Neuroscience
Study yields new insight on how memory works
Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists' understanding of how memory works.
Dec 26, 2018
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Respiratory Failure
Medical research
New drugs show promise in critically ill patients with vasodilatory shock and respiratory failure
Two recent Northwestern Medicine clinical trials examined the effects of drug therapies for critically ill patients suffering from vasodilatory shock and respiratory failure.
Nov 8, 2017
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Medical research
Restoring breathing capacity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by activating the brain
New research published in The Journal of Physiology today suggests that enhancing breathing via the brain may limit deficiencies in respiratory capacity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients.
Sep 27, 2017
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Cardiology
Cardiac ICU patient composition is changing over time
A new study uncovers changes in the makeup of the cardiac intensive care unit as more patients are primarily diagnosed with noncardiac conditions.
Aug 17, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Queen's University Belfast co-lead one of world's biggest trials in respiratory health
A new technology—'dialysis for the lungs'—which could save thousands of lives in Intensive Care Units is being taken forward by researchers at Queen's University Belfast in one of the biggest clinical trials in the world ...
May 18, 2017
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Medical research
Targeted therapy for sleep disorders helps patients with muscular dystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult muscular dystrophy, and many patients with DM1 suffer from various sleep and respiratory disorders. In a study in the current issue of the Journal of Neuromuscular ...
Jan 13, 2017
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Other
Trends in extracorporeal life support
For critically ill patients with heart or lung failure that does not respond to conventional treatments, extracorporeal life support (ECLS) can provide a bridge to survival. Updated analysis of a worldwide database finds ...
Dec 20, 2016
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Health
Latest research on physical therapy in ICU setting a 'surprising reversal'
In a surprising reversal, researchers have determined that a particular protocol providing physical therapy to ICU patients with acute respiratory failure did not shorten hospital length of stay.
Jun 28, 2016
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Health
Infectious diseases cause significant emergency visits, hospitalizations for older adults
In a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers calculated that infectious diseases account for 13.5 percent of emergency room (ER) visits involving older adults—a higher ...
Feb 1, 2016
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Other
Queen's University Belfast leads bid to save lives of people suffering respiratory failure
A potentially revolutionary new technology - that could saves thousands of lives in Intensive Care Units around the world - is being trialled in a UK study co-led by Queen's University Belfast.
Nov 26, 2015
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