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Holidays Disrupt Drug Routines Of Children With Diabetes
Children with type 1 diabetes find it difficult to adhere to their drug routines during school holidays and weekends. Holiday distractions cause a 20% reduction in adherence t...Full Article
Skin Patch Shows Promise For Children With Milk-Induced Eosinophilic Esophagitis
A new study from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) finds that a skin patch may be useful in treating children with a painful, chronic condition called eosinophilic es...Full Article
Is Healthcare Affordability Driving A Need To Revolutionize Drug Pricing?
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), held its final plenary of the ISPOR 2019 annual conference with, “Is Healthcare Affordabilit...Full Article
Sanofi Provides Unprecedented Access To Its Insulins For One Set Monthly Price
Starting in June, Sanofi will further expand its innovative Insulins Valyou Savings Program so people living with diabetes in the United States can pay $99 to access their San...Full Article
Southern Research Team Targets New, Safer Drugs For Malaria
Scientists at Southern Research’s Drug Discovery division have joined the fight against malaria through efforts aimed at discovering new drugs and improving the safety and eff...Full Article
Early Life Exposure To Nicotine Alters Neurons, Predisposes Brain To Addiction Later In Life
Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood, report researchers at Univ...Full Article
Hypertension Found In Children Exposed To Flower Pesticides
In a study published online May 21, 2019 in the journal Environmental Research, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found higher blood pressur...Full Article
Pitt And CMU receive Department Of Defense Contract To Create An Autonomous Robotic Trauma Care System
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University each have been awarded four-year contracts totaling more than $7.2 million from the U.S. Departm...Full Article
As More Veterans Die Of Opioid Overdoses, Study Shows Need To Focus Beyond Prescription Opioids
A dramatic rise in opioid overdose deaths among American veterans in recent years has happened mainly among veterans dying from heroin and synthetic opioids, a new study shows...Full Article
Life-Threatening Genetic Cholesterol Condition Could Be Found Through Blood Donations
What if your blood donation held clues to a dangerous genetic cholesterol condition that could also affect the health of your loved ones? Cardiologists know that familial hyp...Full Article
Exposing Vaccine Hesitant To Real-Life Pain Of Diseases Makes Them More Pro-Vaccine
The re-introduction of measles, mumps and other previously eradicated diseases to the United States is nothing short of a public health crisis. Since Jan. 1, a staggering 880 ...Full Article
Enhancing Emergency Care: Study Finds Lower ER Triage Scores are Associated With Delayed Antibiotics For Sepsis Patients
Providing early, appropriate antibiotic treatment for patients with sepsis — a serious complication of infection that can lead to organ failure and death — is crucial for thei...Full Article
June Is Migraine And Headache Awareness Month
June is migraine and headache awareness month. Migraine affects more than 38 million Americans and is the third most common condition worldwide. Despite such a vast number o...Full Article
New Computer-Based Predictive Tool More Accurately Forecasts Outcomes For Respiratory Patients
Are electronic health records and computer calculations a better, more accurate way to predict clinical outcomes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Acco...Full Article
Do Family Members Belong In ICU During Procedures With Loved Ones? Study Finds Clinicians Mixed About Practice
Do family members of loved ones who are critically ill and being treated in an intensive care unit at a hospital belong there when clinicians are performing bedside procedures...Full Article
Algorithm Steers Catheters To The Right Spot To Treat Atrial Fibrillation
Patients with atrial fibrillation or AFib experience chaotic electrical signals in the upper chamber of their heart (atria), which cause an irregular or quivering heartbeat (a...Full Article
Behold The Bili-Ruler: A Novel, Low-Cost Device For Screening Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, commonly known as newborn jaundice, is a condition that affects up to 80% of newborns in the first week of life. Severe hyperbilirubinemia (biliru...Full Article
Deep Sedation And Controlled Paralysis Do Not Improve Survival Of Critically Ill Patients With Severe Breathing Difficulty
Reversibly paralyzing and heavily sedating hospitalized patients with severe breathing problems do not improve outcomes in most cases, according to a National Institutes of He...Full Article
Risk Score Guided Care Can Help Physicians Provide Better Care, Planning, And Services For High-Risk Pulmonary Patients, Study Finds
A new laboratory-based method of estimating outcomes for patients with a severe pulmonary disorder that has no cure can help physicians better provide proper care, referrals, ...Full Article
Big Data Reveals Hidden Subtypes Of Sepsis
Much like cancer, sepsis isn’t simply one condition but rather many conditions that could benefit from different treatments, according to the results of a University of Pittsb...Full Article
Many Older Americans Expect To Lose Brainpower, Poll Finds, But Most Don’t Ask Doctors About Preventing Dementia
Many Americans in their 50s and early 60s are worried about declining brain health, especially if they have loved ones with memory loss and dementia, a new national poll finds...Full Article
More Than 400 Military Health Care Providers To Graduate On Armed Forces Day
The Surgeon General of the United States Navy, Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison, III, will address more than 400 uniformed professionals and their guests on May 18, Armed Forces D...Full Article
Norwalk Hospital’s New Telestroke Program Delivers Critical Stroke Care Faster Than Ever
When someone has a stroke, minutes count, and delivering treatment as fast as possible is critical to preventing severe brain damage and death. That’s why Norwalk Hospital — a...Full Article
Antibiotic Treatment Alleviates Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms In Male Mice, Study Reveals
Researchers at The University of Chicago have demonstrated that the type of bacteria living in the gut can influence the development of Alzheimer's disease symptoms in mice. T...Full Article
Study Finds That Sudden Death In Middle School Age Student Athletes Most Common While Playing Basketball
The majority of sudden death in American youth sports (ages 6-17) from 2007-2015 were cardiac-related (heart) and occurred during practice within organized middle school sport...Full Article
