Blindfolded training could help doctors save young lives
Doctors' leadership in pediatric resuscitation improved most when they wore a blindfold during simulation training In a simulation training study, ...
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Verbal autopsies capture more accurate burden of disease in Uganda
Model is likely cost-effective and greatly increases reporting of vital statisticsCredit: Doreen Nabukalu, M.P.H. Chapel Hill, NC - Training community ...
Mount Sinai research program awarded $12.5 million NIH grant to continue to study the role of hormones in menopause and aging biology
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $12.5 million grant from the National ...
IU School of Medicine makes breakthrough toward developing blood test for pain
Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--A breakthrough test developed by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers to measure pain ...
Physician-hospital integration does not improve quality of care
HOUSTON -- (Feb. 13, 2019) - In an age of increased integration between physicians and hospitals, regulators should continue to ...
Even as hospitals cut risky antibiotic use in-house, patients often go home with them
Targeting fluoroquinolone prescribing in hospitals is effective, a 48-hospital study shows, but many patients still get discharge prescriptions for themCredit: ...
ACC Cardiovascular Summit focuses on innovation and leadership strategies
CV Summit offers attendees novel business strategies to achieve the Quadruple Aim The American College of Cardiology's Cardiovascular Summit will ...
Some primary care doctors not prepared to help with cancer treatment decisions
Up to one-third of primary care providers discussed breast cancer treatment options with patients but many report gaps in their ...
Study finds upsurge in 'active surveillance' for low-risk prostate cancer
Active surveillance nearly tripled in men with low-risk prostate diseaseCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Many men with low-risk prostate cancer who ...
Breaking the vicious cycles of age-related diseases
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Biologist Aleksey Belikov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has proposed that rapid progression ...
Access to federally qualified health centers does not translate into lower rates of ED use
Credit: LAUREN MALONEY, MD, STONY BROOK MEDICINE DES PLAINES, IL -- There is no association between access to federally qualified ...
New NIH research policy seeks greater inclusion across lifespan
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The pipeline of research supporting care as we age is about to look a ...
Study reveals complementary medicine use remains hidden to conventional medicine providers
Research reveals that 1 in 3 complementary medicine (CM) users do not disclose their CM use to their medical providers, ...
Report from prestigious NIH-funded conference looks to biological 'pillars of aging'
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Medical care for older adults has long focused on preventing and treating chronic diseases ...
Certara advances global initiative to take model-informed precision dosing (MIPD) into the clinic
Certara has recently published four peer-reviewed MIPD papers; its progress is generating strong interest from industry, health care professionals and ...
Smartphone use risks eye examination misdiagnosis
Research finds that calibration of phone cameras is vital to capture accurate data Clinicians who use smartphones to capture photographs ...
Immunotherapy drug used as 1st-line therapy for Merkel cell carcinoma improved survival
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - A multi-center phase II clinical trial investigating pembrolizumab as a first-line ...
TAT International Congress 2019: The home of phase I oncology
TAT International Congress 2019 -- Paris, France -- Feb. 25-27, 2019 Lugano, Switzerland, 7 February 2019 - The European Society ...
Aspirin to prevent colon cancer underutilized in high-risk patients
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States and ...
Researchers develop prostate cancer prediction tool that has unmatched accuracy
Current tools used to predict prostate cancer progression are generally subjective in nature, leading to differing interpretations among clinicians New ...
