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Health insurers have inconsistent policy terms for non-drug pain treatments, study finds

Public and private health insurance policies in the U.S. are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy, psychological counseling and other non-drug alternatives to opioid medication for treating lower back pain, a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found.

6 Oct 2018

Scientists develop micron-sized spheres that catch and destroy contaminants in water

Rice University scientists have developed something akin to the Venus' flytrap of particles for water remediation.

6 Oct 2018

Loyola launches research program to study new treatment for stroke, spinal cord injury

Loyola Medicine has launched a research program to study a new treatment approach for stroke and spinal cord injury patients that involves electrically stimulating nerves.

6 Oct 2018

UTMB researchers develop less expensive way to produce vaccines

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed less expensive way to produce vaccines that cuts the costs of vaccine production and storage by up to 80 percent without decreasing safety or effectiveness.

6 Oct 2018

Dementia prevention trial participants are motivated by altruism, study suggests

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators across the country, report that people who participate in dementia prevention trials are primarily motivated by altruism and pleased to help.

6 Oct 2018

Study analyzes distribution of two cytokines in sections of carotid atherosclerotic plaques

Inflammation is currently a well-documented component of atheroslcerosis pathogenesis, which plays a role at each stage of the disease development.

6 Oct 2018

FDA approves expanded use of Gardasil 9 for adults aged 27 to 45 years

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a supplemental application for Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) expanding the approved use of the vaccine to include women and men aged 27 through 45 years.

6 Oct 2018

Researchers develop cancer vaccine platform to improve efficacy of oncolytic enveloped viruses

Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmacy have developed PeptiENV, a cancer vaccine platform, which can be used to improve the therapeutic efficacy of oncolytic enveloped viruses currently in clinical use.

6 Oct 2018

New collaborative program receives CDC grant to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders affects approximately 1 in 20 children in the United States. These catastrophic and irreversible disorders are entirely preventable if no alcohol is used during pregnancy.

6 Oct 2018

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, putting vulnerable kids at risk for a serious infection.

5 Oct 2018

Top American hospitals make it unduly confusing for patients to access medical records

Many top hospitals in the United States are making it unduly confusing or expensive for patients to gain access to their own medical records, say researchers at Yale. Their study appeared on Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open.

5 Oct 2018

Researchers identify individual HPV types that are linked to HIV infection

An international research team led by a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has for the first time identified individual types of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that are specifically linked to HIV infection.

5 Oct 2018

Research reveals new details of HIV life cycle

Research by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details about the HIV virus capsid structure and how it develops.

5 Oct 2018

Patient advocacy or political ploy? Union, industry square off over dialysis initiative

This year, California dialysis clinics — and their profits — are in a powerful union's crosshairs. On Nov. 6, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West union hopes to deliver a stinging blow with a ballot measure designed to limit clinic profits.

5 Oct 2018

Energy insecure New Yorkers more likely to have many health issues and poor sleep

Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric bills.

5 Oct 2018

FDA authorizes marketing of new Bose Hearing Aid

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of a new device, the Bose Hearing Aid, intended to amplify sounds for individuals 18 years or older with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment (hearing loss).

5 Oct 2018

Researchers receive $1.2 million grant to test potential treatment for metastatic breast cancer

A team of Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center researchers received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defens to test a potential therapeutic antibody that could block breast cancer growth with fewer side effects, opening up potential for future drug development.

5 Oct 2018

Yale researchers identify factors linked to disparities in cancer deaths

Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across the United States.

5 Oct 2018

Sink traps are unexpected source of drug-resistant bacteria in ICU, study reveals

During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its intensive care unit to an unexpected source--sink traps, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

5 Oct 2018

Studies needed on effects of cannabis use on physical health of children

McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies on the physical health effects of cannabis use, including its impact on puberty.

5 Oct 2018

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Health insurers have inconsistent policy terms for non-drug pain treatments, study finds

Scientists develop micron-sized spheres that catch and destroy contaminants in water

Loyola launches research program to study new treatment for stroke, spinal cord injury

UTMB researchers develop less expensive way to produce vaccines

Dementia prevention trial participants are motivated by altruism, study suggests

Study analyzes distribution of two cytokines in sections of carotid atherosclerotic plaques

FDA approves expanded use of Gardasil 9 for adults aged 27 to 45 years

Researchers develop cancer vaccine platform to improve efficacy of oncolytic enveloped viruses

New collaborative program receives CDC grant to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Simple cleaning procedure reduces MRSA transmission from therapy dogs to children with cancer

Top American hospitals make it unduly confusing for patients to access medical records

Researchers identify individual HPV types that are linked to HIV infection

Research reveals new details of HIV life cycle

Patient advocacy or political ploy? Union, industry square off over dialysis initiative

Energy insecure New Yorkers more likely to have many health issues and poor sleep

FDA authorizes marketing of new Bose Hearing Aid

Researchers receive $1.2 million grant to test potential treatment for metastatic breast cancer

Yale researchers identify factors linked to disparities in cancer deaths

Sink traps are unexpected source of drug-resistant bacteria in ICU, study reveals

Studies needed on effects of cannabis use on physical health of children

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