An electronic nose that detects chemicals in the breath of lung cancer patients can identify with 85% accuracy those who…
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Scientists prove low cost arthritis drug can effectively treat blood cancer sufferers
A simple arthritis drug could be an effective, low cost solution to treat patients with blood cancers such as polycythemia…
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Cost savings from same-day long-acting reversible contraception
According to a new study by Indiana University School of Medicine doctors, providing adolescents seeking birth control the ability to…
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First potential biomarker for a debilitating fainting condition
New research from The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences strongly suggests postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or…
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New research offers solution to reduce organ shortage crisis: Two-part method could increase organ availability by 13% and add 18 years to patient life expectancy
Eighteen people die every day waiting for transplants, and a new patient is added to the organ transplant list every…
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‘MasSpec Pen’ for accurate cancer detection during surgery
A major challenge for cancer surgeons is to determine exactly where a tumor starts and where it ends. Removing too…
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Addiction intervention in hospital is a ‘reachable moment’: OHSU’s innovative in-hospital addiction program proves successful in engaging people in treatment
Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they’re in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in…
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Home births as safe as hospital births: International study suggests
A large international study led by McMaster University shows that low risk pregnant women who intend to give birth at…
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New twist on old surgical technique helps repair patient’s skull base: New technique, using a flap of forehead tissue to repair a hole in the skull base, can help patients for whom all other treatments have failed
A Rutgers-led team of surgeons developed a groundbreaking procedure based on a century-old plastic surgery technique, to save the life…
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Ketamine isn’t an opioid and treats depression in a unique way
Ketamine has gotten a bad rap as an opioid when there’s plenty of evidence suggesting it isn’t one, Johns Hopkins…
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