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Will the Doctor See Your Child Now?
Shoulder Injuries in Professional Baseball Players: A Continuing Puzzle
Correlation Between 2nd ACL Reconstruction and Physical Therapy Utilization Noted by Researchers
Surgery May Not Offer Additional Benefit to Patients with Tennis Elbow, Study Shows
Levels of Biomarkers After ACL Surgery May Signal Severity of Osteoarthritis Later in Life
Study Shows Surgery Reverses Pseudoparalysis in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears
Heads Up Tackling Program Decreases Concussion Rates, Say Researchers
New Study Finds Potential Breakthrough in Determining Who’s at Risk for Heart Attacks
New Markers Associated with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Previously Treated Patients
Combining Risk Score Tools Improves Stroke and Mortality Prediction for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients Often Go Without Most Effective Treatments
New Blood Thinner Better at Preventing Recurrent Blood Clots Than Aspirin
African Americans May Receive Different Advice on Statin Therapy
New Study Finds Antithrombotic Therapy Has No Benefit for Low-Risk Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Routine Blood Tests Can Help Measure a Patient’s Future Risk for Chronic Disease, New Study Finds
People Who Have High Levels of Two Cardiac Markers At High Risk of Adverse Heart Events
Automatic Palliative Care Consult for Patients with Advanced Cancers Leads to Improved Outcomes
Palliative Care Consults for Patients with Advanced Cancers Reduces Hospitalization and Improves Quality of Care
Atrial Fibrillation Patients May Safely Discontinue Blood Thinners After Successful Ablation
Study Sheds Light on Prognosis of mTBI Symptoms for Returning Soldiers
Moderate Exercise May Be Beneficial for HCM Patients
Poison Prevention Awareness Week Kicks Off on March 19
Introducing Novel Guidelines for Patient Engagement in Research
Do You Really Have High Blood Pressure?
Piece of Mind
More Than Half of College Football Athletes Have Inadequate Levels of Vitamin D, Deficiency Linked to Muscle Injuries
Penn Researchers Find Patients’ Annual Financial Burden Under Medicare Part D Is “Too Much Too Soon”
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement as Effective as Surgery in Intermediate Patients
Human Brain Networks Developing in Adolescence Related to Evolutionary Expansion
Study IDs Link Between Sugar Signaling and Regulation of Oil Production in Plants
Advanced Form of Proton Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Lung Cancer Recurrence
For Female Mosquitoes, Two Sets of Odor Sensors Are Better Than One
UTHealth Stroke Researchers on the Leading Edge of Stem Cell Science
Can Appendicitis Be Treated Solely with Medication?
Statement of Eleanor D. Lederer, MD, FASN, President, American Society of Nephrology on Proposed FY 2018 Budget
Pivotal Trial Begins for Breast Fibroadenoma Using Focused Ultrasound
URI Researchers, Colleagues Receive Funding for Clinical Translational Research Projects
Loyola University Chicago Appoints New Stritch School of Medicine Dean
Lust for Power
Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System
Human Skull Evolved Along with Two-Legged Walking, Study Confirms
Towards Super-Efficient, Ultra-Thin Silicon Solar Cells
Research Proposes New Theories About Nature of Earth’s Iron
Scientists Make the Case to Restore Pluto’s Planet Status
Enormous Swarms of Midges Teach About Interconnected Landscapes
Research Trial Serves as Grounds to Plant Coffee
Arkansas Professor and Student to Lead NATO Training Course on Social Media Analysis
Killian Tillie From France Part of Gonzaga’s Global Approach to Basketball, Education
American Psychological Association Urges Congress to Reject President's Proposed Budget
Regina Cunningham Appointed CEO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Will the Doctor See Your Child Now?
Parents often want medical advice when their child gets sick but only about half are very confident they can get a same day appointment with their child’s provider, a new national poll finds.
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 00:00 ET
Shoulder Injuries in Professional Baseball Players: A Continuing Puzzle
Professional baseball players struggle to return to a high level of play after biceps tenodesis (BP) surgery, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego. The st...
– American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 06:00 ET
Correlation Between 2nd ACL Reconstruction and Physical Therapy Utilization Noted by Researchers
Age, gender and frequency of physical therapy utilization after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery may be correlated with second ACL reconstruction rates, according to researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for...
