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Study: Sharing medical 'selfies' with a doctor empowers, reassures healthcare consumers

Taking medical 'selfies' and sharing them with a doctor empowers and reassures healthcare consumers, and can improve doctor-patient relationships, a two-part study led by Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia has found.

29 Jun 2019

New review looks at different efforts aimed at reducing low-value care

Health care institutions and providers face mounting pressure to wring more value out of every dollar spent on caring for their patients.

29 Jun 2019

Opioids are major cause of pregnancy-related deaths in Utah

Stephanie lay in the Salt Lake County jail bunk bed and thought, "Everything would be better if I just died."

28 Jun 2019

Study reveals lack of evidence for pediatric drugs prescribed to treat chronic pain

Decisions to prescribe children drugs to treat chronic pain are not guided by sufficient, high quality evidence, according to an important new study published today (Wednesday 26 June 2019).

28 Jun 2019

Study finds significant disparities among women accessing infertility care

Despite similar rates of infertility among all socioeconomic groups, white women, women with higher education levels, and women with higher incomes are at least twice as likely to seek treatment as other groups of women, new research suggests.

28 Jun 2019

Quanterix announces Kevin Hrusovsky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Founder of Powering Precision Health, as EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Award Winner in New England

Quanterix, announce Chairman and CEO of Quanterix, and Founder of Powering Precision Health, has been recognized with the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Award.

From Quanterix 28 Jun 2019

IDT enters into strategic collaboration with Chinese medical sequencing firm ChosenMed

Integrated DNA Technologies announces that it has entered into a strategic cooperation with ChosenMed Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (ChosenMed), a medical sequencing firm focused on personalized medicine and transformation healthcare in China.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 28 Jun 2019

Using artificial intelligence to personalize the dose of radiation therapy for cancer patients

New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows that artificial intelligence can use medical scans and health records to personalize the dose of radiation therapy used to treat cancer patients.

28 Jun 2019

Avoiding overtesting in the emergency department could create significant health care savings

An emergency department is sometimes the first place a person thinks to go for health care.

27 Jun 2019

Are Chronic Pain Relief Drugs for Children Effective?

A study led by researchers at the University of Bath has revealed that research into the drugs used to treat chronic pain in children is lacking and insufficient to base treatment decisions on.

27 Jun 2019

Changing the whole structure of healthcare for better patient interactions

Can the patient journey through healthcare be changed? How are patients treated and why? In a new doctoral thesis, Josina Vink has studied the patient journey and how it can be redesigned.

27 Jun 2019

Interdisciplinary approach reduces the use of broad spectrum antibiotics

An interdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship involving comprehensive blood culture identification testing decreased broad spectrum antibiotic use, according to new research presented last week in Philadelphia at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

27 Jun 2019

New game app spreads knowledge about person-centered care

Click, swipe, listen to patients and follow the talk among the healthcare staff. Now, another step in the work towards a more person-centered care is being taken as the PCC Game app is being launched. A virtual journey for greater knowledge and with tricky questions along the way.

27 Jun 2019

Uncovering how tics are suppressed may provide insight to help people at risk for tic disorders

At least 20 percent of elementary school-age children develop tics such as excessive blinking, throat clearing or sniffing, but for most of those kids, the tics don't become a long-term problem.

27 Jun 2019

Study finds slime and biofilm hidden in hospital sinks, faucets

Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in hospitals, but the unintended consequences include water splashing out of a sink to spread contaminants from dirty faucets according to new research presented last week in Philadelphia at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

27 Jun 2019

New female external catheter technology halves the number of CAUTIs

Hospital-wide introduction of new female external catheter technology halved the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections according to new research presented last week in Philadelphia at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

27 Jun 2019

Pregnant women with migraine more often have complications during pregnancy and childbirth

Despite the fact that many women who suffer migraines find that the number and severity of these severe headaches decrease during pregnancy, migraines are now being linked to elevated blood pressure, abortions, caesareans, preterm births and babies with low birth weight.

26 Jun 2019

Scientists use advanced imaging to track brain tumor 'turncoats'

Glioblastomas, the deadliest type of brain tumor in adults, attract "turncoats." These are macrophages, a type of immune cell, which promote tumor progression and mask tumors from the immune system's scrutiny.

26 Jun 2019

Scientists develop new way to detect and switch off ticking time bomb of liver disease

A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of scientists at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside.

26 Jun 2019

Role of choline and docosahexaenoic acid in maternal and infant nutrition

Pharmavite LLC, the makers of Nature Made vitamins, minerals and supplements, announced the publication of a review paper in the May issue of the journal Nutrients, highlighting current research into the roles of choline and docosahexaenoic acid in maternal and infant nutrition.

26 Jun 2019

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Study: Sharing medical 'selfies' with a doctor empowers, reassures healthcare consumers

New review looks at different efforts aimed at reducing low-value care

Opioids are major cause of pregnancy-related deaths in Utah

Study reveals lack of evidence for pediatric drugs prescribed to treat chronic pain

Study finds significant disparities among women accessing infertility care

Quanterix announces Kevin Hrusovsky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Founder of Powering Precision Health, as EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Award Winner in New England

IDT enters into strategic collaboration with Chinese medical sequencing firm ChosenMed

Using artificial intelligence to personalize the dose of radiation therapy for cancer patients

Avoiding overtesting in the emergency department could create significant health care savings

Are Chronic Pain Relief Drugs for Children Effective?

Changing the whole structure of healthcare for better patient interactions

Interdisciplinary approach reduces the use of broad spectrum antibiotics

New game app spreads knowledge about person-centered care

Uncovering how tics are suppressed may provide insight to help people at risk for tic disorders

Study finds slime and biofilm hidden in hospital sinks, faucets

New female external catheter technology halves the number of CAUTIs

Pregnant women with migraine more often have complications during pregnancy and childbirth

Scientists use advanced imaging to track brain tumor 'turncoats'

Scientists develop new way to detect and switch off ticking time bomb of liver disease

Role of choline and docosahexaenoic acid in maternal and infant nutrition

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Flow chemistry, AI, and NMR: A next-gen approach to scalable API production

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