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NSF awards $5 million grant to help scientists magnify societal impact of research

When Humira came on the market, many found relief from symptoms of arthritis, plaque psoriasis, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

19 Oct 2018

LU-RRTC to spearhead capacity-building efforts for racial and ethnic populations

Kessler Foundation scientists Denise Fyffe, PhD, Anthony Lequerica, PhD, and John O’Neill, PhD, have won a $75,000 sub-award from Langston University, a historically Black college/university.

19 Oct 2018

University of Pittsburgh wins NSF grant for big data research to prevent complications from anesthesia

The National Science Foundation awarded $1,182,305 to the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering to support research into using machine learning and Big Data to analyze electronic anesthesia records and prevent postoperative complications and death.

19 Oct 2018

Middlemen suppliers can increase drug prices and hospital bills, say Johns Hopkins researchers

Hospitals should be cautious of group purchasing organizations, or entities that act as middlemen between health care providers and manufacturers, says Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

19 Oct 2018

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center wins NIH grant to study health disparities

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a three-year, $3,194,947 grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate colorectal and breast cancer health disparities.

19 Oct 2018

Parental education associated with increased family health care spending

Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite differences in family income and health insurance, according to a recent Rutgers study that appeared in the Southern Economic Journal.

19 Oct 2018

$11 million NIH grant for Clemson University helps launch new center for musculoskeletal research

With an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Center for Biomedical Research Excellence, Clemson University has launched the South Carolina Center for Translational Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health, or SC-TRIMH, a new research center that will bring together scientists from across South Carolina to change the way musculoskeletal disorders are diagnosed, treated and even studied.

19 Oct 2018

Physical activity lowers cardiovascular mortality risk in frail older adults

Frailty is a health condition that increases risks of poor health, falls, disability, and death in older adults. Signs of frailty include weakness, weight loss, slow walking speed, exhaustion, and low levels of activity.

19 Oct 2018

Healthy candies for diabetic patients

The technology of making sweets has been worked out for more than months, experiments have led to the invention of exclusive flavors, which are not yet available on the confectionery market.

19 Oct 2018

Trump Administration announces 'Winning on Reducing Food Waste' initiative

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the signing of a joint agency formal agreement under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative.

19 Oct 2018

AHA and AMA recognize more than 800 medical practices, health systems for blood pressure control

The American Heart Association and the American Medical Association today recognized 802 physician practices and health systems from across the country for their commitment to reducing the number of Americans who have heart attacks and strokes each year.

19 Oct 2018

Study: Nurse-led care can be more successful in managing gout

Providing nurse-led care for people suffering with the painful, long-term condition gout could lead to an increase in the number of patients sticking to a beneficial treatment plan, a clinical trial has revealed.

19 Oct 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Republicans’ preexisting political problem

Ensuring that people with preexisting health conditions can get and keep health insurance has become one of the leading issues around the country ahead of this fall's midterm elections.

18 Oct 2018

New tool could help prioritize recovery efforts for the poorest hit by natural disasters

A new statistical tool to help target resources following deadly natural disasters has been created by the University of Bristol, allowing governments to prioritize getting aid to the most vulnerable people.

17 Oct 2018

Unselfish people tend to have more children and receive higher salaries

What happens to those who behave unselfishly and make sacrifices for the sake of others? According to an interdisciplinary study by researchers from Stockholm University, the Institute for Futures Studies and the University of South Carolina, unselfish people tend both to have more children and to receive higher salaries, in comparison to more selfish people.

17 Oct 2018

Social media reduces risk of depression among seniors with pain

With a few finger strokes or swipes on a computer or cell phone, seniors with pain reduce the risk of depression when visiting social media sites.

17 Oct 2018

One-time universal screening recommended to tackle increase in hepatitis C

Physicians are encountering a growing number of younger patients who are testing positive for hepatitis C virus fueled largely by the opioid crisis impacting communities around the country.

17 Oct 2018

Training young researchers to work with data volumes arising in the health sector

Investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases give rise to big data volumes. Their systematic analysis may produce new findings for the diagnosis and therapy of diseases, such as cancer.

17 Oct 2018

Mysterious polio-like illness baffles medical experts while frightening parents

A spike in the number of children with a rare neurological disease that causes polio-like symptoms has health officials across the country scrambling to understand the illness. Yet, more than four years after health officials first recorded the most recent uptick in cases, much about the national outbreak remains a mystery.

17 Oct 2018

Kaplan Nursing introduces interactive virtual simulation program for nursing schools

Kaplan Nursing, which partners with nursing schools nationwide to prepare thousands of aspiring nurses to pass the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing exams and be ready for their career, has launched a new interactive virtual simulation program for nursing schools to help educate their students make clinical judgments.

17 Oct 2018

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NSF awards $5 million grant to help scientists magnify societal impact of research

LU-RRTC to spearhead capacity-building efforts for racial and ethnic populations

University of Pittsburgh wins NSF grant for big data research to prevent complications from anesthesia

Middlemen suppliers can increase drug prices and hospital bills, say Johns Hopkins researchers

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center wins NIH grant to study health disparities

Parental education associated with increased family health care spending

$11 million NIH grant for Clemson University helps launch new center for musculoskeletal research

Physical activity lowers cardiovascular mortality risk in frail older adults

Healthy candies for diabetic patients

Trump Administration announces 'Winning on Reducing Food Waste' initiative

AHA and AMA recognize more than 800 medical practices, health systems for blood pressure control

Study: Nurse-led care can be more successful in managing gout

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Republicans’ preexisting political problem

New tool could help prioritize recovery efforts for the poorest hit by natural disasters

Unselfish people tend to have more children and receive higher salaries

Social media reduces risk of depression among seniors with pain

One-time universal screening recommended to tackle increase in hepatitis C

Training young researchers to work with data volumes arising in the health sector

Mysterious polio-like illness baffles medical experts while frightening parents

Kaplan Nursing introduces interactive virtual simulation program for nursing schools

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