– American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 06:00 ET
Surgery May Not Offer Additional Benefit to Patients with Tennis Elbow, Study Shows
Surgical approaches to treating tennis elbow may not offer additional benefit to patients, as discussed in research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego. The study, a randomized, dou...
– American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 06:00 ET
Levels of Biomarkers After ACL Surgery May Signal Severity of Osteoarthritis Later in Life
A majority of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction patients develop a condition known as posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) within 15 years of surgery, which can be debilitating and limit activity. Researchers presenting their work at the...
– American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 00:00 ET
Study Shows Surgery Reverses Pseudoparalysis in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears
Research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Diego shows arthroscopic superior capsule reconstruction (SCR), a surgical approach to treat irreparable rotator cuff tears, may eliminate pse...
– American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 06:00 ET
Heads Up Tackling Program Decreases Concussion Rates, Say Researchers
Consistently using a tackling education program appears to help lessen youth football concussion severity and occurrence, say researchers presenting their work today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Specialty Day in San Die...
– American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 06:00 ET
New Study Finds Potential Breakthrough in Determining Who’s at Risk for Heart Attacks
Researchers are revisiting their views on the relative dangers soft and hard atherosclerotic plaque deposits pose to heart health. Findings of a new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute may be a “game-changer” ...
– Intermountain Medical Center
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 15:45 ET
New Markers Associated with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in Previously Treated Patients
Ablation procedures restore a regular heartbeat in patients who have a dangerous, abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation. But it doesn’t always work. Now, a new study suggests that certain molecules are associated with the recurrence of e...
– Intermountain Medical Center
American College of Cardiology 2017 Scientific Session
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 15:45 ET
Combining Risk Score Tools Improves Stroke and Mortality Prediction for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Combining two independent, scientifically-proven risk measurements allows physicians to better predict an atrial fibrillation patient’s risk of stroke or death. The tools also help determine the need for blood thinners in treatment, according to ne...
– Intermountain Medical Center
American College of Cardiology 2017 Scientific Session
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 15:45 ET
High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients Often Go Without Most Effective Treatments
A typical intervention for PE patients includes anticoagulants in an effort to prevent migration of the blood clot, but the higher-risk PE population – about 30 percent of all PE patients – are potential candidates for catheter-directed thromboly...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
3T32HL007843-20S1; American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 09:00 ET
New Blood Thinner Better at Preventing Recurrent Blood Clots Than Aspirin
Venous thromboembolism is a chronic disease, with risks of additional blood clots over a patient’s lifetime. However, many physicians and patients are deciding against long-term treatment with blood thinners because of concern about the risk of ble...
– McMaster University
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 08:00 ET
African Americans May Receive Different Advice on Statin Therapy
Study investigates whether modern statin guidelines accurately identify African American patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
JAMA Cardiology, March-2017; ACC Scientific Sessions, March-2017; HHSN268201300046C; HHSN268201300047C; HHSN268201300048C; HHSN268201300049C; HHSN268201300050C...
Embargo expired on 18-Mar-2017 at 15:45 ET
New Study Finds Antithrombotic Therapy Has No Benefit for Low-Risk Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Findings from a large, community-based study show that antithrombotic therapy doesn’t decrease low-risk atrial fibrillation patients’ risk of suffering a stroke within five years. In fact, researchers found that low-risk patients fared better wit...
– Intermountain Medical Center
American College of Cardiology 2017 Scientific Session
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 11:45 ET
Routine Blood Tests Can Help Measure a Patient’s Future Risk for Chronic Disease, New Study Finds
A new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City finds that combining information from routine blood tests and age of primary care patients can create a score that measures future risk of chronic diseas...
– Intermountain Medical Center
American College of Cardiology 2017 Scientific Session
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 10:00 ET
People Who Have High Levels of Two Cardiac Markers At High Risk of Adverse Heart Events
New research suggests that GlycA, a newly identified blood marker, and C-reactive protein both independently predict major adverse cardiac events, including heart failure and death. Patients who have high levels of both biomarkers are at especially h...
– Intermountain Medical Center
American College of Cardiology 2017 Scientific Session
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 10:00 ET
Automatic Palliative Care Consult for Patients with Advanced Cancers Leads to Improved Outcomes
A recent study demonstrated that increased palliative care consultations for patients with advanced cancers is associated with substantial impact on 30-day readmission, administration of chemotherapy following discharge, hospice referral, and use of ...
