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New trial plans to use text messages for identifying, reducing high blood pressure in at-risk patients

Most primary care doctors will measure a patient's blood pressure during an appointment. Emergency department physicians do, too.

22 Aug 2017

Study shows link between prophylactic dressing use and reduction in pressure injury rates

A new study shows a clear association between the prophylactic use of five-layer foam sacral dressings and reductions in pressure injury rates.

22 Aug 2017

Research shows how social environment can influence brain development in female teenagers

Female teenagers living in neighbourhoods with wide salary gaps and a low-income household show changes to their brain maturation that could indicate a higher risk of developing mental illness in adulthood, suggests a recently published study by Canadian researchers.

22 Aug 2017

Kessler Foundation receives Wallerstein Foundation grant to advance stroke rehabilitation research

Kessler Foundation was awarded a $250,000 grant by the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement.

22 Aug 2017

Researchers use fMRI to observe link between neural activity and risk for obesity

A team of researchers, including senior investigator, Bradley Peterson, MD, director of the Institute for the Developing Mind at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, used fMRI to investigate neural responses to food cues in overweight compared with lean adolescents.

22 Aug 2017

Noninvasive retinal imaging may detect pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease

A study led by researchers at Cedars-Sinai and NeuroVision Imaging LLC provides the scientific basis for using noninvasive eye imaging to detect the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's.

22 Aug 2017

Scientists identify key compound that reduces severity of AMD in preclinical model

A compound of specific bioactive products from a major family of enzymes reduced the severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a preclinical model, according to a new study led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers.

22 Aug 2017

Johns Hopkins researchers pinpoint how tiny protein could make deadly Ebola virus contagious

Two Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their professors played a key role in a multi-institution research project that pinpointed how a tiny protein seems to make the deadly Ebola virus particularly contagious.

22 Aug 2017

Researchers explore ways for computers to help improve patient care

Doctors are often deluged by signals from charts, test results, and other metrics to keep track of. It can be difficult to integrate and monitor all of these data for multiple patients while making real-time treatment decisions, especially when data is documented inconsistently across hospitals.

21 Aug 2017

Researchers discover potential way to trigger regeneration, repair of damaged heart cells

New research has discovered a potential means to trigger damaged heart cells to self-heal. The discovery could lead to groundbreaking forms of treatment for heart diseases.

21 Aug 2017

NNI, NTU collaborate to revolutionize diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions

The National Neuroscience Institute and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore are collaborating to develop innovative technologies to better diagnose and treat patients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and brain injuries.

21 Aug 2017

Study: More than 80% of women at risk for breast, ovarian cancer have not taken simple genetic test

Of the nearly 4 million women in the United States who have had either breast cancer or ovarian cancer, at least 1.5 million have a high risk of carrying certain types of genetic mutations that could increase their risk for additional cancers in the future.

21 Aug 2017

Bionic vision restoration: could future technologies restore sight?

The brain is very plastic, which means that the brain is able to adapt to new signals. In the case of bionic vision restoration, the photoreceptors have died, the brain is not receiving anything biologically, and you are going to then send something which is artificial, prosthetic, and has been created outside the body.

21 Aug 2017

Physicians studying how to prescribe income security

Physicians at St. Michael's Hospital are studying how full-time income support workers hired by health-care clinics can help vulnerable patients or those living in poverty improve their finances and their health.

18 Aug 2017

Study provides insight into development of red blood cells

Every cell in the body, whether skin or muscle or brain, starts out as a generic cell that acquires its unique characteristics after undergoing a process of specialization. Nowhere is this process more dramatic than it is in red blood cells.

18 Aug 2017

Medical experts explore different ways to enhance situation of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

More than 70 leading medical specialists, nurses, patient advocates, researchers, regulatory / Health Technology Assessment experts and industry representatives gathered on 3 May 2017 in Valencia, Spain to discuss existing challenges and what is needed to improve the situation of patients affected by myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

18 Aug 2017

New MyoVista hsECG device launched in the European Union for early detection of heart disease

HeartSciences today announced the European launch of MyoVista high sensitivity electrocardiograph (hsECG) Testing Device, developed in response to the global unmet need for effective, low-cost, front-line screening of cardiac disease in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.

18 Aug 2017

Community-acquired infections increase with lower kidney function

Individuals with reduced kidney function may be at increased risk of developing infections acquired in the community, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

17 Aug 2017

New study finds way to improve health, lower costs among Medicaid, uninsured patients

As politicians struggle to solve the nation's healthcare problems, a new study finds a way to improve health and lower costs among Medicaid and uninsured patients.

17 Aug 2017

Study explores effects of occupational, lifestyle risk factors on nurses' health

A prospective study of more than 20,000 nurses aged 20-45 years, 88% of whom had worked night shifts, reported their most common health issues, disease history, reproductive experiences, occupational exposures, and other lifestyle- and work-related factors.

17 Aug 2017

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

New trial plans to use text messages for identifying, reducing high blood pressure in at-risk patients

Study shows link between prophylactic dressing use and reduction in pressure injury rates

Research shows how social environment can influence brain development in female teenagers

Kessler Foundation receives Wallerstein Foundation grant to advance stroke rehabilitation research

Researchers use fMRI to observe link between neural activity and risk for obesity

Noninvasive retinal imaging may detect pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease

Scientists identify key compound that reduces severity of AMD in preclinical model

Johns Hopkins researchers pinpoint how tiny protein could make deadly Ebola virus contagious

Researchers explore ways for computers to help improve patient care

Researchers discover potential way to trigger regeneration, repair of damaged heart cells

NNI, NTU collaborate to revolutionize diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions

Study: More than 80% of women at risk for breast, ovarian cancer have not taken simple genetic test

Bionic vision restoration: could future technologies restore sight?

Physicians studying how to prescribe income security

Study provides insight into development of red blood cells

Medical experts explore different ways to enhance situation of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

New MyoVista hsECG device launched in the European Union for early detection of heart disease

Community-acquired infections increase with lower kidney function

New study finds way to improve health, lower costs among Medicaid, uninsured patients

Study explores effects of occupational, lifestyle risk factors on nurses' health

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