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More Cancer Cases Among Women With Sleep Apnea
Women with severe sleep apnea appear to be at an elevated risk of getting cancer, a study shows. No causal relationship is demonstrated, but the link between nocturnal hypoxia...Full Article
Study Finds Lack Of Racial Diversity In Cancer Drug Clinical Trials
New research published this week in JAMA Oncology has found a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs. The study — “Disparity of Race Reportin...Full Article
WINDGO Granted IoT Wearable Products Patent
WINDGO, Inc., a research and development company specializing in smart material and vibrational transfer technologies, announced today that they have been granted US Patent No...
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Abnormal Blood Pressure In Middle And Late Life Influences Dementia Risk
In a study that spanned two and a half decades and looked at data from more than 4,700 participants, Johns Hopkins researchers have added to evidence that abnormal blood press...Full Article
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Successfully Creates Airway and Voice Box for Child
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital reconstructed an airway and voice box in the world's first successful surgery of its kind for 2-year-old Cooper Kilburn from Adamsville, Tenn. ...Full Article
Pollutant Linked To Climate Change Can Accelerate Lung Disease As Much As A Pack A Day Of Cigarettes
In Brief Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollutants, especially the pollutant ozone, accelerates the development of emphysema and age-related decline in lung function, even...Full Article
Advancing Telemonitoring Technology In Texas
Many Texans, particularly the poor and elderly, live in areas that are far from medical care. Telemonitoring, the use of technology to monitor a patient’s health status remote...Full Article
New Solution To Elderly Falls: Drones, Smartphones And Sensors
Drones, smartphones and sensors could provide a lifeline to the world’s growing elderly population at risk of falls, helping to cut global hospital costs. A new system has be...Full Article
Multiple Genes Affect Risk Of Asthma, Hay Fever And Eczema
In a new study from SciLifeLab at Uppsala University, researchers have found a total of 141 regions (genes) in our genetic material that largely explain the genetic risk under...Full Article
TTI Heat Map Shows Relationship Between Traffic-Related Air Pollution And Childhood Asthma
A team of air quality and health researchers led by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have created a first-of-its-kind, county-by-county interactive heat map and ci...Full Article
ATS Publishes Clinical Guideline On Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
The American Thoracic Society has published an official clinical guideline on the evaluation and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome in the Society's Aug. 1 America...Full Article
Goal-Oriented Rehab Improves Recovery In Older Adults
Goal-oriented, motivational physical and occupational therapy helps older patients recover more fully from broken hips, strokes and other ailments that land them in skilled nu...Full Article
Oral Appliances May Be Highly Effective In Treating A Type Of Sleep Apnea
Certain traits may define a type of obstructive sleep apnea that can be effectively treated with an oral appliance, according to new research published online in the Annals of...Full Article
Rethinking Seizures Associated With Cardiac Disease
Most people with a medical condition called long QT syndrome have a mutation in a gene that causes bouts of fast, chaotic heartbeats. They also experience fainting spells and ...Full Article
COMPASS Study Website Shares Post-Stroke Care Insight, Resources With Patients, Caregivers And Health Care Providers
You’ve lost count of the sleepless nights spent in a hospital, but now your loved one is finally ready to go home following a stroke. Are you prepared to care for them? If yo...Full Article
The Medical Minute: AFib Common And Incurable, But Controllable
One of the most common problems cardiologists handle is atrial fibrillation, also called AFib or AF. AFib is an abnormal or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, s...Full Article
Lung Lining Fluid Key To Elderly Susceptibility To Tuberculosis Disease
Old lungs are not as capable as young lungs of fighting off an infection of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), placing seniors at a greater risk of developing TB. The...Full Article
Leaves Are Falling. Autumn Is Calling. So Are Fall Allergies
You may think you can’t tell the difference between the symptoms caused by spring, summer and fall allergies. They all usually involve sneezing, sniffling, itchy eyes and a ru...Full Article
Study Finds Transport By Mobile Stroke Units Get Patients Quicker Treatment Than Traditional Ambulance
Every second counts for stroke patients, as studies show they can lose up to 27 million brain cells per minute. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at...Full Article
A Simple Method To Improve Heart-Attack Repair Using Stem Cell-Derived Heart Muscle Cells
The heart cannot regenerate muscle tissue after a heart attack has killed part of the muscle wall. That dead tissue can strain surrounding muscle, leading to a lethal heart en...Full Article
Professional Coaching Alleviates Burnout Symptoms In Physicians
Medical doctors in the United States are twice as likely to experience symptoms of burnout as other workers, which can compromise quality of care and place patients at risk. I...Full Article
Premature Infant Heads To Home State After Spending More Than A Year In Unique NICU For Babies With Lung Disease
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common illness that develops in babies born premature with underdeveloped lungs. A chronic disease that may present long-term brea...Full Article
Hormone Therapy Linked To Heart Fat, Hard Arteries
Hormone replacement therapy is a common treatment for menopause-related symptoms, and new research from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health reinforce...Full Article
New Tool Uses Swine Respiratory Cells To Study Influenza Viruses
Studying how influenza viruses cause disease just got a little easier, thanks to a new tool developed at South Dakota State University. Scientists have been using cells from ...Full Article
Improving Outcomes For Sepsis Patients
More than 1 million sepsis survivors are discharged annually from acute care hospitals in the United States. Although the majority of these patients receive post-acute care (P...Full Article
