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Despite reduction in twin stillbirth rates, there is no change in still birth rates involving single fetus

A leading expert in fetal medicine at the University of Birmingham has warned that there is 'little room for complacency' over a fall in twin stillbirth rates as the reason for this phenomenon are complex.

30 Nov 2018

National Institutes of Health awards grant to MSU professors for research on neurodegenerative disease

A research collaboration between three Montana State University faculty members recently received a grant to help fund their study on the connection between a rare genetic neurological disease and metabolism, the human gut microbiome and degeneration of the nervous system.

30 Nov 2018

New, low-cost wound dressing could speed up healing

A new, low-cost wound dressing developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way.

30 Nov 2018

Is Europe on track to end AIDS by 2020?

From diagnosis of HIV to successful viral suppression: in a rapid communication published in Eurosurveillance today, ECDC and co-authors from Public Health England and The National AIDS Trust summarise the progress towards HIV elimination in 52 countries in Europe and Central Asia.

30 Nov 2018

Is Trump pushing health insurance innovation or an ACA rollback?

On his first day in office, as part of his mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump signed an order promising to give states flexibility "to create a more free and open healthcare market."

30 Nov 2018

Balneo-phototherapy offers greater benefit not only in psoriasis, but also in atopic eczema

Atopic eczema, also called neurodermatitis, is a chronic skin condition usually associated with severe itching, which can cause massive impairment of the quality of life.

30 Nov 2018

Study: Women with history of sexual trauma have clear preferences in obstetric care

One in five women in the United States will experience sexual trauma, yet no evidence-based guidelines exist to treat these women during pregnancy and childbirth.

30 Nov 2018

Liver immune cells contain inert HIV and are unlikely to reproduce infection, study reveals

In a proof-of-principle study, researchers at Johns Hopkins revealed that certain immune system cells found in the human liver, called liver macrophages, contain only inert HIV and aren't likely to reproduce infection on their own in HIV-infected people on long-term antiretroviral therapy.

30 Nov 2018

Scoring models underestimate risk of hospital readmission in neurocritical care patients

Scoring models used to predict 30-day readmission risk in the general hospital population may not accurately predict readmissions for patients in the neurocritical care unit, reports a study in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, official journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

29 Nov 2018

First-ever European Meeting on CAR T Cell Therapy represents educational opportunity for healthcare professionals

CAR T Cell Therapy is revolutionizing the field of hematologic malignancies and has the potential to achieve cure for a number of dreadful diseases.

29 Nov 2018

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Reading the tea leaves in blue wave’s wake

This week, "What the Health?" panelists discuss, among other things, how the House Democrats' leadership battle could affect the congressional health policy agenda.

29 Nov 2018

New project launched to map out lung cancer immunology

A 'rule book' to guide precision combination immunotherapies and to speed up the development of new lung cancer treatments will be created as part of a collaboration between Cancer Research UK, the Francis Crick Institute and Bristol-Myers Squibb, announced today (Friday).

29 Nov 2018

George Mason University program focuses on weight management for low-income Latino children

Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States and one of the largest communities in Prince William County, Virginia. Health-based outreach efforts and programs that provide targeted care for Latinos are limited, but a George Mason University program hopes to fix that.

29 Nov 2018

Research: Free-flap reconstruction has "generally good outcomes" in women aged 65 or older

Breast reconstruction using a "free flap" from the patient's abdomen is a safe procedure with a high success rate in older women opting for reconstruction after mastectomy, reports a study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

29 Nov 2018

Innovative 'elastic' contrast media for more sensitive MRI diagnostics

Researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie have found a new method for obtaining high-quality images in magnetic resonance imaging, that requires less contrast medium compared to current methods.

29 Nov 2018

Controversial gene editing of embryos stopped by the Chinese authorities

The Chinese government has stopped the gene editing works of Professor He Jiankui calling it unlawful and unethical. Notably Professor Jiankui had recently claimed to have produced the world’s first pair of twins who have their genetic codes edited so that they would never be infected with HIV.

29 Nov 2018

CDC investigating fast-multiplying Asian Longhorned tick

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned about the spread of tick borne diseases across the United States in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that was released this week.

29 Nov 2018

HIV targets achieved by United Kingdom, says report

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) target for 2020 is 90-90-90 which means 90 percent people with HIV would be diagnosed, 90 percent of those diagnosed would receive anti-HIV or anti-retroviral treatment and 90 percent of those treated with antiretroviral drugs would achieve suppression of their viral load so that they cannot transmit the infection to others.

29 Nov 2018

Paleo diet linked to heart disease biomarker

More than twice the amount of a key biomarker linked closely to heart disease has been found in the blood of people on the paleo diet.

29 Nov 2018

New report reveals effects of climate change, air pollution on human health

IIASA researchers have contributed to a major new report in The Lancet medical journal looking at the effects of climate change on human health, and the implications for society.

29 Nov 2018

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Despite reduction in twin stillbirth rates, there is no change in still birth rates involving single fetus

National Institutes of Health awards grant to MSU professors for research on neurodegenerative disease

New, low-cost wound dressing could speed up healing

Is Europe on track to end AIDS by 2020?

Is Trump pushing health insurance innovation or an ACA rollback?

Balneo-phototherapy offers greater benefit not only in psoriasis, but also in atopic eczema

Study: Women with history of sexual trauma have clear preferences in obstetric care

Liver immune cells contain inert HIV and are unlikely to reproduce infection, study reveals

Scoring models underestimate risk of hospital readmission in neurocritical care patients

First-ever European Meeting on CAR T Cell Therapy represents educational opportunity for healthcare professionals

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Reading the tea leaves in blue wave’s wake

New project launched to map out lung cancer immunology

George Mason University program focuses on weight management for low-income Latino children

Research: Free-flap reconstruction has "generally good outcomes" in women aged 65 or older

Innovative 'elastic' contrast media for more sensitive MRI diagnostics

Controversial gene editing of embryos stopped by the Chinese authorities

CDC investigating fast-multiplying Asian Longhorned tick

HIV targets achieved by United Kingdom, says report

Paleo diet linked to heart disease biomarker

New report reveals effects of climate change, air pollution on human health

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