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Nutritional Medicine for Adults Workshop Series at Rush University Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:40:00 EST

Rush University Medical Center is sponsoring a Nutritional Medicine workshop March 15 to 16, 2012, that features internationally-renowned faculty who are leaders in research in nutritional medicine. The workshop is part of a series that is designed to educate clinicians and anyone interested in nutrition about the newest research as it relates to health and medicine. Participants can earn credits toward a certificate in Nutritional Medicine and nurses can earn CNE credits.

Fruits, Veggies Sprout in Health Centers, Houston's Food Deserts

Harris County Hospital District — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST

Following a doctor's visit at Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center in southeast Houston, a mother and her daughter make two stops within the health center. One at the facility's pharmacy to fill a prescription for diabetes medicine; the other at the center's farmers market just steps away thanks to Healthy Harvest, an innovative approach by the Harris County Hospital District to provide patients with healthy food options.

New App Helps Urology Patients Find Bladder Friendly Foods

Interstitial Cystitis Network — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST

New iPhone and iPad application (The ICN Food List) provides urology patients with a comprehensive database of foods and beverages to help reduce painful symptom flares. Developed for interstitial cystitis patients, it is ideal for use when shopping or eating out. Clinicians, nursing staff and dietitians can use it as an educational tool as well.

David Eisele Named Director of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:30:00 EST

David W. Eisele, M.D., has been appointed the new director of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Andelot Professor of Laryngology and Otology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He will begin his tenure on March 1, 2012.

Curry Spice Component May Help Slow Prostate Tumor Growth

Thomas Jefferson University — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST

Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy, a study from researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center suggests.

Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery Issues Patient Safety, Quality Report

NYU Langone Medical Center — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST

Patients and health care professionals can learn about the commitment to world-class care and operational transparency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's recently published "2012 Quality and Outcomes Report."

Toss Cravings, Lose Weight

University of California, San Diego Health Sciences — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 EST

Of 190 million obese Americans, approximately 10-15 percent engage in harmful binge eating. During single sittings, these over-eaters consume large servings of high-caloric foods. Sufferers contend with weight gain and depression including heart disease and diabetes. A new clinical trial, called Regulation of Food Cues, at UC San Diego Health System, aims to treat binge eating by helping participants to identify real hunger and to practice resistance if the stomach is full.

Local Anesthesia May be More Beneficial in Managing Pain vs. Opioids Following Knee Replacement Surgery

Thomas Jefferson University — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:05:00 EST

Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery.

PAP Therapy Improves Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Childhood OSA

American Thoracic Society (ATS) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:05:00 EST

Treatment of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy improves a number of important neurobehavioral outcomes, according to a new study from the The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Sleep Breathing Machine Shows Clear Benefits in Children with Sleep Apnea

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Children and adolescents with obstructive sleep apnea had substantial improvements in attention, anxiety and quality of life after treatment with positive airway pressure (PAP)--a nighttime therapy in which a machine delivers a stream of air through a mask into the nose.

Eighth Grader Creates Second Iphone App to Benefit UCLA Pediatric Cancer Research

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST

An eighth grader creates a new iPhone app to help raise money for pediatric cancer research. He created his first app when he was only 11 years old.

Largest-Ever Gene Study of Type 2 Diabetes Finds Variants across Many Ethnic Groups

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

The largest genetics study to date of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has identified new gene variants associated with risk for the common metabolic disease. The variants are common to multiple ethnic populations.

First Prospective Clinical Trial of Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head & Neck Cancer Patients

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-a-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for head and neck cancer.

A Gentler Way of Doing Brain Surgery

Loyola University Health System — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:00 EST

Brain surgery is getting much easier for many patients. Neurosurgeons are using catheters rather than open surgery to repair aneurysms and other defects. Patients recover in a few days, with less chance of cognitive deficits.

UCSD Surgeon Renews Call for Statewide Trauma System

University of California, San Diego Health Sciences — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:00 EST

San Diegans driving to Vegas, the Sierras or some parts of the central coast could find themselves without trauma care should an accident occur.

New Prenatal Genetic Test Is Much More Powerful Than Standard Chromosome Test at Detecting Fetal Abnormalities

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:00 EST

A nationwide, federally funded study has found that testing a developing fetus' DNA through chromosomal microarray (CMA) provides more information about potential disorders than does the standard method of prenatal testing, which is to visually examine the chromosomes (karyotyping). The results of the 4,000-plus-participant clinical study are being presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Dallas on Feb. 9, 2012. The study was recently published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

New AACN Practice Alert Outlines Protocols to Assess and Manage Delirium in Critically Ill Patients

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST

Implementing early assessment, prevention and detection protocols can reduce delirium risk factors and improve patient outcomes, according to a new evidence-based AACN Practice Alert(tm) from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Researchers Find Important 'Target' Playing Role in Tobacco-Related Lung Cancers

Moffitt Cancer Center — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:15:00 EST

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce IKBKE and, in turn, IKBKE induces chemotherapy resistance.

Nanotube Therapy Takes Aim at Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:00 EST

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them.

Wake Forest Baptist Offers a Heart-Healthy Meal Option for Valentine's Day

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:00 EST

Some foods, when combined, can make quite the romantic and cardiac-healthy dinner that's perfect to serve to your significant other on Valentine's Day.

Diagnosing Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

University of Haifa — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST

Children with developmental coordination disorder are unable to carry out simple motor actions, but they often go undiagnosed and must cope with shame and mockery. A new study from the University of Haifa hopes to change that.

Practice of Defensive Orthopaedic Medicine Costs U.S. $2 Billion Annually

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:00 EST

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers estimate that U.S. orthopaedic surgeons create approximately $2 billion per year in unnecessary health care costs associated with orthopaedic care due to the practice of defensive medicine. Defensive medicine is the practice of ordering additional but unnecessary tests and diagnostic procedures that may later help exonerate physicians from accusations of malpractice. However, these additional costs result in no significant benefit to patients' care.

Workshop Answers Questions From Expectant Parents About Raising a Jewish Family

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:00 EST

Every year, 7,000 babies are born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - many of them to Jewish parents who have questions about the role of Judaism in their new families. Now Cedars-Sinai is providing answers in a novel workshop for expectant couples seeking to navigate Judaism's ancient traditions in their modern lives.

Study Suggests Use of Managed Care Plan for Uninsured May Significantly Reduce Costs, Emergency Department Visits

Virginia Commonwealth University — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:00 EST

The cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented, according to a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

Scientists Strengthen Memory by Stimulating Key Site in Brain

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST

Ever gone to the movies and forgotten where you parked the car? New UCLA research may one day help you improve your memory. UCLA neuroscientists have demonstrated that they can strengthen memory in human patients by stimulating a critical junction in the brain. Published in the Feb. 9 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, the finding could lead to a new method for boosting memory in patients with early Alzheimer's disease.