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Men with hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromosome have worse prognosis for heart failure

research group led by Dr. Soichi Sano, a specially appointed lecturer in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, revealed that men with hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromosome (mLOY) — meaning men with an increase, in the blood, of cells that have lost the male sex chromosome — have a worse prognosis for heart failure due to fibrosis progression in the heart.

15 Jul 2022

Study: Prescribing rate of non-opioid pain medications increased after 2016 CDC guideline

After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a guideline for prescribing opioids to patients experiencing chronic pain in 2016, the prescribing rate of non-opioid pain medication increased each year above and beyond what would be expected based on the preexisting trends, a new study finds.

15 Jul 2022

’Health is Wealth’ focus for global healthcare trade and export summit at Birmingham 2022

A major trade summit exploring opportunities for data driven healthcare to improve health worldwide will take place at UK House.

15 Jul 2022

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Forget covid-19, monkeypox, and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

15 Jul 2022

Peer comparison information decreases physicians' job satisfaction while increasing burnout

A commonly used behavioral intervention-;informing primary care physicians about how their performance compares to that of their peers-;has no statistically significant impact on preventive care performance.

15 Jul 2022

New mouse model faithfully mimics brain damage caused by severe Rift Valley Fever virus infection

A new mouse model identified by virologists from the University of Pittsburgh might revolutionize development of therapies targeting brain inflammation caused by Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV).

15 Jul 2022

Study finds the increasing popularity of plus size models in both marketing and on social media

With the changing societal body image in America, plus size models have gained in popularity and positively impacted a body inclusive model of beauty.

15 Jul 2022

New tool uses existing EHR data to identify avoidable hospital transfers of nursing home residents

The Avoidable Transfer Scale, an innovative tool that uses data commonly included in a nursing home resident's electronic health record to identify and characterize potentially avoidable hospitalizations, highlights issues that can be handled in the nursing home itself.

15 Jul 2022

Prescribing lower quantities of opioids may effectively control postoperative pain after knee surgery

Prescribing smaller quantities of opioid medication appears to be as effective in controlling postoperative pain after knee surgery as higher quantities and may help to limit the number of opioids prescribed and possible diversion of unused prescription opioid medication, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine 2022 Annual Meeting

15 Jul 2022

$Study assesses if anterior lip displacement predicts complications in patients with tibial spine fractures$

Study assesses if anterior lip displacement predicts complications in patients with tibial spine fractures

Young patients who undergo surgery for displaced tibial spine fractures and who had both an extension and flexion contracture, had 2.2 times the odds of having a complication compared to patients who did not have any contractures, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's 2022 Annual Meeting.

15 Jul 2022

Study: About 9 in 10 Ohioans received abortion care later than the current law allows

Prior to Ohio's new six-week cutoff for legal abortions, about 9 in 10 people seeking care in Ohio had abortions later than the current law allows, new research suggests.

15 Jul 2022

Evidence for a specific anti-inflammatory metabolic signature in long-COVID

A recent research paper posted to the medRxiv* preprint server illustrated anti-inflammatory and hypo-metabolic fingerprints in long coronavirus disease (COVID) syndrome (LCS) using pan-omics plasma assessments.

15 Jul 2022

Newly characterized stem cell self-renewal factor enables continuous sperm production

Unlike women, who are born with all the eggs they'll ever have, men can continue to produce sperm throughout their adult lives. To do so, they require a constant renewal of spermatogonial stem cells, which give rise to sperm.

15 Jul 2022

Treatment of precancerous anal growths in HIV patients decreases the progression to anal cancer

A team of researchers, including LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Diseases and Microbiology professor Michael Hagensee, MD, PhD, has shown for the first time that treating precancerous anal growths called high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) in persons living with HIV significantly decreased the progression to anal cancer.

15 Jul 2022

New wireless technology remotely activates specific brain circuits in under one second

A research team led by Rice University neuroengineers has created wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain circuits in fruit flies in under one second.

15 Jul 2022

Adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy shows no added benefits for newborns with birth asphyxia

Adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy for term newborns with birth asphyxia has no benefit over cooling therapy alone, a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

14 Jul 2022

Young hip surgery patients with a shallower hip bone socket are at risk for repeat operation

Young patients undergoing hip surgery who have a shallower hip bone socket are at risk for a repeat operation, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine 2022 Annual Meeting.

14 Jul 2022

Addition of brentuximab vedotin to chemotherapy has a positive impact for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma

A study led by researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that the addition of brentuximab vedotin to standard chemotherapy treatment improves overall survival in patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma, when compared to the current standard of chemotherapy alone.

14 Jul 2022

Immune response after transplant is complicated by bacteria in donated organs

Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject the organs.

14 Jul 2022

Using deep-learning architecture to identify rare, life-threatening disorders from fetal ultrasound scans

Artificial intelligence is poised to play a truly transformative role in global health care. The convergence of medicine and AI might eventually prove to be more impactful than the unraveling of the genome.

14 Jul 2022

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Men with hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromosome have worse prognosis for heart failure

Study: Prescribing rate of non-opioid pain medications increased after 2016 CDC guideline

’Health is Wealth’ focus for global healthcare trade and export summit at Birmingham 2022

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Peer comparison information decreases physicians' job satisfaction while increasing burnout

New mouse model faithfully mimics brain damage caused by severe Rift Valley Fever virus infection

Study finds the increasing popularity of plus size models in both marketing and on social media

New tool uses existing EHR data to identify avoidable hospital transfers of nursing home residents

Prescribing lower quantities of opioids may effectively control postoperative pain after knee surgery

Study assesses if anterior lip displacement predicts complications in patients with tibial spine fractures

Study: About 9 in 10 Ohioans received abortion care later than the current law allows

Evidence for a specific anti-inflammatory metabolic signature in long-COVID

Newly characterized stem cell self-renewal factor enables continuous sperm production

Treatment of precancerous anal growths in HIV patients decreases the progression to anal cancer

New wireless technology remotely activates specific brain circuits in under one second

Adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy shows no added benefits for newborns with birth asphyxia

Young hip surgery patients with a shallower hip bone socket are at risk for repeat operation

Addition of brentuximab vedotin to chemotherapy has a positive impact for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma

Immune response after transplant is complicated by bacteria in donated organs

Using deep-learning architecture to identify rare, life-threatening disorders from fetal ultrasound scans

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