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New research project aims to prevent weight-related health conditions among bus drivers

Though buses are constantly on the move, the drivers who operate them spend most of their work hours seated.

27 Feb 2018

ICU risk scores can be repurposed as continuous markers of illness severity

Commonly used ICU risk scores can be "repurposed" as continuous markers of severity of illness in critically ill patients--providing ongoing updates on changes in the patient's condition and risk of death, according to a study in the March issue of Critical Care Medicine, official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

27 Feb 2018

Increasing stress limits capacity of healthcare staff to deal with disasters

Increasing stress and a lack of motivation among healthcare staff could result in hospitals having to shut down in the wake of a major incident such as flooding or an earthquake, according to new research published in the journal Procedia Engineering.

27 Feb 2018

New study lays foundation to obtain apple cubes enriched with probiotics

Researchers of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universidade Federal do Ceará (Brazil) have completed a study that lays the foundation to obtain apple cubes enriched with probiotics, namely Lactobacillus casei. The work has been published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Functional Foods.

27 Feb 2018

Carnegie Mellon to help develop novel camera that peers deep beneath the skin

Carnegie Mellon University is part of a five-year, $10 million program sponsored by the National Science Foundation to develop a new type of camera that peers deep beneath the skin to help diagnose and monitor a wide variety of health conditions.

27 Feb 2018

Public perception of health risks posed by smoking may be declining, study says

About 3 out of 4 Americans agree that smoking cigarettes causes health problems, but public perception of the risks posed by smoking may be declining, according to a Duke Health study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

27 Feb 2018

Researchers create models that predict spread of flu in the United States

Using several large datasets describing health care visits, geographic movements and demographics of more than 150 million people over nine years, researchers at the University of Chicago have created models that predict the spread of influenza throughout the United States each year.

27 Feb 2018

New guidelines aim to improve quality of high altitude medicine

The aim of these guidelines is to standardize data capture in this area of research and thereby guarantee and indeed improve the quality of clinical research. Scientists from Eurac Research led the evaluation and coordinated the group of experts.

27 Feb 2018

Expanded model of care could relieve depression and fatigue in chronic heart failure patients

Patients with chronic heart failure face related problems, such as depression and fatigue, that could be relieved by an expanded model of care, according to a recently published study led by a researcher from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

27 Feb 2018

Sea bathing linked to increased risk of many ailments

People who swim, bathe or take part in water sports in the sea are substantially more likely to experience stomach bugs, earaches and other types of illness than those who do not.

27 Feb 2018

Study finds high rate of neonatal infections in Madagascar

Every year in the world, 4 million children die before the age of one, mainly in resource-limited countries, one-third of them due to a severe infection. The neonatal period alone (first month of life) accounts for one third of deaths before the age of one.

27 Feb 2018

Survival of cardiac arrest victims improves when bystanders use AED shock therapy

Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when a bystander stepped in to apply an automated external defibrillator (AED) before emergency responders arrived, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

27 Feb 2018

Following the fire: Montana scientists seize chance to scrutinize smoke exposure

Jean Loesch and her family live in Seeley Lake, Mont., which saw the longest and most intense smoke from Montana’s wildfires last summer. Loesch has 10 children, adopted or in her foster care, and they are learning what it’s like to have lingering respiratory problems.

27 Feb 2018

K2M announces licensure of BACS Data Management tool to ISSGF

K2M Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader of complex spine and minimally invasive solutions focused on achieving three-dimensional Total Body Balance™, today announced the licensure of its BACS® Data Management tool to the International Spine Study Group Foundation for collecting spine patient data, including patient-reported outcome measures, as part of the ISSGF’s globally recognized research studies.

27 Feb 2018

BGN Technologies collaborates with Biosensorix to develop new cost-effective diagnostic kit

BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, announced today its collaboration with Biosensorix, a Singapore-based company in the field of medical diagnostics, to develop next-generation, quantitative, point-of-care diagnostics based on research conducted at Ben-Gurion University.

27 Feb 2018

New study shows just how skewed views of aging can be among the young

Does life really begin at 40? Is 50 the new 30? For people in these age groups, the answer appears to be yes.

26 Feb 2018

Exposure to THMs in residential water not linked to increased risk of breast cancer

Exposure to trihalomethanes in residential water is not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. This is the main conclusion of a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, a center supported by the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation.

26 Feb 2018

Novel method to extract valuable psychiatric symptom information from doctors' notes

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a new method to extract valuable symptom information from doctors' notes, allowing them to capture the complexity of psychiatric disorders that is missed by traditional sources of clinical data.

26 Feb 2018

Vitamin D cannot be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels, review finds

There is a caveat to the push for increased Vitamin D: Don't forget magnesium. A review published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association found Vitamin D can't be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels, meaning Vitamin D remains stored and inactive for as many as 50 percent of Americans.

26 Feb 2018

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian and Mediterranean diets appear to be equally effective in reducing heart disease risk

A lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, which includes eggs and dairy but excludes meat and fish, and a Mediterranean diet are likely equally effective in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

26 Feb 2018

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New research project aims to prevent weight-related health conditions among bus drivers

ICU risk scores can be repurposed as continuous markers of illness severity

Increasing stress limits capacity of healthcare staff to deal with disasters

New study lays foundation to obtain apple cubes enriched with probiotics

Carnegie Mellon to help develop novel camera that peers deep beneath the skin

Public perception of health risks posed by smoking may be declining, study says

Researchers create models that predict spread of flu in the United States

New guidelines aim to improve quality of high altitude medicine

Expanded model of care could relieve depression and fatigue in chronic heart failure patients

Sea bathing linked to increased risk of many ailments

Study finds high rate of neonatal infections in Madagascar

Survival of cardiac arrest victims improves when bystanders use AED shock therapy

Following the fire: Montana scientists seize chance to scrutinize smoke exposure

K2M announces licensure of BACS Data Management tool to ISSGF

BGN Technologies collaborates with Biosensorix to develop new cost-effective diagnostic kit

New study shows just how skewed views of aging can be among the young

Exposure to THMs in residential water not linked to increased risk of breast cancer

Novel method to extract valuable psychiatric symptom information from doctors' notes

Vitamin D cannot be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels, review finds

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian and Mediterranean diets appear to be equally effective in reducing heart disease risk

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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