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New data shows positive results for DePuy Synthes ATTUNE Knee System

DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction, today announced the latest clinical evidence of the performance of the ATTUNE Knee System.

2 Dec 2016

Research highlights remarkable benefits of blackcurrants in sports performance, fat burning, muscle recovery

The program of gold-standard, peer-reviewed science is revealing how blackcurrants deliver an unusual combination of performance, fat burning and recovery actions.

2 Dec 2016

Griffith research aims to reduce complications, high costs with nano-engineered dental implants

The complications and high costs associated with dental implants could be a thing of the past as Griffith research aims to reduce the associated risks of infection using new cutting edge nanotechnology.

2 Dec 2016

Wireless patient monitoring system from Isansys Lifecare features on BBC

We are delighted to be featured on the BBC’s CBBC show Operation Ouch!

From Isansys Lifecare Ltd. 2 Dec 2016

Birmingham scientists meet Indian counterparts at four-day workshop to investigate air pollution

Scientists at the University of Birmingham are in Delhi and working with their Indian counterparts to help young researchers better understand the causes, sources and effects of pollution in India and the UK.

2 Dec 2016

Short-term sleep loss affects cardiac function

Too little sleep takes a toll on your heart, according to a new study to be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

2 Dec 2016

Four weeks of prehabilitation may help cancer patients to get in shape for surgery, study suggests

Just four weeks of prehabilitation may be enough to help some cancer patients get in shape for surgery.

2 Dec 2016

Report reveals hospitalization, mortality rates for kidney disease patients continue to decrease in the U.S.

According to an annual data report from the United States Renal Data System, hospitalization and mortality rates for patients with chronic kidney disease continue to decline in the U.S.

2 Dec 2016

Aer Lingus, Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support collaborate to develop visual guide for air travel

Aer Lingus and the Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support at Saint Joseph's University have partnered to develop a visual guide that helps individuals with autism and related disorders prepare for and experience air travel.

2 Dec 2016

Restaurants not effective in communicating risks of eating undercooked meat to customers, study shows

Front-line staff, such as servers in restaurants, are often trusted with providing customers with food safety information regarding their meals.

1 Dec 2016

Simple exercise program improves walking performance and quality of life in dialysis patients

In a recent study, a simple exercise program carried out at home improved dialysis patients' walking performance and quality of life. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

1 Dec 2016

White deaths exceed births in 17 U.S. states, report reveals

According to new research by Rogelio Sáenz, dean of The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Public Policy, and Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, more white deaths than births were reported in 17 U.S. states--more than in any time in the country's history--compared to only four in 2004.

1 Dec 2016

‘Nudges’ could be effective way for encouraging patients to complete health care programs

Keeping messages brief and simple can produce gains when trying to encourage patients to complete a health care program, says research co-written by a University of Illinois expert in social psychology.

1 Dec 2016

Study finds no changes in overall rates of suicide attempts and patterns

Johns Hopkins investigators report that their analysis of a national database representing more than 1 billion emergency department visits shows that over a recent eight-year period, nothing much has changed in the rates of unsuccessful suicide attempts, or in the age, gender, seasonal timing or means used by those who tried to take their lives in the United States.

1 Dec 2016

New global network to explore link between genes and environmental factors to tackle health challenges

A new global network linking leading research centres across the world has launched today to tackle some of the most pressing global health challenges of our time such as autism, cancer, diabetes and dementia.

1 Dec 2016

MDR-TB infection rates higher among migrants than general population, study finds

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is widespread globally with almost half a million cases documented in 2014.

1 Dec 2016

MSBI surgeons perform first endoscopic transoral thyroidectomy in New York

A team of surgeons at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, led by William B. Inabnet III, MD, the Eugene W. Friedman, MD, Professor of Surgery and Chair for the Department of Surgery at MSBI and Chief of Endocrine Surgery Quality for the Mount Sinai Health System, have performed the first endoscopic transoral thyroidectomy in New York, and one of the first of its kind in the nation.

30 Nov 2016

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New data shows positive results for DePuy Synthes ATTUNE Knee System

Research highlights remarkable benefits of blackcurrants in sports performance, fat burning, muscle recovery

Griffith research aims to reduce complications, high costs with nano-engineered dental implants

Wireless patient monitoring system from Isansys Lifecare features on BBC

Birmingham scientists meet Indian counterparts at four-day workshop to investigate air pollution

Short-term sleep loss affects cardiac function

Four weeks of prehabilitation may help cancer patients to get in shape for surgery, study suggests

Report reveals hospitalization, mortality rates for kidney disease patients continue to decrease in the U.S.

Aer Lingus, Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support collaborate to develop visual guide for air travel

Restaurants not effective in communicating risks of eating undercooked meat to customers, study shows

Simple exercise program improves walking performance and quality of life in dialysis patients

White deaths exceed births in 17 U.S. states, report reveals

‘Nudges’ could be effective way for encouraging patients to complete health care programs

Study finds no changes in overall rates of suicide attempts and patterns

New global network to explore link between genes and environmental factors to tackle health challenges

MDR-TB infection rates higher among migrants than general population, study finds

MSBI surgeons perform first endoscopic transoral thyroidectomy in New York

Researchers create new method to analyze big data for better predictions

Researchers discover secret ingredient for improving kitchen food safety

Study finds persistent cortical thinning in former collegiate football players

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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