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Award-Winning Nuclear Physics Technology Monitors Cancer Treatments
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Nearly a half-million cancer patients are treated with radiation therapy every year in the United States. Now, technologies developed in partnership with the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) are helping to ensure that patients are receiving just what the doctor ordered. The technologies are featured in RadiaDyne's OARtrac(r) system, which was cited as a Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough Award and as a 2018 R&D 100 award finalist by R&D Magazine.
Transforming Health Care on Long Island: Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island Celebrates Opening of Newest Health Center
Mount Sinai Health System
Multi-specialty, Individualized Care for Long Island Residents
Kids Health Outcomes Have More to do With Parents Level of Education Than Income
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
A recent Rutgers study finds that parents educated beyond high school have healthier families, as they invest more in family health care which reduces the likelihood of adverse medical conditions.
UC San Diego Epidemiologist Named to TIME's 50 Most Influential People in Health Care
University of California San Diego Health
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD, associate dean of global health sciences at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, was named today one of TIME magazine's 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for 2018, which identifies people who "have changed the state of health care in America this year, and bear watching for what they do next."
Medicating Distress: Risky Sedative Prescriptions for Older Adults Vary Widely
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
A new study shows wide variation in prescriptions of sedative drugs, called benzodiazepines, to people with Medicare coverage. Some counties, especially in southern and rural western states, had three times the level of sedative prescribing as others. The study also highlights gaps at the level of individual prescribers: Some primary care providers prescribed sedatives more than six times more often than their peers.
A Guide to Finding Your Passion
University of Alabama at Birmingham
UAB transplant surgeon Jayme Locke recently shared six steps to building a dream career. To be a surgeon, you have to have confidence. "I tend to be grandiose in my thinking," said Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program and vice chair for Health Services Research in the Department of Surgery.
Video Monitoring of Tuberculosis Treatment Effective in Urban and Rural Areas
University of California San Diego Health
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with statewide collaborators, report that patients who recorded videos of themselves taking tuberculosis (TB) medications better adhered to treatment than patients who were observed in-person.
Georgetown #GlobalHealth Experts in Infectious Disease Available to Comment on @WHO Emergency Committee Meeting
Georgetown University Medical Center
UC San Diego Health's Lucila Ohno-Machado Elected to National Academy of Medicine
University of California San Diego Health
Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego Health, professor of medicine and associate dean for informatics and technology at the School of Medicine, and a founding faculty member of UC San Diego Halicioğlu Data Science Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
Neuroscience researchers at UChicago receive $3.4 million NIH grant to develop brain-controlled prosthetic limbs
University of Chicago Medical Center
A team of researchers at the University of Chicago has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The funding will help the team develop robotic arms patients can control with their minds that receive sensory feedback from attached prosthetic hands.
Dompe at the medical conference "The Impact of Environment and Healthy Lifestyles in Human Health" - October 13th, Washington, D.C
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)
Sbarro Health Research Organization, on the occasion of the medical conference "The impact of environment and healthy lifestyles in human health," honoured Nathalie Dompe, CEO Dompe Holdings, with a special Award for Societal Impact in Business & Biotechnology, for her work and effort in promoting social responsibility.
Is the Next Big Step in Cancer Therapy Personalized Vaccines?
University of California San Diego Health
Tamara Strauss has been living with high-grade, stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than three years. Current treatments, although effective for her, are highly toxic. Tamara enrolled in a first-of-its-kind, pilot study at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health to test a personalized vaccine using her unique cancer mutations to boost an anti-tumor immune response.
Ethanol Injection a Viable Treatment Option for Some Thyroid Problems
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol ablation for thyroid conditions is a minimally invasive procedure that is quick and cost-effective, with side effects about the same as those of a flu shot.
Polio-Like Illness Outbreak in Children, Expert Available
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2018 Van Meter Lectureship "The Role of a New Thyroid-Specific Long Non-Coding RNA (lincRNA) in Drug Resistance and Iodine Metabolism in BRAFV600E Thyroid Cancer" Presented by Carmelo Nucera, MD, PhD
American Thyroid Association
The American Thyroid Association (ATA) announces with pleasure that the 2018 Van Meter Award has been presented to Dr. Carmelo Nucera, currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and at the Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School. He is also an Associate Member at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and Faculty member at the Center for Vascular Biology Research (CVBR) at BIDMC, which is dedicated to "improve human health by using genomics to advance our understanding of the biology and treatment of human disease, and to help lay the groundwork for a new generation of therapies."
