An Australian father of three with a rare form of leukaemia needs a lifesaving bone marrow transplant from a donor with Scottish-Italian heritage. 39-year-old Gennaro Rapinese; from Perth, Australia, has Acute Myeloid Leukemia and needs to trace a bone marrow donor urgently for a lifesaving transplant. So far, doctors have been unable to find a…
Readmission penalties against hospitals providing care to socioeconomically disadvantaged patients have dropped 14% points under new rules adopt in 2019 that more equitably account for low-income populations being served, according to a new analysis led by UT Southwestern Medical Center and Harvard researchers. Hospitals serving low-income populations have traditionally been disproportionately penalize; so for hospital…
Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI); are using a new approach to pinpoint the causes of rare genetic diseases; in children and identify treatment options faster; than with traditional methods. The new approach combines DNA sequencing; and a chemical analysis called metabolomics; to identify mutant genes that cause defective…
Over-the-counter facial moisturizers are a widely-used and commonly recommended skin care product, but a new study from dermatologists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that, when it comes to price, men’s and women’s products are not considered equal. Their paper, publish in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, reports finding significant, gender-based price discrepancies in a…
Everyone feels anxious now and then. It’s a normal emotion. For example, you may feel nervous when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. Anxiety disorders are different, though. They are a group of mental illnesses; the distress they cause can keep you from carrying on…
Water polo athletes take note: A new study by University of California, Irvine researchers maps out the frequency of head injuries in the sport and reveals which positions are the most vulnerable. The first-of-its-kind report, which track several dozen male collegiate water polo players over three seasons; hence was publish today in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed,…
After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part but most parts of the brain can involve in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons…
You may have noted that with the first signs of spring come an abundance of media messages reminding you that this is also the beginning of tick season. Ticks are not new to our landscape; but rapid climatic and environmental changes are leading to a northward expansion; and explosive population growth of certain species such…
When Ava Terranove began feeling oral pain last July, her parents took her to her regular dentist. The dentist determined that Ava, who has an autism-like condition, needed two root canal procedures to treat infected teeth. Because of her developmental disability, Ava, now 15, requires general anesthesia for non-routine dental work. The dentist, like most…
A new review of studies on levels of urban exposure to airborne pollutants and their effects on human health suggests that advanced instrumentation and information technology will soon allow researchers and policymakers to gauge the health risks of air pollution on an individual level. In New York City alone, the economic impact of premature death…
Researchers at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN) are attempting to create a better diagnostic test for radiation exposure after accidental; exposures that potentially could save thousands of lives but also astronauts during long term space missions to Mars. Their study compiled a list of genes and specific exons that are specifically by external ionizing…
High quality end of life care is important for patients and families; hence is an increasing focus for policy makers and the research community. Although there is marked international variability in end-of-life care practices; so among industrialize countries, including Canada, there are high rates of in-hospital death and use of resource-intensive services, including admission to…