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Using mindfulness approach to tackle opioid crisis

Boston Medical Center was awarded a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve function for chronic lower back pain (cLBP) using a non-pharmacologic approach.

11 Oct 2019

Regenstrief scientist highlights the need to adopt standards to improve patient identity management

Patient identity management is a gaping hole in the American electronic healthcare system, one that needs to be addressed to improve the quality of real-world data according to Regenstrief Institute research scientist Shaun Grannis, M.D.

11 Oct 2019

Study: Public reporting on aortic valve replacement outcomes has resulted in fewer surgeries

Public reporting on aortic valve replacement outcomes has resulted in fewer valve surgeries for people with endocarditis, a new study has found.

11 Oct 2019

The ONCOMMUN Program will receive €900,000 grant to promote well-being in cancer

The ONCOMMUN Program will receive a grant worth 900,000 euros for 2019-2020 by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology which will be used to promote well-being in cancer through new technologies.

11 Oct 2019

Population aging across the U.S. could lead to pockets of vulnerability to climate change

Population aging projections across the US show a divide between cities and rural areas, which could lead to pockets of vulnerability to climate change.

11 Oct 2019

Government cuts to alcohol taxes linked with 2000 more alcohol-related deaths in England

Government cuts to alcohol taxes have had dramatic consequences for public health, including nearly 2000 more alcohol-related deaths in England since 2012, according to new research from the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research.

11 Oct 2019

Survey provides clear of picture of how Americans are embracing healthy living

Who are Americans more likely to take health advice from…their doctors or an Instagram influencer? Would U.S. adults rather talk or text? Socialize in real life or scroll through social media? Parade magazine and Cleveland Clinic joined forces for the second year in a row to poll Americans on their adoption of health, lifestyle, fitness and diet trends and takes a look at how social media has helped move health practices that once seemed extreme into the mainstream.

11 Oct 2019

UTHealth leads effort to enhance Texas Adult Protective Services' financial exploitation investigations

An elder abuse team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is partnering with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, district attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and forensic accounting professionals to make it easier to identify and prosecute individuals who prey on senior citizens to exploit them financially.

11 Oct 2019

University Hospitals supports HHS' efforts to modernize rules and improve value-based care

University Hospitals, one of the largest health systems in Northeast Ohio that cares for 1.3 million patients annually, offers the following statement in reaction to the announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reform the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

11 Oct 2019

Medical and surgical eye care experts gather in San Francisco for AAO 2019

More than 25,000 are expected to attend the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 123rd annual meeting, AAO 2019, from Oct. 12-15 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

11 Oct 2019

Taking the cops out of mental health-related 911 rescues

Every day that Janet van der Laak drives between car dealerships in her sales job, she keeps size 12 shoes, some clothes and a packed lunch — a PB&J sandwich, fruit and a granola bar — beside her in case she sees her 27-year-old son on the streets.

11 Oct 2019

Study explores link between smoking status and health conditions in older Chinese American men

The study is one of 17 published in August in a special issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The others, which also draw data from the Filial Piety Study, a study of the PINE Study participants' adult children, address issues including elder abuse, cognitive function, oral health, and social relationships.

11 Oct 2019

As vaping illnesses rise, so do pleas to quit-smoking help lines

These are just a few of the messages that teen vapers texted in September to the new "My Life, My Quit" program, which offers phone, text and chat lines to young people trying to quit smoking in 13 states.

11 Oct 2019

Harvard University receives $20 million gift to establish new center for autism research

Autism and related disorders-a constellation of neurodevelopmental conditions affecting one in 59 children in the United States alone - have become one of modern medicine's most confounding mysteries.

11 Oct 2019

New findings can redefine the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in men and women

Using sex-specific scores on memory tests may change the diagnosis for 20 percent of those currently diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), with possibly more women and fewer men being diagnosed with MCI, according to a new study published online in the journal Neurology.

11 Oct 2019

BMC to participate in multi-site demonstration to promote health care models for people with complex needs

The Center for the Urban Child and Healthy Family at Boston Medical Center has been chosen to participate in Advancing Integrated Models - AIM, a multi-site demonstration promoting innovative, person-centered strategies to improve care for adults and children with complex health and social needs.

11 Oct 2019

Seminal delirium prevention program for older patients stands poised for major expansion

A seminal program for preventing delirium (the medical term for abrupt, rapid-onset confusion or altered mental state, affecting millions of older adults annually) and loss of function for hospitalized older adults stands poised for a major expansion thanks to the American Geriatrics Society.

10 Oct 2019

World Report on Vision highlights urgent need for sustainable global outreach efforts

Staggering new statistics released by the World Health Organization in its first World Report on Vision estimate more than 1 billion people are visually impaired because they don't get the care they need - a finding that brings renewed urgency for sustainable global outreach efforts.

10 Oct 2019

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Trump merges health and immigration

President Donald Trump has merged two of his favorite hot-button topics by requiring new immigrants to either purchase health insurance within 30 days of arrival or prove they can pay for medical expenses on their own.

10 Oct 2019

UNC Lineberger researcher receives NCI grant to measure impact of tobacco prevention advertisements

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant to University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Seth M. Noar, PhD, to conduct studies that will help improve the effectiveness of tobacco prevention advertisements for adolescents.

10 Oct 2019

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Using mindfulness approach to tackle opioid crisis

Regenstrief scientist highlights the need to adopt standards to improve patient identity management

Study: Public reporting on aortic valve replacement outcomes has resulted in fewer surgeries

The ONCOMMUN Program will receive €900,000 grant to promote well-being in cancer

Population aging across the U.S. could lead to pockets of vulnerability to climate change

Government cuts to alcohol taxes linked with 2000 more alcohol-related deaths in England

Survey provides clear of picture of how Americans are embracing healthy living

UTHealth leads effort to enhance Texas Adult Protective Services' financial exploitation investigations

University Hospitals supports HHS' efforts to modernize rules and improve value-based care

Medical and surgical eye care experts gather in San Francisco for AAO 2019

Taking the cops out of mental health-related 911 rescues

Study explores link between smoking status and health conditions in older Chinese American men

As vaping illnesses rise, so do pleas to quit-smoking help lines

Harvard University receives $20 million gift to establish new center for autism research

New findings can redefine the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in men and women

BMC to participate in multi-site demonstration to promote health care models for people with complex needs

Seminal delirium prevention program for older patients stands poised for major expansion

World Report on Vision highlights urgent need for sustainable global outreach efforts

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Trump merges health and immigration

UNC Lineberger researcher receives NCI grant to measure impact of tobacco prevention advertisements

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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