Many doctors writing clinical practice guidelines receive undisclosed industry payments, study finds
Greater transparency about conflicts of interest could curb punitive actions like MSKCC executive's resignation last month, study author says.
This week on MedHeads: Using artificial intelligence to predict disease, and is mobile health dead?
This week on MedHeads, the FDA cleared GlaxoSmithKline's propeller platform, University of Toronto spinout explores genomics and debates over the status of mobile health.
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Why Your Patients Are Leaving and How to Stop It
Patient expectations continue to evolve, and healthcare practices that fail to adapt risk more than just revenue—they risk losing trust.
Using deep learning and artificial intelligence to map the genome and predict disease
Deep Genomics, a new University of Toronto spinout, uses artificial intelligence and deep machine learning to try to mimic the way in which the cell works - and predict whether a person will get a disease or not.
New influenza vaccine fights the virus by not targeting it
Vasculotide helps prevent against influenza by targeting fluid leakage in lungs instead of attacking the sometimes deadly virus directly.
Elevator buttons at hospitals have more bacteria than the toilets
For obvious reasons, hospitals are a hotspot for germ exposure, which can increase the risk of infection for those making a visit by up to 10 percent, according to a recent study. What might be surprising though, is that researchers found more bacteria colonization on the hospital elevator buttons than even on the facility’s toilets. […]
J&J launches Neuroscience Catalyst to seed academic spinouts
There’s a serious dearth of psychiatric drugs under development, but Janssen is taking a gander at speeding up innovation on that front. The project’s called Neuroscience Catalyst. Over the course of three years, Janssen and Johnson & Johnson Innovation plan to set up 10 research projects that examine mood disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions. Working […]
Changes in Nurse Staffing Answer Clinician Demands
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Coming soon to a hospital near you: A black box for surgery?
The term “black box” is synonymous with airplanes, but soon it could be linked with the OR in the same way. A team of Canadian researchers is working on the so-called surgical black box, promising to create a device capable of monitoring every movement in the operating room that simultaneously analyzes recordings and identifies mistakes. […]
Joint pain, function not always better after surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only about half of people who have a knee or hip replaced see meaningful improvements in pain and disability in the months after surgery, a new study from Canada suggests. Researchers found people who had worse knee or hip ...