Archive: 23/05/2017
Inflammatory bowel disease, bone marrow transplant precision medicine clinical trial opens
In an effort to find new strategies to personalize treatment for pediatric patients, Seattle Children's has opened the first clinical trial applying next-generation T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing and single-cell gene expression ...
May 23, 2017
WHO elects new chief to lead reform (Update)
The World Health Organization was electing its new leader Tuesday, with the race narrowed to two finalists who have vowed to shake up the fiercely criticised agency.
May 23, 2017
Social factors of patients affect hospital performance measures
A team of researchers led by a University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty member found that measures to evaluate readmission rates at children's hospitals would be more accurate if the social factors of the patients ...
May 23, 2017
Follow-up imaging is less when radiologists read ED ultrasounds
According to a study presented at the American College of Radiology annual meeting, the use of follow-up imaging is significantly less when initial emergency department (ED) ultrasound examinations are interpreted by a radiologist ...
May 23, 2017
Telepsychiatry helps mental health patients in rural Missouri
Holden Comer lives in Owensville, a town of 2,600 22 miles from the nearest interstate highway in east central Missouri. When he was 5, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and attention deficit disorders.
May 23, 2017