News about 11 March, 2019
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Indian Healthcare Sector Needs A National Quality Auditor
According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in 2015-16, 55 percent of Indian households reported not using government health facilities when sick, and 48.1 percent of such households cited poor quality of care as the reason. Consequently, private healthcare facilities have had to shoulder a disproportionate burden of care, especially in the metros.…
Changes In Teaching Medical Residents On Patient Communication
End-of-shift handoffs are complex interactions influencing by many factors; so changes need to be made to prepare medical residents to successfully execute the transitions. A team of research scientists highlighted the challenges and provided guidance; on creating a systematic approach to teaching and carrying out transfers of care. Researchers from Regenstrief Institute, the Department of…
Low-Cost Cancer Probe Deadly Melanoma Early
Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is diagnosing in more than 130,000 people globally every year. But work is is done on a tool to help in its early detection; a simple, compact laser probe that can distinguish between harmless moles; and cancerous ones—in a matter of seconds. "With skin cancer, there's a saying…
Opioid Misuse Leads More Olds To Emergency Departments
This study sought to investigate factors associated with opioid misuse-related emergency department (ED); visits among older adults and changes in outcomes associated with these visits; but using multiple years of nationally representative data. A retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample was conducting. Study inclusion was limiting to adults aged 65 years and older.…
Heart-Healthy Diets In Early Adulthood Linked To Better Brain Function
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, moderate in nuts, fish and alcohol and low in meat and full-fat dairy is associated with better cognitive performance in middle age, according to a study published in the March 6, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Cognitive abilities include…
Alzheimer's-like Symptoms In Mice: Diet Reverses
A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots; reversed Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease; USC researchers say. Researchers emphasize that the study; recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, was in mice; and many mouse discoveries never translate into human treatments. Nevertheless, the findings lend credence to…
Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Via Smartphone App
People with both diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure who used a smartphone app to monitor their blood pressure remotely, get tips on healthful living and connect with a health coach saw significant declines in their blood pressure within six weeks, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific…
Radiation Therapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery
Given the high usage of radiation therapy (RT) for women ≥ 70 years of age with T1, estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) tumors undergoing breast-conserving therapy (BCT) despite data from randomized trials supporting omission of RT, researchers reviewed their institutional experience to determine if RT use is influenced by risk factors for local recurrence or comorbidities. They analyzed overall,…
Optimization Of Phlorotannins Extraction From Fucus vesiculosus
Phlorotannins are phenolic compounds consisting of dehydro-oligomers or dehydro-polymers formed through the C–C and/or C–O–C oxidative coupling of phloroglucinol (1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene); monomeric units that are to occur particularly on brown macroalgae. Indeed, species such as Eisenia bicycles, Ishige okamurae, Sargassum thunbergii, Sargassum fusiforme, Undaria pinnatifida, and Ascophyllum nodosum. The Ecklonia and Fucus As well as algae belonging to the genera Cystophora,…
A Mumps Quarantine: On Rights Of Detained Immigrants
A mumps outbreak and quarantine at the Pine Prairie Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center in Louisiana blocked immigrants from legal resources, including their lawyers and the law library, for about two weeks in January and February, according to the attorneys. The outbreak has also raised questions about how officials dealing with public health concerns…
Sports-Related Concussions: Machines Predict Time
The prevalence of concussions in sports is well known. So, too, is the challenge clinicians and others face when they have to decide when an athlete can return to the game after a head injury. While most athletes recover from a sports-related concussion in about seven to 10 days, some need more time. This predicament…
The Microbiota Controls Neutrophil Activity: Study Finds
A host protein called Serum Amyloid A (Saa) is a major factor mediating the effects of the microbiota; on the function of immune cells called neutrophils; according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by John Rawls of Duke University School of Medicine, and colleagues. Experiments in zebrafish showed that Saa produced…