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LSU Health New Orlean partners with Vantedge Ventures to advance physician-led innovation

LSU Health New Orleans has joined Vantedge Venture's Innovation Alliance (VIA), a collective of health systems seeking to innovate and create sustainable solutions from the ideas developed by their network of clinicians and physicians.

25 Oct 2018

Children have positive feelings when they lose their first baby tooth

Scared, ashamed, happy or proud - how do children feel when they lose their first baby tooth? An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Zurich has now found that children's feelings are predominantly positive.

24 Oct 2018

Advancement in medical imaging methods for health care

The fast-moving advancement in medical imaging technology has revolutionized health care science. When information technology is integrated with imaging technology, it takes health care to new horizons. On the other hand, there is an increase in the number of health care workers to meet the need of growing population and requirement of quality health services.

22 Oct 2018

Shorter course of trastuzumab could be an option for women with HER2+ early breast cancer

Women with HER2-positive early breast cancer with small tumours have similar disease-free survival and lower risk of cardiac toxicity with a nine-week course of adjuvant trastuzumab compared to those treated for one year, according to a subgroup analysis of the Short-HER trial reported at ESMO 2018 Congress in Munich.

22 Oct 2018

Key insights into the application, production of bioactive materials

Anatomy, Modeling and Biomaterial Fabrication for Dental and Maxillofacial Applications provides readers with information about dental implants and biomaterial fabrication for maxillofacial procedures and dental bone / tissue repair.

19 Oct 2018

Nutrition has bigger positive impact on bone mass and strength than exercise

One question that scientists and fitness experts alike would love to answer is whether exercise or nutrition has a bigger positive impact on bone strength.

17 Oct 2018

New blood test for pediatric brain tumor patients offers safer approach than surgical biopsies

A new blood test for children with brain tumors offers a safer approach than surgical biopsies and may allow doctors to measure the effectiveness of treatment even before changes are identified on scans, according to research led by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and Children’s National Health System.

16 Oct 2018

Neuropsychiatric symptoms related to earliest stages of Alzheimer's brain pathology

UC San Francisco researchers, in collaboration with the unique Brazilian Biobank for Aging Studies at the University of São Paulo, have shown that the earliest stages of the brain degeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease are linked to neuropsychiatric symptoms including anxiety, depression, loss of appetite, and sleep disturbances.

15 Oct 2018

Tobacco heating products cause less staining to teeth than conventional cigarettes

A study by scientists at British American Tobacco has shown that e-cigarettes and tobacco heating products cause significantly less staining to teeth than conventional cigarettes.

15 Oct 2018

Researchers develop new techniques for faster detection of Lyme disease bacteria

Researchers have developed techniques to detect Lyme disease bacteria weeks sooner than current tests, allowing patients to start treatment earlier.

11 Oct 2018

New blood test may detect early-stage lung cancer when surgical intervention is not possible

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma is often fatal because most cases are not diagnosed until they are so advanced that surgical intervention is no longer possible. To improve outcomes researchers are developing a blood test to detect lung cancer earlier in the disease.

8 Oct 2018

Researchers identify sex-specific genetic risk factor for pancreatic cancer

In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, researchers have found that mutation of a gene called ATRX may lead to increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer in females.

5 Oct 2018

Periodontal disease may be an initiator of Alzheimer's

Long-term exposure to periodontal disease bacteria causes inflammation and degeneration of brain neurons in mice that is similar to the effects of Alzheimer's disease in humans, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

4 Oct 2018

Citation indices may indicate journal quality but its contribution to visibility remains uncertain

Citation indices, such as those developed by Clarivate Analytics for the Web of Science, aim to include high-quality global and regional journals across a wide range of scholarly fields, while expressly arguing that this significantly contributes to the visibility of both scholarly articles and the journals in which they appear.

24 Sep 2018

‘Physicians of the mouth’? Dentists absorb the medical billing drill

On a recent Friday morning, more than 30 dentists and dental staffers gathered in a conference room to learn an arcane new skill: how to bill medical insurers.

24 Sep 2018

UCSF awarded $20 million grant to study impacts of new, emerging tobacco products

UC San Francisco has been awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to study the impacts of new and emerging tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, which heat tobacco without combustion.

18 Sep 2018

Integration of innovative digital techniques into medical courses for enhanced patient safety

The future begins now - that is the mantra on medical courses at MedUni Vienna and also at the Society for Medical Education conference starting in Vienna this coming Wednesday - the largest event on this topic within the German-speaking area.

12 Sep 2018

ADHD patients have increased risk of developing Parkinson's and other similar diseases

While about 11 percent of children (4-17 years old) nationwide have been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, the long-term health effects of having ADHD and of common ADHD medications remains understudied.

12 Sep 2018

Researchers examine Twitter conversations to understand thoughts concerning OpenAPS technology

The diabetes online community is leading grassroots efforts focused on accelerating the development, access and adoption of diabetes-related tools to manage the disease.

11 Sep 2018

Researchers uncover secret of immortality mechanism in aggressive glioblastoma

UC San Francisco researchers have discovered how a mutation in a gene regulator called the TERT promoter -- the third most common mutation among all human cancers and the most common mutation in the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma -- confers "immortality" on tumor cells, enabling the unchecked cell division that powers their aggressive growth.

10 Sep 2018

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Latest Dentistry News and Research

LSU Health New Orlean partners with Vantedge Ventures to advance physician-led innovation

Children have positive feelings when they lose their first baby tooth

Advancement in medical imaging methods for health care

Shorter course of trastuzumab could be an option for women with HER2+ early breast cancer

Key insights into the application, production of bioactive materials

Nutrition has bigger positive impact on bone mass and strength than exercise

New blood test for pediatric brain tumor patients offers safer approach than surgical biopsies

Neuropsychiatric symptoms related to earliest stages of Alzheimer's brain pathology

Tobacco heating products cause less staining to teeth than conventional cigarettes

Researchers develop new techniques for faster detection of Lyme disease bacteria

New blood test may detect early-stage lung cancer when surgical intervention is not possible

Researchers identify sex-specific genetic risk factor for pancreatic cancer

Periodontal disease may be an initiator of Alzheimer's

Citation indices may indicate journal quality but its contribution to visibility remains uncertain

‘Physicians of the mouth’? Dentists absorb the medical billing drill

UCSF awarded $20 million grant to study impacts of new, emerging tobacco products

Integration of innovative digital techniques into medical courses for enhanced patient safety

ADHD patients have increased risk of developing Parkinson's and other similar diseases

Researchers examine Twitter conversations to understand thoughts concerning OpenAPS technology

Researchers uncover secret of immortality mechanism in aggressive glioblastoma

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