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Regenstrief scientist calls for precision surveillance for colon cancer screening

The interval at which an individual undergoes a repeat colonoscopy because of previous pre-cancerous polyps -- a practice known as "surveillance" -- should be tailored to the individual and not simply be determined by the results of prior colonoscopies, according to Regenstrief Institute research scientist Thomas F. Imperiale, M.D.

8 Nov 2018

Meat tax would raise prices but save thousands say researchers

Several studies have shown red meat to be harmful in the long run when consumed regularly. Researchers have proposed that a meat tax could deter people from excessive red meat consumption due to raised prices and this could prevent around 6000 deaths annually in UK.

8 Nov 2018

Antibiotic resistance likely to kill 2.4 million across Europe, Australia and North America by 2050

Antibiotic resistance is one of the hottest concerns worldwide today and is likely to take back the human civilization to the pre-antibiotic era at this rate. A new report titled “Stemming the Superbug Tide”, has speculated that antibiotic resistant bugs are soon likely to kill over 90,000 Britons over the next three decades if it is not curbed now.

7 Nov 2018

At-risk healthcare workers being vaccinated against Ebola in Uganda

Healthcare workers in Uganda have begun vaccinating high risk health workers against the deadly viral infection Ebola this week. This is the first time that a vaccination drive has begun before the actual outbreak.

7 Nov 2018

House Dems in new seats of power will steer health policy, attack drug prices

For the first time since passing the Affordable Care Act, Democrats will soon control the House of Representatives and its powerful health committees. But Republicans' tightened grip on the Senate means those hoping for another round of dramatic, progressive reforms may be disappointed.

7 Nov 2018

Harnessing Earth-observation data for practical healthcare applications

The EU-funded AURORA project will develop technologies to turn data from the Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 missions – due to be launched as part of the European Space Agency’s Copernicus programme – into practical, actionable information that will help protect the health of European citizens.

7 Nov 2018

UK Research and Innovation to invest £10 million in new medical imaging and AI center

Greg Clark, UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, confirmed today (Tuesday 6 November) that UK Research and Innovation will invest £10 million in The London Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence Center for Value-Based Healthcare as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

7 Nov 2018

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 Technologies 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

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Regenstrief scientist calls for precision surveillance for colon cancer screening

Meat tax would raise prices but save thousands say researchers

Antibiotic resistance likely to kill 2.4 million across Europe, Australia and North America by 2050

At-risk healthcare workers being vaccinated against Ebola in Uganda

House Dems in new seats of power will steer health policy, attack drug prices

Harnessing Earth-observation data for practical healthcare applications

UK Research and Innovation to invest £10 million in new medical imaging and AI center

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

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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