$1.3M grant to LSUHealthNO to increase certified sexual assault nurse examiners
New Orleans, LA - A team led by Jessica Landry, DNP, FNP-BC, Program Coordinator, BSN-DNP Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner at LSU Health New Orleans...
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Nitrite’s got to be cruel to be kind
Credit: Eva-Maria Diehl The human pathogen Vibrio cholerae has puzzled the scientists since its discovery 150 years ago. Experts who studied the bacterium couldn't understand...
Health-related quality of life overlooked in cancer drug studies
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (October 1, 2018) - A McMaster University-led review and analysis of randomized clinical trials is questioning whether interventions which prolong...
Georgia State signs licensing agreement with DaZen Theranostics Inc. to develop cancer product
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Georgia State University has signed a licensing agreement with DaZen Theranostics Inc., a Delaware-based start-up company, to develop a product that...
Populations served by CPC+ medical home model are wealthier, use fewer inpatient services
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute When a new model of care delivery is introduced into the healthcare system an important measure of success is how well...
New study finds nanoparticles show promise in therapy for triple-negative breast cancer
WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 2018) -- Approximately 10-20 percent of diagnosed breast cancers are found to be triple-negative, meaning the breast cancer cells test negative for...
European Psychiatric Association (EPA) comprehensive review demonstrates that exercise is an effective treatment for major mental health conditions and should form a core part of treatment
Philadelphia, October 1, 2018 - Based on compelling evidence from a meta-review of existing research, the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) has issued new guidelines to...
New best practices recommended for feeding tube location verification in pediatric patients
Credit: Copyright 2014 Ed Cunicelli Photo PHILADELPHIA (October 1, 2018) - Placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes (feeding tubes) in pediatric patients is a common practice,...
Study finds that DFMO increases survival for children with high risk neuroblastoma
Credit: Chris Clark, Spectrum Health A paper published September 27 in Scientific Reports shows the positive results of a phase II clinical trial using the...
CWRU scientists develop new method to more efficiently generate brain stem cells
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine In two newly published papers, a scientific team at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports...
Irreversible damage to color vision linked to popular erectile dysfunction drug
In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have shown that color vision problems caused by retinal damage on a cellular level can result from a...
Anxious and forgetful after menopause? Low estrogen may be to blame
Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--Lack of estrogen may play a role in the development of anxiety and memory problems, according to a new rodent study....
Drug cocktail may treat postmenopausal PCOS complications
Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--A combination of a diabetes drug and a high blood pressure medication may effectively treat all symptoms of postmenopausal polycystic ovary...
Penn discovers new, rare mechanism for ALL to relapse after CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A single leukemia cell, unknowingly engineered with the leukemia-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) lentivirus and infused back into a patient,...
Genetic variants reveal new targets for chronic kidney disease treatment
Credit: Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - The kidney does more than double or even triple duty compared to other organs -...
