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JHH Nutrition Score can help quickly identify heart surgery patients at risk for malnutrition

Patients who are at risk for malnutrition when undergoing heart surgery now can be more quickly and easily identified, leading to intervention and potentially better surgical outcomes, according to a study published online today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

15 Jun 2017

Happitech, Arrhythmia Alliance and Bug Labs launch Heart for Heart e-health initiative

Happitech, Arrhythmia Alliance and Bug Labs will announce the launch of the Heart for Heart e-health initiative. This initiative invites people to participate in the world’s largest crowdsourced heart health initiative by inviting them to contribute their heart rhythm data using the free Heart for Heart iPhone App.

15 Jun 2017

Tailored music sessions could transform lives of post-verbal people, study suggests

Tailored music sessions could be crucial in transforming the lives of millions of people whose speech is impacted by learning difficulties, strokes, dementia, brain damage and autism, a new study suggests.

15 Jun 2017

Study finds increase in marijuana use among college students following legalization in Oregon

College students attending an Oregon university are using more marijuana now that the drug is legal for recreational use, but the increase is largely among students who also report recent heavy use of alcohol, a new study has found.

15 Jun 2017

Researchers find low adherence of physicians to H. pylori guidelines

It was long thought that gastric ulcers and other digestive woes were brought about by stress. But in 2005, clinical fellow Barry J. Marshall and pathologist J. Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for recognizing the role of Helicobacter pylori in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.

15 Jun 2017

Telemedicine may be as effective as in-person visit for treatment of headache

For people with headache, seeing the neurologist by video for treatment may be as effective as an in-person visit, according to a study published in the June 14, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

15 Jun 2017

Study reassures parents about performance of preemies in school

Parents of prematurely born babies often fear their children may go on to struggle in school, but findings from a new large-scale study from the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine should reassure parents.

15 Jun 2017

Researchers evaluate measures of acculturation in predicting drinking behaviors among Latinos

"Acculturation" occurs when members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group. Research on alcohol use among Latino populations often focuses on acculturative processes and associated stressors that influence drinking.

15 Jun 2017

Descent into secrecy: Senate health talks speak to steady retreat from transparency

Congress struggling to finish a huge budget reconciliation bill. A GOP president pushing a major overhaul of federal payments for health insurance that could transform the lives of sick patients.

14 Jun 2017

Peer-led self-management programs have little impact on quality of life of adolescents with asthma

A study from the University of Warwick suggests peer-led self-management programs have little impact on the quality of life or lung function of adolescents with asthma.

14 Jun 2017

Swedish researchers estimate effects of solitary living on health care for Alzheimer's disease patients

Swedish researchers report in an article published in the Journal of Alzheimer´s Disease that 46% of patients who are diagnosed with Alzheimer´s disease in Sweden live alone in their homes, in particular older women.

14 Jun 2017

Researchers develop mobile app to help providers treat patients with intense grief after perinatal loss

A group of University of Louisville researchers and engineers has developed a free mobile app designed to help health care providers easily assess and identify women in need of mental health care for intense grief after a pregnancy loss or death of a newborn.

14 Jun 2017

Risky behavior could lead to more stress, worse PTSD symptoms

Researchers with the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that engaging in risky behavior--itself a symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder--could in turn lead to worse PTSD symptoms.

14 Jun 2017

Elder abuse rates found to be higher than previously estimated

Around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse, a figure higher than previously estimated and predicted to rise as populations age worldwide.

14 Jun 2017

Widow unleashes court fight against scope maker Olympus over superbug outbreak

Three executives from Japan loom large in a cramped courtroom here — at least their photos do, mounted on a white poster board propped in front of the jury.

14 Jun 2017

Nearly 20% of patients treated with antibiotics experience adverse side effects, study finds

A study examining the impact of antibiotics prescribed for nearly 1500 adult patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital found that adverse side effects occurred in a fifth of them, and that nearly a fifth of those side effects occurred in patients who didn't need antibiotics in the first place.

14 Jun 2017

Pediatric nurses with poor work environments, higher patient loads more likely to miss care

In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia examined the factors influencing the likelihood of missed nursing care in a pediatric setting.

14 Jun 2017

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JHH Nutrition Score can help quickly identify heart surgery patients at risk for malnutrition

Happitech, Arrhythmia Alliance and Bug Labs launch Heart for Heart e-health initiative

Tailored music sessions could transform lives of post-verbal people, study suggests

Study finds increase in marijuana use among college students following legalization in Oregon

Researchers find low adherence of physicians to H. pylori guidelines

Telemedicine may be as effective as in-person visit for treatment of headache

Study reassures parents about performance of preemies in school

Researchers evaluate measures of acculturation in predicting drinking behaviors among Latinos

Descent into secrecy: Senate health talks speak to steady retreat from transparency

Peer-led self-management programs have little impact on quality of life of adolescents with asthma

Swedish researchers estimate effects of solitary living on health care for Alzheimer's disease patients

Researchers develop mobile app to help providers treat patients with intense grief after perinatal loss

Risky behavior could lead to more stress, worse PTSD symptoms

Elder abuse rates found to be higher than previously estimated

Widow unleashes court fight against scope maker Olympus over superbug outbreak

Nearly 20% of patients treated with antibiotics experience adverse side effects, study finds

Pediatric nurses with poor work environments, higher patient loads more likely to miss care

People in recovery worry GOP Medicaid cuts would put treatment out of reach

Drones equipped with defibrillators beat ambulances in reaching cardiac arrest patients

ARN develops white paper that proposes collaborative Oncology-Rehabilitation Nursing Model

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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