Day August 7, 2017

Medicine, Health Care Gold Specks Raise Hopes for… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Edinburgh A tiny medical device containing gold specks could boost the effects of cancer medication and reduce its harm, research suggests. Scientists have completed a…

Medicine, Health Care Pro-vaccine Messages Can Boost Belief… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Edinburgh Current strategies for correcting misinformation about the dangers of vaccinations have the opposite effect and reinforce ill-founded beliefs, a study suggests. Presenting scientific facts…

Medicine, Health Care Greater Access to Higher Education… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Leicester Greater access to Higher Education could have reversed the result of the 2016 EU referendum, according to new research from the University of Leicester.…

Medicine, Health Care Hospital Admissions for Older Adults… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Michigan   ANN ARBOR — Older adults may still be checking into hospitals for weeks after a natural disaster, past the the expected three days of…

Medicine, Health Care New UMMS Study Shows How… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Massachusetts Medical School   WORCESTER, MA – A first-of-its kind payment formula developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School recommends allocating some health insurance dollars…

Medicine, Health Care Pharmacy Service Could Save NHS… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Manchester A scheme launched by the Department of Health in 2011 to help patients stick to their drug regimens has been so successful, that in…

Medicine, Health Care 97% of Insurance Denials in… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Insurance companies end up covering proton therapy treatment for pediatric cancer patients in 97 percent of the cases they…

Medicine, Health Care $820 Million Wasted in Failing… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by University of South Florida (USF Health)   TAMPA, FL (Aug. 4, 2017)- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 84 million Americans have prediabetes. Unless something is…

Medicine, Health Care Compound Derived from Marijuana Interacts… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by Wiley New research published in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), suggests that an investigational neurological treatment derived from cannabis may alter the…

Medicine, Health Care Study Reveals Higher Opioid Use… Published: August 7, 2017.Released by Wiley A new study found that opioid prescription use is more common in cancer survivors than in individuals without a history of cancer. This was true even…

Are two languages at a time too much for the mind? Caregivers and teachers should know that infants growing up bilingual have the learning capacities to make sense of the complexities of two languages just by listening. In a new…

Dear Mayo Clinic: Can melatonin supplements help insomnia? What are the side effects of melatonin supplements? A: Melatonin supplements may help treat sleep problems in some adults. Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by your brain’s pineal gland. It’s normally…

Journal reference: Health Affairs Provided by: Indiana University

Americans extol price shopping for health care as a prudent idea, yet few actually do it even when given the means to, according to the findings of two separate studies led by investigators at Harvard Medical School. Results of the…

Physicians, nurses and other staff members at medical clinics that care for people from lower-income communities are increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs, adding to evidence that the health care workforce is under stress, according to a new RAND Corporation study.…

Expanded Medicaid eligibility under one part of the Affordable Care Act results in a cost savings for the federal government, according to new Indiana University research. The finding is significant because it indicates that an effort by Congress to save…

Journal reference: Health Affairs

The DNA double helix rests on a field of ACGTs and binary numbers. Credit: Jonathan Bailey, National Human Genome Research Institute A new study identifies genes that are necessary in cancer cells for immunotherapy to work, addressing the problem of…

This is an electronic microscopy image of Group A Streptococcus (faint purple chains) overlaid with a confocal microscopy image of M protein (red) internalized in macrophages (blue). Credit: UC San Diego Health Group A Streptococcus bacteria—the cause of strep throat…

Journal reference: FASEB Journal Provided by: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Journal reference: FASEB Journal Provided by: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

A treatment room in the Roberts Proton Therapy Center. Credit: Penn Medicine Insurance companies end up covering proton therapy treatment for pediatric cancer patients in 97 percent of the cases they originally deny once those decisions are appealed. Researchers from…

Journal reference: FASEB Journal Provided by: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Dr. Ravindra Kolhe, breast and molecular pathologist and director of the Georgia Esoteric Molecular Labs LLC in the Department of Pathology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Credit: Phil Jones IBM’s Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy.…

Journal reference: Cerebral Cortex Provided by: ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratry Group

Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, led by Dr. Abbas Mohajerani, have discovered how to use cigarette butts in the production of a better form of asphalt. Credit: RMIT University Soon the footpath you walk on could be full…

Reported and corrected 2014 overdose death rates (per 100,000). Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Although opioid and heroin deaths have been rising dramatically in the U.S., the magnitude of the epidemic varies from state to state, as does the…

Journal reference: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Provided by: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev