A study led by St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital shows epigenetic changes that turn genes on and off are as unique as alterations in DNA and may be as important in causing the most common childhood cancer
Not exact matches
New
research published today by the Campaign for Better
Hospital Food shows that at least 1 in every 4 hospital meals (26 %) served to patients in NHS hospitals are likely to be left uneaten and thrown in the bin, a figure higher than previously rec
Hospital Food
shows that at least 1 in every 4
hospital meals (26 %) served to patients in NHS hospitals are likely to be left uneaten and thrown in the bin, a figure higher than previously rec
hospital meals (26 %) served to patients in NHS
hospitals are likely to be left uneaten and thrown in the bin, a figure higher than previously recognised.
For example Cytotec (Misoprostol) is used quite often now for induction in
hospitals however there has been no scientific
research done on this drug and its effects on mothers / babies to
show it is safe for use.
Significant Evidence - Based
Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier di
Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in
hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent
research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier di
research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2
Jerker refers to
research that
shows that the use of a midwife leads to fewer preterm births, fewer labor interventions and shorter
hospital stays.
The
research in fact
shows that in some cases home is safer for low risk mothers than
hospital.
Alison
showed us a lot of
research that had been done on home - births to prove to me that they were just as safe as
hospital births in low - risk pregnancies.
New
research from Cincinnati Children's
Hospital Medical Center
shows that many kids in childcare get little physical activity during the day.
Research has
shown that babies who do not receive breast milk are more likely to be admitted to
hospital for diarrhoea and respiratory illness and to develop eczema, wheeze and have an increased incidence of juvenile onset diabetes.
They still have those different perceptions of what out - of -
hospital birth is regardless of what the
research shows.
Recent
research by Dr. Anne Desroches, an allergist based out of Ste. Justine
Hospital in Montreal, Canada,
shows eating peanuts during pregnancy quadruples the risk of allergy in a child.
As it turns out,
research shows that babies who receive supplemental feeds in the
hospital are often breastfed for longer.
Women who have continuous support from someone who is not a friend, a family member, or a member of the
hospital staff labor for shorter periods and are less likely to need interventions,
research shows.
Maybe before I had assured scores of women that «
research showed» giving birth at my birth center was as safe as any
hospital?
Most people don't realize that the consensus from the
research shows that homebirth is as safe as or safer than
hospital birth for low - risk women with a skilled birth attendant.
Studies done by the Touch
Research Institute in Miami, the first scientific center to study the biology of touch and its effects on health and development, have
shown that premature infants who are massaged for 15 minutes three times a day gain more weight and are able to be released from the
hospital sooner than those who are not massaged.
Now, new
research shows certain factors, including age and income, determine whether women living in rural Nepal have home births or
hospital deliveries.
The study, a meta analysis of
research from around the country comparing home births to
hospital births, appeared to
show a twofold increase in the rare event of neonatal death at a home births.
Paradigm shifting
research done within the past decade has
shown that insufficient breastmilk is common (up to 15 % of first time mothers), formula supplementation makes successful breastfeeding more likely, pacifiers prevent SIDS and extended skin to skin contact lead to babies falling from their mothers»
hospital beds or suffocating while in them.
Current
research shows your chance of having a c - section can be directly linked to the provider and / or
hospital you choose.
Recent
research of home birth data has
shown a higher risk in home VBAC for mothers who have never had a prior vaginal birth, yet access to trial of labor in level 1 and level 2
hospitals is lacking.
Experts also say
hospitals are catching up to
research that
shows breast - feeding has major benefits for mothers and newborns.
There is also
research showing that moms who planned to give birth at home (regardless of where they actually had their babies) ended up with fewer interventions, such as episiotomies and c - sections, compared with a group of equally low - risk women who had planned
hospital deliveries.
Research has
shown that pasteurized donor human milk lowers the rates of necrotizing enterocolitis, reduces
hospital stay, and is cost effective.
Our
research has
shown that, for women with low risk pregnancies in the Netherlands, choosing to give birth at home is a safe choice with an outcome that is at least as good as that of planned
hospital birth.
New
research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte
Hospital shows that high vitamin C concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death.
In lab tests, prototype multilayer lenses have
shown they can release ciprofloxacin (an antibiotic often used to treat eye and other infections) for up to 100 days, according to a study published in the July issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science by researchers from Children's
Hospital Boston, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary's (MEEI) ophthalmology department, Schepens Eye
Research Institute in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (M.I.T.) chemical engineering department.
The next step of the
research, conducted in collaboration with David Lynch, MD, PhD, a professor of Neurology at Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP),
showed that statins may be able to help Friedreich's ataxia patients increase their naturally low ApoA - I levels and so increase their HDL levels, which might help prevent heart disease.
