Archive: 06/12/2018
How do schools address self-harm in adolescents?
In a survey-based study of 153 secondary schools in England and Wales, staff stated that adolescent self-harm is an important concern, but emotional health and wellbeing is the primary health priority for schools. In the ...
Dec 6, 2018
What does expanded Medicaid mean for the health and work lives of enrollees? A lot
Five states will expand Medicaid in 2019. Fourteen may start requiring Medicaid enrollees to work in return for their health coverage. And a new study could help all of these states understand what might be in store under ...
Dec 6, 2018
New imaging tools that trace key breast cancer enzymes may help guide therapies
A set of emerging diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from therapies that target important enzymes fueling a range of subtypes, including BCRA-mutated and triple negative ...
Dec 6, 2018
Penn plastic surgeons perform world's first robotic bilateral breast reconstruction
A team of surgeons from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are the first in the world to use a surgical robot to assist with a bilateral free flap breast reconstruction—a procedure in which ...
Dec 6, 2018
University of Maryland doctors treat first breast cancer patients with GammaPod radiotherapy
Radiation oncologists at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) are now treating patients with the GammaPod, a new FDA-cleared radiation therapy for early-stage breast ...
Dec 6, 2018