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Virtual training tool may help doctors to develop their communication skills

UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield researcher Yeshwanth Pulijala is dedicated to bringing about big improvements in medical training by harnessing the power of virtual reality and 3D technology. Now, he is part of a team that has developed the prototype for an innovative tool that will enable doctors to develop their communication skills - including the breaking of bad news - by conducting a simulated interview with a virtual patient.

22 Oct 2015

Memories exist at different resolutions in the brain

Neuroscientists from Radboud University's Donders Institute have shown that memories of the same events co-exist at different resolutions in the brain. Coarse and fine memory scales are distributed across different parts of the hippocampus, a brain area that plays an important part in memory.

22 Oct 2015

Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying human aging

Researchers have found differences between normal and pathologic peptidomic changes that may lead to an improved understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying aging. Proteome analysis in combination with therapy may influence pathologic aging.

22 Oct 2015

Many pediatricians and primary care physicians discourage HPV vaccination, study finds

In a national sample, many pediatricians and primary care physicians reported communicating about HPV vaccination with parents in ways that likely discourage them from getting their children vaccinated.

22 Oct 2015

More research needed before recommending antidepressants, Alzheimer's disease drugs for stroke recovery: Study

Evidence is mounting that drugs used to treat depression and Alzheimer's disease also can help patients recover from strokes. But there are conflicting findings from studies of these and other drugs given to recovering stroke patients.

22 Oct 2015

Mayo Clinic study analyzes asthma outcomes after patients step down daily medicines

Stepping down asthma medicines can be done safely and at less cost for patients says a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. It is common for patients and doctors to test out if taking less daily asthma medicine is safe — primarily because of the high cost of asthma medicine.

22 Oct 2015

ASA participates in government-led effort to address opioid epidemic

Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists announced their participation in a government-led effort to address the opioid epidemic, part of ASA's continued focus on patient safety and ongoing work to promote the safe use of prescription opioids. ASA is joined by a number of public and private sector partners in the efforts, which are being announced today by President Obama in Charleston, West Virginia.

22 Oct 2015

Breakthrough research suggests that female sex hormone may save lives on the battlefield

Breakthrough research suggests a female sex hormone may be the key to saving lives on the battlefield, where between 2001 and 2011 more than 80 percent of potentially preventable U.S. war injury deaths resulted from blood loss.

22 Oct 2015

American Cancer Society updates mammogram guidelines

The American Cancer Society has issued new recommendations on when women should get mammograms and how frequently they should get them. This is in contrast to the previous guidelines which stated that women should get them at age 40.

22 Oct 2015

ACRF contributes $10,000 to improve radiological care in Nepal

The American College of Radiology Foundation contributed $10,000 to RAD-AID International to improve radiological care in Nepal. Two devastating earthquakes struck that country in spring 2015, resulting in the deaths of about 9,000 individuals, the displacement of hundreds of thousands and the destruction of homes and infrastructure affecting 2 million people.

22 Oct 2015

Plaques impair memory formation in Alzheimer’s disease during sleep

Alzheimer’s patients frequently suffer from sleep disorders, mostly even before they become forgetful. Furthermore, it is known that sleep plays a very important role in memory formation.

22 Oct 2015

University of Arkansas biomedical engineer awarded NIH grant to study chronic wound biomarkers

The National Institutes of Health awarded a University of Arkansas biomedical engineer a new $744,992 grant to improve imaging and early detection of chronic wounds and guide treatments.

22 Oct 2015

Research provides leads for new strategies to develop HIV vaccine

Recent research has yielded new information about immune responses associated with--and potentially responsible for--protection from HIV infection, providing leads for new strategies to develop an HIV vaccine.

22 Oct 2015

Researchers use cutting edge genomic methods to explain protective effects of malaria vaccine candidate

An international team led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have used cutting edge genomic methods to uncover key biological insights that help explain the protective effects of the world's most advanced malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S).

22 Oct 2015

Major UK trial to examine role of aspirin in cancer recurrence

The world's largest ever clinical trial looking at whether taking aspirin every day stops some of the most common cancers coming back, launches across the UK today (Thursday).

22 Oct 2015

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ ORTHO VISION Max blood analyzer receives CE Mark clearance

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced ORTHO VISION™ Max, a fully automated blood analyser for high-volume transfusion medicine laboratories, received CE Mark clearance, signifying its conformity with all EU regulation. It will be available for purchase in Europe and Japan in October.

22 Oct 2015

NHS to produce unique stem cells that could revolutionize treatment for diabetic kidney disease

NHS Blood and Transplant will start producing stem cells for groundbreaking treatment aimed at combating one of the most serious health problems facing the NHS, diabetic kidney disease.

22 Oct 2015

Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT scanner provides accurate diagnosis of early-stage BCC, reduces skin biopsies by 36%

Michelson Diagnostics, a medical device company focused on applications of multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography technology, today announces data showing that use of its VivoSight OCT scanner significantly improves diagnosis of basal-cell carcinoma at an earlier stage and reduces diagnostic biopsies by 36%.

22 Oct 2015

UF Health researcher reveals how betel nut's psychoactive chemical works in the brain

For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer. Now, new findings by a University of Florida Health researcher reveal how the nut's psychoactive chemical works in the brain and suggest that an addiction treatment may already exist.

22 Oct 2015

Berkeley Lab researchers set out to help develop world's first total-body PET scanner

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have set out to help build the world's first total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a medical imaging device that could change the way cancers and other diseases are diagnosed and treated.

22 Oct 2015

Medical News

Virtual training tool may help doctors to develop their communication skills

Memories exist at different resolutions in the brain

Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying human aging

Many pediatricians and primary care physicians discourage HPV vaccination, study finds

More research needed before recommending antidepressants, Alzheimer's disease drugs for stroke recovery: Study

Mayo Clinic study analyzes asthma outcomes after patients step down daily medicines

ASA participates in government-led effort to address opioid epidemic

Breakthrough research suggests that female sex hormone may save lives on the battlefield

American Cancer Society updates mammogram guidelines

ACRF contributes $10,000 to improve radiological care in Nepal

Plaques impair memory formation in Alzheimer’s disease during sleep

University of Arkansas biomedical engineer awarded NIH grant to study chronic wound biomarkers

Research provides leads for new strategies to develop HIV vaccine

Researchers use cutting edge genomic methods to explain protective effects of malaria vaccine candidate

Major UK trial to examine role of aspirin in cancer recurrence

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ ORTHO VISION Max blood analyzer receives CE Mark clearance

NHS to produce unique stem cells that could revolutionize treatment for diabetic kidney disease

Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT scanner provides accurate diagnosis of early-stage BCC, reduces skin biopsies by 36%

UF Health researcher reveals how betel nut's psychoactive chemical works in the brain

Berkeley Lab researchers set out to help develop world's first total-body PET scanner

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