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UrduMerit Ptah is often called the first woman doctor, CU Anschutz researcher calls it a case of mistaken identity
Tag: MEDICAL EDUCATION
Celebrated ancient Egyptian woman physician likely never existed, says researcher
Merit Ptah is often called the first woman doctor, CU Anschutz researcher calls it a case of mistaken identity
Meaningful change in culture urged to save neurology, reduce gender gap
(SACRAMENTO) — Allison Brashear, Dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, is working to save the future workforce of neurology and to reduce the gender gap in the medical specialty. More trained neurologists are needed to meet the demand…
Meaningful change in culture urged to save neurology, reduce gender gap
(SACRAMENTO) — Allison Brashear, Dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, is working to save the future workforce of neurology and to reduce the gender gap in the medical specialty. More trained neurologists are needed to meet the demand…
Innovative research seeks to improve walking for children with CP
New Orleans, LA – Noelle Moreau, Ph.D., PT, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions, and Kristie Bjornson, PT, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, are the co-principal…
To help protect research, experts agree on a definition of predatory publishing
Leading scholars and publishers from The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology, the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, and other institutions from around the world have agreed on a consensus definition of predatory publishing. Led by Drs. Agnes Grudniewicz,…
Innovative research seeks to improve walking for children with CP
New Orleans, LA – Noelle Moreau, Ph.D., PT, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions, and Kristie Bjornson, PT, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, are the co-principal…
To help protect research, experts agree on a definition of predatory publishing
Leading scholars and publishers from The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology, the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, and other institutions from around the world have agreed on a consensus definition of predatory publishing. Led by Drs. Agnes Grudniewicz,…
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
New research details how to properly work healthcare transparency and increase social welfare
Increasing transparency in the healthcare sector: More might not be better
New research details how to properly work healthcare transparency and increase social welfare
LSU Health discovers role of 2 proteins in sight and preventing blinding eye diseases
New Orleans, LA – Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, Ph.D., Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has discovered unique patterns of genetic activity that may lead to…
How does political news affect moods? New study in young doctors shows real-time effects
They work in a bubble of 80-hour work weeks, and 24-hour shifts. But for first-year doctors who started their careers in the past few years, a new study shows that certain political events affected their mood just as much as the intense first weeks of their training had.
Award to create clinical solution for life-threatening preemie condition
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chosen Diagnostics Inc, a spin-out company, a $299,641 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award. Based on an LSU Health…
Award to create clinical solution for life-threatening preemie condition
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chosen Diagnostics Inc, a spin-out company, a $299,641 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award. Based on an LSU Health…
Imaging uncovers secrets of medicine’s mysterious ivory manikins
CHICAGO – Little is known about the origins of manikins–small anatomical sculptures thought to be used by doctors four centuries ago–but now advanced imaging techniques have offered a revealing glimpse inside these captivating ivory dolls. Researchers using micro-CT successfully identified…
More medical students are telling their schools about their disabilities, and schools are responding, study finds
The percentage of medical students who told their schools that they have a disability rose sharply in recent years, a new study shows. Medical schools made changes, called accommodations, for nearly all medical students who disclosed the fact that they have a condition that qualifies as a disability, the study also finds.
More medical students are telling their schools about disabilities, and getting a response
Increased disability diversity and accommodation among future physicians could improve patient care, researchers say
More medical students are telling their schools about disabilities, and getting a response
Increased disability diversity and accommodation among future physicians could improve patient care, researchers say
Thermal cameras effective in detecting rheumatoid arthritis
A new study, published today in Scientific Reports , highlights that thermal imaging has the potential to become an important method to assess Rheumatoid Arthritis. Results of the study, carried out with 82 participants, confirm that both palm and finger…
Thermal cameras effective in detecting rheumatoid arthritis
A new study, published today in Scientific Reports , highlights that thermal imaging has the potential to become an important method to assess Rheumatoid Arthritis. Results of the study, carried out with 82 participants, confirm that both palm and finger…
Biosimilar for HER2+ breast cancer: Overall response rate matches reference trastuzumab
ESMO Asia Congress 2019
Combination of immunotherapy and VEGF inhibitor improves survival in HCC
ESMO Asia Congress 2019
$1M grant goes to asthma prevention research
UMass Lowell prof leads effort to aid low-income seniors
Is centenarian democratization our near future?
Jean-Pierre Fillard’s Longevity in the 2.0 World: Would Centenarians Become a Commonplace?
