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Delay in hospital admittance increases risk of death for Ebola patients during epidemics

A retrospective study of Ebola epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suggested that each day of delay in hospital admittance was associated with an 11% increased risk of death for Ebola patients during epidemics.

3 Nov 2015

Researchers examine how food safety experts can help support nonprofit food pantries

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have done an in-depth analysis of food safety at nonprofit food pantries that distribute food directly to people in need. While the work has identified shortcomings at many such pantries, the goal was to identify how food safety experts can help these pantries best meet the needs of their clients.

3 Nov 2015

New combination treatment provides better wound healing compared to SSGs alone

The use of meshed split skin autographs (SSGs) is a standard treatment for large, deep burns. However, serious scarring is often a result. In an effort to improve wound healing and reduce scarring, a team of researchers in The Netherlands tested a treatment technique on patients with serious, deep burns that employed SSGs along with autologous cultured proliferating epidermal cells (ECs) compared to SSGs alone.

3 Nov 2015

Microbiome researcher Martin J. Blaser earns GUMC's Cura Personalis Award

Georgetown University Medical Center will bestow its highest honor, the Cura Personalis Award, upon Martin J. Blaser, MD, a world-renowned microbiome researcher and clinician.

3 Nov 2015

Pediatricians send away families who refuse to vaccinate their children

One in five pediatricians dismiss families who refuse to vaccinate their children, according to findings published today in the journal Pediatrics and based on research by faculty from the University of Colorado School of Medicine on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

3 Nov 2015

In-home test kits help parents lower allergen levels in their homes

In-home test kits, coupled with patient education, help parents reduce allergen levels in their homes, according to scientists from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found that parents may become more motivated to participate in allergen reduction interventions, when they can actually see results for themselves.

3 Nov 2015

Alexander Technique or acupuncture can relieve chronic neck pain

A large scale investigation by researchers at the University of York found that the use of Alexander Technique or acupuncture can significantly relieve chronic neck pain.

3 Nov 2015

UCLA study finds cost variation across entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer

Now, for the first time, UCLA researchers have described cost across an entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer - from the time a patient checks in for his first appointment to his post-treatment follow-up testing - using time-driven activity-based costing. And they found a wide variation in costs for the various available treatments that remained consistent over a 12-year period, indicating a better method to monitor costs could save valuable healthcare dollars, said study first author Dr. Aaron Laviana, a fifth year urology resident.

3 Nov 2015

Experts call on U.S. and Mexican governments to reduce risk of Chagas disease

Chagas disease -- the third most common parasitic infection in the world -- affects approximately 7.5 million people, mostly in Latin America. To help reduce outbreaks of this disease in their countries, the United States and Mexican governments should implement a range of programs as well as fund research for the development of Chagas vaccines and treatments, according to a new policy brief by tropical-disease and science policy experts at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.

3 Nov 2015

WSU researcher to lead $2.5 million study on impact of Affordable Care Act in people with disabilities

A Washington State University researcher will lead a $2.5 million examination of the federal Affordable Care Act's impact on what may be the largest group in need of its services: people with disabilities.

3 Nov 2015

CVIA journal launched at the opening ceremony of 26th GW-ICC meeting

Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA), a new journal affiliated with the Great Wall-International Congress of Cardiology, was introduced today at the opening ceremony of GWICC by Congress Chairman Prof. Changsheng Ma.

3 Nov 2015

FHI 360, Accelovance collaborate to serve international drug development research efforts

Accelovance, Inc. (Accelovance), a global contract research organization (CRO) focusing in Oncology, Vaccines, and General Medicine and FHI 360, a global nonprofit organization with CRO capabilities focusing on clinical research in developing countries, have entered into a strategic alliance to more comprehensively serve the international drug development research efforts of pharmaceutical, governmental, and nonprofit organizations.

3 Nov 2015

Columbia University to lead NSF-funded project for Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

Columbia University will lead a $1.25 million project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to share data, tools and ideas for tackling some of the big challenges facing the northeastern United States.

3 Nov 2015

Researchers take new approach to understanding obstacles to breast cancer care in Appalachia

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have taken a new approach to understanding why so many breast cancer patients in Appalachia aren't getting the care they need, and their findings are set to change how people view the obstacles to care that beset the region.

3 Nov 2015

Inhibiting key enzyme pathways decreases inflammation and frailty in aged mice

Chronic inflammation, closely associated with frailty and age-related diseases, is a hallmark of aging. Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that inhibiting key enzyme pathways reduces inflammation in human cells in culture dishes and decreases inflammation and frailty in aged mice.

3 Nov 2015

Public health policies targeting smokers may actually have opposite effect, study finds

Public health policies targeted at smokers may actually have the opposite effect for some people trying to quit, according to new evidence released today (Nov. 2).

3 Nov 2015

Violence and conflict in war-affected areas can have devastating effect on children's mental health

Violence and conflict in areas affected by war, such as Gaza, can have a devastating effect on the mental health of the children exposed to it, according to research at the University of Leicester.

3 Nov 2015

African-Americans who did not engage in exercise nearly twice as likely to abuse alcohol

A large-scale survey of African-American men and women found that those who rarely or never exercised had about twice the odds of abusing alcohol than those who exercised frequently, a finding that could have implications across all groups.

3 Nov 2015

Stanford bioethicist wins 2015 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes

The 2015 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes, a $50,000 award, will be presented to Laura Roberts, MD, MA, a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, who is chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, medicine and medical education.

3 Nov 2015

APHA Law Section honors Lawrence Gostin for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law

Lawrence Gostin, JD, LLD (h.c.), Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law, was honored today for his "Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law" by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Law Section. The award was presented in Chicago.

3 Nov 2015

Healthcare News

Delay in hospital admittance increases risk of death for Ebola patients during epidemics

Researchers examine how food safety experts can help support nonprofit food pantries

New combination treatment provides better wound healing compared to SSGs alone

Microbiome researcher Martin J. Blaser earns GUMC's Cura Personalis Award

Pediatricians send away families who refuse to vaccinate their children

In-home test kits help parents lower allergen levels in their homes

Alexander Technique or acupuncture can relieve chronic neck pain

UCLA study finds cost variation across entire care process for low-risk prostate cancer

Experts call on U.S. and Mexican governments to reduce risk of Chagas disease

WSU researcher to lead $2.5 million study on impact of Affordable Care Act in people with disabilities

CVIA journal launched at the opening ceremony of 26th GW-ICC meeting

FHI 360, Accelovance collaborate to serve international drug development research efforts

Columbia University to lead NSF-funded project for Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

Researchers take new approach to understanding obstacles to breast cancer care in Appalachia

Inhibiting key enzyme pathways decreases inflammation and frailty in aged mice

Public health policies targeting smokers may actually have opposite effect, study finds

Violence and conflict in war-affected areas can have devastating effect on children's mental health

African-Americans who did not engage in exercise nearly twice as likely to abuse alcohol

Stanford bioethicist wins 2015 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes

APHA Law Section honors Lawrence Gostin for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law

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