International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra has signed a digital pathology contract with Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) in the Netherlands. The solution will enable pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with microscopes. This will reduce variation and increase efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving cancer care. Image Credit: […]

Photo: Electronic Caregiver Electronic Caregiver, a digital health technology and services company, is debuting Addison the Virtual Caregiver at HIMSS22. The company labels Addison the next generation of remote patient monitoring technology that offers a solution to the caregiver shortage by providing healthcare management outside a doctor’s four walls. Addison, to be released later this year, is a 3D-animated caregiver. […]

Antithrombotic therapy is prescribed to prevent thrombotic (blood clotting inside a blood vessel) events but the treatment also increases the likelihood of experiencing a bleeding event, which can be extremely serious if it occurs in a vital organ. Aging societies tend to have an increased number of patients undergoing antithrombotic therapy, and the drugs used in this treatment can affect […]

The high demand for treatment for children with behavioral and substance abuse problems has led Montana health officials to spend Medicaid funds to send kids, including those who are foster children and wards of the state, to residential programs in other states with less stringent oversight. Some of those children have been sent to out-of-state programs that have been accused […]

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers evaluated the importance of the Ex3Lx6L (E-L-L) motif in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) entry into host cells mediated by the spike (S) protein syncytium formation and membrane fusion. They also explored this motif as a therapeutic target for developing broad-spectrum potent fusion inhibitors against human coronaviruses […]

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a disease in which inflammation causes scars in the bile duct, leading to liver failure, infections, and tumors. Up to 80% of PSC patients have inflammatory bowel disease. Major aspects of PSC pathophysiology are unknown. There is no pharmaceutical therapy, and liver transplantation is the only curative treatment. Now, investigators have established that mucosal-associated T […]

The activation of the bone marrow appears to play a key role in the origin and development of atherosclerosis, the pathological process underlying cardiovascular conditions such as myocardial infarction and stroke. A study carried out by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and led by cardiologists Valentín Fuster and Borja Ibáñez suggests that the bone marrow is […]

Heavy alcohol use is associated with missing work, but the scope of that relationship has not been well understood. Now, based on survey data from more than 110,000 U.S. adults with full-time jobs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have quantified the extent of the problem. Among U.S. adults working full time, an estimated 9% — […]

For years, we’ve been told that flour is problematic. But flour can be a brilliant ingredient for making tasty, filling and fibre-packed snacks and meals – as this doughy recipe from nutritionist Bari Stricoff for the Nourishing the Nation Fibre February campaign proves.  Hands up if you were taught to avoid flour. Oh, so that would be loads of us then. […]

Researchers investigated the effects of social engagement and various lifestyle factors on dementia onset and cognitive improvement after a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. They found that both lifestyle factors and social engagement predict typical cognitive abilities. They also found that social engagement alone predicts cognitive improvement 5 years after being diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Further research is […]