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Nutrition education needed for all healthcare professionals to better support public health, research suggests

All healthcare professionals should study a curriculum of nutrition education during their studies in order to help better support public health - new paper suggests.

20 Oct 2022

Henry Ford Hospital earns three-year accreditation from National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer

Henry Ford Hospital has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), which was developed through a collaboration between the OSTRiCh (Optimizing the Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer) consortium and the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.

20 Oct 2022

Survey shows healthcare affordability remains on the ballot and could have a big influence on elections

Nearly nine in 10 Americans say a candidate's plan for reducing healthcare costs will be an important consideration in determining their vote, and almost 40% of them, or an estimated 100 million Americans, say it could even make them cross party lines in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new poll from West Health and Gallup.

20 Oct 2022

Researchers circumvent a key mechanism in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that they can circumvent a key mechanism in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and possibly make immunotherapies more effective.

20 Oct 2022

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have learned that the way the brain processes the complex emotion of regret may be linked to an individual's ability to cope with stress, and altered in psychiatric disorders like depression.

19 Oct 2022

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a new trial out today.

19 Oct 2022

Adaptation-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design is one step closer to reality

A vaccine design approach that could protect against new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but also potentially protects against other coronaviruses is one step closer to reality as a result of Penn State College of Medicine research.

18 Oct 2022

USF professor awarded $5.5 million dollar grant to advance training and research on child behavior

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a University of South Florida professor a $5.5 million dollar grant to advance her training and research activities on child behavior – a critical focal point, especially as children and parents navigate post-pandemic repercussions.

18 Oct 2022

New machine learning model can screen novel drug compounds to accurately predict efficacy in humans

The journey between identifying a potential therapeutic compound and Food and Drug Administration approval of a new drug can take well over a decade and cost upwards of a billion dollars.

18 Oct 2022

Study links chemical composition of fine particulate air pollution to worse lung disease outcomes

People with a disease characterized by lung scarring that has no obvious cause are more likely to die if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution composed of chemicals associated with industrial sources and vehicular traffic, according to new research led by University of Pittsburgh scientists.

17 Oct 2022

New screening tool can identify patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations

To aid in decision-making processes and increase awareness around palliative care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), a research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has developed a screening tool to identify-;within seconds-;patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations or goals of care discussions.

17 Oct 2022

New findings point to specific genes linked with increased risk of frozen shoulder

Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a common cause of shoulder pain and immobility. New findings point to specific genes associated with an increased risk of this condition, reports The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

14 Oct 2022

$Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures$

Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures

Patients who have surgery to repair bone fractures typically receive a type of injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood clots, but a new clinical trial found that over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective.

14 Oct 2022

Largest academic collaboration aims to transform the treatment for pediatric cancers

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced the largest academic collaboration of its kind to transform and accelerate the identification of vulnerabilities in pediatric cancers and translate them into better treatments.

13 Oct 2022

Teaching self-regulation at an early stage has a positive effect on children’s later educational success

A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

13 Oct 2022

Study shows increase in menthol use among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes

Menthol use has increased over the past decade among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes, according to a study released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York.

13 Oct 2022

Grants to shed light on caregiving for Alzheimer's patients in Filipino communities

A personal mission inspires Mary Dioise Ramos every day, and now she'll have a chance to bring positive change to people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

12 Oct 2022

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

Muscular strength and its improvement are important to everyone for their regular day-to-day life activities.

12 Oct 2022

U.S. youth continue to be enticed and hooked by expanding variety of e-cigarettes, study shows

A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) e-cigarette use in 2022, which includes 14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students.

12 Oct 2022

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine not associated with time of day of vaccination

A study in Japan finds antibody response to the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine does not vary depending on the time of day when the dose was received.

12 Oct 2022

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Nutrition education needed for all healthcare professionals to better support public health, research suggests

Henry Ford Hospital earns three-year accreditation from National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer

Survey shows healthcare affordability remains on the ballot and could have a big influence on elections

Researchers circumvent a key mechanism in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

Adaptation-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design is one step closer to reality

USF professor awarded $5.5 million dollar grant to advance training and research on child behavior

New machine learning model can screen novel drug compounds to accurately predict efficacy in humans

Study links chemical composition of fine particulate air pollution to worse lung disease outcomes

New screening tool can identify patients who may benefit from palliative care consultations

New findings point to specific genes linked with increased risk of frozen shoulder

Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures

Largest academic collaboration aims to transform the treatment for pediatric cancers

Teaching self-regulation at an early stage has a positive effect on children’s later educational success

Study shows increase in menthol use among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes

Grants to shed light on caregiving for Alzheimer's patients in Filipino communities

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

U.S. youth continue to be enticed and hooked by expanding variety of e-cigarettes, study shows

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine not associated with time of day of vaccination

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