For scleroderma, algorithm helps better screen for fatal complication
Pulmonary arterial hypertension occurs when blood vessels in the lungs are blocked or destroyed, which can cause the heart to ...
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21st century medical needles for high-tech cancer diagnostics
Modern medicine needs better quality samples than traditional biopsy needles can provide, ultrasonically oscillating needles can improve treatment and reduce ...
Blood pressure and hemorrhagic complication risk after renal transplant biopsy
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found no statistically significant threshold for increased renal transplant biopsy risk based ...
Diagnostic yield of non-contrast pituitary MRI for pediatric pathologies
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found non-contrast pituitary MRI for central precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency, short ...
Patients with traumatic brain injuries face challenges navigating healthcare system
Study from VA, Regenstrief and IUPUI first to use TBI registryCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Patients who suffer from traumatic ...
All-in-one test for COVID-19 surveillance
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho A new type of COVID-19 testing strategy could help streamline the process of identifying ...
The British variant is 45% more contagious than the original virus
Study at Tel Aviv University based on data from 300,000 tests for COVID-19Credit: Tel Aviv University A new study at ...
Growth in home health care failing to keep up with surging demand, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Recent growth in the number of healthcare workers providing home care for Medicare patients ...
Federal policy to reduce deaths from sepsis was mostly ineffective
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2021 - The first large-scale, multi-hospital evaluation of an "all or none" federal policy intended ...
Pandemic led to profound changes in multiple sclerosis clinical practice
UC Riverside-led national survey of MS specialists finds nearly 10% had been redeployed to the front lines of COVID-19 patient ...
American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2021 ARRS Gold Medal to entire membership
For valiant service selflessly rendered on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) symbolically ...
National report highlights benefit of collaborative care models for people with dementia
Research and implementation by Regenstrief research scientists cited in reportCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A new report from the National ...
Robotic infrastructure elements proposed to bolster performance of infectious hospitals
A multidisciplinary team from Kazan Federal University published a paper in Advanced Robotics.Credit: Kazan Federal University In December 2019, a ...
Inspired by data warehousing: A new platform integrates disparate information systems
A new digital platform called Research Integrated Network of Systems (RINS) facilitates information sharing about clinical studies across disparate systems.Credit: ...
Potential impact of pass/fail USMLE Step 1 scoring on radiology residency applications
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting research finds as USMLE Step 1 transitions from numerical score to pass/fail, program directors likely ...
Outcome predictive performance of admission chest radiographs in COVID-19 patients
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting research finds in the setting of high pretest probability of COVID-19 infection or with quick ...
Lundquist investigator Chang’s study in JAMA Internal Medicine
For critically ill patients with advanced medical illnesses and poor prognoses, overuse of invasive ICU treatment may prolong sufferingCredit: Courtesy ...
Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - Narratives are a powerful tool that can help explain complex issues, ...
What’s in it for us: added value-based approach towards telehealth
After interviewing various stakeholders from public and private healthcare systems (in Lithuania and the US), researchers from Kaunas University of ...
NTU Singapore study investigates link between COVID-19 and risk of blood clot formation
Credit: NTU People who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, may be at risk of developing ...
