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Determine goals of healthcare before making healthcare-related choices

What are the goals of healthcare? That very question must be asked more frequently before healthcare-related choices are made.

7 Nov 2018

HIV-2 is more pathogenic than previously demonstrated, finds study

A study published in The Lancet HIV shows that HIV-2 is more pathogenic than previously demonstrated. The new findings indicate that early treatment should be applied to all patients with HIV, not only to those with HIV-1.

7 Nov 2018

Persuading more health workers to have flu jab needs new approach

Persuading more health workers across the continent to have the flu jab to protect themselves and their patients cannot be done through facts and statistics alone, new research by a leading behavioral scientist from Kingston University in London has revealed.

7 Nov 2018

Bilingual therapy is vital to improve language disorders in dual-language children, finds study

New research has found that providing bilingual therapy is vital to improving developmental language disorders in dual-language children.

7 Nov 2018

Toddlers with ASD display emotional vulnerabilities signaling risk for affective, behavioral problems

At the time when autism spectrum disorder can be first reliably diagnosed, toddlers affected by ASD are already displaying emotional vulnerabilities potentially foreshadowing the emergence of co-morbid affective and behavioral conditions highly prevalent in older children, reports a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

7 Nov 2018

Penn and CHOP receive major grant to help curb distracted driving

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,450 drivers are killed each year from distracted driving. M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an associate fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a team from Penn and CHOP have received a major grant from the Federal Highway Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Transportation, to help curb distracted driving.

7 Nov 2018

ECDC study estimates burden of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria

An ECDC study estimates the burden of five types of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria of public health concern in the European Union and in the European Economic Area.

6 Nov 2018

New synthetic compound based on brain hormone holds promise for cancer treatment

A lab team led by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Andrew Schally at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System and the University of Miami showed that a synthetic compound based on a brain hormone spurred the growth of cancer cells in Petri dishes but enigmatically had the opposite effect in mice.

6 Nov 2018

Accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence-powered image search and whole slide scanning workflows

Huron announces it will accelerate the deployment of digital pathology workflows in hospitals and research/educational facilities.

From Huron Digital Pathology 6 Nov 2018

Quick: What’s the difference between Medicare-for-all and single-payer?

Betsy Foster and Doug Dillon are devotees of Josh Harder. The Democratic upstart is attempting to topple Republican incumbent Jeff Denham in this conflicted, semi-rural district that is home to conservative agricultural interests, a growing Latino population and liberal San Francisco Bay Area refugees.

5 Nov 2018

Dietary restriction could help prevent age-related decline in integrity of human gut

Flies eating a Spartan diet are protected from leaky gut and the systemic inflammation associated with it as they age. Conversely, flies on a rich Atkins-like diet are more prone to developing intestinal permeability, a condition linked to a variety of human conditions including inflammatory bowel disease.

5 Nov 2018

Experts identify barriers to using stroke-preventing anticoagulants in Canada

International guidelines recommend direct oral anticoagulants over warfarin to prevent stroke for most patients with atrial fibrillation.

5 Nov 2018

VTT, Dyadic to present data highlighting achievements in development of fungal production platform

VTT and Dyadic International, Inc., today announced that VTT scientists will present the excellent results in their collaboration over the past two years at two international conferences: AAPS PharmSci on November 7th in Washington DC and PEGS Europe on November 14th in Lisbon.

5 Nov 2018

Like clockwork: How daylight saving time stumps hospital record keeping

Modern technology has helped medical professionals do robot-assisted surgeries and sequence whole genomes, but hospital software still can't handle daylight saving time.

5 Nov 2018

Utilization of ED for mTBI evaluations may increase with approval of TBI legislation

Millions of children and teens are affected by sports and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries annually. To help reduce the effects of TBIs in youth sports, all 50 states and the District of Columbia enacted state youth TBI laws between 2009 and 2014.

5 Nov 2018

Researchers identify genetic variation that may influence severity of CTE disease

Researchers have identified a genetic variation that may influence chronic traumatic encephalopathy disease severity.

5 Nov 2018

Study evaluates liability effects of hospital communication-and-resolution programs

To be more transparent and to promote communication with patients after medical injuries, many hospitals have implemented a new approach called the communication-and-resolution program.

3 Nov 2018

Researchers focus on whether eating enough protein can help delay disability in older adults

To live successfully and independently, older adults need to be able to manage two different levels of life skills: basic daily care and basic housekeeping activities.

2 Nov 2018

Study finds evidence of lasting effects from head injuries at younger age than expected

There have been more and more cases confirming that repeated hits to the head have lifelong consequences for professional football players, but a new study by Orlando Health in collaboration with the Concussion Neuroimaging Consortium finds evidence of lasting effects from head injuries at a much younger age than expected.

2 Nov 2018

Addressing chronic diseases could save tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs annually

As Americans head to the polls this coming Tuesday, a top issue for all voters is the rising cost of healthcare. A new report has found that addressing chronic diseases, and in particular diabetes, could save tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs annually.

2 Nov 2018

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Determine goals of healthcare before making healthcare-related choices

HIV-2 is more pathogenic than previously demonstrated, finds study

Persuading more health workers to have flu jab needs new approach

Bilingual therapy is vital to improve language disorders in dual-language children, finds study

Toddlers with ASD display emotional vulnerabilities signaling risk for affective, behavioral problems

Penn and CHOP receive major grant to help curb distracted driving

ECDC study estimates burden of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria

New synthetic compound based on brain hormone holds promise for cancer treatment

Accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence-powered image search and whole slide scanning workflows

Quick: What’s the difference between Medicare-for-all and single-payer?

Dietary restriction could help prevent age-related decline in integrity of human gut

Experts identify barriers to using stroke-preventing anticoagulants in Canada

VTT, Dyadic to present data highlighting achievements in development of fungal production platform

Like clockwork: How daylight saving time stumps hospital record keeping

Utilization of ED for mTBI evaluations may increase with approval of TBI legislation

Researchers identify genetic variation that may influence severity of CTE disease

Study evaluates liability effects of hospital communication-and-resolution programs

Researchers focus on whether eating enough protein can help delay disability in older adults

Study finds evidence of lasting effects from head injuries at younger age than expected

Addressing chronic diseases could save tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs annually

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