Search Tag: Research

IT Management

Geant-project-receives-excellent-accolade-from-european-commission

2013 19 Dec

  Independent review awards highest rating to European project   The GÉANT project, which includes the high-speed data network serving 50 million research and education users across Europe, has received ‘Excellent’, the highest possible rating in a European Commission review.  This puts GÉANT in the top 10% of all EC-funded projects.  ...Read more

Executive Health Management

Are-you-over-50-better-eat-an-apple

2013 18 Dec

According to researchers 8,500 UK deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes could be avoided each year if every person aged 50 years and over ate one apple a day. Basing their assumptions on modelling rather than scientific study, researchers from the University of Oxford published their findings in the BMJ, stating that apples would boost...Read more

Executive Health Management

Coffee-and-cigarette-consumption-not-all-bad-news

2013 16 Dec

According to a new study it appears that drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes may protect against the rare liver disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). A new study conducted in Norway and published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology finds that both coffee consumption and cigarette smoking could potentially protect against primary...Read more

Cardiology Management

High-intensity-training-at-home-can-benefit-cardiac-rehabilitation-patients

2013 13 Dec

According to new research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, home-based high intensity training can offer great benefits to cardiac patients who are looking for rapid ways to rehabilitate themselves following a heart attack or another cardiovascular event. A team of researchers evaluated different forms of exercise as part...Read more

Executive Health Management

Major-research-project-to-tackle-childhood-obesity-crisis

2013 12 Dec

A significant study will have scientists investigate the genetic, dietary and social factors impacting child obesity. With childhood obesity having more than doubled in the past three decades, an extensive and long-term research project has been launched in order to identify the reason for this major increase.  Aiming to to...Read more

Executive Health Management

It-s-official-sugar-substitute-aspartame-is-safe

2013 11 Dec

The European Food Safety Authority has concluded that the artificial sweetener aspartame is safe and poses no threat to consumers’ health. At the request of the European Commission the European Food Safety Authority has finalised its review, which was originally planned for completion by 2020.  The risk assessment conducted by the EFSA was...Read more

ICU Management

Icu-survival-rates-drastically-improved-with-philips-virtual-icu

2013 10 Dec

According to a recent study conducted by Dr. Craig Lilly, a professor at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Director of the eICU Program at UMass Memorial Medical Center, and published online in the journal CHEST, it was found that a virtual ICU, staffed by one specialist doctor and three critical care nurses at the service...Read more

Executive Health Management

Tumour-promoting-gene-discovered

2013 09 Dec

More than one per cent of all cancer patients carry a gene which drives the development of tumours, and it is the first time ever that researchers have identified the gene CUX1 to be widely linked to cancer development. According to the team of researchers, deactivating CUX1 activates a biological pathway that enhances tumour growth. Drugs inhibiting...Read more

Cardiology Management

Effectiveness-of-angioplasty-questioned-for-treatment-of-cad

2013 09 Dec

Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who are neither experiencing a heart attack nor an abnormal stress test, may not be receiving additional benefits from angioplasty for the treatment of their narrowed arteries when compared to drug therapy alone. This was revealed in a recent Stony Brook University School of Medicine cardiologists-led...Read more

Executive Health Management

Vitamin-d-s-disease-prevention-effect-questioned

2013 06 Dec

According to a published report in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, French researchers suggest low vitamin D levels do not cause ill health, however they confirm that additional clinical trials on non-skeletal diseases are required. Recommended as a supplement for certain groups, recent evidence has shown Vitamin D may have a role to play...Read more

Cardiology Management

Revolutionary-sensor-belt-achieves-longest-non-invasive-ecg-ever

2013 05 Dec

Patients suffering from cardiac diseases may rapidly become emergencies, in which case seconds can make the difference between life and death despite many cardiac conditions announcing themselves months before. Symptoms however, are simply overlooked and a long-term ECG could help identify issues. An innovative sensor belt developed at Germany’s...Read more

Executive Health Management

Fujifilm-partners-with-alzheimer-s-research-consortium-to-trial-new-drug

2013 05 Dec

FUJIFILM Corporation has decided to partner with the University of California San Diego based Alzheimer’s disease Cooperative Study (“ADCS”), in order to carry out a Phase II clinical trial of the Alzheimer’s Disease drug “T-817MA” to accelerate its development in the United States.  The ADCS is the largest Alzheimer’s Disease therapeutic research...Read more

Executive Health Management

Latest-drug-reduces-fatal-transplant-side-effect-by-50

2013 04 Dec

According to researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center a new class of drugs is capable to reduce patients’ risk of contracting a serious and often deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow transplant treatments. The innovative study, published in The Lancet Oncology and a first to test this treatment in humans,...Read more

Executive Health Management

Sea-coral-is-improving-bone-grafting

2013 02 Dec

New research has refined sea coral properties, making it more compatible with natural bone and paving the way for it to be used more extensively in bone grafting procedures. By partially converting calcium carbonate―found in the exoskeleton of sea coral―into coralline hydroxyapatite (CHA), the refined material, called coralline hydroxyapatite/calcium...Read more

Executive Health Management

Latest-research-project-renews-hopes-for-aids-vaccine

2013 28 Nov

December 1st is annual World AIDS Day, presenting an ideal opportunity to view the progress made by medical research in fighting the disease. There are 35 million people infected by HIV worldwide, hence the disease is still most prevalent. Despite the fact that antiretroviral drugs manage to slow down the progression of the condition, they come...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna-2013-interactive-session-on-benefits-of-innovative-modular-imaging-healthcare-it-systems