– Yale Cancer Center
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 16:00 ET
Palliative Care Consults for Patients with Advanced Cancers Reduces Hospitalization and Improves Quality of Care
Cancer patients admitted to the hospital with advanced stages of disease who were referred early to palliative care had decreased health care utilization and increased use of support services following discharge, according to a new study led by resea...
– Mount Sinai Health System
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 16:00 ET
Atrial Fibrillation Patients May Safely Discontinue Blood Thinners After Successful Ablation
For patients with persistent AF or those who are at high risk for recurring AF, catheter ablation – a minimally invasive procedure in which the areas of the heart causing the irregularity are cauterized – is recommended, followed most often by co...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 11:30 ET
Study Sheds Light on Prognosis of mTBI Symptoms for Returning Soldiers
Nearly 50 percent of recently-deployed Soldiers who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury reported post-concussive symptoms – like headaches, sleep disturbance, and forgetfulness – three months after returning from deployment, according to a st...
– Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
Neurology® 2017;88:1–9
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 16:00 ET
Moderate Exercise May Be Beneficial for HCM Patients
Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are urged to take it easy. But new research shows they might benefit from moderate aerobic exercise.
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
JAMA, March-2017; ACC Scientific Sessions, March-2017; UL1TR000433
Embargo expired on 17-Mar-2017 at 12:15 ET
Poison Prevention Awareness Week Kicks Off on March 19
The Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is a 24-hour emergency and information telephone service for anyone with concerns about poisons or drugs. In 2016, DPIC received more than 85,...
– Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Embargo expired on 19-Mar-2017 at 00:05 ET
Introducing Novel Guidelines for Patient Engagement in Research
ISPOR announced the publication of suggested guidelines on establishing research partnerships with patients in the March 2017 issue of Value in Health. The report of these novel recommendations for outcomes researchers is entitled, "Emerging Guidelin...
– International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
Value in Health, Mar-2017
Do You Really Have High Blood Pressure?
A study by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) shows that more than half of family doctors in Canada are still using manual devices to measure blood pressure, a dated technology that often leads to misdiagnosis...
– Universite de Montreal
Canadian Family Physician, March 2017
Piece of Mind
With just an inexpensive micro-thin surgical needle and laser light, University of Utah engineers have discovered a minimally invasive, inexpensive way to take high-resolution pictures of an animal brain, a process that also could lead to a much less...
– University of Utah
Scientific Reports
More Than Half of College Football Athletes Have Inadequate Levels of Vitamin D, Deficiency Linked to Muscle Injuries
More than half of college football athletes participating in the NFL Combine had inadequate levels of vitamin D, and this left them more susceptible to muscle injuries, according to a study at Hospital for Special Surgery.
– Hospital for Special Surgery
Penn Researchers Find Patients’ Annual Financial Burden Under Medicare Part D Is “Too Much Too Soon”
A study released today by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania documents the patient out-of-pocket cost burden under Medicare prescription drug plans (known as Medicare Part D) and finds that despite having...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The American Journal of Managed Care
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement as Effective as Surgery in Intermediate Patients
Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today unveiled first-ever clinical data from the Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) Trial, which was presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 66th Annual Scientific Sessio...
– Houston Methodist
NEJM, March 17, 2017; American College of Cardiology 66th Annual Scientific Session
Human Brain Networks Developing in Adolescence Related to Evolutionary Expansion
PHILADELPHIA – Adolescence marks not only the period of physical maturation bridging childhood and adulthood, but also a crucial period for remodeling of the human brain. A Penn study reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer lay...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
MH107235; MH089983; MH089924; MH096891; MH101111; MH107703; EB022573; NS042645
Study IDs Link Between Sugar Signaling and Regulation of Oil Production in Plants
UPTON, NY—Even plants have to live on an energy budget. While they’re known for converting solar energy into chemical energy in the form of sugars, plants have sophisticated biochemical mechanisms for regulating how they spend that energy. Making...
– Brookhaven National Laboratory
The Plant Cell, advance online, 17 March 2017
Advanced Form of Proton Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Lung Cancer Recurrence
An advanced form of image-guided radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), has shown early promise for the treatment of recurrent lung cancer, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cent...
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
For Female Mosquitoes, Two Sets of Odor Sensors Are Better Than One
A team of Vanderbilt biologists has found that the malaria mosquito has a second complete set of odor receptors that are specially tuned to human scents.
