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Simple-to-use Scrubit app revolutionizes operating theater set-up process

Anyone who works in a hospital will tell you some workplace practices have not kept up with modern technological advances. Australian nurse and mother-of-two Beth Wozniak’s new Scrubit app is revolutionizing the surgical theater and giving patients peace of mind that their surgeon will be equipped with the tools needed to do their job.

17 Jul 2017

Teenage girls receiving medical care in EDs found receptive to pregnancy prevention information

Adolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department (ED) are receptive to receiving information about preventing pregnancy, according to the results of a cross-sectional survey published online July 11 in the Journal of Pediatrics.

14 Jul 2017

New framework analyzes ecological, economic and epidemiological factors of rural poverty

Deep in landlocked Africa, a miracle is unfolding. Less than a generation after a genocidal civil war left it in ruins, Rwanda is defying poverty traps that ensnare many other natural resource-dependent developing countries.

14 Jul 2017

Loyola And Gottlieb recognized as 2017 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals

For the 14th time, Loyola University Medical Center has been named one of the nation's "Most Wired" hospitals.

14 Jul 2017

University of Birmingham secures NIHR funding to launch Global Health Research Group

The University of Birmingham has secured £2 million from the National Institute for Health Research to launch a research group aimed at improving healthcare for patients with lung diseases around the world.

14 Jul 2017

LSTM awarded £11 million by NIHR to establish new research unit and groups

LSTM has been awarded £11 million by the National Institute for Health Research as part of their latest UK-wide call for funding into Global Health Research Units.

14 Jul 2017

University of Warwick receives multi-million pound grant to improve healthcare in slums

The University of Warwick is to receive more than £5 million to find better ways of delivering healthcare to some of the world's poorest people.

14 Jul 2017

Millions more uninsured could impact health of those with insurance, too

Much has been written lately about how individuals' health could suffer if they lose insurance under the health proposals circulating in the U.S. House and Senate.

14 Jul 2017

QMUL researchers secure £8.6m grant for global health research

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have secured new awards totaling £8.6m to deliver medical research that will benefit people in low and middle-income countries.

14 Jul 2017

University of Warwick researchers receive £1.5 million grant to tackle psychosis in India

University of Warwick researchers are to improve the lives of India's millions of psychosis sufferers.

14 Jul 2017

Popular muscle-building supplements found to be ineffective when taken in isolation

Popular muscle building supplements, known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are ineffective when taken in isolation, according to new research from the University of Stirling.

14 Jul 2017

Medical transportation provider accused of disserving L.A.’s frail patients

Some days, the drivers showed up late to take Julian Myers to and from dialysis. Other days, they didn't come at all. When that happened, Myers, who has end-stage kidney disease, scrambled to find a ride.

14 Jul 2017

Research shows that opioid prescription practices at Mayo Clinic exceed upcoming guidelines

More than 4 in 5 opioid prescriptions given after surgery over a recent two-year period at Mayo Clinic exceeded guidelines now in the works, the clinic's researchers have found.

14 Jul 2017

Opposition to GOP repeal bill inches up, intensifies

Public opposition to the Republican effort to replace the Affordable Care Act grew stronger this month, but a core group of Republicans remained in support, according to a poll released Friday.

14 Jul 2017

Family relations may both benefit and harm mental health of U.S. Chinese older adults

Family relationships may both benefit and harm the mental health among U.S. Chinese older adults, suggested by new studies published in The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences Volume 72: S1 (2017).

14 Jul 2017

Senate health bill still short on ‘yays’ but leaders vow vote next week

Senate Republican leaders Thursday released their revised bill to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act, but they acknowledged that furious days of negotiation have not yet secured the 50 votes necessary to pass the measure over unanimous Democratic objections.

14 Jul 2017

Medicare’s financial outlook slightly improved, trustees say

The Trump administration said Thursday that the financial outlook for Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund improved in the past year due to health costs rising more slowly than expected and predictions that enrollees will use hospital services less often.

13 Jul 2017

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Simple-to-use Scrubit app revolutionizes operating theater set-up process

Teenage girls receiving medical care in EDs found receptive to pregnancy prevention information

New framework analyzes ecological, economic and epidemiological factors of rural poverty

Loyola And Gottlieb recognized as 2017 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals

University of Birmingham secures NIHR funding to launch Global Health Research Group

LSTM awarded £11 million by NIHR to establish new research unit and groups

University of Warwick receives multi-million pound grant to improve healthcare in slums

Millions more uninsured could impact health of those with insurance, too

QMUL researchers secure £8.6m grant for global health research

University of Warwick researchers receive £1.5 million grant to tackle psychosis in India

Popular muscle-building supplements found to be ineffective when taken in isolation

Medical transportation provider accused of disserving L.A.’s frail patients

Research shows that opioid prescription practices at Mayo Clinic exceed upcoming guidelines

Opposition to GOP repeal bill inches up, intensifies

Family relations may both benefit and harm mental health of U.S. Chinese older adults

Senate health bill still short on ‘yays’ but leaders vow vote next week

Medicare’s financial outlook slightly improved, trustees say

Mount Sinai Health System honored with 2017 Most Wired award

Beaumont Health's new Proton Therapy Center starts treating cancer patients

Transgender health care targeted in crusade to undo ACA

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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