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MD Anderson and Houston Dynamo join hands to kick childhood cancer

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center goes gold for Kick Childhood Cancer Awareness Night at BBVA Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. as the Houston Dynamo take on Orlando City SC, a professional soccer club in Orlando, Florida.

23 Sep 2019

Discrete choice experiments can predict real-world healthcare choices, research shows

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR- the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of research demonstrating that discrete choice experiments are able to predict real-world healthcare choices.

23 Sep 2019

Tackling the growing problem of heart disease in children with common sense interventions

Heart disease, which was once an illness affecting adults, is now a major concern among children. In fact, many studies have shown that the risks of cardiovascular disease pile up since childhood, hence, starting to educate them about practicing a healthy lifestyle is crucial to prevent the development of chronic and potentially-fatal diseases in the future.

23 Sep 2019

Data on health-related quality of life often not collected for investigational cancer drugs

A recent analysis from Canada found that information on health-related quality of life is often not collected for investigational cancer drugs or used to calculate the balance of costs and benefits of these drugs when they are submitted for reimbursement, according to findings published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

23 Sep 2019

IDSA calls for meaningful funding to control current Ebola outbreak

Spending bills released by Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday demonstrate encouraging recognition of some of the most urgent health challenges threatening individual and public health at home and abroad.

23 Sep 2019

How one family counters epilepsy and caregiver stress by giving back

For people with epilepsy, seizures affect almost every aspect of their lives. The seizures also affect their caregivers' lives, with impacts on physical health, emotional functioning, social relationships, employment and finances.

23 Sep 2019

2019 ASTMH Annual Meeting to focus on Ebola, monkey malaria, and other infectious diseases

This year's meeting will kick off with keynotes from two public health heroes who have pioneered a home-based approach to fighting infant mortality in India that's now being adopted in 10 countries.

23 Sep 2019

Identification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save lives

Depression is the most common psychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy. Clinical studies have found that 20% to 30% of people with epilepsy have depression; the incidence may be as high as 50% to 55% in people visiting hospital epilepsy centers.

21 Sep 2019

New clinical trial tests immunotherapy drug for prostate cancer patients on active surveillance

Stephenson Cancer Center Testing Drug for Prostate Cancer Patients on Active Surveillance OKLAHOMA CITY - Men who are diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer usually opt for active surveillance - a monitoring of their cancer over time without undergoing treatments that would cause side effects.

20 Sep 2019

C-Path and NORD launch new platform to accelerate drug development for rare diseases

The Critical Path Institute and the National Organization for Rare Disorders® launched the Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform in Rockville, MD on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

20 Sep 2019

SCAI's new shock classification scheme used to analyze patients in cardiac intensive care unit

A new shock classification scheme released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and endorsed by the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons was recently applied in a retrospective study analyzing patients in the cardiac intensive care unit at the Mayo Clinic.

20 Sep 2019

Undocumented immigrants have comparable transplant survival rates to U.S. citizens

Unauthorized immigrants who receive liver transplants in the United States have comparable three-year survival rates to U.S. citizens, according to a study by researchers at UC San Francisco.

20 Sep 2019

Penn researchers develop novel vaccine to protect against genital herpes

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine to protect against genital herpes.

20 Sep 2019

UK receives $8.8 million to support addiction treatment for women in criminal justice settings

The University of Kentucky recently received an $8.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, to establish a Clinical Research Center as part of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder in criminal justice settings nationwide.

20 Sep 2019

Scientists identify new family of drugs which could combat prostate cancer

A new family of drugs which inhibit the activity of a protein associated with prostate and other cancers has been reported by scientists from the University of Bath.

20 Sep 2019

Developing cost-effective and milder synthetic routes to create oxygen heterocycles

Every biological reaction is a chemical reaction. The exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen in our lungs and blood cells, for example, is caused by molecules releasing chemicals and reforming with new ones.

20 Sep 2019

Sponge-like action of circular RNA aids tissue repair after heart attack

The human genetic blueprint is like a string of code. To follow it, the code, or DNA, is transcribed into shorter strings of RNA.

20 Sep 2019

Most LGBTQI+ Latinx people do not receive tailored cancer information, survey finds

Most Latinx people who are LGBTQI+ reported being reluctant to share their gender identity and/or sexual orientation with a health care provider, and a majority have never received cancer information tailored for their community, according to City of Hope-led survey results that will be presented at an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting held from Sept. 20-23.

20 Sep 2019

Study examines how children's time use changes as they grow older

The research was carried out by researchers at Queen's Management School, the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin, and the Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health, and has recently been published in the Review of Income and Wealth.

20 Sep 2019

Religious hospitals fail to comply with abortion and family planning training

Nearly half of all Catholic and other religious hospitals fail to comply with required abortion and family planning training for obstetrics and gynecology residents, putting women at potential risk, according to a new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

20 Sep 2019

Education News and Research

MD Anderson and Houston Dynamo join hands to kick childhood cancer

Discrete choice experiments can predict real-world healthcare choices, research shows

Tackling the growing problem of heart disease in children with common sense interventions

Data on health-related quality of life often not collected for investigational cancer drugs

IDSA calls for meaningful funding to control current Ebola outbreak

How one family counters epilepsy and caregiver stress by giving back

2019 ASTMH Annual Meeting to focus on Ebola, monkey malaria, and other infectious diseases

Identification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save lives

New clinical trial tests immunotherapy drug for prostate cancer patients on active surveillance

C-Path and NORD launch new platform to accelerate drug development for rare diseases

SCAI's new shock classification scheme used to analyze patients in cardiac intensive care unit

Undocumented immigrants have comparable transplant survival rates to U.S. citizens

Penn researchers develop novel vaccine to protect against genital herpes

UK receives $8.8 million to support addiction treatment for women in criminal justice settings

Scientists identify new family of drugs which could combat prostate cancer

Developing cost-effective and milder synthetic routes to create oxygen heterocycles

Sponge-like action of circular RNA aids tissue repair after heart attack

Most LGBTQI+ Latinx people do not receive tailored cancer information, survey finds

Study examines how children's time use changes as they grow older

Religious hospitals fail to comply with abortion and family planning training

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