European Lung Cancer Congress 2019: A collaborative effort to fight lung cancer
European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC 2019), 10-13 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 28 March 2019 - Participants from across ...
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Surgical implications of rising heroin abuse
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 28, 2019-With heroin abuse on the rise in the United ...
GW Cancer receives $4 million award for technical assistance to comprehensive cancer control
Principal Investigator Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA has been awarded a $4.125 million cooperative agreement to continue work with the Centers for ...
Laura Mosqueda, MD, expert on preventing elder abuse, to deliver #AGS19 Henderson Lecture
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Laura Mosqueda, MD, AGSF, Dean of ...
With expertise in geriatrics and population health, Dr. Amy Kind to deliver #AGS19 Yoshikawa Lecture
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and AGS Health in Aging Foundation today announced that ...
At #AGS19, geriatrics experts cast widest net yet for social, scientific innovations
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society When today's Baby Boomers were just starting their careers, smoking was still en vogue, ...
Top presentations at #AGS19 address prescription patterns, hypertension, frailty
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Data on the chronic use of opioids following spinal surgery, intensified treatment of high ...
Drug shortages: Limited warnings, followed by rationing and hoarding
Hospital pharmacy managers call for more efficient allocation systemsCredit: The University of Chicago Medicine Despite ongoing efforts to develop efficient, ...
Human protein produced in CHO-cells can save donor blood
Researchers from DTU Biosustain have successfully produced mammalian cell lines (CHO) that can produce 1,2 g/L recombinant Alpha-1-antitrypsin proteins with ...
When tempers flare, nurses’ injuries could rise
EAST LANSING, Mich. - A new study by researchers at Michigan State University and Portland State University has found that ...
Penn Nursing study links nurse work environments and outcomes
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2019) - Nurses play critical roles in patient safety and are often the last ...
Pediatric health researchers offer insights for RSV vaccine
Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer In healthy adults, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, feels like the common cold with a ...
Violence against long-term care staff ‘normalized’
Credit: University of Stirling Violence against staff working in long-term care facilities - including physical assault, verbal abuse and sexual ...
New in Ethics & Human Research, March-April 2019
Evolution, No. 16, Group VI, The WUS/Seven-Pointed Star series (cat. 82), 1908 Anticipatory Waivers of Consent for Pediatric Biobanking Jane ...
ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting open to media
With educational activities representing the entire spectrum of radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) will host leading radiologists from ...
GPs key in ensuring the new Faster Diagnosis Standard for Cancer is a success
GPs will have a pivotal role in ensuring the success of the new Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) for Cancer, new ...
LSU Health study reports continued PTSD in women exposed to deepwater horizon oil spill
New Orleans, LA - A study led by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health reports that women exposed ...
Type 2 diabetes screening in community pharmacies could increase early diagnosis
Community pharmacies are well placed to screen patients for type 2 diabetes, which could increase early diagnosis and significantly reduce ...
Income inequalities in Indigenous groups linked to mental health issues
Indigenous peoples in Canada have high rates of psychological distress, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, and these mental health issues ...
Understanding how people respond to symptoms of a brain tumor
A recent study from King's College London and Cambridge University highlighted that people may experience multiple subtle changes before being ...
