Archive: 01/11/2016
Conference highlights drug abuse epidemic's effects on kids
A Cincinnati Children's Hospital doctor who works with newborns addicted to heroin says the opiate epidemic is harming children born addicted and creating chaos for older kids who can't have normal childhoods because of their ...
Nov 1, 2016
Experts explore how to use and share routinely collected clinical data on a global scale
Researchers are exploring ways to help clinicians and investigators use and share routinely collected medical data (such as information in electronic health records) to improve care and advance clinical research.
Nov 1, 2016
Prescription of psychotropic medication after prison release linked to lower rate of violent reoffending
Among released prisoners in Sweden, rates of violent reoffending were lower during periods when individuals were dispensed antipsychotics, psychostimulants, and drugs for addictive disorders, compared with periods in which ...
Nov 1, 2016
No association found between Tdap vaccination during pregnancy and microcephaly, structural birth
In an analyses that included more than 300,000 births, tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine administration during pregnancy was not significantly associated with increased risk for microcephaly or for ...
Nov 1, 2016
Gene therapy for blistering skin disease appears to enhance healing in clinical trial
Grafting sheets of a patient's genetically corrected skin to open wounds caused by the blistering skin disease epidermolysis bullosa appears to be well-tolerated and improves wound healing, according to a phase-1 clinical ...
Nov 1, 2016
Orthopaedic surgeons use new patient-focused measures to assess outcomes
Orthopaedists traditionally rely on X-rays, MRI, CT scans, physical measurements, and functional tests for patient outcomes assessments, but this is changing thanks to new technology that communicates ongoing, real-time outcomes ...
Nov 1, 2016