Why are babies born into poverty more likely to develop chronic disease?
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Researchers are investigating whether infants born into poverty have stronger inflammatory responses, predisposing them to chronic disease during their lives.
UNC Chosen to Establish National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
The Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has been awarded the first grant for a new federal program that will provide $3.75 million over five years to establish UNC as the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.
Chicago Police Superintendent to keynote UIC's annual Bridging the Gap symposium
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson will be the keynote speaker at the University of Illinois at Chicago's annual Bridging the Gap symposium, which focuses on health issues in underrepresented minority communities. This year the conference will address gun violence.
Elderly Housing with Supportive Social Services Can Reduce Costly Hospital Use, Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
According to a Rutgers study, programs designed to provide social support may impact hospitalization rates and decrease spending. Expert says that investing in affordable housing that offers supportive social services to senior citizens on Medicare has the potential to reduce hospital admissions and the amount of time needing inpatient hospital care by better managing chronic health conditions.
Do mobile messages about HPV work?
University of Georgia
New research from the University of Georgia suggests that in the case of HPV, health care providers shouldn't place too much faith in the smart device alone to get their message across.
WVU, partners announce regional hub to train entrepreneurs, commercialize healthcare technology
West Virginia University
Hoping to speed up the move from idea to application, West Virginia University and 23 other regional institutions have come together to create a "virtual hub" that will ultimately help speed the commercialization of groundbreaking university research.
Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation Welcomes Two New Trustees
Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack Meridian Health Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Jeremy DeFilippis and Joseph Rulli to the Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees.
Startups in Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Present Innovations at Demo Day
Cedars-Sinai
The eight health-tech companies that completed Cedars-Sinai Accelerator's fourth class have announced new contracts and partnerships to bring their leading-edge technologies to health systems and their patients. The companies, chosen from more than 400 applicants, were selected for the intensive three-month program after a rigorous international search.
Penn Medicine Launches Initiative to Transform Electronic Health Record Systems
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Doctors, nurses and clinical staff will lead efforts to transform the electronic health records at Penn Medicine, recognizing them as a tool just as important as scalpels to modern health care delivery.
Expansion of HPV Vaccine in Adults -- @UCSDHealth experts are available to discuss HPV, the vaccine and cancer prevention
University of California San Diego Health
Navigating Neuroendocrine Tumors
National Comprehensive Cancer Network(r) (NCCN(r))
New NCCN Guidelines for Patients: NET provides background and treatment information for neuroendocrine tumors, the type of cancer experienced by Aretha Franklin and Steve Jobs
Johns Hopkins Selected to Chart Genome Variations of 1 Million Americans
Johns Hopkins Medicine
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to lead one of three "genome centers" for its All of Us Research Program.
Study: Sexes Differ When It Comes to Comfort During and After Exercise
University at Buffalo
Study is the first to highlight sex differences in thermal behavior and could one day inform the development of new athletic apparel.
Md. Nursing Workforce Center to Be Created at UMB
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Rebecca Wiseman, PhD '93, RN, associate professor and chair of the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) at the Universities at Shady Grove, has been awarded a $265,467 Nurse Support Program II (NSP II) grant to establish the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
UC San Diego Health Expands Primary Care Options
University of California San Diego Health
On Monday, October 15, UC San Diego Health will open a new comprehensive health center located at 16950 Via Tazon in Rancho Bernardo. Described as a "clinic of the future," the new 57,000 square foot facility will offer patients increased access to a team of top doctors and nurses, and an array of convenient services, such as urgent care and advanced imaging, including a pharmacy and optical boutique.
Boyce Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
The Gates Foundation has chosen Ross Boyce, M.D., M.Sc., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to receive a Grand Challenges Explorations grant to explore access to childhood vaccines in Uganda.
Study Ranks Rush No. 2 Among 99 Leading Academic Medical Centers
Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center ranked second among 99 leading academic medical centers in the United States in a study conducted by the health care services company Vizient. The study is based entirely on objective data related to patient outcomes for all inpatients regardless of insurance.
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant health and fitness apps actually have little to do with health
University of North Carolina Health Care System
UNC researchers led by Arlene Chung, MD, MHA, reviewed more than 300 apps in the health and fitness categories of app stores for hands-free, voice-activated assistants, including Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant; they found very few had a clear health focus.
Clements University Hospital recognized for quality, safety achievement
UT Southwestern Medical Center
William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital has received a national Rising Star Award for improved quality and safety efforts, ranking it within the country's top 25 academic medical center hospitals.
