In the current issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, healthcare experts have focused on hospitalized patients with malnutrition in the US and presented data elucidating the extent of the serious healthcare issue.
Genetic differences between different strains of the same pathogenic bacterial species appear to result in widely varying immune system responses, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.
According to a new study, while the risk of pregnancy is low after female sterilization procedures, 60% of pregnancies that do occur result in a live birth. The study was published in the Obstetrics & Gynecology . Researchers looked at close to 1,000 pregnancies after failed outpatient and surgical sterilization procedures.
The calcium phosphate cement flows into the spongy inside portion of the bone , filling in microfractures and other damaged areas, and it hardens in about 10 minutes' time. The cement braces the bruised or injured joint bone from the inside, and eventually is replaced by new bone as part of the body's natural healing process.
In this study, researchers declared the SHEA Guidelines Committee, comprised of experts in infection control and prevention, developed the recommendations based on available evidence, theoretical rationale, practical considerations, a survey of SHEA members, author opinion, and consideration of potential harm. This study got published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
UCLA researchers have developed the first map of gene regulation in human neurogenesis, the process by which neural stem cells turn into brain cells and the cerebral cortex expands in size. The scientists identified factors that govern the growth of our brains and, in some cases, set the stage for several brain disorders that appear later in life.
Jonathan Lass of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has found that corneal donor tissue can be safely stored for 11 days before transplantation surgery to correct eye problems in people with diseases of the cornea. This is four days longer than the current conventional maximum of seven days in the United States. The findings were published in the JAMA Ophthalmology .
In this study, researchers found Six months after visiting the ER, seniors were 14 percent more likely to have acquired a disability, an inability to independently bathe, dress, climb down a flight of stairs, shop, manage finances, for instance than older adults of the same age, with a similar illness and does not end up with ER. These older adults weren't admitted to the hospital from the ER; they returned home after their visits, as do about two-thirds of seniors who go to ERs, nationally. This study got published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
According to this study, researchers shown the company led a competitive funding application for analytical technologies for biopharmaceutical development which drew participation from leading bioscience organisations and responds to current industry challenges surrounding aggregation characterization.
According to researchers from the University of California San Diego have established macrophage "nanosponges" that can safely absorb and remove molecules from the bloodstream that are known to trigger sepsis. These macrophage nanosponges, which are nanoparticles cloaked in the cell membranes of macrophages, have so far improved survival rates in mice with sepsis. This study has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A study from American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)'s AANA Journal, "Lyme Disease and Anesthesia Considerations," discusses possible effects of anesthesia on Lyme disease patients undergoing surgery.