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New study explores risks of inappropriate medications in older adults

"Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)" are treatments that sometimes pose risks that outweigh their benefits, particularly for people who are 65 or older.

30 Apr 2020

LabVantage Solutions announces new purpose-built Biobanking LIMS Accelerator for managing COVID-19 testing

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services including purpose-built LIMS that allow labs to go live faster and at a lower total cost, today announced the availability of its new purpose-built COVID-19 LIMS solution.

From LabVantage Solutions 30 Apr 2020

Computational techniques offer a better understanding of amyloid fibril growth, brain pathology

As physicians and families know too well, though Alzheimer's disease has been intensely studied for decades, too much is still not known about molecular processes in the brain that cause it.

30 Apr 2020

Study explores the link between burnout and depressive symptoms in medical interns

An article published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine looks at the relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms in medical interns.

30 Apr 2020

Screening tool may help predict post-surgical complications in older cancer patients

As people age, cancer becomes an increasing health concern. Solid cancer tumors are cancers that don't affect the blood and instead form tumors, or growths of abnormal cells in certain parts of the body. These solid cancer tumors mainly impact people who are 65 and older.

30 Apr 2020

Newly launched clinical trial can help treat COVID-19 patients

Research by University of Iowa virologist Wendy Maury, PhD, has helped facilitate the launch of a new clinical trial in the United Kingdom of a drug that might help treat patients with COVID-19.

30 Apr 2020

Optimal combinations of protective gears can minimize exposure to chemicals during COVID-19 pandemic

The spread of coronavirus has spurred massive efforts to consistently disinfect everything from office buildings to schools to city buses.

30 Apr 2020

New rapid-release gas treatment for ambulances could remove Covid-19 contamination

Researchers from the university are helping slash the time it takes to clean an ambulance from 45 minutes to under 20 minutes.

30 Apr 2020

NIH announces new initiative to speed up COVID-19 testing technologies

The National Institutes of Health today announced a new initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies, a pivotal component needed to return to normal during this unprecedented global pandemic.

30 Apr 2020

New physiotherapy guidelines to improve long-term physical function and recovery from COVID-19

New physiotherapy guidelines are targeting COVID-19 patient recovery for respiratory management, exercise and mobilisation in acute hospital wards and Intensive Care Units.

30 Apr 2020

New study highlights inequity in access to TAVR procedure across Canada

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is a revolutionary technology for the treatment of patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis.

30 Apr 2020

Re-establishing pharmaceutical chemical production in Europe in the wake of COVID-19

Over 80% of chemicals used to make pharmaceuticals sold in Europe originate from China or India, according to the European Fine Chemicals Group.

30 Apr 2020

Changes to gut microbiome could improve cancer outcomes for smokers

Changes to the gut microbiome interacted with the immune system to slow the growth of cancer in mice exposed to cigarette smoke, according to research that was selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2020.

30 Apr 2020

Medical experts develop and implant ready-to-use bionic arm prosthesis

Next milestone in the development of bionic arm prostheses with major contribution from the Medical University of Vienna: in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Center for Extreme Bionics) and the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Gothenburg, Oskar Aszmann's team in the Clinical Laboratory for Bionic Limb Reconstruction at MedUni Vienna's Department of Surgery has developed the world's first fully integrated bionic arm prosthesis that is ready to use - in keeping with the motto "Plug and Play".

30 Apr 2020

Study finds abnormal alternative RNA splicing patterns in aggressive prostate cancer

Aggressive forms of prostate cancer don't act the way they should, hanging on to genetic materials called introns that should be thrown away, a new six-year study led by Dean Tang, Ph.D., and Song Liu, Ph.D., of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed.

30 Apr 2020

Almost one-third of primary care physicians view medications as ineffective for treating opioid use disorder

A new survey of U.S. primary care physicians from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that nearly one-third, 32.9 percent, do not think treating opioid use disorder with medication is any more effective than treatment without medication.

30 Apr 2020

Innovative approach offers kidney-sparing treatment option for upper tract urothelial cancer

Treatment of low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer usually involves radical surgery to remove the kidney and ureter, highlighting the need for improved treatments.

30 Apr 2020

New web-based imaging platform reveals processes in cancer and COVID-19

Medical images for a wide range of diseases, including COVID-19, can now be more easily viewed, compared, and analyzed using a breakthrough web-based imaging platform developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and collaborating researchers.

30 Apr 2020

Study could bring malaria eradication efforts closer to fruition

Strategies that treat households in the broad vicinity of a recent malaria case with anti-malarial drugs, insecticides, or both could significantly reduce malaria in low-transmission settings, a challenge with approaches currently in use, a study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests.

30 Apr 2020

New technique may help reduce inadvertent injuries during robot-assisted operative procedures

Steady hands and uninterrupted, sharp vision are critical when performing surgery on delicate structures like the brain or hair-thin blood vessels.

30 Apr 2020

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New study explores risks of inappropriate medications in older adults

LabVantage Solutions announces new purpose-built Biobanking LIMS Accelerator for managing COVID-19 testing

Computational techniques offer a better understanding of amyloid fibril growth, brain pathology

Study explores the link between burnout and depressive symptoms in medical interns

Screening tool may help predict post-surgical complications in older cancer patients

Newly launched clinical trial can help treat COVID-19 patients

Optimal combinations of protective gears can minimize exposure to chemicals during COVID-19 pandemic

New rapid-release gas treatment for ambulances could remove Covid-19 contamination

NIH announces new initiative to speed up COVID-19 testing technologies

New physiotherapy guidelines to improve long-term physical function and recovery from COVID-19

New study highlights inequity in access to TAVR procedure across Canada

Re-establishing pharmaceutical chemical production in Europe in the wake of COVID-19

Changes to gut microbiome could improve cancer outcomes for smokers

Medical experts develop and implant ready-to-use bionic arm prosthesis

Study finds abnormal alternative RNA splicing patterns in aggressive prostate cancer

Almost one-third of primary care physicians view medications as ineffective for treating opioid use disorder

Innovative approach offers kidney-sparing treatment option for upper tract urothelial cancer

New web-based imaging platform reveals processes in cancer and COVID-19

Study could bring malaria eradication efforts closer to fruition

New technique may help reduce inadvertent injuries during robot-assisted operative procedures

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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