News tagged with research evidence
Cardiopoietic 'smart' stem cells show promise in heart failure patients
Translating a Mayo Clinic stem-cell discovery, an international team has demonstrated that therapy with cardiopoietic (cardiogenically-instructed) or "smart" stem cells can improve heart health for people suffering from heart ...
Cardiology
Apr 10, 2013 |
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For Alzheimer's caregivers, patience and compassion are key
(HealthDay)—The picture isn't necessarily pretty when it comes to Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Feb 22, 2013 |
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New website helps parents manage children's pain after surgery
(Medical Xpress)—When a young child has surgery, parents rely on doctors and nurses for advice on how to prepare and support children during the procedure and immediately afterwards. But once that child ...
Health
Feb 21, 2013 |
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Perceived benefits of joint commissioning lag behind reality, new study shows
A major new report on joint commissioning in health and social care has found the perceived benefits of collaborative working, such as efficiency savings and improvements to services, often lagged behind the reality.
Other
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Researchers suggest some emerging infectious diseases may have been around a long time
(Medical Xpress)—A genetics research team led by Pardis Sabeti of Harvard University has published a paper in the journal Science, suggesting that some infectious diseases that are thought to be relati ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 09, 2012 |
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Report explores health care reform and U.S. election
As part of a collaboration between Yale and the London School of Economics (LSE), Zack Cooper, assistant professor of health policy and economics at Yale, has distilled the complexities of U.S. health care ...
Health
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Unproven knee operations still performed
(Medical Xpress)—Despite evidence that arthroscopic surgery is ineffective in treating osteoarthritis of the knee, the procedure is still routinely being performed in Victoria, according to a new study.
Surgery
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Enhancing oral health via sense of coherence: A cluster randomized trial
Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a study titled "Enhancing Oral Health via Sense of Coherence: a Cluster Randomized Trial." This study by lead author Orawan Nammontri, ...
Dentistry
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Study supports tobacco link to ovarian cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Curtin University's School of Public Health have contributed to a comprehensive international study examining risk factors for ovarian cancer.
Cancer
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Is there good research evidence for health systems interventions?
Research evidence is key to developing strong health systems, but the assessment of such evidence is not always straightforward. This week in PLoS Medicine, the last paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance addres ...
Health
Mar 20, 2012 |
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New study fundamentally alters our understanding of lung growth
A ground-breaking international study into the ways lungs grow and develop has challenged existing medical understanding that our lungs are completely formed by the age of three.
Medical research
Dec 06, 2011 |
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