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Study: Most emergency department patients wish to be involved in medical decision-making

Most emergency department patients want to be involved in some aspects of medical decision-making, but they need to be invited. These are the primary findings of a study to be published in the July 2018 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

21 Jun 2018

Study finds factors underlying current rise in radicalization among European youth

A study published in European Psychiatry reports on factors underlying the current rise in radical conversions among European youth.

21 Jun 2018

Simple, cost-effective test may help improve early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment

An international team of scientists have developed a new way to screen for age-related cognitive decline at home using a test which asks people to detect sounds and flashes on their laptop or phone.

21 Jun 2018

Opening onsite health clinics for workers can cut health care costs

Opening onsite health clinics to provide comprehensive primary care to teachers and their families can lower a school district's health care costs and decrease teacher absenteeism, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

21 Jun 2018

1 in 5 immigrant children detained during ‘zero tolerance’ border policy are under 13

The Trump administration has detained 2,322 children 12 years old or younger amid its border crackdown, a Department of Health and Human Services official told Kaiser Health News on Wednesday.

20 Jun 2018

'Mind-minded' parents contribute greatly to development of infants' emotion regulation capacity

Most parents want their children to learn to regulate their emotions and, for example, not immediately give up after a disappointment or become hysterical when they don't get their way.

20 Jun 2018

Study finds increase in daily cannabis use among American adults

Cannabis use may be decreasing among teens, but a new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health showed that American adults have increasingly used cannabis daily since 2007. The findings are published online in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

20 Jun 2018

Forgetting plays a positive role in learning, research suggests

Forgetting names, skills or information learned in class is often thought of as purely negative. However unintuitive it may seem, research suggests that forgetting plays a positive role in learning: It can actually increase long-term retention, information retrieval and performance.

20 Jun 2018

Researchers develop portable monitor to detect dangerous drop in white blood cells

Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering have developed a portable, non-invasive monitor that can determine, in one minute and without drawing blood, whether chemotherapy patients have a reduced number of white blood cells that could lead to infections.

20 Jun 2018

Malnutrition could have major health implications on patients' surgical outcomes, shows research

More than 48 million people in the U.S. undergo surgery each year, and for decades the focus has been on making sure patients do not consume any food or drinks in the hours leading up to the surgery.

20 Jun 2018

LabConnect collaborates with Symphony to support clinical research industry

LabConnect, LLC, a leading global provider of central laboratory and support services for biopharmaceutical, medical device and contract research organizations, and Symphony Clinical Research, a worldwide, innovative in-home clinical service provider, today announced a strategic collaboration.

20 Jun 2018

Expert offers tips for coping with peak poison ivy season

Summer officially arrives at 6:07 a.m. on Thursday. And typically, the first two months of summer coincide with the height of poison ivy season.

20 Jun 2018

Researchers confirm the weight loss benefits of the 16:8 diet

Researchers have shown that fasting for 16 hours of the day is an effective weight loss measure and can also lower blood pressure.

20 Jun 2018

Wound protector use linked to significant reduction in surgical site infection

Surgical site infection is a common occurrence among patients who have had gastrointestinal surgery, with reported infection rates varying from 4 to 25 percent.

20 Jun 2018

Study finds growing support to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions

Prescribing of medications has traditionally been restricted to physicians, but there is growing support to allow pharmacists to do so as well.

20 Jun 2018

Quick adoption of new diagnostic tests could help NHS to save nearly £7 billion

Research commissioned by Innovate UK and the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association reveals that the NHS could save over £6.9 billion in five years through quick adoption of new diagnostic tests as they come onto the market. In turn, these savings could help tackle the annual NHS shortfall, widely expected to reach £20 billion by 2022.

20 Jun 2018

Risks of cancer and mortality found to be lowest in light drinkers

The risk of mortality, and of developing a number of cancers, is lowest in light drinkers consuming an average of less than one drink per day across their lifetime, and the risk of some cancers increases with each additional drink per week, according to a new study, published this week in PLOS Medicine by Andrew Kunzmann of Queen’s University Belfast, and colleagues.

20 Jun 2018

‘Holy cow’ moment changes how Montana’s state health plan does business

Marilyn Bartlett, the director administrator of Montana's Health Care and Benefits Division, recalls thinking "holy cow" when she got an urgent directive from state legislators in late 2014: "You have to get these costs under control, or else."

20 Jun 2018

Kidney donation among carefully-selected older adults poses minimal risks

With increasing organ demand, living kidney donation from older donors has become more common. A new Clinical Transplantation study indicates that kidney donation among carefully-selected adults over 60 years of age poses minimal perioperative risks and no added risk of long-term kidney failure.

20 Jun 2018

Study links annual haze with increased hospitalizations for respiratory problems

For more than a decade, Southeast Asia has faced annual haze due to a combination of human activity, natural fires, and climatic factors. A new study published in Respirology reveals that the annual haze is associated with increased hospital admissions for respiratory problems.

20 Jun 2018

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Study: Most emergency department patients wish to be involved in medical decision-making

Study finds factors underlying current rise in radicalization among European youth

Simple, cost-effective test may help improve early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment

Opening onsite health clinics for workers can cut health care costs

1 in 5 immigrant children detained during ‘zero tolerance’ border policy are under 13

'Mind-minded' parents contribute greatly to development of infants' emotion regulation capacity

Study finds increase in daily cannabis use among American adults

Forgetting plays a positive role in learning, research suggests

Researchers develop portable monitor to detect dangerous drop in white blood cells

Malnutrition could have major health implications on patients' surgical outcomes, shows research

LabConnect collaborates with Symphony to support clinical research industry

Expert offers tips for coping with peak poison ivy season

Researchers confirm the weight loss benefits of the 16:8 diet

Wound protector use linked to significant reduction in surgical site infection

Study finds growing support to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions

Quick adoption of new diagnostic tests could help NHS to save nearly £7 billion

Risks of cancer and mortality found to be lowest in light drinkers

‘Holy cow’ moment changes how Montana’s state health plan does business

Kidney donation among carefully-selected older adults poses minimal risks

Study links annual haze with increased hospitalizations for respiratory problems

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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