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Mercy Medical Center announces installation of premium Resona 7 ultrasound machines

Mercy Medical Center, a nationally recognized medical facility, has announced the installation of five premium Resona 7 ultrasound machines from Mindray for the hospital's Vascular Center, Paul R. Lucas, M.D., FACS, RPVI, Director, The Vascular Center at Mercy has announced.

23 Aug 2018

Turning 'what ifs' into 'to-dos' could help cope with life’s daily stress

Stress affects most Americans at one point or another. Although some people are genetically more susceptible to the stressors of daily life than others, most could benefit from learning how to lower that stress before it negatively affects their physical and mental health.

23 Aug 2018

UAB awarded nearly $18.9 million to study effects and potential antidotes of arsenical exposure

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded nearly $18.9 million by the National Institutes of Health Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Program and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to support the UAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals.

23 Aug 2018

Rush University Medical Center opens Angelman Syndrome Clinic

Rush University Medical Center and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Aurora, Ill., announced the official opening of the Angelman Syndrome Clinic at Rush Children's Hospital.

23 Aug 2018

Penn's Radiation Oncology department provides VR mindfulness experience for patients

As your eyes scan the horizon, the starry nightscape gives way to the first hints of light as the sun peeks above the point where the ocean meets the sky. As the sun rises over the water, you glance to your right and notice a swing hanging from a tree that's lightly rocking in the gentle breeze, a breeze you can hear as it rustles leaves and calmly plays through the wind chimes on the deck of the house nearby.

22 Aug 2018

Physical therapy for older adults may lead to fewer fall-related ED revisits

Falls are the leading cause of illness and death among Americans aged 65 and older. In 2014, some 2.8 million older adults visited the emergency department (ED) for a fall-related injury. And over time, the ED visit rate for falls among older adults has grown to 68.8 per 1,000 older adults (as of 2010).

22 Aug 2018

Study explores how nurses make sense of racism in healthcare practice

Few studies have explored health professionals' understanding of racism in healthcare, and how they manage it in practice. A new Journal of Advanced Nursing study examined the issue through five focus group discussions with 31 maternal, child, and family health nurses working across metropolitan South Australia.

22 Aug 2018

FDA release Pilot COA Compendium to promote patient-focused drug development

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced today the publication of a scoping review of the US Food and Drug Administration Pilot Clinical Outcome Assessment Compendium.

22 Aug 2018

UKCloud Health and Corsham Institute announce new findings on adoption of public cloud services in the NHS

UKCloud Health, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave assured cloud services company, and the Corsham Institute, a charity dedicated to research and learning to help people adapt and thrive in a digital world, today announced the findings from the latest Corsham Institute research report:

22 Aug 2018

Public misconceptions around role of midwives trigger new awareness campaign

Research revealing public misconceptions around the role of midwives has triggered a public awareness campaign to help women make more informed choices around their healthcare options.

22 Aug 2018

Groundbreaking study finds certain brain disorders are genetically related

A large-scale, global study conducted by the Brainstorm Consortium has shown that certain brain disorders are genetically related.

22 Aug 2018

Innovation in Wound Care

There are many definitions of hard-to-heal. More conventionally, it's based on underlying etiology of the wound, but in practice it's any wound that has not healed within a timely fashion. This is often due to a lack of coordinated care.

From Neem Biotech 22 Aug 2018

Individuals with synovitis may have greater risk for cartilage damage, shows study

In an Arthritis & Rheumatology study of 221 patients with knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears, increases in inflammation of the synovial membrane--whether persistently extensive or intermittent--were linked with cartilage damage over time.

22 Aug 2018

Smartphone apps offer promising approach for electronic medical record matching

Mobile phones and smartphones apps offer a promising approach to ensure that an individual's medical records when shared between different health care providers are matched correctly, according to a new RAND Corporation report.

22 Aug 2018

Pain, depression, and insomnia increase health care use in osteoarthritis patients

Pain was the main driver of seeking medical care in an Arthritis Care & Research study of patients with osteoarthritis. In addition to pain, insomnia and depression increased health care use.

22 Aug 2018

New method identifies communities experiencing drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

Researchers at Boston Medical Center have created a near real-time surveillance method to identify communities experiencing a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa using routinely collected laboratory data.

22 Aug 2018

New method of cervical cancer screening eliminates Pap test

The United States Preventive Services Task Force has released new recommendations on screening for cervical cancer.

22 Aug 2018

Sudden loss of Saudi medical trainees negatively affects patient care in Canada

The sudden loss of Saudi medical trainees who must leave Canada in the next two weeks will negatively affect patient care, which should serve as a wake-up call to governments to increase the number of funded residency and fellowship positions for Canadian medical students, argues Dr. Matthew Stanbrook in an editorial in CMAJ

22 Aug 2018

NIH-funded study explores disparities in achieving HIV suppression

Daily antiretroviral therapy that suppresses HIV to levels undetectable by standard blood tests is lifesaving for individuals living with HIV and prevents sexual transmission of the virus to others.

22 Aug 2018

New method helps researchers analyze how various factors might predict illness

A new method of modeling illness across populations could help researchers to analyze how various factors might predict illness in populations and help providers to plan NHS services that more effectively improve their health outcomes.

22 Aug 2018