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New research center aims to improve health outcomes for people with physical disabilities

Nationally, 1 in 5 adults lives with a disability. But knowing what it's like for those 53 million people to age - and how their unique needs may change over time - isn't always clear to the professionals that provide care.

20 Aug 2018

Babies dependent on opioids need touch, not tech

Dr. Jodi Jackson has worked for years to address infant mortality in Kansas. Often, that means she treats newborns in a high-tech neonatal intensive care unit with sophisticated equipment whirring and beeping. And that is exactly the wrong place for an infant like Lili.

20 Aug 2018

New integrated gene logic-chips could have great value in medical care

Gene expression is a fundamental of life, where each cell switches on and off specific genes. Thus, an autonomous device that could control the on-off switching would have great value in medical care.

20 Aug 2018

Researchers review various options to reduce sugar in dairy products

Dairy foods are popular among consumers, and sales gross more than $125 billion per year. With dairy product popularity comes new demands from consumers for healthier, low-calorie products that taste the same as their higher calorie counterparts.

20 Aug 2018

Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety

A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dairy Science. H. Douglas Goff, PhD, and the team of scientists from the Human Nutraceutical Research Unit at the University of Guelph, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, examined the effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels and satiety after breakfast and after a second meal.

20 Aug 2018

Areas with high density of alcohol outlets have more hospital admission rates

Areas with a high density of alcohol outlets have higher drink-related hospital admission rates, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found.

20 Aug 2018

HPI, INTEGRIS and USPI enter into agreement to offer patients more choice, flexibility of care

HPI Holdings LLC, an operator of hospitals, outpatient centers and clinics in Oklahoma City, INTEGRIS, Oklahoma's most advanced health care system, and United Surgical Partners International, a leading provider of ambulatory services in the United States, have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture designed to offer patients and families more choice and flexibility of care settings.

19 Aug 2018

Mayo Medical Laboratories and NDSC collaborate to develop new patient blood-management solution

Mayo Clinic implemented a patient blood-management program in 2010 on its Rochester campus and has since experienced a 35-percent reduction of blood transfusions, improving patient outcomes and achieving significant savings.

19 Aug 2018

UTHealth safety expert talks about preparing for the most destructive hurricanes

How do you prepare for one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever strike the United States? Fifty-two inches of rain in just three days? It's not easy but that's the job of Robert Emery, Dr.P.H., the vice president for safety, health, environment and risk management at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

17 Aug 2018

Rush's health care IT leaders reach White House

Information technology has changed the world, and now it's changing health care in dramatic and fast-moving ways. Rush is a nationally-recognized leader in using IT to achieve better outcomes, lower costs and improve the patient experience.

17 Aug 2018

AJMC addresses role of community pharmacies in boosting adult vaccination rates

A recent publication from The American Journal of Managed Care, the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to issues in managed care, addresses the role of community pharmacies in boosting adult vaccination rates in the United States.

17 Aug 2018

HSS takes young patients with physical challenges on a surfing trip

Hospital for Special Surgery made a splash this week with a surfing trip for young patients. Giving new meaning to the term "patient care," the Adaptive Sports Academy at Lerner Children's Pavilion at HSS treated 12 patients, along with some of their siblings, to sand and surf in Long Beach, Long Island.

17 Aug 2018

Alternative devices can help when autoinjectors are unavailable

Autoinjectors are in especially high demand as the new school year begins. Reports of a shortage of EpiPens have been surfacing lately as parents attempt to stock up on the epinephrine autoinjectors for school, home, backpacks and grandma's house.

17 Aug 2018

New statewide program in North Dakota aims to stem opioid misuse

Preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a nearly 7 percent increase in drug overdoses in 2017, with more than 72,000 deaths. Of the total deaths, almost 68 percent of them were tied to opioid use. A new statewide program in North Dakota called ONE Rx aims to stem opioid misuse by increasing awareness when patients first fill an opioid prescription.

17 Aug 2018

Stony Brook University's new medical students start a transformative journey

Growing up in Brentwood, NY, Leslie Peralta saw that her community had many health and wellness needs. This thought, combined with her interest in science pushed her to study health sciences. She attended Johns Hopkins University and majored in biology, then followed that with a Master's in Biomedical Sciences at Rutgers University and a stint teaching science to high schoolers in New Jersey.

17 Aug 2018

New modeling studies highlight urgent need for effective drug policy reforms to prevent HIV

While global incidence rates of HIV have declined notably in recent years, the virus that causes AIDS remains a major and, in some ways largely unmitigated, public health threat in some countries and regions.

17 Aug 2018

TTUHSC El Paso recognized as 'Hispanic-Serving Institution'

The U.S. Department of Education has recognized Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso as a Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution, making it the second Health-Related Institution in the nation to receive this designation and the only one located on the U.S.-Mexico border.

17 Aug 2018

Ovarian cancer screening influenced by unconscious bias, study shows

What do shark attack, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these things are all influenced by unconscious bias.

17 Aug 2018

ACA's Medicaid expansion associated with increase in prescriptions for opioid use disorder treatment

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an overall increase in people filling prescriptions for buprenorphine with naloxone, which is a treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as an increase in people filling prescriptions for opioid pain relievers (OPRs) paid for by Medicaid in a data analysis from five states.

17 Aug 2018

Three factors that contribute to physician burnout

In just three years, physician burnout increased from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent, according to a paper authored by doctors at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

17 Aug 2018