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UrduA team of researchers including those from King’s College London and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have for the first time successfully applied bacteriophage (phage) therapy in mice to alcohol-related liver disease. Phages are viruses that…
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Practice characteristics and job satisfaction among GPs in 11 countries
Practice organization characteristics related to job satisfaction among general practitioners in 11 countries
Higher education holds key to more age-friendly society, publication says
The age-friendly movement is an ideal means of embracing demographic shifts in higher education and society at large, according to the latest issue in the What’s Hot newsletter series from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), titled ” Higher Education…
ICU survivors commonly experience job loss after critical illness, study confirms
Hospitals need to identify and develop interventions to help ICU patients return to work
Historic shadows in a glass house
Reclaiming the lost narrative of a mid-century American feminist
New research shows the more women on a company’s board, the more market value is lost
CATONSVILLE, MD, November 12, 2019 – A company with a gender-diverse board of directors is interpreted as revealing a preference for diversity and a weaker commitment to shareholder value, according to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science .…
Higher education holds key to more age-friendly society, publication says
The age-friendly movement is an ideal means of embracing demographic shifts in higher education and society at large, according to the latest issue in the What’s Hot newsletter series from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), titled ” Higher Education…
ICU survivors commonly experience job loss after critical illness, study confirms
Hospitals need to identify and develop interventions to help ICU patients return to work
Historic shadows in a glass house
Reclaiming the lost narrative of a mid-century American feminist
Associations between burnout and practice organization in family physicians
With the rate of burnout as high as 63% among family physicians, it is important to identify risk factors for physician burnout. The relationship between burnout and personal environmental and organizational risk factors was examined in a study of family…
Capacity to address patient social needs affects primary care clinician burnout
Twenty-nine primary care clinicians provided insight into the relationship between patient social needs and physician burnout through semi-structured interviews. Four key themes appeared throughout these interviews: (1) burnout can affect how clinicians evaluate their clinic’s social needs resources; (2) unmet…
Practice characteristics and job satisfaction among GPs in 11 countries
Practice organization characteristics related to job satisfaction among general practitioners in 11 countries
New research shows the more women on a company’s board, the more market value is lost
CATONSVILLE, MD, November 12, 2019 – A company with a gender-diverse board of directors is interpreted as revealing a preference for diversity and a weaker commitment to shareholder value, according to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science .…
Associations between burnout and practice organization in family physicians
With the rate of burnout as high as 63% among family physicians, it is important to identify risk factors for physician burnout. The relationship between burnout and personal environmental and organizational risk factors was examined in a study of family…
Capacity to address patient social needs affects primary care clinician burnout
Twenty-nine primary care clinicians provided insight into the relationship between patient social needs and physician burnout through semi-structured interviews. Four key themes appeared throughout these interviews: (1) burnout can affect how clinicians evaluate their clinic’s social needs resources; (2) unmet…
Metaphor ‘menu’ for cancer patients launched by researchers
The first manual of expressions describing cancer has been developed by researchers to help patients make sense of their disease.
Brand drug discount cards increase private insurer costs by 46%
Discount cards for brand-name drugs provided to patients increased private insurer costs by 46% and varied in their impact on out-of-pocket payments by patients, found new research in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal ) . “For private insurance plans,…
Government should address climate change, health and taxes as one issue
Protecting our climate will protect health, and implementing evidence-based policies that consider action to meet targets on global warming, the economy, taxes and health together should be a priority for Canada’s government, argues an editorial in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical…
Penn uncovers dose of medication more likely to put patients with pemphigus into remission
Findings may inform use of recent FDA-approved drug rituximab to better treat patients with pemphigus
ACP issues policy recommendations aimed at mitigating the rising costs of prescription drugs
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Stress testing the healthcare system
Researchers in Vienna can infer the resilience of a health care system from its doctors’ networks
LSU Health research discovers potential new Rx target for AMD and Alzheimer’s
New Orleans, LA – Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, found a new mechanism by which a class of molecules his…
Metaphor ‘menu’ for cancer patients launched by researchers
The first manual of expressions describing cancer has been developed by researchers to help patients make sense of their disease.