Texas Heart Institute perfusion student awarded prestigious scholarship
A small-town girl with a whole lot of passion prepares for medical mission to Colombia
Winning team emerges from ClinicalKey Global Challenge’s London finale
Elsevier brought 12 medical student finalists from across the world to London to take part in a thrilling clinical knowledge challenge
Randomized trial at music festival shows potential of virtual reality for CPR training
Cardiologists at Radboud university medical center performed a research project during a large music festival called Lowlands, in the Netherlands in August 2019. The first results of this innovative study are now published in JAMA Cardiology.
‘A Picture of Health’ pop-up exhibition
Scientists and artists collaborate to create pop-up exhibition in response to the phrase ‘A Picture of Health’
Talking with trained doctors can help abused women
Women who are experiencing intimate partner violence feel better supported, more confident, and less depressed when trained family doctors counsel them, according to new research in the journal Family Practice . Globally, one in four women experiences intimate partner violence…
Talking with trained doctors can help abused women
Women who are experiencing intimate partner violence feel better supported, more confident, and less depressed when trained family doctors counsel them, according to new research in the journal Family Practice . Globally, one in four women experiences intimate partner violence…
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…
Scientists explain the origin of brain mapping diversity for eye dominance
The human visual brain devotes most of its neuronal resources to process the part of the visual scene that we see with both eyes. To achieve this goal, afferents from the two eyes representing the same binocular point in visual…
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…
Scientists explain the origin of brain mapping diversity for eye dominance
The human visual brain devotes most of its neuronal resources to process the part of the visual scene that we see with both eyes. To achieve this goal, afferents from the two eyes representing the same binocular point in visual…
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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
AAHCM Shares Success from 2019 Annual Meeting
With over 450 attendees, this meeting provides health care professionals with training and education on the unique aspects of providing home-based medical care as well as an understanding of how to sustain these medical practices.
‘Vaping’: The BfR advises against self-mixing e-liquids
E-cigarette consumers should avoid products of uncertain origin
‘Vaping’: The BfR advises against self-mixing e-liquids
E-cigarette consumers should avoid products of uncertain origin
Wills Eye Hospital presents 4 inaugural awards at gala celebrating renowned retina service
Beloved, late retina surgeon is remembered, his family receives standing ovation as hospital leaders announce early outpouring of support with over 1 million dollars raised for research fund in his name
Wills Eye Hospital presents 4 inaugural awards at gala celebrating renowned retina service
Beloved, late retina surgeon is remembered, his family receives standing ovation as hospital leaders announce early outpouring of support with over 1 million dollars raised for research fund in his name
Central Valley workplaces can be hostile for minority doctors
Despite the dire need for primary health care providers in California’s Central Valley, workplace discrimination and harassment can cause some of them to change practices or leave the region entirely.
Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves
Mechanical engineering students in MIT D-Lab are working with collaborators in Uganda to scale-up a solution for the health risks associated with wood-burning cookstoves
LSU Health New Orleans awarded $1.74 million for Usher Syndrome antisense therapy research
New Orleans, LA – Jennifer J. Lentz, PhD, Associate Professor at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence and Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Genetics and Ophthalmology, in collaboration with Robert K. Koenekoop MD, PhD and Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Human…
LSU Health New Orleans’ Weiss receives top global honor
New Orleans, LA – Jayne S. Weiss, MD, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer of LSU Healthcare Network, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Castroviejo Award. The…
Health-care pioneer Harris Berman to retire as dean of Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine Dean Harris Berman will step down from his post at the end of the year. The managed-care pioneer and former chief executive of Tufts Health Plan will continue at the university on a part-time basis, fundraising for the medical school and university and training academic leadership in development.
Sociodemographic factors associated with passing surgery board exams
What The Study Did: Survey responses from general surgery trainees were used to examine the association between sociodemographic factors such as race/ethnicity, gender and family status with the likelihood of passing the American Board of Surgery board examinations. To access…
Center for Future of Surgery Expands at UC San Diego School of Medicine
In Fall 2019, the Center for the Future of Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine expanded to address the newest surgical trends, especially those benefiting the brain and the nervous system.
Charlene Compher to receive 2019 Norma M. Lang Award for Scholarly Practice & Policy
Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, CNSC, LDN, FADA, FASPEN, is the Shearer Endowed Term Chair in Healthy Community Practices, Professor of Nutrition Sciences, Director of the Nutrition Programs, and Vice-Chair of Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences. She will deliver…