The “July Effect” – when newly trained physicians begin their residency at teaching hospitals, potentially increasing the risk of medical errors – doesn’t appear to lengthen surgeries during that month, according to a study presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists® PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2015 meeting.
“Think of your muscles as shoelaces,” advises Mike Ross, exercise physiologist, Gottlieb Center for Fitness. “If you have a knot in your muscle, stretching pulls it tighter.” The answer to eliminating the knots and restoring optimal flexibility is foam rollers. Ross offers tips.
Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) has earned the coveted Baby-Friendly designation. This verifies that the hospital has implemented the ten steps to help new mothers successfully breastfeed.
University of Chicago scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicsist Vitaly Efimov in 1970.
When hospitals adopt proactive, enhanced care transition interventions to assure that family caregivers are well prepared when patients are discharged, the incidence of adverse outcomes due to communication lapses with clinicians or medication mistakes can be reduced significantly, according to new research published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ).
In a new study published recently in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Mogstad and his co-authors at University of California, San Diego, and the University of Bergen in Norway investigated family welfare cultures in the context of Norway’s Disability Insurance System. From 14,722 parent-child observations, they have found strong empirical evidence that reliance on welfare in one generation is likely to cause greater welfare use in the next generation.
Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Health System today presented their Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards to individuals on the Health Sciences Campus who provide inspirational service to others in the spirit of the late civil rights leader.
The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) ASCO University®, and the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) recently announced their partnership in the creation of the Molecular Oncology Tumor Board series, an online and user-driven resource designed to help cancer care providers with the interpretation and understanding of tumor molecular profiling tests and studies.
A study in the journal Academic Medicine identifies the five main strategies researchers use in preparing and writing medical review articles. Review articles inform and enlighten physicians and other readers by summarizing the research on a given topic and setting the stage for further studies.
“Cold winter air can be drying and irritating to the nose and so can forms of indoor heat, such as forced air and fireplaces,” says James Stankiewicz, MD, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology at Loyola University Medical Center. “Blood flow from the nose can range from a few drops to a real gusher.”
Cardiothoracic surgeon Alan M. Speir, MD, a member of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, will testify at the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s hearing – “A Permanent Solution to the SGR: The Time Is Now” on Thursday, January 22.
The topic of arsenic in the U.S. diet has sparked considerable public interest following publication of an article in Consumer Reports magazine analyzing arsenic findings from fruit juices and rice products. In the January issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) contributing writers IFT Fellow Carl Winter, PhD, Elizabeth Jara, PhD student, and IFT Fellow James Coughlin, PhD, CFS write about how levels of consumer exposure to arsenic are still below levels of toxicological concern.
More than 2.1 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese and at risk for major chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and heart problems, reported McKinsey & Co. in a November 2014 analysis using data from the World Health Organization (WHO). But new types of evidence-based interventions, such as targeted drug treatments and foods created to be more satiating, may be able to help reverse the upward trajectory of global obesity rates, according to the latest series of interviews from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) FutureFood 2050 publishing initiative.
Tips for those who are out to impress this February 14th on how to keep their sweetheart safe from suffering an allergic response. You want to leave your loved one breathless with anticipation, not breathless from an asthma attack.
New research is challenging what many obstetricians and physician anesthesiologists believe is the best way to position women during labor. According to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA®), the traditional practice of positioning women on their side, with hips tilted at 15 degrees, during labor does not effectively reduce compression of the inferior vena cava, a large vein located near the abdominal area that returns blood to the heart, as previously thought. In fact, not until the degree of tilt reached 30 degrees did blood flow only partially increase in patients, the study found.
Body temperature decreases during the first hour of surgery, even when patients are actively warmed with forced air, reports a new study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA®). Furthermore, patients who experience the most hypothermia are more likely to require blood transfusions.
For the first time since the 1970s, researchers are on the verge of developing a new class of anesthetics. According to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA®), a new approach to identifying compounds may lead to the next generation of anesthetics.
Two Loyola University Health System sports medicine physicians will be official team physicians for the men’s and women’s hockey teams during the 2015 Winter World University Games Feb. 4 – 14 in Granada, Spain.
Lung transplant patients who receive lungs from heavy drinkers are nearly nine times more likely to experience a life-threatening complication called primary graft dysfunction. The study raises the question whether a history of alcohol abuse should exclude use of donor lungs.
Despite the variety of effective treatments, and physicians who specialize in treating pain, women often suffer unnecessarily from conditions ranging from backaches to pain after cancer surgery, and also treat their pain with medications that may be ineffective and possibly harmful, according to a review of research related to women and pain by the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA®).
Thinking small has enabled an international team of scientists to gain new insight into the evolution of planetary building blocks in the early solar system.
The Family Institute at Northwestern University is pleased to announce 42%: Single African American and Female, a panel discussion taking place on Thursday, February 12th at Apostolic Faith Church in Chicago, IL.
