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Bracket Global, Clintara agree to merge

Bracket Global, LLC and Clintara are pleased to announce the two companies have agreed to combine. Bracket will integrate the Clintara platform of surveillance strategies developed for clinical trials within Bracket's proprietary electronic platform for Clinical Outcome Assessments (eCOA).

23 Jun 2015

Statins benefit patients undergoing major lung resection, lower major complications

Statins have been shown to reduce complications from cardiovascular surgery. To determine whether statins might also help those undergoing major lung surgeries, a team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center conducted a well-designed study that randomized patients to receive either a statin or placebo before and after surgery.

23 Jun 2015

Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce urinary incontinence

For severely obese people, bariatric surgery may have a benefit besides dramatic weight loss: it can also substantially reduce urinary incontinence.

23 Jun 2015

AMGA outlines policies to support care for the chronically ill

Today, the American Medical Group Association submitted a letter to the newly formed Senate Committee on Finance Chronic Care Workgroup outlining policies that would support care for the chronically ill.

23 Jun 2015

New 'smart insulin patch' could help patients suffering from diabetes

Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention from researchers at the University of North Carolina and NC State, who have created the first "smart insulin patch" that can detect increases in blood sugar levels and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed.

23 Jun 2015

Researchers looking to enroll patients in groundbreaking NIH diabetes study

Maria Gaona has been battling diabetes for eight years. Coupled with a family history of the disease, poor eating habits and no exercise regimen, the 64-year-old faces a lifetime of daily medications to control her disease. Fortunately, in 2014, she enrolled in a groundbreaking national research study that has already helped her control her glucose level, lose 16 pounds and regulate her daily medications.

23 Jun 2015

Israeli researchers establish novel optogenetic method for cardiac pacing and resynchronization

Israeli researchers have successfully established a new approach for pacing the heart and synchronizing its mechanical activity without the use of a conventional electrical pacemaker. This novel biologic strategy employs light-sensitive genes that can be injected into the heart and then activated by flashes of blue light.

23 Jun 2015

Vitamin K-deficient bleeding increasingly common in newborns

Vitamin K, which has been administered to newborns as an injection since it was first recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1961, is vital for blood to clot normally. Despite it being given as standard medical practice since then, vitamin K-deficient bleeding (VKDB) is being seen more often in newborns than it has in decades.

23 Jun 2015

Despite Georgia's Smokefree Air Act, many restaurants and bars allow smoking

Despite the passage of Georgia's Smokefree Air Act in 2005, the number of restaurants and bars that allow smoking has doubled in recent years, according to researchers at Georgia State University's School of Public Health.

23 Jun 2015

UCSF researchers propose systematic methods to determine causes of death in patients with CIEDs

The current monitoring of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators may be underestimating device problems, according to UC San Francisco researchers who propose systematic methods to determine accurate causes of sudden death in those with CIEDs as well as improved monitoring for device concerns.

23 Jun 2015

UT System's clinical trials network can help get more effective drugs to patients faster

The University of Texas System has launched a groundbreaking clinical trials network to ensure drugs and therapies developed by researchers at UT institutions get to patients faster and are effective.

23 Jun 2015

Atrial fibrillation patients who stop blood thinners before elective surgery have less risk of major bleeding

Patients with atrial fibrillation who stopped taking blood thinners before they had elective surgery had no higher risk of developing blood clots and less risk of major bleeding compared to patients who were given a "bridge" therapy, according to research led by Duke Medicine.

23 Jun 2015

PROMISSE study: Most women with lupus can expect good pregnancy outcomes

One of the most important and anxiety-producing concerns among patients with lupus is whether it is safe to become pregnant. A pioneering study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has shown that most women can expect a good pregnancy outcome if their lupus is inactive and they are free of certain risk factors.

23 Jun 2015

Study describes how stress-reduction program helps reduce anxiety among high school students

Amid reports that rank today's teens as the most stressed generation in the country, a new study offers hope for helping them effectively manage stress and build long-term resiliency.

23 Jun 2015

FASEB honors Max Planck Florida scientist with Glaxo Smith Kline Neuroscience Discovery Award

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has honored Samuel M. Young, Jr. Ph.D., a Max Planck Research Group Leader at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, with the Glaxo Smith Kline Neuroscience Discovery Award.

23 Jun 2015

New study shows that human brains apply Kalman filter algorithm while tracking an object's position

Our brains track moving objects by applying one of the algorithms your phone's GPS uses, according to researchers at the University of Rochester. This same algorithm also explains why we are fooled by several motion-related optical illusions, including the sudden "break" of baseball's well known "curveball illusion."

23 Jun 2015

High-fat, high-sugar diet can cause bacterial changes that appear related to loss of 'cognitive flexibility'

A study at Oregon State University indicates that both a high-fat and a high-sugar diet, compared to a normal diet, cause changes in gut bacteria that appear related to a significant loss of "cognitive flexibility," or the power to adapt and adjust to changing situations.

23 Jun 2015

UT Southwestern researchers identify two proteins within fetal lungs that initiate labor process

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified two proteins in a fetus' lungs responsible for initiating the labor process, providing potential new targets for preventing preterm birth.

23 Jun 2015

Stress during pregnancy affects babies' brain development

Stress during the first trimester of pregnancy alters the population of microbes living in a mother's vagina. Those changes are passed on to newborns during birth and are associated with differences in their gut microbiome as well as their brain development, according to a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers.

23 Jun 2015

BooknHeal developing application to help people with mental health issues find the right psychotherapist

BooknHeal is a web service for appointment scheduling aiming to connect psychotherapists with people looking for help for mental health issues.

23 Jun 2015

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Bracket Global, Clintara agree to merge

Statins benefit patients undergoing major lung resection, lower major complications

Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce urinary incontinence

AMGA outlines policies to support care for the chronically ill

New 'smart insulin patch' could help patients suffering from diabetes

Researchers looking to enroll patients in groundbreaking NIH diabetes study

Israeli researchers establish novel optogenetic method for cardiac pacing and resynchronization

Vitamin K-deficient bleeding increasingly common in newborns

Despite Georgia's Smokefree Air Act, many restaurants and bars allow smoking

UCSF researchers propose systematic methods to determine causes of death in patients with CIEDs

UT System's clinical trials network can help get more effective drugs to patients faster

Atrial fibrillation patients who stop blood thinners before elective surgery have less risk of major bleeding

PROMISSE study: Most women with lupus can expect good pregnancy outcomes

Study describes how stress-reduction program helps reduce anxiety among high school students

FASEB honors Max Planck Florida scientist with Glaxo Smith Kline Neuroscience Discovery Award

New study shows that human brains apply Kalman filter algorithm while tracking an object's position

High-fat, high-sugar diet can cause bacterial changes that appear related to loss of 'cognitive flexibility'

UT Southwestern researchers identify two proteins within fetal lungs that initiate labor process

Stress during pregnancy affects babies' brain development

BooknHeal developing application to help people with mental health issues find the right psychotherapist

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