Penn uncovers dose of medication more likely to put patients with pemphigus into remission
Findings may inform use of recent FDA-approved drug rituximab to better treat patients with pemphigus
Use of locum doctors rising despite limited evidence on quality and safety
There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients, according to new research published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . While the…
Brand drug discount cards increase private insurer costs by 46%
Discount cards for brand-name drugs provided to patients increased private insurer costs by 46% and varied in their impact on out-of-pocket payments by patients, found new research in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal ) . “For private insurance plans,…
Government should address climate change, health and taxes as one issue
Protecting our climate will protect health, and implementing evidence-based policies that consider action to meet targets on global warming, the economy, taxes and health together should be a priority for Canada’s government, argues an editorial in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical…
ACP issues policy recommendations aimed at mitigating the rising costs of prescription drugs
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Stress testing the healthcare system
Researchers in Vienna can infer the resilience of a health care system from its doctors’ networks
LSU Health research discovers potential new Rx target for AMD and Alzheimer’s
New Orleans, LA – Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, found a new mechanism by which a class of molecules his…
Study finds glutamates such as MSG can help reduce Americans’ sodium intake
Promising results from a new study published in the journal Nutrients add to accumulating evidence that glutamates such as monosodium glutamate (MSG) can be used to reduce sodium in the food supply. The study analyzed data from the National Health…
ESMO Asia Congress 2019 [ESMO media alert]
Asia 2019 Congress, Nov. 22-24, Singapore
Study shows biomarker accurately diagnoses deadly infant disease
New Orleans, LA – A diagnostic study of 136 premature infants found that a protein involved in managing harmful bacteria in the human intestine is a reliable biomarker for the noninvasive detection of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Led by researchers and…
Doctors don’t realize hair care prevents many African-American women from exercise
Education needed to help doctors work with patients, find solutions to stay active
Regenstrief playing major role in nationwide effort to improve care for dementia patients
Brown University and Hebrew SeniorLife leading research incubator
Vitamin D dials down the aggression in melanoma cells
Vitamin D influences the behaviour of melanoma cells in the lab by making them less aggressive, Cancer Research UK scientists have found. The researchers from the University of Leeds discovered that vitamin D influences the behaviour of a signalling pathway…
FOCUS may lower PE diagnosis in ED patients with suspected PE and abnormal vitals
DES PLAINES, IL — Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) performed by emergency physicians with advanced training in emergency ultrasound may significantly lower the likelihood of the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) in most patients who are suspected of PE and have…
Vitamin D dials down the aggression in melanoma cells
Vitamin D influences the behaviour of melanoma cells in the lab by making them less aggressive, Cancer Research UK scientists have found. The researchers from the University of Leeds discovered that vitamin D influences the behaviour of a signalling pathway…
FOCUS may lower PE diagnosis in ED patients with suspected PE and abnormal vitals
DES PLAINES, IL — Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) performed by emergency physicians with advanced training in emergency ultrasound may significantly lower the likelihood of the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) in most patients who are suspected of PE and have…
Wiley partners with Editage to enhance and expand services for authors
HOBOKEN, N.J.–November 5, 2019– John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE: JW-A) (NYSE: JW-B) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Editage, a leading global scholarly communications brand by Cactus Communications (CACTUS), to enhance and expand the services available from…
Octapharma USA sponsors ASA Symposium on fibrinogen supplementation in surgical patients
JAMA publishes clinical study results comparing fibrinogen concentrate and cryoprecipitate in cardiac surgery
US Innovation Program brings international entrepreneurs to Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Research Foundation and the Purdue Foundry entrepreneurial community are helping to host a pair of entrepreneurs from Brazil and Uganda as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology…
BU researchers design ‘intelligent’ metamaterial to make MRIs affordable and accessible
Speeding up MRI scans to save lives
New transmission model for Ebola predicted Uganda cases
MANHATTAN, KANSAS — A new risk assessment model for the transmission of Ebola accurately predicted its spread into the Republic of Uganda, according to the Kansas State University researchers who developed it. Caterina Scoglio, professor, and Mahbubul Riad, doctoral student,…
Substance use, misuse and dependence: A PLOS Medicine special issue
This week sees publication of the first research papers that will form part of PLOS Medicine ‘s latest Special Issue , which is devoted to understanding the substantial challenges caused by substance use and misuse and seeking to inform responses…
New resource for dementia and firearm safety to prevent injuries
A new online resource helps caregivers and families protect seniors with dementia
Preventing smoking — evidence from urban emergency department patients
A new study from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation offers a more in-depth understanding of smoking among patients in an urban emergency department. Studying patients in urban emergency departments matters because these patients…
2019 ESMO Award for Immuno-Oncology goes to Thomas Gajewski
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, Dec. 11-14, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
SVIN’s 2019 Annual Meeting to highlight advances in stroke care worldwide
The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) is committed to improving stroke prevention strategies as well as expanding access to the most impactful and modern acute stroke treatments to our patients worldwide. Stroke and interventional neurologists who are members…
Teens who visit the emergency department for self-harm at increased risk of suicide, repeated self harm
Visual abstract: https:/ / www. cmaj. ca/ press-release-4-nov-19 Teens who visit the emergency department for self-harm injuries are at significant risk of repeat self-harm and suicide, and of incurring increased health costs over the following five years, according to a…