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Clinical trial researchers can initiate advance care planning discussions to help cancer patients

Cancer clinical trials are an important option for patients with cancer. Yet, once a trial ends, patients still need care plans.

20 Feb 2019

Researchers explore case studies focused on industries that kill more people than employed

Is there a threshold an entire industry crosses when it does more harm than good? Michigan Technological University researchers set out to examine the question with numbers.

20 Feb 2019

Newly released national framework identifies obstacles to improving EMS systems

As part of nationwide efforts to improve emergency medical care, researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System, in collaboration with UC San Diego Health, have released a national framework report titled "Promoting Innovations in Emergency Medical Services" that identifies regulatory, financial, and technological obstacles to improving local and state EMS systems.

20 Feb 2019

New screening tool more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth

A screening tool designed specifically to assess for human trafficking was more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth, as well as the risk factors, than a commonly used psychosocial assessment, reported researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.

20 Feb 2019

Physicians graduated outside the U.S. offer better care for Medicare patients with complex needs

A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital research team indicates that internal medicine physicians who are graduates of medical schools outside the U.S. care for Medicare patients with more complex medical needs than those cared for by graduates of American medical schools.

20 Feb 2019

Rapid expansion of interventions could prevent up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer within 50 years

Cervical cancer could be eliminated as a public health problem in most countries by the end of the century by rapid expansion of existing interventions, according to a modeling study published in The Lancet Oncology journal.

20 Feb 2019

Study: Push-ups can be tailored to meet specific needs of individuals

If you want to improve your golf swing, softball pitch, or tennis serve, the push-up is for you. The push-up is a highly adaptable exercise that can be tailored to help individuals with specific needs, say a team of UWaterloo researchers who studied a modified push-up, called a 'push-up plus.'

20 Feb 2019

Exercise can shift human body clock depending on time when people work out

Exercise can shift the human body clock, with the direction and amount of this effect depending on the time of day or night in which people exercise.

19 Feb 2019

Proper oral hygiene and regular visits to dentist can promote heart health

Proper oral hygiene and regular visits to the dentist can support cardiovascular health. This, in a nutshell, is what dental and heart experts agreed today at a joint workshop in Madrid.

19 Feb 2019

Several health experts worldwide gather at EUDONORGAN event

More than 120 professionals from the field of health and other experts from thirty-three countries worldwide have taken part in the social awareness event of the EUDONORGAN project, an initiative directly launched by the European Parliament and led by the University of Barcelona, together with the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation and the DTI - TPM Foundation, located at the Barcelona Science Park.

19 Feb 2019

Newly licensed nurses work for long hours, also have a second paid job

New nurses are predominantly working 12-hour shifts and nearly half work overtime, trends that have remained relatively stable over the past decade, finds a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

19 Feb 2019

Increasing frailty associated with greater mortality risk

A new study published in Age and Ageing indicates that frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those who are not frail.

19 Feb 2019

New project aims to improve lung disease care in Appalachia

A new program will use telehealth to bring together a University of Virginia Health System team with primary care providers in the Appalachian region of Virginia to improve lung disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

19 Feb 2019

For 2020 Dem hopefuls, ‘Medicare-for-all’ is a defining issue, however they define it

Democrats with 2020 presidential aspirations are courting the party's increasingly influential progressive wing and staking out ambitious policy platforms.

19 Feb 2019

The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

For some older people, the joy of sex may be tempered by financial concerns: Can they afford the medications they need to improve their experience between the sheets?

19 Feb 2019

Greater primary care physician supply associated with longer life spans

New research shows us just how important primary care physicians are in prolonging our lives.

19 Feb 2019

Antimicrobial reusable coffee cups are less likely to become contaminated with bacteria, study shows

Antimicrobial reusable coffee cups are safer to use than ordinary plastic reusable cups, according to independent research undertaken by microbiologists at Aston University in Birmingham.

19 Feb 2019

Researchers develop new computer game for dementia carers

Group of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania information technology researchers together with colleagues from other countries have developed a computer game for dementia carers.

19 Feb 2019

Study examines link between supply of primary care physicians and life expectancy

This study used U.S. population data to identify changes in the supply of primary care physicians across counties from 2005 to 2015 and the association with life expectancy and other outcomes.

18 Feb 2019

New software found to be four times better at predicting the prognosis of ovarian cancer

A new tool has proved to be four times more reliable at predicting prognosis in patients with ovarian cancer and the most effective course of treatment.

18 Feb 2019

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Clinical trial researchers can initiate advance care planning discussions to help cancer patients

Researchers explore case studies focused on industries that kill more people than employed

Newly released national framework identifies obstacles to improving EMS systems

New screening tool more likely to identify sexual and labor exploitation of youth

Physicians graduated outside the U.S. offer better care for Medicare patients with complex needs

Rapid expansion of interventions could prevent up to 13 million cases of cervical cancer within 50 years

Study: Push-ups can be tailored to meet specific needs of individuals

Exercise can shift human body clock depending on time when people work out

Proper oral hygiene and regular visits to dentist can promote heart health

Several health experts worldwide gather at EUDONORGAN event

Newly licensed nurses work for long hours, also have a second paid job

Increasing frailty associated with greater mortality risk

New project aims to improve lung disease care in Appalachia

For 2020 Dem hopefuls, ‘Medicare-for-all’ is a defining issue, however they define it

The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

Greater primary care physician supply associated with longer life spans

Antimicrobial reusable coffee cups are less likely to become contaminated with bacteria, study shows

Researchers develop new computer game for dementia carers

Study examines link between supply of primary care physicians and life expectancy

New software found to be four times better at predicting the prognosis of ovarian cancer

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