Scientists Call for Microbial "Noah's Ark" to Protect Global Health
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
A Rutgers University-New Brunswick-led team of researchers is calling for the creation of a global microbiota vault to protect the long-term health of humanity. Such a Noah's Ark of beneficial germs would be gathered from human populations whose microbiomes are uncompromised by antibiotics, processed diets and other ill effects of modern society, which have contributed to a massive loss of microbial diversity and an accompanying rise in health problems. The human microbiome includes the trillions of microscopic organisms that live in and on our bodies, contributing to our health in a myriad of ways.
WVU researchers focus on school-based healthcare in Appalachia
West Virginia University
Simon Haeder and Sara Anderson have been selected to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program.
Researchers focus on school-based healthcare in Appalachia
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
An interdisciplinary team of West Virginia University researchers are investigating how children's health and education outcomes can be improved through these school-based health centers.
Ocean Medical Center Performs 1,000th Robotic Surgery
Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center recently performed its 1,000th robotic surgery, a significant milestone for the Center for Robotic Surgery. Colon and rectal surgeon, Thomas R. Lake, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, performed the robotic-assisted low anterior resection procedure using the da Vinci(r) Xi(tm), the latest technology in minimally invasive surgery.
Medical Conference: The Impact of Environment and Healthy Lifestyles in Human Health
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)
The medical conference is organized by the Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), in collaboration with Temple University's College of Science and Technology, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), and the Giovan Giacomo Giordano Foundation
Making SNAP Healthier with Food Incentives and Disincentives Could Improve Health and Save Costs
Tufts University
A new Food-PRICE study from researchers at Tufts and Harvard estimates that up to one million cardiovascular and diabetes events and $42 billion could be saved in healthcare costs using incentives and/or disincentives to improve food choices among participants in SNAP.
Pitt Researchers Receive Prestigious National Institutes of Health Director's Awards
Three Pitt faculty members win highly selective NIH awards supporting high-risk, high-reward research projects
Healthier Planet, Healthier People, and More Innovative Medical Science with Italian-American Researchers at Annual NIAF Convention
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)
Foundation Awards Presented for Ethics and Creativity in Medical Research, and Societal Impact in Business & Biotechnology
Program Finalized for October 2018 ISPOR Summit on Value Assessment and Healthcare Pricing
ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced the full program and speakers for the upcoming ISPOR Summit 2018, "New Approaches to Value Assessment: Towards More Informed Pricing in Healthcare," scheduled for October 19, 2018 in Washington, DC, USA.
Weekday Mornings Are No Longer Peak Times for Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Cedars-Sinai
Heart experts have long believed that weekday mornings - and especially Mondays - were the danger zones for unexpected deaths from sudden cardiac arrests. But a new Cedars-Sinai study shows those peak times have disappeared and now, sudden cardiac arrests are more likely to happen on any day at any time.
Text Messages Quickly Track Health Care Use During Ebola Outbreak
New York University
A new study from the NYU College of Global Public Health and NYU Tandon School of Engineering, published in Nature Digital Medicine, used text message surveys to determine in real time how people used maternal health services during a recent Ebola outbreak and measured a drop in hospital-based births during the outbreak.
New Best Practices Recommended for Feeding Tube Location Verification in Pediatric Patients
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes (feeding tubes) in pediatric patients is a common practice, however, the insertion procedure carries risk of serious or even potentially lethal complications. While there are numerous methods of verifying an NG tube has been placed correctly, none of those methods are considered universally standard.
Innovators present recent advances in digital health care at the 2018 Annual Body Computing Conference
Keck Medicine of USC
Hosted by the USC Center for Body Computing, the 2018 Annual Body Computing Conference highlighted findings from two landmark studies and addressed how to protect digital health data.
Congressmen receive cell biology society's Public Service Award
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Representative Tom Cole (R-OK04) were presented with the American Society for Cell Biology's (ASCB) Public Service Award on September 27 for their unwavering support of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, basic biomedical research, and biomedical scientists.
Everybody Hurts: Caring for California
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office
The CSU Institute for Palliative Care is preparing nurses, social workers and other health care professionals to provide the compassionate care so many of us will need.
World Health Organization, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital collaborate against childhood cancer
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced a five-year collaboration with World Health Organization aimed at transforming cancer care worldwide to cure at least 60 percent of children with six of the most common types of cancer by 2030.
The Medical Minute: Healthy volunteers vital to clinical trials
Penn State Health
There is an ongoing need for healthy volunteers in clinical research studies that can lead to healthcare breakthroughs that provide better drugs and treatments for patients.
