.

9 Jul 2019

Two new studies develop algorithms to identify patients at risk of acquiring HIV

Two new studies developed algorithms that can identify patients who are at risk of acquiring HIV and may benefit from preventive care. Both studies appear in the July 5 issue of The Lancet HIV.

8 Jul 2019

Researchers study cannabis dosage to reduce seizures in children with severe epilepsy

Medicinal cannabis oil containing both cannabidiol and a small amount of THC can reduce or end seizures in children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy, a study by the University of Saskatchewan, Canada has found.

8 Jul 2019

Yearlong birth control supply could be cost-effective, prevent undesired pregnancies

New research from the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs shows that dispensing a year's supply of birth control pills up front would support women's reproductive autonomy while also being cost effective.

8 Jul 2019

Raw meat can act as reservoir for bacteria associated with hospital infections

Bacteria of the Acinetobacter ACB complex, which are frequently acquired in hospital settings, can also be found in beef meat, according to a study led by ISGlobal, an institution supported by "la Caixa" and performed with meat samples from markets in Lima, Peru.

8 Jul 2019

Gender biases are extremely common among health care professionals

New research has shown that there is a discrepancy between the way that men and women are perceived in medicine and healthcare.

8 Jul 2019

Sobering up: In an alcohol-soaked nation, more seek booze-free social spaces

Not far from the Anheuser-Busch brewery, Joshua Grigaitis fills a cooler with bottles and cans in one of the city's oldest bars.

8 Jul 2019

Study finds alarmingly high rate of opioid prescriptions for osteoarthritis patients

Opioids work against severe pain but the risks of side effects and addiction are high. In the USA alone, 26 people die every day from overdoses.

8 Jul 2019

A small chemical change reverses prediabetes in obese mice

A small chemical change - shifting the position of two hydrogen atoms - makes the difference between mice that are healthy and mice with insulin resistance and fatty liver, major risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.

5 Jul 2019

Sports playbook can help generate more accurate prognoses for cancer patients

In this season of global soccer competitions and hotly contested political primaries, bookies and pundits are scouring every evolving scrap of information and sifting through mountains of data in an effort to predict the outcome of the next game or election.

4 Jul 2019

New biomaterial could encapsulate and protect implanted insulin-producing cells

Transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic cells into people with type 1 diabetes has emerged as a ground-breaking treatment for millions of patients over the past few decades.

4 Jul 2019

Study urges more rigorous standards when diagnosing burning mouth syndrome

Not all burning mouths are the result of a medical condition known as "burning mouth syndrome" and physicians and researchers need better standards for an appropriate diagnosis, according to new research at the School of Dental Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

4 Jul 2019

UAMS receives $24.2 million federal funding to accelerate research

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Translational Research Institute announced today it will receive five years of federal funding totaling $24.2 million to accelerate research that addresses Arkansas' biggest health challenges.

3 Jul 2019

$FDA grants accelerated approval to new treatment for refractory multiple myeloma$

FDA grants accelerated approval to new treatment for refractory multiple myeloma

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Xpovio (selinexor) tablets in combination with the corticosteroid dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior therapies and whose disease is resistant to several other forms of treatment, including at least two proteasome inhibitors, at least two immunomodulatory agents, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.

3 Jul 2019

New ACC/AHA guidelines could improve detection of gestational hypertension

Gestational hypertension -- high blood pressure during pregnancy -- can have persisting adverse effects on the health of mothers and their infants.

3 Jul 2019

Smoking triples the risk of death from cardiovascular disease

Smoking is killing at least 17 Australians a day from preventable heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular conditions, new research led by The Australian National University has found.

3 Jul 2019

American medical students less likely to choose to become primary care doctors

Despite hospital systems and health officials calling out the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools are becoming less likely to choose to specialize in one of those fields.

3 Jul 2019

Study estimates health care costs of uncontrolled asthma in the U.S. over next 20 years

The health care costs of uncontrolled asthma in the United States are estimated to total $300 billion over the next twenty years, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

3 Jul 2019

Health Care News and Research

How electrical stimulation promotes wound healing

Study: Two-thirds of pneumonia patients receive more antibiotics than they probably need

Does genetic testing affect psychosocial health?

Two new studies develop algorithms to identify patients at risk of acquiring HIV

Researchers study cannabis dosage to reduce seizures in children with severe epilepsy

Yearlong birth control supply could be cost-effective, prevent undesired pregnancies

Raw meat can act as reservoir for bacteria associated with hospital infections

Gender biases are extremely common among health care professionals

Sobering up: In an alcohol-soaked nation, more seek booze-free social spaces

Study finds alarmingly high rate of opioid prescriptions for osteoarthritis patients

A small chemical change reverses prediabetes in obese mice

Sports playbook can help generate more accurate prognoses for cancer patients

New biomaterial could encapsulate and protect implanted insulin-producing cells

Study urges more rigorous standards when diagnosing burning mouth syndrome

UAMS receives $24.2 million federal funding to accelerate research

FDA grants accelerated approval to new treatment for refractory multiple myeloma

New ACC/AHA guidelines could improve detection of gestational hypertension

Smoking triples the risk of death from cardiovascular disease

American medical students less likely to choose to become primary care doctors

Study estimates health care costs of uncontrolled asthma in the U.S. over next 20 years

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