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Double-checking diabetes medications may reduce re-hospitalizations
Clinicians may take upwards of 15 minutes to double-check a patient's medication list in an electronic health record system, but...
UA receives $1.1m for study of genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes and heart disease
Credit: BioCommunications at UA Health Sciences Yann C. Klimentidis, PhD, assistant professor and genetic epidemiologist at the University of Arizona...
‘Surgery in a pill’ a potential treatment for diabetes
Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA -- Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have made strides in performing weight...
American sign language and English language learners: New linguistic research supports the need for policy changes
(Washington, DC) - A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language...
Framework identifies genetic missense mutations linked to autism spectrum disorder
Missense mutations occur when there is a change in one gene's DNA base pair, and the change results in the...
Are you really you when you’re hungry?
WASHINGTON -- What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on "hangry"? More than just a simple drop in...
Two bilateral French-Austrian research projects start at IST Austria
Credit: Waielbi Two joint projects between labs at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria and at French research...
New target for treating heart failure identified by Penn Medicine researchers
Credit: Ben Prosser, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Changes in cellular struts called microtubules (MT)...
Millennials: Bet for the future
A 'Soviet person' is becoming a phenomenon of the past. Social change is being driven by people who came of...
New epigenetic drug against Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Credit: IDIBELL A new study by doctor Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) of the...
Genome-editing tool could increase cancer risk
Therapeutic use of gene editing with the so-called CRISPR-Cas9 technique may inadvertently increase the risk of cancer, according to a...
Transatlantic clinical trial for neuroblastoma is open in UK — US and Germany to open soon
Credit: Solving Kids' Cancer June 11, 2018 - NEW YORK - Band of Parents, Joining Against Cancer in Kids (J-A-C-K),...
Moderate and extreme temperatures could increase the risk of occupational injuries
Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new study...
Negative rapid test results may delay antiviral therapy in patients with severe influenza
June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - A new study has found that half of influenza cases in patients admitted...
Improving Americans’ diets could save billions in health-related costs
What we eat has important implications for our health--and for what we spend on healthcare. New research suggests improving the...
The adult ventricular septum; a unique portion of the left and right ventricle
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 93-95(3); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0023, C. Richard...
D-Transposition of the great arteries: a new era in cardiology
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 85-92(8); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0037, Angeline D....
Heart transplantation for adult CHD: Overview and special considerations
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 73-84(12); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0043, Dipankar Gupta,...
His bundle pacing: rebirth of an important technique for pacing the intrinsic conduction system
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 61-71(11); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0030, Michael R....
Atrial arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation in congenital heart disease: Mechanisms, substrate identification and interventional approaches
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3, Number 1, 2018, pp. pp. 41-59(19); DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2017.0053, Jerold S....