Understanding Access and Use of Digital Resources Could Help Narrow Sexual Health Equity Gap for Puerto Rican Adolescents
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Persistent and significant health disparities related to sexual health, including a higher teen birth rate and HIV prevalence, exist among Puerto Rican adolescents compared to other racial and ethnic adolescents. The Internet is a major platform for the dissemination of health information and has the potential to decrease health disparities and provide quality, culturally sensitive health information to disadvantaged populations.
School of Social Work receives federal funding to address opioid addiction in Appalachia
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Social workers at West Virginia University are leading the way in opioid treatment and prevention in West Virginia, where overdose rates are the highest in the U.S.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor to Serve on NAM Committee Examining Clinician Burnout
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
.Johns Hopkins School of Nursing's (JHSON) Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been chosen to serve on a newly formed National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committee to develop recommendations for systemic solutions to combating clinician burnout. Rushton was one of only two nurses selected for the committee.
UTHealth part of NIH-funded genome center to accelerate precision medicine discoveries
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) will be part of a new genome center, one of just three created nationally with $28.6 million in funding from the All of Us Research Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Appoints Inaugural Associate Dean of Clinical Practice
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) has appointed Michal (Miki) Goodwin, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, to serve as inaugural Associate Dean of Clinical Practice.
Beyond Skin Deep: Understanding Disparities in Dermatology Services
Case Western Reserve University
The odds of a black or Hispanic patient visiting an outpatient dermatologist are about half that of a white patient with the same skin condition, according to a new study in JAMA Dermatology. Patients most likely to receive outpatient dermatologic services in the study were white, educated women. The findings are among several that describe disparities in the use of outpatient dermatology services.
MyUCSDHealth App Available for Download on Apple and Android Mobile Devices
University of California San Diego Health
Access to world class care is now easier, faster and at the fingertips of UC San Diego Health patients and loved ones. With the new MyUCSDHealth mobile application, patients have the ability to manage their health information and communicate with their physicians while family members and friends can find helpful resources, such as visiting hours, directions and parking information.
UCLA-led Health Equity Network of the Americas is created to address gaps in health, longevity
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Across the Americas, there continue to be wide gaps in health and longevity between rich and poor, educated and lesser educated, and people at high or low risk of being the targets of violence. To address these gaps, the Health Equity Network of the Americas has been launched to coincide with the release of recommendations from the Pan American Health Organization Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas.
Magee-Womens Research Institute Hosts Summit Convening Global Leaders to Chart Path for Accelerated Medical Discoveries
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh
The international summit will convene leaders in reproductive biology, precision medicine, public health and global health advocacy. The experts will share groundbreaking research and will culminate with crowdsourcing ideas on how to move women's health to the forefront of medical research.
Lawnmower Injuries a Persistent Source of Serious Injury and High Costs, New Study Affirms
Johns Hopkins Medicine
In what Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers call an unusually comprehensive analysis of nationwide data, they conclude that the rate of lawnmower injuries persists at close to 6,400 a year, most of them requiring surgery and hospitalization, and costing an average of $37,000 per patient.
Plenary Sessions and Speakers Announced for ISPOR Europe 2018
ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced plenary sessions and speakers for ISPOR Europe 2018, "New Perspectives for Improving 21st Century Health Systems." The conference is scheduled for 10-14 November in Barcelona, Spain.
Online Diabetes Prevention Programs Are as Effective as in-Person Programs for Weight Loss, Study Finds
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
An embargoed UCLA-led study suggests that an intensive, multifaceted online diabetes prevention program is as effective as in-person programs and can make prevention programs more accessible to those at risk for developing diabetes
Northwestern Medicine Cardiovascular Experts Available for Comment on COAPT/MitraClip
Northwestern Medicine
Affordable Care Act: Study Reveals Surprising Gaps in HIV Care Providers' Knowledge
University of Virginia Health System
Providers in states that expanded Medicaid were more likely to believe that the law would improve HIV outcomes, the study found. However, providers in all states agreed that the law would improve healthcare outcomes in general for their HIV patients.
Cooking with Wood or Coal Is Linked to Increased Risk of Respiratory Illness and Death
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
Burning wood or coal to cook food is associated with increased risk of hospitalization or dying from respiratory diseases, according to new research conducted in China and published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Smart Pills Dumb Down Medical Care, Experts Warn
University of Illinois at Chicago
Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have published a paper in the American Journal of Bioethics that cautions health care providers and policymakers to slow down when it comes to allowing this technology in patient care settings.
ACI Responds to "Sensational" Study Claims on Cleaners, Disinfectants
American Cleaning Institute
A study and related analysis claiming cleaners and disinfectants contribute to children's risk of being overweight are "sensational" and "don't really hold up," according to the American Cleaning Institute.
Ocean Medical Center to Host Annual Health Fair
Ocean Medical Center will host its first annual health fair on Saturday, September 29, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fall into Health is a free event featuring community wellness resources, health screenings, cooking demonstrations, interactive educational displays and more. Medical experts will be on hand to answer your questions and offer valuable tips on how to improve your health. Giveaways and light refreshments will be provided.
Study at Johns Hopkins Hospital Leads To Changes in Reporting Patient Safety Concerns
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Study at Johns Hopkins Hospital Leads To Changes in Reporting Patient Safety Concerns 09/20/2018 AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to EmailShare to PrintShare to More Credit: iStock In a case study published online last week in Academic Medicine, an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins Medicine looked at what prevented employees from raising concerns.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Receives NIH Grant to Launch Center for Chronic Disease Management and Research
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Managing multiple chronic conditions, studying social determinants of health, and providing community-driven care will be pillars of the new PROMOTE research center to be launched at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON). Funded through a National Institutes of Health P30 grant, the center will advance science in supporting patients with multiple chronic conditions and provide an opportunity for researchers to drive culture change and develop sustainable health care initiatives through innovative research design.
BlackDoctor.org Honors Cedars-Sinai for Diversity
Cedars-Sinai
BlackDoctor.org, the popular online health information resource for African-American consumers, has named Cedars-Sinai to its 2018 Top Hospitals for Diversity List. BlackDoctor.org specifically cited Cedars-Sinai for its strong commitment in promoting equity and inclusion in the health system's operations, programs, services and staffing. The honor recognizes Cedars-Sinai's ongoing commitment to build and sustain excellence in its diverse academic and medical community.
For-Profit Hospitals Correlated with Higher Readmission Rates
University of Illinois at Chicago
Patients who receive care in a for-profit hospital are more likely to be readmitted than those who receive care in nonprofit or public hospitals, according to a new study published by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.
Federal Dollar Allocations to States Result in Lower Infant Mortality Rates
Washington University in St. Louis
Increases in federal transfers, money that the federal government sends to states to improve the well-being of citizens, are strongly associated with a decrease in infant mortality rates, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis."Holding all other variables constant, a $200 increase in the amount of federal transfers per capita would save one child's life for every 10,000 live births," said Michael McLaughlin, a doctoral student at the Brown School and lead author of the study, "The Impact of Federal Transfers Upon U.
What to Know About Sickle Cell Anemia
Orlando Health
Healthy red blood cells are round, but for those with sickle cell disease, the red blood cells become sticky and hard because of an abnormal amount of protein in the blood. The red blood cells form the shape of a sickle, or crescent.
Northwestern Medicine Chief of Geriatrics Available to Comment on Apple Watch's Fall Detection Feature
Northwestern Medicine
Using Next-Generation Sequencing to Target Healthcare Interventions
ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR (the professional society for health economics and outcomes research), announced the publication of a series of articles that tackle the challenges associated with assessing the value of next-generation sequencing technologies in clinical care.
New Research Identifies Factors That Influence Physicians' Adoption of New Technologies
ISPOR--The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR (the professional society for health economics and outcomes research), announced today the publication of a study providing detailed information on factors determining the adoption of new technologies from clinicians' points of view.
Do These Things Right Now to Help Prevent Cancer
University of Alabama at Birmingham
When it Comes to Health Care, Can You Hack It?
University of California San Diego Health
On Saturday, October 6, hundreds of hackers are expected to descend upon the University of California San Diego campus to put their collaborative problem-solving capabilities to the test.
Shifting Focus From Life Extension to 'Healthspan' Extension
University of Illinois at Chicago
The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article by University of Illinois at Chicago epidemiologist S. Jay Olshansky on the need for researchers and clinicians to focus less on prolonging lifespan and more on prolonging "healthspan."
New Benchmarking Tool for Measuring Development and Organization of Integrated Practice Units Published in JNCCN
National Comprehensive Cancer Network(r) (NCCN(r))
Researchers from Netherlands Cancer Institute recommend qualitative and quantitative measurements that can lead to more successfully coordinated cancer care, finds need for better organization around the integration of care, according to article in September 2018 issue of JNCCN-Journal of the Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Bayshore Medical Center Foundation to Host Third Annual Benefit for Bayshore Oktoberfest Celebration
Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation will host the third annual Benefit for Bayshore: an Oktoberfest Community Celebration on Friday, October 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The outdoor, tented reception will take place on the medical center's campus at 727 North Beers Street in Holmdel and will support the expansion of emergency services at Bayshore Medical Center. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available to the public.
