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Using clinical quality registers to compare institutions or physicians may be misleading

Many clinical quality registries have been established during the 2000s, particularly in North America where such registers are used as a criterion for health care funding.

28 Aug 2018

Teleflex enrolls first patient in clinical study of CleanSweep Closed Suction System

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, today announced the first patient enrollment in a U.S. clinical study of CleanSweep Closed Suction System at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC.

28 Aug 2018

New system that uses AI accurately detects patients with diabetic retinopathy

A system designed by a University of Iowa ophthalmologist that uses artificial intelligence to detect diabetic retinopathy without a person interpreting the results earned Food and Drug Administration authorization in April, following a clinical trial in primary care offices.

28 Aug 2018

Drug coated balloons are as good as stent implants for treating small blocked arteries

A removable balloon is as good as a permanent stent implant for opening small blocked arteries, according to late breaking results from the BASKET-SMALL 2 trial presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2018 and simultaneously published in The Lancet.

28 Aug 2018

New findings reveal potential role of interleukin-1 alpha in risk for heart attacks, strokes

XBiotech Inc. announced today the publication of findings that point toward a white blood cell-derived interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1⍺) as a cause of blood clots that could lead to heart attacks or strokes.

28 Aug 2018

Adults aged over 45 with psychological distress may have high risk of cardiovascular disease

Adults ages 45 or older who experience psychological distress such as depression and anxiety may have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

28 Aug 2018

Mice study reveals brain-heart biomarker for epilepsy after malaria

Animals that develop epilepsy after an infection can be identified as early as three months prior to their first seizure by measuring interactions between the brain and the heart.

From Society for Neuroscience 28 Aug 2018

Foods that constitute heart healthy diet for people globally may vary from what was earlier thought

The foods that make up a heart healthy diet for people worldwide may differ from what was previously thought, according to late breaking results from the observational Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological study presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and simultaneously published in the Lancet.

28 Aug 2018

New safety guideline released for prescribing biological therapies in inflammatory arthritis

The British Society for Rheumatology publishes its latest clinical guideline in Rheumatology, the UK’s key specialist journal in the sector. The new guideline updates and presents two previous guidelines into one set of evidence based recommendations on the vital safety aspects of prescribing biological therapies in inflammatory arthritis.

28 Aug 2018

Experts to discuss concepts, methods of gender medicine and their impact on oncology

Gender-based approaches to studying and treating disease have remained largely unexplored in medical oncology, despite the field's growing interest in precision medicine and accumulating evidence that sex is a major factor in disease risk and response to treatment.

28 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new way to detect cancer cells in the blood using malaria protein

Cancer tumor cells in the blood can be more accurately and cheaply detected using a malaria protein, new research led by UNSW’s Chris Heeschen shows.

28 Aug 2018

Biochemist's startup secures license for developing technology that could treat PTSD

A biochemist's startup company announced Monday that it had secured an exclusive patent license agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory for a breakthrough technology that could help military veterans suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder.

28 Aug 2018

UTSA enters Guinness World Records for creating smallest medical robot

It can't be seen with a human eye. It doesn't look anything like C-3PO or R2-D2, or even BB-8. But, nevertheless, it is a robot and its creators from The University of Texas at San Antonio are now world record holders in the Guinness World Records for creating the Smallest Medical Robot.

28 Aug 2018

Dairy products appear to protect against mortality from cerebrovascular disease

The consumption of dairy products has long been thought to increase the risk of death, particularly from coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and cancer, because of dairy's relatively high levels of saturated fat.

28 Aug 2018

Low carbohydrate diet can increase risk of premature death, finds study

Low carbohydrate diets are unsafe and should be avoided, according to a large study presented today at ESC Congress 2018.

28 Aug 2018

New combination treatment could help some people with advanced melanoma

A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could help some people with advanced melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, live longer.

28 Aug 2018

New study reveals how cells connect and how these connections impact circadian rhythm

If you've ever experienced jet lag, you are familiar with your circadian rhythm, which manages nearly all aspects of metabolism, from sleep-wake cycles to body temperature to digestion.

28 Aug 2018

Immune-related enzymes cause aggressive skin cancer in patients with Butterfly Syndrome

Patients with a rare skin disease, commonly called Butterfly Syndrome, that causes chronic blistering and extensive scarring also develop an aggressive and fatal form of cancer early in life.

28 Aug 2018

New minimally-invasive surgical technique may be most significant development in dialysis

A new minimally-invasive surgical technique for dialysis patients may be the most significant development in dialysis access in the last 50 years, according to the surgeon who performed the first two cases in the United States.

28 Aug 2018

Experts present arguments both against and supporting sugar consumption

Over the past 50 years researchers, clinicians, professional organizations, and health charities have waged war on sugar, calling for dietary recommendations to be changed and for a sugar tax on soft drinks and sweet treats in an effort to reduce obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

28 Aug 2018

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Using clinical quality registers to compare institutions or physicians may be misleading

Teleflex enrolls first patient in clinical study of CleanSweep Closed Suction System

New system that uses AI accurately detects patients with diabetic retinopathy

Drug coated balloons are as good as stent implants for treating small blocked arteries

New findings reveal potential role of interleukin-1 alpha in risk for heart attacks, strokes

Adults aged over 45 with psychological distress may have high risk of cardiovascular disease

Mice study reveals brain-heart biomarker for epilepsy after malaria

Foods that constitute heart healthy diet for people globally may vary from what was earlier thought

New safety guideline released for prescribing biological therapies in inflammatory arthritis

Experts to discuss concepts, methods of gender medicine and their impact on oncology

Researchers develop new way to detect cancer cells in the blood using malaria protein

Biochemist's startup secures license for developing technology that could treat PTSD

UTSA enters Guinness World Records for creating smallest medical robot

Dairy products appear to protect against mortality from cerebrovascular disease

Low carbohydrate diet can increase risk of premature death, finds study

New combination treatment could help some people with advanced melanoma

New study reveals how cells connect and how these connections impact circadian rhythm

Immune-related enzymes cause aggressive skin cancer in patients with Butterfly Syndrome

New minimally-invasive surgical technique may be most significant development in dialysis

Experts present arguments both against and supporting sugar consumption

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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