Texas Heart Institute to develop first implantable heart pump for infants and children
NHLBI grant to fund Texas Heart Institute's pediatric heart failure researchCredit: © Copyright Texas Heart Institute Texas Heart Institute (THI) ...
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Poor home hygiene contributing to antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene experts
According to the Global Hygiene Council's (GHC) public health experts, following a risk-based approach to home hygiene is essential to ...
Artificial intelligence helps cut down on MRI no-shows
AJR researchers use modest data, basic engineering AI to solve complex multifactorial operational problem: outpatient MRI appointment no-showsCredit: American Roentgen ...
Health and Technology District partners with Halo Health’s angel investor physician group
Partnership to scale up and strengthen Canada's health-tech innovation ecosystemCredit: Health and Technology District Surrey, B.C., Canada (September 10, 2020) ...
FAU awarded $2.4 million NSF grant to train new generation of data scientists
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science to lead the graduate program with an interdisciplinary FAU teamCredit: Florida Atlantic University ...
EBRAINS makes bid to enter the European Research Infrastructure Roadmap
Ten-country strong coalition with France as Lead Country is backing the applicationCredit: Human Brain Project The EBRAINS infrastructure for neuroscience ...
UC study: Secondhand smoke sends more kids to the hospital
New research by UC reveals kids exposed to tobacco smoke have higher rates of hospital admissionsCredit: Provided/Ashley Merianos Children who ...
New research in JNCCN sheds light on multi-organ adverse events from immunotherapy
Researchers find 27% of immune check point inhibitor recipients experienced irAEs, with 5% developing multi-organ irAEs either simultaneously or sequentially. ...
Innovative biocontainment unit shows promise to protect healthcare workers
Credit: Courtesy photo The U.S. Army partnered with the University of Pittsburg Medical Center to create a biocontainment unit that ...
Wearable, portable invention offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
Credit: Purdue University/Rahim Rahimi WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The rapid increase of life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections has resulted in challenging wound ...
Half of Medicare patients do not receive recommended health care after hospitalization
Credit: Data Source: Estimates are from "Assessment of Receipt of the First Home Health Care Visit After Hospital Discharge Among ...
Risk factors for mortality in diabetic patients discharged from hospital identified
Credit: Institute of Digital Healthcare at WMG, University of Warwick When patients are discharged from Hospital those with diabetes are ...
BASF and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill enter research partnership
Scientific collaboration between industry and academia to address global challengesCredit: UNC RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and CHAPEL HILL, NC, September ...
One in two Americans fear a major health event could lead to bankruptcy
West Health-Gallup US healthcare survey finds growing fears of financial ruin amid the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Gallup-West Health U.S. Healthcare Study, ...
UTA nursing: A national Center of Excellence
College of Nursing and Health Innovation receives National League for Nursing honorCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington The University ...
New study takes aim at advanced types of non-addictive pain therapies
Credit: Wade Van Horn A team of scientists from ASU's School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute have recently ...
Transatlantic partnership to connect world researchers to solve cancer’s toughest problems
Cancer Research UK and the US National Cancer Institute , are uniting to define a new era in cancer research ...
COVID-19 — Scenarios for the post-lockdown period in Italy
Infection has been reduced up to 70% as of May 1st. Thanks to developed model, scenarios can be drawn regarding ...
Socially isolated elderly more likely to use hospital and emergency room resources
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 25, 2020--Those over age 65 who self-reported as socially isolated ...
The Forsyth Institute serving as a critical resource for COVID-19 saliva diagnostic test development
Credit: Photo by Matthew Modoono for Forsyth Institute As a world leader in oral biology and salivary diagnostics, the Forsyth ...