New
research from McLean
Hospital neuroscientists
shows in an animal model that being bullied can have long - term, dramatic effects on sleep and other circadian rhythm - related functions, symptoms that are characteristic of clinical depression and other stress - induced mental illnesses.
St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital leads study
showing that a drug withdrawn from the market in 2010 may enhance the effectiveness of bone marrow transplants for select pediatric leukemia patients
Previous
research by the investigative team has
shown that over the last 15 years in the U.S., the incidence of
hospital admissions due to bike crashes increased by 120 percent.
Dr Jason Tye - Din, head of celiac
research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and a gastroenterologist at The Royal Melbourne
Hospital, said the study
showed oats were well tolerated by most people with celiac disease, but in a proportion of people with celiac disease oat consumption could trigger immune responses similar to those caused by eating barley.
The study involved participants of European descent exclusively, but co-author Roy Perlis, a researcher at Massachusetts General
Hospital, notes it's standard method to focus on one group as a starting point, since previous
research shows genetic markers can vary by ethnicity.
«However, studies have
shown that HDL doesn't work as well in people at high risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases, and that the functional ability of HDL matters as much as its quantity,» said senior study author Montserrat Fitó, M.D., Ph.D., and coordinator of the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition
Research Group at the
Hospital del Mar Medical
Research Institute in Barcelona and at the Ciber of Physipathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Spain.
«These are the first studies to
show that exercise can have an effect on your gut independent of diet or other factors,» said Jeffrey Woods, a University of Illinois professor of kinesiology and community health who led the
research with former doctoral student Jacob Allen, now a postdoctoral researcher at Nationwide Children's
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
The
research by scientists at Children's
Hospital Los Angeles and Columbia University
shows a link between a particular allele for serotonin found at a higher frequency in those at risk of depression because of family history, and those who go on to develop major depressive disorder.
The case
shows that even when carried out at mainstream
hospitals, experimental stem cell therapies can have unpredictable consequences, says Alexey Bersenev, a stem cell
research analyst who blogs at Cell Trials.
In addition, future
research is still needed to
show that a short - sleeve policy actually reduces the number of infections spread in a
hospital, the researchers said.
«This
research shows the intricate workings of a biological pathway crucial to the development of Huntington's disease, and is highly relevant to drug development,» said study leader Beverly L. Davidson, Ph.D., director of The Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at The Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Additionally, 2013 MRI
research from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and McLean Imaging Center at McLean
Hospital showed that the structural brain abnormalities of Doberman pinschers afflicted with canine compulsive disorder (CCD) were similar to those of humans with OCD.
Deliberately distancing itself from the traditional
hospital look, feel and smell, this and other places like it are drawing on a growing body of
research that
shows that buildings themselves can speed the recovery of patients, as well as boosting the health and happiness of the staff who work in them.
«For me it was a good opportunity to
show what we were doing,» says Berber Vlieg - Boerstra, a
research dietician at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
Hospital in Amsterdam.
Moreover, the
research shows, trauma patients of all races are 40 percent less likely to die — regardless of the severity of their injuries — if they are treated at
hospitals with lower - than - expected mortality rates, the vast majority of which serve predominantly white patients.
New UC San Francisco
research shows significant price differences for ten common blood tests in California
hospitals, with some patients charged as little as $ 10 for one test while others were charged $ 10,169 for the identical test.
Previous
research has
shown that one in five Medicare patients (20 %) is readmitted to a
hospital within 30 days of discharge following CABG surgery, and most of those
hospital readmissions are preventable, according to Dr. Hall.
«
Research over the past 20 years has
shown tantalizing hints that patients whose disease stops responding to anti-hormonal agents have changes in the estrogen receptor,» said Ellis, who sees patients at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes - Jewish
Hospital and Washington University.
A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's
Hospital Research Institute (CHORI)
shows that a modest 4 milligrams of extra zinc a day in the diet can have a profound, positive impact on cellular health that helps fight infections and diseases.
«This is the first time a study has
shown that the mother's gestational diabetes can affect how quickly her fetus reacts to stimuli after a meal,» said one of the study's authors, Hubert Preissl, PhD, of University
Hospital Tübingen as well as the German Center for Diabetes
Research and the Institute for Diabetes
Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany.
Previously, Dr. Smeyne and his collaborator Dr. Stacey Schultz - Cherry in the Department of Infectious Disease at St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital in Memphis, TN,
showed that a deadly H5N1 strain of influenza (so - called Bird Flu) that has a high mortality rate (60 percent of those infected died from the disease) was able to infect nerve cells, travel to the brain, and cause inflammation that, the researchers
showed, would later result in Parkinson's - like symptoms in mice.
The study, led by a team in The
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's
Hospital, is the first of its kind to
show these results from an exon - skipping drug — a class of therapeutics that allows cells to skip over missing parts of the gene and produce protein naturally.