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UAB Voice Center provides free screening to vocal students

Freshman voice student Lilly Bateh was excited to see what shape her vocal cords were in, despite the rigid scope that Richard McHugh, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology and co-director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Voice Center, held in his hand.

25 Mar 2017

Articles review current landscape of primary care innovation

Primary care is "first-contact, continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care provided to populations undifferentiated by gender, disease, or organ system.

25 Mar 2017

Article focuses on microwave-induced bismuth salts-mediated synthesis of useful organic compounds

Bismuth salts are used as medicinally active ingredients for the past many years due to their minimum toxicity and side effects

25 Mar 2017

French osteoporosis expert wins 2017 IOF Committee of National Societies Medal

Today, at the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Florence, Italy, Dr Thierry Thomas, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Rheumatology Department, University hospital, St. Etienne, France, was awarded the 2017 IOF Committee of National Societies Medal.

25 Mar 2017

WHO launches new ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

New tuberculosis (TB) ethics guidance, launched today by the World Health Organization, aims to help ensure that countries implementing the End TB Strategy adhere to sound ethical standards to protect the rights of all those affected.

25 Mar 2017

Study finds upward trends in drinking among older adults, particularly women

Most older Americans drink alcohol. Given that this segment of the population is projected to almost double by 2050, reaching 112 million, in the future, there will likely be many more older drinkers in the United States than currently.

25 Mar 2017

Academics propose bill to prevent privatisation of NHS services

On Friday 24th March, the NHS Reinstatement Bill will be presented in the House of Commons by Margaret Greenwood, Labour MP for Wirral West.

24 Mar 2017

Excessive sweating could be hyperhidrosis that often goes undiagnosed

Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating that is more than what is needed to regulate body temperature. About 7 million Americans suffer from hyperhidrosis, a disorder that often goes undiagnosed.

24 Mar 2017

Disease spread can vary depending on breakdown of ages, research shows

How a disease outbreak affects a group of animals depends on the breakdown of ages in the population, research has shown.

24 Mar 2017

Zika continues to plague babies in Rio’s sprawling urban slums even after Olympics

Many international travelers to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, openly considered skipping the games to avoid the threat of Zika.

24 Mar 2017

Americans with lower socioeconomic status have highest smoking rates

After decades of declining US smoking rates overall, most remaining smokers have low income, no college education, no health insurance or a disability, according to research from the Colorado School of Public Health at CU Anschutz.

24 Mar 2017

New CDISC data standard assists in development of potential Ebola treatments

The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium and the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory announce the availability of a new standard to assist in the collection, aggregation and analysis of Ebola virus disease research data.

24 Mar 2017

Study finds minimal differences in intensity of hospice services across different settings

A new study from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute has found only minimal differences in the intensity of hospice services provided in nursing homes as compared to hospice services provided to patients in assisted living facilities or their homes. However the mix of services did vary by site type.

24 Mar 2017

BD introduces new safety solution to help prevent IV medication administration errors

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medication technology company, announced today the availability of its new IV Medication Safety Solution, designed to help to measurably prevent IV medication administration errors.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 24 Mar 2017

Transgender college students more likely to experience negative consequences from drinking

A survey of more than 422,000 college freshmen found that students who identified as transgender were more likely than their cisgender peers to experience negative consequences from drinking, including memory blackouts, academic problems and conflicts such as arguments or physical fights.

24 Mar 2017

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches new exhibition that explores medical practices in Tudor period

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has launched a brand new medical exhibition at Hall’s Croft, home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her physician husband, John Hall. Method in the Madness: Understanding Ourselves Then and Now explores medicine in the lifetime of Shakespeare’s son-in-law, John Hall (1575 – 1635), who lived at and practiced from Hall’s Croft.

24 Mar 2017

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UAB Voice Center provides free screening to vocal students

Articles review current landscape of primary care innovation

Article focuses on microwave-induced bismuth salts-mediated synthesis of useful organic compounds

French osteoporosis expert wins 2017 IOF Committee of National Societies Medal

WHO launches new ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

Study finds upward trends in drinking among older adults, particularly women

Academics propose bill to prevent privatisation of NHS services

Excessive sweating could be hyperhidrosis that often goes undiagnosed

Disease spread can vary depending on breakdown of ages, research shows

Zika continues to plague babies in Rio’s sprawling urban slums even after Olympics

Americans with lower socioeconomic status have highest smoking rates

New CDISC data standard assists in development of potential Ebola treatments

Study finds minimal differences in intensity of hospice services across different settings

BD introduces new safety solution to help prevent IV medication administration errors

Transgender college students more likely to experience negative consequences from drinking

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches new exhibition that explores medical practices in Tudor period

Adults who skip TV during dinner and eat home-cooked meals less likely to be obese, study finds

New tool aims to decrease rate of malnutrition in hospitals

Researchers develop new flexible glass for microscopic medical devices

Study finds food scarcity, poor oral health to be major risk factors for malnutrition among older adults

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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