Quality improvement measures cut hospital readmissions but do not always produce savings
LOS ANGELES (May 30, 2017) -- Efforts to reduce hospital readmissions are working, but they're not always saving money, according ...
Triple immunotherapy for rare skin cancer shows promise in small, early-stage trial
Credit: Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE -- May 30, 2017 -- Three out of four patients treated ...
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses to publish with Wiley
Hoboken, NJ--May 30, 2017--John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that it has been selected by the Association ...
Study documents opioid abuse following urologic surgery
MAYWOOD, IL - About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney ...
NIH scientists find real-time imaging in mice a promising influenza study tool
WHAT: Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice is a promising new method to quickly monitor disease progression and to ...
Household chemicals may impair thyroid in young girls
Early childhood exposures to specific phthalates were associated with depressed thyroid function in girls at age 3, according to scientists ...
Stem cells yield nature’s blueprint for body’s vasculature
Credit: Image courtesy of Akhilesh Kumar, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the average adult human, there ...
Just how old are animals?
The origin of animals was one of the most important events in the history of Earth. Beautifully preserved fossil embryos ...
Chimpanzees adapt their foraging behavior to avoid human contact
Research by PhD candidate Nicola Bryson-Morrison from the University of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) suggests chimpanzees are ...
Higher odds of late breast cancer diagnosis in isolated white communities, researchers say
Living in a segregated white community has been associated with higher odds of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, according ...
Preventing software from causing injury
Credit: Texas A&M University Health Science Center Workplace injuries don't just come from lifting heavy things or falling off a ...
The rules of baboons
Credit: Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin How do baboons succeed in coordinating the movements of their group? Biologists at the University of Konstanz ...
A tough talk: How to improve cost transparency in cancer care
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Being transparent about the cost of cancer treatments with patients has been increasingly recommended to ...
The chemistry of plants facing multiple stress scenarios
Credit: Karen Kloth All living organisms harbour complex chemical networks inside their cells. The sum of all these chemical reactions ...
More frequent extreme ocean warming could further endanger albatross
As Earth warms due to human-caused climate change, extreme climatic events like heat waves, droughts, and spikes in ocean temperatures ...
Diabetes linked to bacteria invading the colon, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate ...
Vegetables rotting? Check bacteria conversation
Credit: Rita Valente, IGC. Bacteria "conversation" may be an early trigger for plant pathogens virulence, show scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian ...
Awareness, adherence key to improved osteoporosis care
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, approximately 1.5 million Americans suffer ...
One blood pressure drug therapy associated with lower health-care costs
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- About half of patients diagnosed with high blood pressure will need their medication adjusted within the first ...
Radboudumc, iMM Lisboa, PATH collaborate on first-in-human study of novel malaria vaccine
Credit: Miguel Prudêncio lab, iMM Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal (30 May 2017)--The Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands, the ...
