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Out-of-towners using marijuana in Colorado end up in emergency room

Out-of-towners using marijuana in Colorado -- which has legally allowed sales of the drug in retail dispensaries since 2014 -- are ending up in the emergency room at an increasing rate, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

26 Feb 2016

New ways to monitor physical activity at workplace

The science of physical activity at work remains understudied despite widespread acceptance that it plays an important role in health. Now, researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have published a comprehensive review of ways to monitor physical activity and tools for occupational exposure scientists.

26 Feb 2016

Digital health: the future for medicine?

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it," these were the words of Alan Kay quoted by Dr Euan Ashley at the Recent Developments in Digital Health 2016 event at the Royal Society of Medicine. No one exemplified this inspirational message further than Professor Tony Young, National Clinical Director for Innovation, NHS England.

26 Feb 2016

NUS scientists formulate recipe for making healthier bread

A team of food scientists from the National University of Singapore has successfully formulated a recipe for making healthier bread by adding a natural plant pigment, called anthocyanin, extracted from black rice. This new bread option gets digested at a slower rate - hence improving blood glucose control - and is high in antioxidants, among other health benefits.

26 Feb 2016

New infection-fighting bandages for serious burn victims

Serious burn victims are immunocompromised and may be missing skin on parts of their body, and this makes them highly vulnerable to bacteria. Thanks to progress in intensive care, they are decreasingly likely to die from burn trauma. Death is more commonly the result of infections that can occur several months after being hospitalized. The bandages used to treat burns actually represent a real breeding ground for microbes.

26 Feb 2016

Medical community has unique role to play in determining future use of mitochondrial replacement techniques

There is a unique role for the United States medical community to play in determining the future application of, and ethically acceptable approach to, mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs), according to a commentary published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.

26 Feb 2016

Black men have higher rate and probability of PSA screening compared to non-Hispanic whites

African American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer and shorter survival time compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. Their mortality rate is more than twice that of their white counterparts. Early diagnosis through PSA screening may help forestall consequent morbidity and mortality.

26 Feb 2016

Chubb named top 2015 New-Product Pacesetter by Advisen for contributions in product innovation

Chubb has been named the top 2015 New-Product Pacesetter by Advisen, an insurance news source for the insurance industry, for its contributions in product innovation.

26 Feb 2016

Louisiana Tech University professor receives NSF CAREER grant for engineering education

The National Science Foundation has awarded Dr. Marisa Orr, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, a five-year, $500,000 Early Career Development (CAREER) grant to support her research in engineering education.

25 Feb 2016

Clincierge wins 2016 Clinical Informatics News Best Practices award

Clincierge, a provider of specialized services that increase the patient-centricity of clinical drug development and help remove burdens associated with trial participation, today announced that they have been named a winner of the 2016 Clinical Informatics News Best Practices awards.

25 Feb 2016

UCSF, CipherHealth jointly launch customizable care-management platform

The University of California, San Francisco and healthcare technology firm CipherHealth LLC have launched a customizable care-management platform called View that aims to improve the quality of care for patients with complex health conditions.

25 Feb 2016

Helpful tips to protect yourself and family from Zika virus

Cases of the Zika virus, a mosquito-transmitted infection that may be linked to birth defects, are on the rise. Currently the majority of cases have been reported in the Americas, with Brazil reporting the highest numbers of cases. Although no local mosquito-borne cases have been reported in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported there have been travel-associated cases.

25 Feb 2016

UK is a nation in pain, according to global survey

A global consumer survey has shown that of 14 European countries, the UK is where the most people report feeling body pain, defined as aches in the muscles, joints, tendons, and ligaments.

25 Feb 2016

Ketamine appears to be safe, effective for difficult-to-sedate ER patients

For the small segment of the emergency population whose acute behavioral disturbance does not respond to traditional sedation, ketamine appears to be effective and safe, according to an Australian study published online last Thursday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Ketamine for Difficult to Sedate Severe Acute Behavioral Disturbance in the Emergency Department").

25 Feb 2016

New analysis of heart structure, function for prevention of cardiac emergencies in basketball players

An analysis of the cardiac structure and function of more than 500 National Basketball Association (NBA) players provides information that can be incorporated into clinical assessments for the prevention of cardiac emergencies in basketball players and the athletic community at large, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.

25 Feb 2016

Researchers explore effects of attention bias modification in adolescents with MDD

A study to be published in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reports that adolescents with major depression who performed a computer-based task designed to shift attention from sad to neutral to positive word associations showed reductions in negative attention biases and clinician-rated depressive symptoms.

25 Feb 2016

New report reveals malignant brain tumors as most common cause of cancer-related deaths in young people

A new report published in the journal Neuro-Oncology and funded by the American Brain Tumor Association finds that malignant brain tumors are the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in adolescents and young adults aged 15-39 and the most common cancer occurring among 15-19 year olds.

25 Feb 2016

Unique cardiovascular disease risk calculator for black adults may not be necessary: Study

Although cardiovascular disease risk prediction models are developed with predominantly white populations, application of models to a large black population finds that they work well in black individuals and are not easily improved on, suggesting that a unique risk calculator for black adults may not be necessary, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.

25 Feb 2016

Meds-in-Hand helps improve outcomes for pediatric patients with asthma

A new study demonstrates that pediatric patients with asthma who left the hospital with their prescription medications made fewer emergency department (ED) visits after they were discharged than if they were discharged still needing to go to a pharmacy to pick-up their medications.

25 Feb 2016

Study: Most Ebola survivors experience brain symptoms more than six months after initial infection

Most of the 82 Ebola survivors in a new study from the world's largest Ebola outbreak had brain symptoms more than six months after the initial infection. The preliminary results will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016.

25 Feb 2016

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Out-of-towners using marijuana in Colorado end up in emergency room

New ways to monitor physical activity at workplace

Digital health: the future for medicine?

NUS scientists formulate recipe for making healthier bread

New infection-fighting bandages for serious burn victims

Medical community has unique role to play in determining future use of mitochondrial replacement techniques

Black men have higher rate and probability of PSA screening compared to non-Hispanic whites

Chubb named top 2015 New-Product Pacesetter by Advisen for contributions in product innovation

Louisiana Tech University professor receives NSF CAREER grant for engineering education

Clincierge wins 2016 Clinical Informatics News Best Practices award

UCSF, CipherHealth jointly launch customizable care-management platform

Helpful tips to protect yourself and family from Zika virus

UK is a nation in pain, according to global survey

Ketamine appears to be safe, effective for difficult-to-sedate ER patients

New analysis of heart structure, function for prevention of cardiac emergencies in basketball players

Researchers explore effects of attention bias modification in adolescents with MDD

New report reveals malignant brain tumors as most common cause of cancer-related deaths in young people

Unique cardiovascular disease risk calculator for black adults may not be necessary: Study

Meds-in-Hand helps improve outcomes for pediatric patients with asthma

Study: Most Ebola survivors experience brain symptoms more than six months after initial infection

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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