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Study examines relationship between spending for heart attack care and patient outcomes

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on improving the value of health care by incentivizing reduced spending and improved outcomes.

15 Mar 2018

Brain with an air-pocket lesion in a rare case report of an elderly man

An 84 year old was complaining of repeatedly losing his balance and falling over. He visited his primary physician in Northern Ireland from where he was referred to the emergency room. On MRI, the team of doctors found a 3½-inch pocket of air in his brain. This has never been reported before in any case and thus the detailed report titled, “The man that lost (part of) his mind,” was published in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

15 Mar 2018

Study finds common presence of nightmares among U.S. military personnel

A new study shows that a high percentage of military personnel with sleep disturbances met criteria for nightmare disorder, but few of them reported nightmares as a reason for sleep evaluation. Those with nightmare disorder had an increased risk of other sleep and mental health disorders.

15 Mar 2018

University of Akron professor receives NSF grant for research that supports anti-cancer therapeutics

Dr. Adam W. Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has won a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The title of the award is "Lipid Regulation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases" and provides $650,000 of funding for research.

15 Mar 2018

UCLA physician recommends different approaches for talking about weight gain with loved ones

When a loved one or partner keeps gaining weight, concerns about their health may make us wonder: should I say something? And if you do, what's the best way to broach the subject without hurt feelings or a fight?

14 Mar 2018

Novel use for drug shows promise as effective treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting

An innovative use for a known drug is showing promise as an effective treatment for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting, suggests a study published today in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

14 Mar 2018

Researcher working to develop improved endoscopic probe for colonoscopies

Tim Muldoon, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to continue his work on an endoscopic probe that can be used in colonoscopies.

14 Mar 2018

Researchers achieve 80% reduction in liver metastasis by restricting growth of blood vessels

The International Journal of Cancer has just published the results of an experimental therapy tested on mice. The research, led by the Signaling Lab research group of the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology of the University of Santiago de Compostela, achieved an 80% reduction in liver metastasis brought about by colon cancer.

14 Mar 2018

Tumor's 'microenvironment' plays key role in altering therapeutic response of breast cancer

Cancer is typically thought of as a tumor that needs to be removed or an area that needs to be treated with radiation or chemotherapy. As a physicist and cancer researcher, Joe Gray, Ph.D., thinks differently.

14 Mar 2018

Many patients show CKD signs prior to diabetes diagnosis

Many patients who will later be diagnosed with diabetes show signs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) even before their diabetes diagnosis, according to a study by researchers with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and VA MidSouth Healthcare Network.

14 Mar 2018

NIH researchers explore genetic clocks to understand role of aging in neurodegeneration

To understand the link between aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, NIH scientists compared the genetic clocks that tick during the lives of normal and mutant flies.

14 Mar 2018

Researchers build better AI algorithms to screen patients for diabetic eye disease

The ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to help screen patients for a common diabetic eye disease gains momentum with a new study published online today in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

14 Mar 2018

Scientists discover an alternative approach to pre-eclampsia screening

A new study has found that an alternative way of screening for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women may be more accurate than the current recommended method.

14 Mar 2018

The Importance of Fetal Fibronectin Testing for Women with Symptomatic Preterm Labor

Preterm birth is a dangerous condition that often goes undiagnosed. Fetal fibronectin (fFN) is a biomarker for preterm labor, but testing for fFN is widely underused. We explore this issue with Dr. Michael S. Ruma, a maternal-fetal specialist from the Perinatal Associates of New Mexico.

14 Mar 2018

Common genetic variation shown to increase Alzheimer’s risk

A recent study has found that African Americans with a common genetic variation are at an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.

14 Mar 2018

Smoking linked to increased risk of hearing loss

Smoking is associated with increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study of over 50,000 participants over 8 years in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press.

14 Mar 2018

Lifting therapy caps proves a load off Medicare patients’ shoulders

Physical therapy helps Leon Beers, 73, get out of bed in the morning and maneuver around his home using his walker. Other treatment strengthens his throat muscles so that he can communicate and swallow food, said his sister Karen Morse. But in mid-January, his home health care agency told Morse it could no longer provide these services because he had used all his therapy benefits allowed under Medicare for the year.

14 Mar 2018

U.S. IDE study of THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH SF Catheter completes patient enrollment

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies announced today that Biosense Webster, Inc., a worldwide leader in the diagnosis and treatment of heart arrhythmias, has completed patient enrollment in its U.S. Investigational Device Exemption study of the THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH SF Catheter.

14 Mar 2018

African Americans with thyroid gene variation more likely to develop Alzheimer's

African Americans with a common genetic variation are at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, while European Americans with the same variation are not, according to a study led by researchers at Rush University Medical Center.

14 Mar 2018

Asthma APGAR tools effective for asthma management in primary care practices

A set of comprehensive asthma management tools helps decrease asthma-related visits to the emergency department, urgent care or hospital and improves patients' asthma control.

14 Mar 2018

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Study examines relationship between spending for heart attack care and patient outcomes

Brain with an air-pocket lesion in a rare case report of an elderly man

Study finds common presence of nightmares among U.S. military personnel

University of Akron professor receives NSF grant for research that supports anti-cancer therapeutics

UCLA physician recommends different approaches for talking about weight gain with loved ones

Novel use for drug shows promise as effective treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting

Researcher working to develop improved endoscopic probe for colonoscopies

Researchers achieve 80% reduction in liver metastasis by restricting growth of blood vessels

Tumor's 'microenvironment' plays key role in altering therapeutic response of breast cancer

Many patients show CKD signs prior to diabetes diagnosis

NIH researchers explore genetic clocks to understand role of aging in neurodegeneration

Researchers build better AI algorithms to screen patients for diabetic eye disease

Scientists discover an alternative approach to pre-eclampsia screening

The Importance of Fetal Fibronectin Testing for Women with Symptomatic Preterm Labor

Common genetic variation shown to increase Alzheimer’s risk

Smoking linked to increased risk of hearing loss

Lifting therapy caps proves a load off Medicare patients’ shoulders

U.S. IDE study of THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH SF Catheter completes patient enrollment

African Americans with thyroid gene variation more likely to develop Alzheimer's

Asthma APGAR tools effective for asthma management in primary care practices

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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