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New study shows how to personalize lung cancer screening decision for every patient

For smokers and former smokers, the threat of lung cancer always lurks in the shadows.To flush it out of the darkness, some decide to get their lungs scanned by a CT machine, which can find a tumor early enough to stop it – or set off a false alarm that turns out to be nothing.

29 May 2018

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance wins Employer of Excellence award

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance announced today that it is one of eight national recipients of an Employer of Excellence award from the American Academy of Physician Assistants Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management. SCCA accepted the award during the American Academy of PAs' Annual Conference, earlier this week in New Orleans, LA.

28 May 2018

Jeremy Hunt to work towards eliminating gender pay gap in medicine

A recent review found that male doctors in the United Kingdom receive an average £67,788 in basic pay while female doctors get paid £57,569 a year. The gap is of £10,219 or 15%. Overall the NHS has a gender pay gap of 23%.

28 May 2018

Proposed National Resilience Strategy to reverse catastrophic increases in 'deaths of despair'

Startling increases in nationwide deaths from drug overdoses, alcohol, and suicides constitute a public health crisis – spurring an urgent call for a National Resilience Strategy to stem these "deaths of despair."

26 May 2018

Causes and treatment of acute heart failure vary by region, registry shows

Triggers of acute heart failure vary globally, according to late breaking results from the REPORT-HF registry presented today at Heart Failure 2018 and the World Congress on Acute Heart Failure, a European Society of Cardiology Congress.

26 May 2018

Most concussion patients do not receive follow-up care after hospital discharge, says study

As evidence builds of more long-term effects linked to concussion, a nationwide study led by scientists at UCSF and the University of Southern California has found that more than half of the patients seen at top-level trauma centers may fall off the radar shortly after diagnosis, placing in jeopardy treatments for these long-term effects.

25 May 2018

California hospitals urge moms to favor breast milk over formula

Wendy Wan, 31, said American infant formula is advertised in her native China as the most nutritious food for a newborn.

25 May 2018

Cancer cells co-opt pain-sensing 'neural channel' to increase tolerance against oxidative stress

Anyone who's taken a bite of a sandwich with too much spicy mustard or a piece of sushi with too much wasabi can attest to the tear-inducing sensation these condiments can cause. These loud warnings to the nervous system of exposure to potentially harmful chemicals are triggered by TRPA1, a calcium channel protein sometimes referred to as the "wasabi receptor."

25 May 2018

Delayed lactate measurements in sepsis patients increase risk of in-hospital death

The rising incidence of sepsis, a leading cause of in-hospital death, has prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to issue protocols known as care bundles to standardize and improve sepsis care.

25 May 2018

AACN outlines evidence-based protocols and clinical strategies to manage alarms

Clinical alarms are designed to alert clinicians to changes in their patients' conditions, but their sheer numbers and resulting noise instead pose a significant threat to patient safety, according to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

25 May 2018

BMC receives $13.5 million award to test methods for delivering childhood anxiety treatment

Boston Medical Center has been approved for a $13.5 million award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to test the efficacy of two different methods of delivering cognitive behavioral therapy - face to face or online - to children with anxiety.

25 May 2018

Study: Breast cancer survivors do not receive recommended level of screening after surgery

Breast cancer survivors are not getting the recommended level of screening, post-surgery, according to a newly-published study in JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

24 May 2018

Benefits and challenges of using AI in healthcare decision making

ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, held a session this afternoon, "Is Artificial Intelligence the Next Big Thing in Healthcare Decision Making?" [IP21], at ISPOR 2018 in Baltimore, MD, USA.

24 May 2018

Scientists develop new test to predict woman's risk of preterm birth

Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a test to predict a woman's risk of preterm birth when she is between 15 and 20 weeks pregnant, which may enable doctors to treat them early and thereby prevent severe complications later in the pregnancy.

24 May 2018

Sepsis patients treated and released from ED for outpatient follow-up experience good outcomes

National guidelines assume that all patients who're diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will be admitted to the hospital for additional care, but new research has found that many more patients are being treated and released from the ED for outpatient follow-up than previously recognized.

24 May 2018

South Asians living in the United States more likely to die of heart disease and stroke

South Asians are more likely to die of heart disease, such as heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis - the disease process that narrows arteries - than East Asians and non-Hispanic whites living in the United States, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.

24 May 2018

Coveted BMJ award bestowed on The Clatterbridge Cancer Center

A coveted British Medical Journal award was recently bestowed on the Papillon Contact X-ray Brachytherapy team at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. The Cancer Care Team of the year category was won by the entry—Papillon for Rectal Cancer.

From Ariane Medical Systems 24 May 2018

Virtual follow-up visits for hypertension care just as effective as in-person office visits

Virtual follow-up visits for patients with hypertension appeared to be just as effective as in-person office visits in helping maintain blood pressure control.

24 May 2018

Penn researchers find link between social media usage and underage drinking

Social media often features celebrities drinking cocktails, boozy how-to posts, and party pictures. This is the environment American teens are immersed in every day, with 71 percent of teens using more than one social media site, spending an average of nine hours a day using media.

24 May 2018

Penn investigators discover source of immune molecule involved in nasal polyps, asthma

A new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in the first place and ultimately may lead to improved targeted therapies.

23 May 2018

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

New study shows how to personalize lung cancer screening decision for every patient

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance wins Employer of Excellence award

Jeremy Hunt to work towards eliminating gender pay gap in medicine

Proposed National Resilience Strategy to reverse catastrophic increases in 'deaths of despair'

Causes and treatment of acute heart failure vary by region, registry shows

Most concussion patients do not receive follow-up care after hospital discharge, says study

California hospitals urge moms to favor breast milk over formula

Cancer cells co-opt pain-sensing 'neural channel' to increase tolerance against oxidative stress

Delayed lactate measurements in sepsis patients increase risk of in-hospital death

AACN outlines evidence-based protocols and clinical strategies to manage alarms

BMC receives $13.5 million award to test methods for delivering childhood anxiety treatment

Study: Breast cancer survivors do not receive recommended level of screening after surgery

Benefits and challenges of using AI in healthcare decision making

Scientists develop new test to predict woman's risk of preterm birth

Sepsis patients treated and released from ED for outpatient follow-up experience good outcomes

South Asians living in the United States more likely to die of heart disease and stroke

Coveted BMJ award bestowed on The Clatterbridge Cancer Center

Virtual follow-up visits for hypertension care just as effective as in-person office visits

Penn researchers find link between social media usage and underage drinking

Penn investigators discover source of immune molecule involved in nasal polyps, asthma

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