Loyola University Chicago will unveil its new exercise science lab with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony from 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 15 on the 11th floor of BVM Hall located on the Lake Shore Campus, 6364 N. Sheridan Rd.
The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) today announced three new members of its Board of Directors. They are Michael Greer RN, MHA, CPHQ, CJCP, Carrie Donovan, MSA, CPHQ, and Carole S. Pulaski, RN, BSN, MSA, CPHQ.
Up to 8 percent of people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries carry a mutated gene that causes heart failure and potentially fatal heart attacks. A new study demonstrates how this gene mutation impairs the heart’s ability to pump blood.
Credentialed press representatives are invited to attend The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 51st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, which will promote discussion of diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and thoracic disease in light of current scientific evidence.
There is no one food, drink, pill or machine that is the key to achieving optimal health. A person’s overall daily routine is what is most important. That is why, as part of National Nutrition Month® 2015, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics urges everyone to “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle.”
An international research team led by physician-scientists at Rush University Medical Center have gained new insights into hypothyroidism – a condition affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. – that may lead to new treatment protocols for the disease, particularly among the approximately 15 percent of patients for whom standard treatments are less effective.
Tips on handling icicles safely by Loyola ED. The arctic freeze followed by a warm-up have led to the accumulation of ice and snow on roofs, electrical wires and buildings. While it may be tempting to knock off the icicles, be very careful says a Loyola University Health System emergency medicine physician.
In a rural Maine county, sustained, community-wide programs targeting cardiovascular risk factors and behavior changes were associated with reductions in hospitalization and death rates over a 40 year period (1970-2010) compared with the rest of the state, with substantial improvements seen for hypertension and cholesterol control and smoking cessation, according to a study in the January 13 issue of JAMA.
From 2004 to 2012, the rate of investment in medical research in the U.S. declined, while there has been an increase in research investment globally, particularly in Asia, according to a study in the January 13 issue of JAMA.
Among nearly 375,000 U.S. women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, the likelihood of diagnosis at an early stage, and survival after stage I diagnosis, varied by race and ethnicity, with much of the difference accounted for by biological differences, according to a study in the January 13 issue of JAMA.
Participants in a sleep study who had asthma had an increased risk for developing obstructive sleep apnea, with this association stronger with having had asthma longer, according to a study in the January 13 issue of JAMA.
Between 2006 and 2012 in the U.S., there was a decline in rates of episiotomy, a surgical procedure for widening the outlet of the birth canal to make it easier for the mother to give birth, according to a study in the January 13 issue of JAMA.
The University of Chicago is establishing a professorship in molecular engineering dedicated to the development of solutions to the emerging crisis on the global supply of clean water.
The Marine Biological Laboratory, an international center for research and education in biological and environmental sciences and an affiliate of the University of Chicago, invites journalists to apply for a fellowship in its Logan Science Journalism Program, to be held May 27 to June 5, 2015.
Research from the Chaddick Institute at DePaul University shows intercity bus departures grew 2.1 percent last year. Lead researcher Joseph Schwieterman says, "Once people switch to the bus, they often become frequent users, in part due to the generous allowances bus companies provide to change departure times.”
Surgery and anesthesia are safer than ever, but most patients don’t know about the steps they can and should take to make their experience safer and more comfortable.
The 28th Annual Ruth K. Palmer Research Symposium will address “Inequities in Health: From Cells to Community.”
Last month, three Fermilab scientists were named fellows of the American Physical Society, a distinction awarded each year to no more than one-half of 1 percent of current APS members by their peers.
Fermilab scientist Albert Stebbins was recently awarded the 2014 Scientific Medal of the Institute of Astrophysics of Paris.
o your neighbors have their house lights on? Is their walk shoveled? Are the newspapers and mail piling up? You might want to knock on the door and check on them, says Debbie Jansky, assistant manager, Gottlieb Home Health & Hospice. “Winter is isolating for us all but when really bad weather hits, the chronically ill or elderly really suffer the most,” she says.
The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball can improve balance and may help prevent falls in the elderly, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The current issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ) is devoted entirely to an increasingly significant concern in healthcare quality management – how to assure favorable outcomes when transitioning patients from one clinical environment to another or to the home.
In the upcoming Race Across USA, ultra-endurance athletes will run a marathon a day as they cover 3,080 miles from California to Maryland. The event will offer researchers a unique opportunity to study the physical and psychological effects of ultra-endurance running.
Loyola University Medical Center performed 51 lung transplants in 2014, the most ever by a single center in Illinois. The previous Illinois record for lung transplants performed in a single year, also set by Loyola, was 50 lung transplants in 1993.
The pancreas secretes enzymes to digest food and also hormones to regulate energy. Each year, an estimated 210,000 people are admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is the inflammation or infection of the pancreas.
Tread lightly and don’t get too confident; winter is officially here and sidewalks are slippery. About 1 million people take a tumble every year and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 20,000 people die annually due to fall-related injuries.
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