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Older people drink unsafe amounts of alcohol, study finds

One in five older people who drink alcohol are consuming it at unsafe levels - over 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women each week - according to a study by King's College London. The research in inner-city London, published in BMJ Open, found these unsafe older drinkers are more likely to be of higher socioeconomic status.

24 Aug 2015

Safely Home initiative receives QPS Awards for Excellence

Vital statewide registrations of people living with dementia plus vastly improved operational capabilities, have earned the joint Queensland Police Service and Alzheimer’s Australia initiative, Safely Home praise from Commissioner of Police, Ian Stewart at today’s QPS Awards for Excellence.

24 Aug 2015

Special issue of SAGE's JERHRE presents guidelines, new resources to improve data sharing across the globe

With the globalization of biomedical research and growing concerns about possible pandemics of diseases such as HIV, SARS, and Ebola, international data-sharing practices are of growing interest to the biomedical science community. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of sharing data in low and middle-income settings? What challenges stand in the way for researchers in countries such as India, Kenya, and Vietnam? A new special issue of SAGE's Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics presents guidelines, protocols, models, and new resources to improve data sharing across the globe.

24 Aug 2015

Researchers report new breakthrough in countering deadly effects of radiation exposure

An interdisciplinary research team led by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston reports a new breakthrough in countering the deadly effects of radiation exposure. A single injection of a regenerative peptide was shown to significantly increase survival in mice when given 24 hours after nuclear radiation exposure.

24 Aug 2015

New study shows partial genetic basis underlying racial differences in slow-wave sleep

A new study clearly establishes a partial genetic basis underlying racial differences in slow-wave sleep, suggesting that it may be possible to develop sleep-related therapies that target specific genetic variants.

24 Aug 2015

Normal coagulation tests used to check for side effect of internal bleeding may not be reliable

A recently-published study found that while internal bleeding may be uncommon as a result of taking blood thinners such as Xarelto (rivaroxaban) and Eliquis (apixaban), the normal coagulation tests physicians use to check for the side effect of bleeding may not be reliable.

24 Aug 2015

Primary care physicians' starring role key to weight loss, find Johns Hopkins researchers

A review of survey data from more than 300 obese people who participated in a federally funded weight loss clinical trial found that although the overall weight loss rates were modest, those who rated their primary care doctor's support as particularly helpful lost about twice as many pounds as those who didn't.

24 Aug 2015

New ASU-POSTECH collaboration aims to discover biological molecules for health care, renewable energy research

The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea, have announced a partnership that will catalyze discoveries with a major impact on health care and clean energy applications.

24 Aug 2015

UT System Board of Regents approves new UT Southwestern Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved establishment of the UT Southwestern Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center at Fort Worth, made possible by an extraordinary $25 million commitment from W.A. "Tex" Moncrief Jr. The Center is UT Southwestern's first named campus outside of Dallas.

24 Aug 2015

WomenHeart aims to provide patient support services to multicultural women living with heart disease

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease today launched a national patient survey that will glean important information to better understand the patient support needs of multicultural women living with heart disease – the leading cause of death in women.

24 Aug 2015

Stanford University launches new professional education course

Imagine a world where health care is personalized, diseases are treated or even prevented before they become debilitating, and doctor's visits include regular reviews of individual genetic profiles. These are just some of the possibilities at the intersection of healthcare and genomics.

24 Aug 2015

Poor sleep may impact treatment and recovery in veterans with PTSD, TBI

Poor sleep may impact treatment and recovery in veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). A review of extensive research on sleep in TBI and PTSD has found that sleep-focused interventions can improve treatment outcomes in veterans.

24 Aug 2015

Study demonstrates that high sugar intake linked to poor family functioning

The quality of general family functioning is a major determinant of healthy dietary habits - according to new research published in the Journal of Caries Research and led by Queen Mary University of London.

24 Aug 2015

Three projects that focus on improving global health win DEBUT Challenge

Three unique projects focused on improving global health won the National Institutes of Health's Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge. The winners showed exemplary initiative in designing tools for a less expensive, portable device to monitor HIV treatment, a new surgical clamp to treat drooping eyelids, and a low-cost patient monitor.

24 Aug 2015

DST Systems completes acquisition of Wealth Management Systems

DST Systems, Inc., a global provider of strategically unified data management, business processing, and customer communication solutions, today announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of retirement plan rollover specialist Wealth Management Systems Inc.

23 Aug 2015

Number of dementia patients stabilizing experts claim

Risk of dementia may be falling due to improved education and living conditions, and better prevention and treatment of vascular diseases, highlighting the need for policies to improve health across the life course.

21 Aug 2015

Millions of people die every year from using smokeless tobacco

More than a quarter of a million people die each year from using smokeless tobacco, researchers at the University of York have concluded.

21 Aug 2015

Few U.S. hospitals comply with CDC infection prevention guidelines for arterial catheter insertions

According to a survey conducted by Rhode Island Hospital researchers, there is significant variability regarding how clinicians manage catheters placed in the arteries of patients in intensive care units. Some practices may increase risk of infection associated with these catheters. Fewer than half of those surveyed complied with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection prevention guidelines for arterial catheter insertions.

21 Aug 2015

Regenstrief to highlight open source options for health information exchange, data analysis at MedInfo 2015

Regenstrief Institute investigators experienced in the use of data to improve health care and its delivery in resource constrained environments will introduce attendees at MedInfo 2015 to open source options for health information exchange and data analysis.

21 Aug 2015

Caring for young children with eczema

The excitement of a newborn baby turned to worry when a few weeks after Lorenzo Torres-Ramirez was born his parents started to notice red spots on his face.

21 Aug 2015

Healthcare News

Older people drink unsafe amounts of alcohol, study finds

Safely Home initiative receives QPS Awards for Excellence

Special issue of SAGE's JERHRE presents guidelines, new resources to improve data sharing across the globe

Researchers report new breakthrough in countering deadly effects of radiation exposure

New study shows partial genetic basis underlying racial differences in slow-wave sleep

Normal coagulation tests used to check for side effect of internal bleeding may not be reliable

Primary care physicians' starring role key to weight loss, find Johns Hopkins researchers

New ASU-POSTECH collaboration aims to discover biological molecules for health care, renewable energy research

UT System Board of Regents approves new UT Southwestern Monty and Tex Moncrief Medical Center

WomenHeart aims to provide patient support services to multicultural women living with heart disease

Stanford University launches new professional education course

Poor sleep may impact treatment and recovery in veterans with PTSD, TBI

Study demonstrates that high sugar intake linked to poor family functioning

Three projects that focus on improving global health win DEBUT Challenge

DST Systems completes acquisition of Wealth Management Systems

Number of dementia patients stabilizing experts claim

Millions of people die every year from using smokeless tobacco

Few U.S. hospitals comply with CDC infection prevention guidelines for arterial catheter insertions

Regenstrief to highlight open source options for health information exchange, data analysis at MedInfo 2015

Caring for young children with eczema

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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