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New study reveals that popular crime dramas on TV may help decrease sexual assault

A new study reveals viewers of "Law and Order" have a better grasp of sexual consent than viewers of other crime dramas such as "CSI" or "NCIS," suggesting that individuals who watch programs in which sexual predators are punished may avoid sexual predatory behavior in real life.

12 Oct 2015

Study: Nurses can play pivotal role in helping reduce smoking rates in China

China has a big smoking problem. Three-hundred-fifty million Chinese people smoke and 1 million deaths a year in China are attributed to smoking-related illnesses. By 2020, that's expected to double to 2 million Chinese people dying annually from using tobacco.

12 Oct 2015

High dose flu vaccines significantly reduce hospitalization risk during influenza season

In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference (19.7 percent versus 20.9 percent) in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.

12 Oct 2015

Social work students contribute to home health care services at independent living facility

As a growing population of older adults begins transitioning to assisted living or home health care, more attention has focused on improving the adults' quality of care while keeping costs low. New research from the University of Missouri suggests adding social workers and social work students, who are supervised by a field instructor, to the care team may be one solution.

12 Oct 2015

Pioneering surgical technique restores hand and arm movement to quadriplegic patients

A pioneering surgical technique has restored some hand and arm movement to patients immobilized by spinal cord injuries in the neck, reports a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

12 Oct 2015

Survey: Only half of healthcare providers adequately equipped with information about cryptogenic stroke

Results from a new survey from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association found that only half of healthcare professionals consider themselves to be adequately equipped with information about cryptogenic stroke, a stroke in which the underlying cause is still unknown after extensive testing.

12 Oct 2015

People often end up in emergency room because of infection-related falls

People who end up in the emergency room because of a fall often are tripped up by an infection, rather than a loose throw rug or poor eyesight, suggests a study being presented at IDWeek 2015.

12 Oct 2015

Magnet hospitals have higher patient ratings of care than other hospitals

Patients' experience with healthcare has become the focal point for quality improvement among hospitals and care providers. The Affordable Care Act incentivizes hospitals to improve patient satisfaction by paying a financial incentive to hospitals that achieve high ratings from patients.

12 Oct 2015

Thousands of older, disabled Connecticut residents successfully transitioned from nursing homes to community setting

The State of Connecticut's Department of Social Services, with its state evaluator UConn's Center on Aging, successfully transitioned more than 2,200 older and disabled Connecticut residents from nursing homes and other institutions to their own home or a community setting between 2008 and 2014, as part of the federal "Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration."

12 Oct 2015

Federal judge grants permanent injunction against South Dakota medical laser manufacturer

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota yesterday granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a permanent injunction against 2035 Inc. and Robert "Larry" Lytle, doing business as QLasers PMA and 2035 PMA.

12 Oct 2015

Cancer survival outcomes can vary widely among U.S. hospitals

Decades of research have shown that cancer survival outcomes can vary widely depending on where patients receive care. But efforts to rank hospitals by long-term survival rates have been hindered by the readily available administrative data derived from Medicare claims, which lacks information about cancer stage. Two hospitals providing equally good care may have different survival rates if one hospital treats sicker patients, for example.

12 Oct 2015

AGS releases updated, expanded Beers Criteria to improve medication use in older adults

The American Geriatrics Society today released its second updated and expanded Beers Criteria--lists of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults who are not receiving hospice or palliative care, and one of the most frequently cited reference tools in the field of geriatrics.

12 Oct 2015

Study reveals cost of inpatient hospitalizations caused by non-lethal FRIs and gun violence in the USA

A retrospective study reveals the cost of inpatient hospitalizations caused by non-lethal Firearm Related Injuries (FRIs) and gun violence in the USA at $679 million annually. The authors also found that FRIs disproportionately affects the young (18-24 year olds), poor and minority males (Hispanics and Blacks) in urban settings.

12 Oct 2015

Siloam Hospitals recognized with 2015 Frost & Sullivan Indonesia Hospital of the Year award

Siloam Hospitals has been honored with the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Indonesia Hospital of the Year award for the fourth time at the Indonesia Excellence Awards banquet.

11 Oct 2015

FDA takes major step to put greater emphasis on the prevention of foodborne illness

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today took one of the most significant steps in decades to prevent foodborne illness by finalizing the first two of seven major rules under the bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

9 Oct 2015

Roche to acquire biotechnology company, Adheron Therapeutics

Adheron Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, United States, announced today that it has agreed to be acquired by Roche.

9 Oct 2015

FDA approves expanded indication for Optune device for brain cancer patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved an expanded indication for the Optune device to treat patients with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer.

9 Oct 2015

FDA announces launch of new education campaign to prevent, reduce tobacco use among hip-hop youth

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of a national public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among multicultural youth who identify with the hip-hop peer crowd ‒ a group that is often hard to reach and frequently exposed to pro-tobacco images and messages. While multicultural teens identify with more than one group, the FDA is focusing on those in the hip-hop peer crowd because research estimates that they are more likely to use tobacco than other youth.

9 Oct 2015

Leading experts to discuss role of laboratory medicine in personalized medicine

Join the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and leading experts in laboratory medicine and diagnostic testing for a discussion of how laboratory medicine is driving the future of personalized medicine and the policies to support these new technologies.

9 Oct 2015

ASA member to teach perioperative anesthesia care to Rwandan physician anesthesiologists

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Global Humanitarian Outreach (GHO) volunteer Megan Olejniczak, M.D., will travel to Rwanda on Monday, October 19, to participate in a teaching program at the two teaching hospitals of the National University of Rwanda in the cities of Kigali and Butare.

9 Oct 2015

Healthcare News

New study reveals that popular crime dramas on TV may help decrease sexual assault

Study: Nurses can play pivotal role in helping reduce smoking rates in China

High dose flu vaccines significantly reduce hospitalization risk during influenza season

Social work students contribute to home health care services at independent living facility

Pioneering surgical technique restores hand and arm movement to quadriplegic patients

Survey: Only half of healthcare providers adequately equipped with information about cryptogenic stroke

People often end up in emergency room because of infection-related falls

Magnet hospitals have higher patient ratings of care than other hospitals

Thousands of older, disabled Connecticut residents successfully transitioned from nursing homes to community setting

Federal judge grants permanent injunction against South Dakota medical laser manufacturer

Cancer survival outcomes can vary widely among U.S. hospitals

AGS releases updated, expanded Beers Criteria to improve medication use in older adults

Study reveals cost of inpatient hospitalizations caused by non-lethal FRIs and gun violence in the USA

Siloam Hospitals recognized with 2015 Frost & Sullivan Indonesia Hospital of the Year award

FDA takes major step to put greater emphasis on the prevention of foodborne illness

Roche to acquire biotechnology company, Adheron Therapeutics

FDA approves expanded indication for Optune device for brain cancer patients

FDA announces launch of new education campaign to prevent, reduce tobacco use among hip-hop youth

Leading experts to discuss role of laboratory medicine in personalized medicine

ASA member to teach perioperative anesthesia care to Rwandan physician anesthesiologists

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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