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New study describes workplace experiences of minority resident physicians in training

Workplace experiences of minority resident physicians in training are described in a new study.

1 Oct 2018

New EU-funded project trials novel type of graft for replacement of aortic valves

The EU-funded project ARISE is trialing a novel type of graft for the replacement of aortic valves: it is using donated human heart valves that have been stripped of the donor’s cells to appease the recipient’s immune system.

29 Sep 2018

New project aims to develop strategies for more durable animal-derived heart valves

Animal-derived heart valves are preferred to mechanical ones for valve-replacement heart surgery because they are more biocompatible and do not require a life-changing regime of anticoagulant drugs.

29 Sep 2018

Research offers insight into how to create and manage scientific advisory committees effectively

At a time of "fake news" and a growing mistrust of scientific experts, researchers at York University's Global Strategy Lab are working to increase the likelihood that policy decisions will be informed by the best available science.

29 Sep 2018

Researchers examine factors associated with mortality post- traumatic brain injury

Model system researchers have examined the factors associated with mortality among individuals aged 16 years and older who were more than one year post- traumatic brain injury.

29 Sep 2018

Patients report troubling health issues even up to two years after arthroscopic hip surgery

Up to two years following elective, arthroscopic hip surgery, a substantial proportion of patients reported troubling new health issues ranging from sleep problems, to arthritis to cardiovascular disease.

29 Sep 2018

New approach to causality moves away from temporally linear model of cause and effect

Natural little scientists, human babies love letting go of things and watching them fall. Baby's first experiment teaches them about more than the force of gravity.

29 Sep 2018

Geoengineering still lacks a ‘clean bill of health’

Radical solutions to climate change might save lives, but a commentary in the October 2018 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change calls for caution because geoengineering still lacks a "clean bill of health."

29 Sep 2018

Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2019 to take place at ACC Liverpool

Registration to the 21st edition of Diabetes UK’s Professional Conference is now open, with the conference set to take place from Wednesday 6 March to Friday 8 March of next year at the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool.

29 Sep 2018

Ethicon demonstrates commitment to improve access to life-changing obesity treatment

Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, demonstrates its commitment to improving access to life-changing obesity treatment and putting the most appropriate surgical tools in surgeons hands at the 23rd World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases.

29 Sep 2018

Researchers present details about new open science resource for neuroimaging community

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Child Mind Institute has released the first open-source data sets of non-human primate brain imaging

29 Sep 2018

SDSU receives $4M grant to boost number of Latino researchers studying Alzheimer's disease

The National Institute on Aging has awarded scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University with a five-year, $4 million grant to boost the number of Latino and other underrepresented minority researchers studying Alzheimer's disease and related dementias afflicting seniors of Latino origins, a demographic historically overlooked.

29 Sep 2018

Acne stigma associated with impaired psychological and physical well-being

Many people with acne are negatively impacted by perceived social stigma around the skin condition, a new study from University of Limerick, Ireland, has found.

28 Sep 2018

Medicaid expansions unlikely to have contributed to rise in drug overdose deaths

The United States in recent years has increased healthcare access by broadening Medicaid coverage, but some worry that these Medicaid expansions lead to more abuse of prescription painkillers and thus worsen the opioid epidemic.

28 Sep 2018

Adolescent marijuana users have used the drug in more than one form, research shows

Most teens who've tried marijuana have used the drug in more than one form, including cannabis products that are smoked, eaten or vaped, new USC research shows.

28 Sep 2018

$GSA endorses Global Call to Action to improve care of people with fragility fractures$

GSA endorses Global Call to Action to improve care of people with fragility fractures

The Gerontological Society of America -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has signed on to the Fragility Fracture Network's Global Call to Action to improve the care of people with fragility fractures.

28 Sep 2018

Center for BrainHealth secures $225,000 grant to study motor learning deficits in cannabis users

The research lab at the Center for BrainHealth led by Dr. Francesca M. Filbey, the Bert Moore Chair in BrainHealth, Professor in Cognition and Neuroscience and Associate Provost at UT Dallas, has recently secured $225,000 in funding to study motor learning deficits in cannabis users.

28 Sep 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ (Almost) Live from Austin!

President Donald Trump's proposed rule that would make it more difficult for immigrants to gain permanent status if they use government aid programs could have a major impact in Texas, with its large immigrant population.

28 Sep 2018

Study explores role of race and ethnicity in minority resident training experiences

Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans constitute one-third of the U.S. population, but only 9% of practicing physicians. To address the lack of diversity and inclusion in medicine, Yale physicians conducted a study exploring the role of race and ethnicity in minority resident training experiences.

28 Sep 2018

Eat, toke or vape: Teens not too picky when it comes to pot’s potpourri

There is no doubt that some high school students will try to get high. However, the ways they're doing it might be changing.

28 Sep 2018

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New study describes workplace experiences of minority resident physicians in training

New EU-funded project trials novel type of graft for replacement of aortic valves

New project aims to develop strategies for more durable animal-derived heart valves

Research offers insight into how to create and manage scientific advisory committees effectively

Researchers examine factors associated with mortality post- traumatic brain injury

Patients report troubling health issues even up to two years after arthroscopic hip surgery

New approach to causality moves away from temporally linear model of cause and effect

Geoengineering still lacks a ‘clean bill of health’

Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2019 to take place at ACC Liverpool

Ethicon demonstrates commitment to improve access to life-changing obesity treatment

Researchers present details about new open science resource for neuroimaging community

SDSU receives $4M grant to boost number of Latino researchers studying Alzheimer's disease

Acne stigma associated with impaired psychological and physical well-being

Medicaid expansions unlikely to have contributed to rise in drug overdose deaths

Adolescent marijuana users have used the drug in more than one form, research shows

GSA endorses Global Call to Action to improve care of people with fragility fractures

Center for BrainHealth secures $225,000 grant to study motor learning deficits in cannabis users

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ (Almost) Live from Austin!

Study explores role of race and ethnicity in minority resident training experiences

Eat, toke or vape: Teens not too picky when it comes to pot’s potpourri

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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