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New partnership to deliver world-class healthcare through collaborative scientific research

A new partnership which harnesses world-class expertise will ensure patients benefit sooner from new treatments, diagnostics and prevention strategies.

9 Oct 2015

Pitt research team awarded NIH grant to study impact of substance abuse on adolescent brain development

A research team in the department of psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh, has been awarded a $5 Million National Institutes of Health grant to participate in a multi-site study focusing on the impact of adolescent marijuana, alcohol and other drug use on the developing brain.

9 Oct 2015

ASA: Epidural or spinal anesthesia preferred for most cesarean deliveries

New research could ease the minds of expectant mothers who may be nervous about epidurals or spinal anesthesia for childbirth. A study of New York state hospitals, published in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, found the rate of anesthesia-related complications in women who received epidural or spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery decreased 25 percent over the past decade.

9 Oct 2015

Varubi (rolapitant) approved to prevent delayed phase chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Varubi (rolapitant) to prevent delayed phase chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (emesis). Varubi is approved in adults in combination with other drugs (antiemetic agents) that prevent nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of vomit-inducing (emetogenic and highly emetogenic) cancer chemotherapy.

9 Oct 2015

EpiPen autoinjectors save lives but can contribute to injuries in children

Epinephrine autoinjectors can be life-saving for patients experiencing anaphylaxis - a life-threatening emergency - but a new case series published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine identifies design features of EpiPens, the most commonly used autoinjector, that appear to be contributing to injuries in children ("Lacerations and Embedded Needles Caused by Epinephrine Autoinjector Use in Children").

9 Oct 2015

ED physicians make key changes in clinical decision-making after viewing CT scan results

A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology assessment finds that, after viewing CT scan results, physicians in the emergency departments of four major academic medical centers made key changes in clinical decision-making for patients with symptoms frequently seen in emergency rooms.

9 Oct 2015

New study examines factors that may protect transgender individuals from attempting suicide

The likelihood of a transgender person attempting suicide is very high, often because of the prejudice, transphobia and other stressors he or she may experience. A new study examined factors that may protect transgender adults from attempting suicide. Its conclusions also inform medical and mental health professionals who work with transgender clients.

9 Oct 2015

BMC awarded NIDDK grant to study outcomes of minority women receiving diabetes self-management education

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded a $783,906 grant to Suzanne Mitchell, MD, a family physician at Boston Medical Center, to study health outcomes of minority women with type 2 diabetes who participate in group medical visits to help them manage their diabetes.

9 Oct 2015

NIH launches new Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program focused on prevention

A new phase of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP), focused on prevention, is being launched at the National Institutes of Health. Grant-funded researchers will now work across scientific disciplines, involve new racially and ethnically diverse communities, and expand the study of risk factors that precede breast cancer, such as breast density.

9 Oct 2015

New national report on use of antiviral drugs to treat, prevent influenza

A major new national report into the use of antiviral drugs (neuraminidase inhibitors) to treat and prevent influenza has drawn heavily on two pieces of research undertaken at The University of Nottingham.

9 Oct 2015

$Anti-osteoporotic therapy can decrease subsequent fracture risks by 40%: Study$

Anti-osteoporotic therapy can decrease subsequent fracture risks by 40%: Study

Osteoporosis, a disease of progressive bone loss, affects 70 percent of the U.S. population older than age 50: one in two women--and one in five men. These individuals are at risk for fragility fractures, a break that results from a fall, or occurs in the absence of obvious trauma, and most commonly seen in the wrist, the upper arm, the hip, and the spine.

9 Oct 2015

JKTG Foundation announces over $160K in awards to support next generation of health policy research

Today, the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation announced over $160K in awards to support the next generation of health policy research and promote better healthcare for patients. Four graduate researchers in the field of health policy and administration at Brown University, Georgetown University, Harvard University and The Johns Hopkins University received Dissertation Support Grants (DSGs) to aid their research.

8 Oct 2015

Bankers Healthcare Group's company-wide diabetes awareness campaign to run through November

Bankers Healthcare Group, the leading provider of financial solutions for healthcare professionals, recently launched a company-wide diabetes awareness campaign that will run through November.

8 Oct 2015

AcelRx provides update on Zalviso (sufentanil sublingual tablet system)

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of acute pain, today provided a regulatory update on Zalviso (sufentanil sublingual tablet system) intended for the management of moderate-to-severe acute pain in adult patients in the hospital setting.

8 Oct 2015

Research: Many Americans use prescription pain relievers, most people see abuse as serious health issue

More than one in four Americans has taken prescription painkillers in the past year, even as a majority say that abuse of these medications is a very serious public health concern, according to new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research.

8 Oct 2015

Researchers create on-screen models of patient's beating heart

With the patient's heart displayed on a screen, cardiac specialists and engineers can run simulations of a variety of surgical procedures and predict their effects prior to an operation. This will save lives.

8 Oct 2015

Poll: Americans across political spectrum support presidential debate on science-based challenges

An overwhelming majority of Americans (87%) say it is important that candidates for President and Congress have a basic understanding of the science informing public policy issues, including majorities across the political spectrum (92% of Democrats, 90% of Republicans and 79% of Independents).

8 Oct 2015

New approach helps create virtual models for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms

Virtual models can be created in the angiography room thanks to an approach developed by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre and the university's departments of radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine. The latest advances were presented by Dr. Gilles Soulez at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe conference on September 27, 2015.

8 Oct 2015

New study shows electronic tracking system helps lower blood transfusions and infection rates

An electronic system that monitors how physicians give blood to patients after an operation has enabled a 22-hospital system with thousands of doctors to significantly reduce the amount of blood transfusions patients receive, cutting costs by $2.5 million over two years and contributing to lower infection rates without harming patients, according to a study presented at the 2015 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

8 Oct 2015

Cleaning patient rooms with combination of chemicals and UV light cuts transmission of superbugs

Healthcare facilities continue to battle drug-resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that loiter on surfaces even after patient rooms have been cleaned and can cause new, sometimes-deadly infections.

8 Oct 2015

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New partnership to deliver world-class healthcare through collaborative scientific research

Pitt research team awarded NIH grant to study impact of substance abuse on adolescent brain development

ASA: Epidural or spinal anesthesia preferred for most cesarean deliveries

Varubi (rolapitant) approved to prevent delayed phase chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

EpiPen autoinjectors save lives but can contribute to injuries in children

ED physicians make key changes in clinical decision-making after viewing CT scan results

New study examines factors that may protect transgender individuals from attempting suicide

BMC awarded NIDDK grant to study outcomes of minority women receiving diabetes self-management education

NIH launches new Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program focused on prevention

New national report on use of antiviral drugs to treat, prevent influenza

Anti-osteoporotic therapy can decrease subsequent fracture risks by 40%: Study

JKTG Foundation announces over $160K in awards to support next generation of health policy research

Bankers Healthcare Group's company-wide diabetes awareness campaign to run through November

AcelRx provides update on Zalviso (sufentanil sublingual tablet system)

Research: Many Americans use prescription pain relievers, most people see abuse as serious health issue

Researchers create on-screen models of patient's beating heart

Poll: Americans across political spectrum support presidential debate on science-based challenges

New approach helps create virtual models for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms

New study shows electronic tracking system helps lower blood transfusions and infection rates

Cleaning patient rooms with combination of chemicals and UV light cuts transmission of superbugs

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

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