Distributing essential medicines for free resulted in a 44% increase in adherence
Study also found some improved health outcomes with free distribution of essential medicinesCredit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO - A new ...
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Some ICU admissions may be preventable, saving money and improving care
Credit: ATS Oct. 4, 2019--Many admissions to the intensive care unit may be preventable, potentially decreasing health care costs and ...
Reshaping rehab recovery
More than $3 million in NIH grants will help assess, monitor patients recovering from strokeCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. ...
CSHL press publishes ‘Conscience and Courage,’ the remarkable life story of Henri Termeer
Credit: With permission from Sanofi Genzyme Cold Spring Harbor, New York, October 1, 2019 -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press ...
Virtual medical visits get wary welcome from older adults, poll finds
Few over 50 have tried telehealth and most see in-person care as better -- but half would consider it for ...
UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle
Credit: UBC UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in ...
US government backs Sydney spinout company Kinoxis Therapeutics to fight opioid addiction
Funding to support development of a potential treatment for opioid withdrawalCredit: Stefanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Kinoxis Therapeutics has been awarded ...
Ultrasound yields similar cancer detection rates after digital mammography, tomosynthesis
Dense breast ultrasound screening after digital mammography -- versus after digital breast tomosynthesis--yielded 'no significant difference' in additional cancer detection ...
New studies question whether novel anti-cancer drugs are worth their extra cost
Credit: © European Society of Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 27 September 2019 - Many new anti-cancer medicines add little value ...
UMass Amherst Nursing inventor named AACN’s Distinguished Research Lecturer
Associate professor's interdisciplinary lab develops innovative medical devicesCredit: UMass Amherst Nursing researcher Karen Giuliano, who recently joined the University of ...
Wearable technology for seniors can call the ambulance
The system created by Lithuanian scientists consists of several sensors and a controller -- a portable device on a neck ...
CPRIT awards $11 million to UTHealth for cancer research, prevention
Credit: Photo by Dwight Andrews/ McGovern Medical School Five innovative cancer-fighting projects at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...
Diagnostic radiologists with lifetime ABR certificates less likely to participate in MOC
American Journal of Roentgenology research determines lifetime-certified diagnostic radiologists whose Maintenance of Certification was not mandated by the American Board ...
Dengue virus becoming resistant to vaccines and therapeutics due to mutations in specific protein
Credit: Xin-Ni Lim, Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School Dengue virus (DENV) infects about 400 million people annually around ...
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