– Vanderbilt University
Nature: Scientific Reports (09Jan2017)
UTHealth Stroke Researchers on the Leading Edge of Stem Cell Science
The effect of multipotent adult progenitor stem cells on stroke recovery were the focus of two recently published papers that include researchers at the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at The University of Texas Health Science Center...
– University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Lancet Neurology
Can Appendicitis Be Treated Solely with Medication?
For 130 years, surgery has been the standard treatment for appendicitis — inflammation of the appendix, a short tube extending from the colon. After all, it’s best to remove an infected body part that is not essential to survival rather than risk...
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Statement of Eleanor D. Lederer, MD, FASN, President, American Society of Nephrology on Proposed FY 2018 Budget
Condemns the Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts for the National Institute of Health
– American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Pivotal Trial Begins for Breast Fibroadenoma Using Focused Ultrasound
Patients with benign breast tumors may be eligible for a new focused ultrasound–based investigational treatment as part of a pivotal, multi-center clinical study. The trial began last month at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center.
– Focused Ultrasound Foundation
URI Researchers, Colleagues Receive Funding for Clinical Translational Research Projects
Pilot Projects involving two researchers at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded federal funding through Advance Clinical and Translational Research (Advance-CTR), a statewide effort to support clinical research that can be translated int...
– University of Rhode Island
Loyola University Chicago Appoints New Stritch School of Medicine Dean
Loyola University Chicago announces the appointment of Steve A. N. Goldstein, MD, PhD, as dean of the Stritch School of Medicine. Goldstein has nearly 30 years of experience in health sciences research, medical education, and higher education adminis...
– Loyola University Health System
Science News |
Lust for Power
University of Utah engineers have discovered a new material made from a combination of the chemical elements calcium, cobalt and terbium that can create an efficient, inexpensive and bio-friendly material that can generate electricity through a therm...
– University of Utah
Scientific Reports
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 06:00 ET
Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle; the third, long-lost member of a star system in the Orion Nebula that broke apart 500 years ago.
– Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Mar-2017
Human Skull Evolved Along with Two-Legged Walking, Study Confirms
The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull — a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers at Stony Brook University and The University of Texas at Austin....
– University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
Journal of Human Evolution
Towards Super-Efficient, Ultra-Thin Silicon Solar Cells
Researchers from Ames Laboratory used supercomputers at NERSC to evaluate a novel approach for creating more energy-efficient ultra-thin crystalline silicon solar cells by optimizing nanophotonic light trapping.
– Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Research Proposes New Theories About Nature of Earth’s Iron
New research challenges the prevailing theory that the unique nature of Earth’s iron was the result of how its core was formed billions of years ago.
– University of Chicago
Nature Communications
Scientists Make the Case to Restore Pluto’s Planet Status
Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: Regardless of what one prestigious scientific organization says to the contrary, Pluto is a planet. So, he says, is Europa, commonly known as a moon of Jupiter, and so is the Earth’s moon, and so are more...
– Johns Hopkins University
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference paper, Mar-2017s
Enormous Swarms of Midges Teach About Interconnected Landscapes
Ecologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are trying to understand why the midge population at an Icelandic lake can fluctuate by 100,000-fold across a decade, and what impact these massive swarms have on the surrounding landscape.
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Trial Serves as Grounds to Plant Coffee
The Department of Plant Science has planted 13 different varieties of coffee from Honduras and El Salvador in a secluded spot on campus as part of a research trial to see which types can tolerate the range of temperatures in the Pomona area.
– California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Lifestyle & Social Sciences |
Arkansas Professor and Student to Lead NATO Training Course on Social Media Analysis
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy chair and professor of information science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and his doctoral student, Nihal Hussain, will conduct a four-day social media analysis training course for NATO Strat...
– University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Killian Tillie From France Part of Gonzaga’s Global Approach to Basketball, Education
SPOKANE, Wash. – A year ago, Killian Tillie was back home in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, weighing multiple opportunities from American colleges offering basketball scholarships. Ultimately, two things drove the 6-foot-10-inch forward’s decision to...
– Gonzaga University
American Psychological Association Urges Congress to Reject President's Proposed Budget
The American Psychological Association expressed serious concerns regarding deep cuts in the president’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget that the organization says will curtail advances in research and education while threatening the health, well-...
– American Psychological Association (APA)
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