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Treatment for viruses varies for children with different racial and ethnic backgrounds

A study has revealed racial and ethnic differences in the prescription of antibiotics to children with viral infections in emergency departments across the US.

5 Sep 2017

American Diabetes Association partners with Good Measures to fight against type 2 diabetes

The American Diabetes Association and Good Measures, LLC today announced a new collaboration to help prevent and delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in the more than 84 million Americans currently living with prediabetes.

5 Sep 2017

Study documents higher risk of suicidal thoughts among transgender students

Evidence indicates that school-based mental health services are urgently needed to protect against suicidal thoughts among transgender students.

5 Sep 2017

Research program focuses on risks that threaten entire future of humanity

What risks threaten the entire future of humanity within the next hundred years? And what should we do to protect against them? A group of researchers will take on these questions in the autumn as part of the research program Existential risk to humanity at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

4 Sep 2017

Measuring breast density

Women start off with breasts that are predominately full of milk-producing glandular tissue (“dense tissue”). That tissue slowly changes to fat as the woman ages with an acceleration in that change over menopause.

4 Sep 2017

Researchers develop innovative methodology for evaluating benefits of new medicines

An innovative new methodology for evaluating the benefits of new medicines has been developed by a team of researchers led by health economics and policy experts from the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

4 Sep 2017

New algorithm enables smartwatches to detect and record your every move

Scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a new algorithm that enables smartwatches to detect and record your every move, without being told beforehand what to look for.

4 Sep 2017

Review: Palliative care makes progress only in small subset of countries in Africa

Palliative care has increased in Africa over the past 12 years but only in a small subset of countries, according to a review published today in Lancet Oncology.

1 Sep 2017

Why one California County went surgery shopping

Retiree Leslie Robinson-Stone and her husband enjoyed a weeklong, all-expenses-paid trip to a luxury resort — all thanks to the county she worked for.

1 Sep 2017

CSHLP publishes new book on The Biology of Exercise

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press today announced the release of The Biology of Exercise, available on its website in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats.

1 Sep 2017

Vaccination efforts in poor countries prevent 20 million deaths, provide economic benefits

Vaccination efforts made in the world's poorest countries since 2001 will have prevented 20 million deaths and saved $350 billion in health-care costs by 2020, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1 Sep 2017

Healthy lifestyle may help reduce individual's disabled end-of-life period

New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that a healthy lifestyle may help reduce the duration of an individual's disabled period near the end of life.

1 Sep 2017

Research: Brief interventions in primary care clinic could cut patients’ risky drug use

New research finds that brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use by 4.5 days per month -- a 40 percent decline among the Latino patients surveyed -- compared with people who did not receive the brief intervention.

1 Sep 2017

Trump administration whacks millions from budget used to push Obamacare

President Donald Trump has insisted for months that "Obamacare is already dead." His administration matched its harsh words with damaging action on Thursday — slashing millions of dollars from the government's budget to promote the health law's annual open enrollment season beginning in two months.

1 Sep 2017

Study finds low health literacy as risk factor for preventable ED visits

Low health literacy is a risk factor for potentially preventable emergency department visits, particularly those that result in hospital admission.

31 Aug 2017

Podcast: ‘What the health?’ Hurricane Harvey and health costs

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the potential health impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Texas Gulf Coast, and what impact the relief effort in Washington could have on an already jam-packed September agenda.

31 Aug 2017

Virginia Mason’s therapy car now licensed for commercial production, distribution to therapists anywhere

The therapy car invented at Virginia Mason to help orthopedic surgery patients practice the physical motions needed to get in and out of a real vehicle without falling is now licensed for commercial production and distribution to physical and occupational therapists anywhere in the world.

31 Aug 2017

Consistent e-cigarette use does help smokers quit, researchers say

Frequent e-cigarette use does help smokers quit - a finding that Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers say supports the use of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid for those trying to quit cigarette smoking. But, they note, an examination of a recent national survey uncovers important clues about who's successful at quitting and why.

31 Aug 2017

Comprehensive program takes patient care to next level by improving lives of women with ovarian cancer

The Southeast's first comprehensive cancer treatment program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham takes patient care to the next level by improving the lives of women affected by or at risk for ovarian cancer.

31 Aug 2017

ASTRO recognizes 43 researchers for their top-rated abstracts at 2017 Annual Meeting

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has selected 43 recipients to be presented with one of its 2017 Annual Meeting Abstract Awards. These individuals will be recognized for their top-rated research abstracts at ASTRO's 59th Annual Meeting, taking place September 24-27 in San Diego.

31 Aug 2017

Healthcare News

Treatment for viruses varies for children with different racial and ethnic backgrounds

American Diabetes Association partners with Good Measures to fight against type 2 diabetes

Study documents higher risk of suicidal thoughts among transgender students

Research program focuses on risks that threaten entire future of humanity

Measuring breast density

Researchers develop innovative methodology for evaluating benefits of new medicines

New algorithm enables smartwatches to detect and record your every move

Review: Palliative care makes progress only in small subset of countries in Africa

Why one California County went surgery shopping

CSHLP publishes new book on The Biology of Exercise

Vaccination efforts in poor countries prevent 20 million deaths, provide economic benefits

Healthy lifestyle may help reduce individual's disabled end-of-life period

Research: Brief interventions in primary care clinic could cut patients’ risky drug use

Trump administration whacks millions from budget used to push Obamacare

Study finds low health literacy as risk factor for preventable ED visits

Podcast: ‘What the health?’ Hurricane Harvey and health costs

Virginia Mason’s therapy car now licensed for commercial production, distribution to therapists anywhere

Consistent e-cigarette use does help smokers quit, researchers say

Comprehensive program takes patient care to next level by improving lives of women with ovarian cancer

ASTRO recognizes 43 researchers for their top-rated abstracts at 2017 Annual Meeting

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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