2013 28 Nov

Carestream Scientists and researchers from leading medical schools will be presenting scientific papers regarding innovative advances in medical imaging “How to Future-Proof Your X-ray and Health IT Purchases with Modular Systems” is the title of an interactive discussion, which will be held as part of the annual meeting and exhibit of the Radiological...Read more

Executive Health Management

Effective-childrens-cancer-diagnosis-can-be-radiation-free

2013 27 Nov

It has been proven that there is no need to expose children to radiation in order to efficiently rule out the possibility of liver cancer. Clinicians at King’s College Hospital, which is part of King’s Health Partners AHSC, have conducted research and proven that children do not need to be exposed to radiation in order to successfully rule...Read more

Cardiology Management

Ever-wondered-what-the-human-heart-is-made-of

2013 22 Nov

For the first time ever, the optimal structure and cell ratio associated with heart function have been identified. This remarkable discovery was made by a team of researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, and published as a foundational...Read more

ICU Management

Best-practices-established-for-expanding-tele-icus-implementation

2013 20 Nov

As stated in a recently published report by the national health policy institute NEHI entitled ‘Emerging Best Practices for Tele-ICU Care Nationally’, the use of tele-medicine in intensive care units is about to undergo significant transformation with emerging best practices driving scalability, diversity and competition and providing valuable precedents...Read more

Executive Health Management

Widespread-inappropriate-lab-testing-revealed-in-extensive-analysis

2013 20 Nov

More than 5 billion laboratory tests conducted each year in the US, making it healthcare’s single highest volume activity. A major study analysing 15 years worth of published research finds several surprising elements concerning the humble blood test. Led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and reported on-line...Read more

Cardiology Management

Innovative-collaboration-aims-to-expand-science-of-heart-studies-towards-personalised-medicine

2013 20 Nov

A new collaborative research relationship between the American Heart Association, the University of Mississippi and Boston University, representing a bold vision for cardiovascular population science, was announced today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions. The collaboration has a vision of greatly expanding important population...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna-2013-ct-and-3-d-printers-used-by-researchers-to-recreate-dinosaur-fossils

2013 20 Nov

Data from computed tomography (CT) scans can be used with three-dimensional (3-D) printers to make accurate copies of fossilized bones, according to new research published online in the journal Radiology. Fossils are often stored in plaster casts, or jackets, to protect them from damage. Getting information about a fossil typically requires...Read more

IMAGING Management

Research-finds-amended-brain-connections-in-epilepsy-patients

2013 19 Nov

A new study, available online in the journal ‘Radiology’, published its findings on the latest research on epilepsy, since the most frequent type of this condition causes abnormal, widespread connections in patients’ brains which could provide indicators towards detection and treatment. Seizures emanating from the temporal lobes, situated right...Read more

ICU Management

Esicm-lives-2013-critical-care-research-thinking-big

2013 08 Oct

Critical care researchers need to think big, and think global, said John Marshall (Canada), in his keynote lecture at ESICM 2013.  Breakthroughs in the past were the result of quirky individuals who did a lot with very little. What of the future of research, now that low hanging fruit has been identified? Marshall noted that we are in an era...Read more

Executive Health Management

Shortening-the-time-from-medical-research-to-treatment

2013 03 Jun

Chronic diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's have seen an increase across Europe due to higher life expectancy and changes in lifestyle. In principle it is biomedical research that will lead to discoveries, which can offer new therapies and diagnostic solutions. Yet often these stay too long in the laboratory, which creates delays reaching the patients...Read more

Executive Health Management

150-million-for-brain-research-launches-eu-month-of-the-brain

2013 02 May

At the start of its 'European Month of the Brain' initiative, the European Commission has earmarked some €150 million of funding for 20 new international brain research projects. It will bring the total EU investment in brain research since 2007 to over €1.9 billion. The 'European Month of the Brain' (#brainmonth) will highlight European research and...Read more

IMAGING Management

Better-than-x-rays-new-terahertz-research

2013 29 Apr

Low-energy terahertz radiation may potentially allow doctors to see deep into tissues without the damaging effects of X-rays. However, it has proved difficult for engineers to make powerful enough systems to accomplish these promising applications. Now an electrical engineering research team at the University of Michigan has developed a laser-powered...Read more

IT Management

Diabetes-computer-based-interventions-provide-limited-support

2013 04 Apr

Self-management interventions delivered by computer and mobile phone currently provide limited benefits for people with diabetes, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. Although computer and mobile phone-based self-management programmes had small positive effects on blood sugar levels, these effects seemed to be short-lived....Read more

IT Management

Telehealth-unlikely-to-be-cost-effective-for-patients-with-long-term-conditions

2013 02 Apr

Telehealth does not seem to be a cost effective addition to standard support and treatment for patients with long term conditions, finds a study published on bmj.com. The findings follow a  BMJ  study published last month showing that telehealth does not improve quality of life for patients with long term conditions.  Telehealth uses technology...Read more

IMAGING Management

New-mri-method-fingerprints-tissues-and-diseases

2013 21 Mar

A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other conditions early, when they're most treatable, suggest researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center in the journal Nature. Each body tissue and disease has a unique...Read more