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Interprofessional collaboration may help improve patients' access to HIV testing and primary care

Getting better access to testing and proper primary care for individuals vulnerable to HIV could be as simple as a telephone call or email among health providers.

1 Oct 2019

Study may lead to new approaches to treating reading deficits after stroke

A team of New Jersey stroke researchers has linked recovery of reading and language competence with cerebral blood flow in the left reading network. Their findings may contribute to new approaches to identifying and treating reading deficits after stroke.

1 Oct 2019

New clinical practice guideline published for adults with community acquired pneumonia

The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have published an official clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of adults with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the ATS's Oct. 1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

1 Oct 2019

The Slaight Family Foundation supports UHN to deliver enhanced care for seniors outside the hospital

The Silver Tsunami will see an unprecedented number of seniors in Canada, which is also true throughout North America.

1 Oct 2019

UTA researchers pursuing groundbreaking treatment for healing cranial injuries

A University of Texas at Arlington team researching a groundbreaking treatment to accelerate the healing of cranial injuries has received significant funding support from the National Institutes of Health.

1 Oct 2019

New aspirational statement to guide the development of AI in radiology published

Experts in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, from many of the world's leading radiology, medical physics and imaging informatics groups, today published an aspirational statement to guide the development of AI in radiology.

1 Oct 2019

Researchers find eating disorder trends that warrant increased screening

A University at Albany professor has found trends that warrant increased screening for eating disorders, she explains.

1 Oct 2019

US Department of Defense provides support to develop AI tools for saving lives of badly injured soldiers

The US Department of Defense has awarded the Centre for Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary a $1.2 million (£976.500) grant to develop AI tools that could help save the lives of badly injured soldiers.

1 Oct 2019

Researchers confront mystery of tropical fungal outbreak in the Pacific Northwest

The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 and the tsunamis it spawned may have washed a tropical fungus ashore, leading to a subsequent outbreak of often-fatal infections among people in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, according to a paper co-authored by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the nonprofit Translational Genomics Research Institute, an affiliate of City of Hope.

1 Oct 2019

ICU nurses' moral distress levels differ based on perceived use of palliative care

Critical care nurses may be less likely to experience moral distress when they feel that patients' palliative care needs are being met, according to new research in the October issue of Critical Care Nurse.

1 Oct 2019

Older adults are not ready to fully embrace virtual health visits, poll finds

The technology is there. The funding is nearly there. The health providers are getting there.

1 Oct 2019

Skin-lightening cream put a woman into a coma. It could happen again.

She had been buying face cream through a friend of a friend for 12 years. This time, it was Pond's "Rejuveness," a version of the company's anti-wrinkle cream that is made and sold in Mexico.

1 Oct 2019

MIT study finds link between students’ grades and sleep habits

Two MIT professors have found a strong relationship between students' grades and how much sleep they're getting. What time students go to bed and the consistency of their sleep habits also make a big difference.

1 Oct 2019

No need to reduce red meat or processed meat intake, study claims

A study has revealed that humans do not need to reduce red meat or processed meat intake at the current levels.

1 Oct 2019

New round of Medicare readmission penalties hits 2,583 hospitals

Medicare cut payments to 2,583 hospitals Tuesday, continuing the Affordable Care Act's eight-year campaign to financially pressure hospitals into reducing the number of patients who return for a second stay within a month.

1 Oct 2019

Cannabis: CBD vs THC causes lower psychiatric side-effects

A study has revealed how cannabidiol works against tetrahydrocannabinol to prevent psychiatric side effects.

1 Oct 2019

Gut microbiome changes with cooking of plant foods, says new study

UC San Francisco and Harvard have found that profound changes occur in the human gut microbiome depending on whether plant food is consumed raw or cooked.

1 Oct 2019

New data science method explores citizens’ access to hospitals, walk-in health clinics

UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in health clinics - and it's a tool that could eventually help city planners and policymakers build smarter, more equitable cities.

1 Oct 2019

Monthly phone calls can suppress depression for families of dementia patients

A monthly, 40-minute phone call from a non-clinical professional may suppress or reverse the trajectory of depression so frequently experienced by family members caring for patients with dementia at home, according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

1 Oct 2019

Johns Hopkins Medicine celebrates opening of Pavilion III at Green Spring Station

As part of an $80 million expansion at Green Spring Station, Johns Hopkins Medicine celebrated the official opening of the newly built Pavilion III at Green Spring Station with a private grand opening event on Sept. 27 and a free community health fair on Sept. 28.

1 Oct 2019

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Interprofessional collaboration may help improve patients' access to HIV testing and primary care

Study may lead to new approaches to treating reading deficits after stroke

New clinical practice guideline published for adults with community acquired pneumonia

The Slaight Family Foundation supports UHN to deliver enhanced care for seniors outside the hospital

UTA researchers pursuing groundbreaking treatment for healing cranial injuries

New aspirational statement to guide the development of AI in radiology published

Researchers find eating disorder trends that warrant increased screening

US Department of Defense provides support to develop AI tools for saving lives of badly injured soldiers

Researchers confront mystery of tropical fungal outbreak in the Pacific Northwest

ICU nurses' moral distress levels differ based on perceived use of palliative care

Older adults are not ready to fully embrace virtual health visits, poll finds

Skin-lightening cream put a woman into a coma. It could happen again.

MIT study finds link between students’ grades and sleep habits

No need to reduce red meat or processed meat intake, study claims

New round of Medicare readmission penalties hits 2,583 hospitals

Cannabis: CBD vs THC causes lower psychiatric side-effects

Gut microbiome changes with cooking of plant foods, says new study

New data science method explores citizens’ access to hospitals, walk-in health clinics

Monthly phone calls can suppress depression for families of dementia patients

Johns Hopkins Medicine celebrates opening of Pavilion III at Green Spring Station

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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