Hackensack University Medical Center Graduates Third Class of Operation Hackensack S.M.A.R.T. Soldiers
Innovative partnership provides high-quality, individualized specialty medical training to United States Army, Army Reserve, Air Force, NJ National Guard, and Coast Guard personnel
Study: Antibiotics Destroy Immune Cells and Worsen Oral Infection
Case Western Reserve University
New research shows that the body's own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections.
The Script Doctor
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Jules Lipoff, MD, an assistant professor of Clinical Dermatology at Penn, talks about what makes medicine so compelling for TV drama.
Prostate Cancer Care for Older Men Estimated to Cost Medicare $1.2B
University of North Carolina Health Care System
Researchers examined the costs associated with screening for prostate cancer, including treatment, for three years after diagnosis. They estimated that for men diagnosed in each of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, the total cost for treating and screening for each group would be $1.2 billion for three years after diagnosis.
Prostate Cancer PSA Screening: Finding Clarity in Confusion
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
With recent changes in recommendations for PSA testing for prostate cancer, confusion may exist for those considering the screening. A Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey expert shares what one needs to know when discussing the topic with his doctor.
Jordan M. Winter, MD, Appointed Chief of Surgical Oncology at UH Cleveland Medical Center and Director of Surgical Services at UH Seidman Cancer Center
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Announcement of Jordan M. Winter, MD, being appointed Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Director of Surgical Services at UH Seidman Cancer Center. Dr. Winter comes to UH from Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, where he served as Co-Director of the Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary and Related Cancer Center, Co-Director of the GI Multidisciplinary Clinical Trials Group in the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, and Co-Director of the Multidisciplinary Pancreas Cancer Clinic.
The Trust Older Patients Place in Doctors Can Compromise Their Medical Care: Study
Case Western Reserve University
Placing trust in doctors to advocate for their health needs, older adults rarely ask for referrals to specialists, specific prescriptions, express concerns or follow-up after medical visits.
ACA Expansion Did Not Improve Access to Complex Surgeries for Low-Income/Minority Patients
Georgetown University Medical Center
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act does not appear to reduce disparities in use of regionalized surgical care among vulnerable persons.
Does Your Doctor Trust You?
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office
Research by CSUN professor Adam Swenson finds that physicians tend to size up chronic pain patients in unexpected ways.
Hurricane and severe weather preparedness experts available
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University Hospitals in Cleveland awarded $200,000 from Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge for innovative UH Ventures Care Continues technology solution
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
The Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge has awarded University Hospitals system in Northeast Ohio a $200,000 grant for a technology solution to help health professionals when assessing a patient's risk for opioid misuse.
Researchers Develop Biometric Tool for Newborn Fingerprinting
University of California San Diego Health
Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they have dramatically advanced the science of biometric identification, creating a novel technology that can capture the fingerprints of infants and children, even on the first day of birth.
James E. Voos, MD, named new Chair of Department of Orthpaedics at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Announcement of James E. Voos, MD, to the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
HHMI Awards Hanna Gray Fellowships to 15 Early Career Scientists
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
HHMI announces the selection of 15 exceptional early career scientists as 2018 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows to support diversity in science. The 2019 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition is now open, with applications due on January 9, 2019.
Collaboration with Almoosa Specialist Hospital to bring UChicago Medicine's clinical expertise to patients in Saudi Arabia
University of Chicago Medical Center
The University of Chicago Medicine and Almoosa Specialist Hospital, a private hospital in the Al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia offering comprehensive medical care, have signed a collaboration agreement.
New Guidelines Provide Vital Information for Women Diagnosed with the Most Common Type of Gynecologic Cancer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network(r) (NCCN(r))
National Comprehensive Cancer Network publishes NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Uterine Cancer during Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month to explain treatment options and raises awareness of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer.
Hypertension Investigator Ronald G. Victor, MD, 1952-2018
Cedars-Sinai
Ronald G. Victor, MD, a prominent hypertension expert and the first investigator to scientifically prove that thousands of lives could be saved annually if barbers were enlisted to help fight the epidemic of high blood pressure in the African-American community, died Monday, Sept. 10.