New analysis describes how childhood obesity 'pandemic' promotes cancer
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults.
View ArticleWithout context or cushion, Do online medical results make sense?
As she herded her two young sons into bed one evening late last December, Laura Devitt flipped through her phone to check on the routine blood tests that had been performed as part of her annual...
View ArticleResearchers untap potential of wearable sensors and AI technologies to...
Researchers from the longevity biotech company GERO and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have shown that physical activity data acquired from wearables can be used to produce digital...
View ArticleStudy suggests HIV testing in emergency department as effective strategy to...
South Africa has the worst epidemic of HIV in the world. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 19 percent of the global number of people living with HIV are in South Africa. Many...
View ArticleNTU Singapore and SERI team invents new 'pen camera' to detect patients with...
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with clinicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute, have invented a new 'pen camera' that makes it easier for doctors to diagnose...
View ArticleDenial of suicide attempt by self-inflicted gunshot wound survivors may lead...
Researchers have found that more than one-third of patients who denied that their self-inflicted gunshot wound resulted from a suicide attempt most likely had indeed tried to kill themselves, and...
View ArticleFuture screening is more likely for people with false-positive cancer...
An analysis of electronic medical records indicates that patients who previously had a false-positive breast or prostate cancer screening test are more likely to obtain future recommended cancer...
View ArticleStudy shows effectiveness of novel risk tool to predict readmission rates...
A new study looked at the effectiveness of novel risk tool to predict 30-day readmission rates in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
View ArticleStudy discovers genetic variations that increase heart attack risk for statin...
A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving a statin drug like Lipitor or Crestor to lower their blood...
View ArticleAnnual well woman exams by OB/GYNs provide powerful opportunity to evaluate...
Annual well woman exams by OB/GYNs provide a golden opportunity to evaluate a woman's heart health, according to a new joint advisory from the American Heart Association and the American College of...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins researchers reveal potential of AI in medical imaging and...
The advent of electronic medical records with large image databases, along with advances in artificial intelligence with deep learning, is offering medical professionals new opportunities to...
View ArticleHCV testing can be successfully implemented in emergency department setting
Boston Medical Center has shown that testing for the Hepatitis C Viru outside the typical high-risk population can be successfully implemented in an emergency department setting, resulting in more...
View ArticleNew analytics platform predicts and monitors chronic autoimmune conditions
IQuity, a Nashville-based data analytics company that specializes in predicting, detecting and monitoring chronic disease, today announced the launch of a revolutionary data mining and analytics...
View ArticleStudy shows electronic health records leave doctors and patients unsatisfied
Electronic Health Records are intended to streamline and improve access to information - and have been shown to improve quality of care - but a new study shows they also leave both doctors and patients...
View ArticleBlood management program associated with fewer transfusions in orthopedic...
A patient blood management program designed to limit the amount of transfused blood orthopedic patients undergoing common surgeries such as hip and knee replacement receive was associated with fewer...
View ArticleSmartphone apps offer promising approach for electronic medical record matching
Mobile phones and smartphones apps offer a promising approach to ensure that an individual's medical records when shared between different health care providers are matched correctly, according to a...
View ArticlePaper jam: California’s Medicaid program hits ‘print’ when the feds need info
In the shadow of Silicon Valley, the hub of the world's digital revolution, California officials still submit their records to the feds justifying billions in Medicaid spending the old-fashioned way:...
View ArticlePAREXEL partners with Datavant to enhance clinical study design and generate...
PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading innovator of global biopharmaceutical services, and Datavant, Inc., a healthcare technology company focused on enabling the secure de-identification and...
View ArticleIntroducing new EMR system may affect several aspects of clinic workflow
Implementing an electronic medical records system at an orthopedic clinic may have unanticipated effects on clinic efficiency and productivity - including a temporary increase in labor costs and a...
View ArticleIU-Regenstrief partnership receives 1 of 11 grants for next generation of...
A partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute is one of 11 U.S. recipients selected to train researchers to conduct patient-centered outcomes research within...
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