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Released: 11-Jun-2020 8:05 AM EDT
Free Training Manual to Help Health Care Providers Recognize, Diagnose Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

The 55-page handbook, now available in English and soon to be available in Spanish, features sections on prenatal exposure, dysmorphology, neuropsychology, the diagnostic process, and case-based learning modules.

Released: 27-Apr-2020 12:55 PM EDT
Potential new HIV treatment could mean once-a-year injection
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

The advance has the potential to eliminate complications that arise from missing doses of life-saving medicines, according to the study published today in Nature Materials, a leading peer-reviewed biomedical research journal.

   
16-Jan-2020 11:50 PM EST
JAMA editorial helps set record straight on unproven sepsis therapy
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

The Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) features an important study about sepsis with an accompanying editorial by a University of Nebraska Medical Center expert. The study and editorial sets the record straight on an unproven therapy some physicians use to treat sepsis, a deadly infectious disease. The editorial, written by Andre Kalil, M.D., M.P.H., professor of infectious diseases in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, writes in support of the new and rigorous international study based on a randomized clinical trial in Australia, published in the same issue. The editorial appears in the Jan. 17 online issue and also will appear in the Feb. 4 print edition.

Released: 18-Dec-2019 10:45 AM EST
Study: Marijuana Use in E-Cigarettes Increases Among Youth
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

A study published today online in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found marijuana use in electronic cigarettes has been increasing among U.S. middle and high school students from 2017 to 2018.

Released: 27-Aug-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Global team produces evaluation of CRISPR gene editing methods
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Evaluation shows gene editing has become 10 to 20 times more efficient in past six years in generating complex animal models called conditional knockouts, which ultimately provide greater insight into gene function and disease findings.

27-Jun-2019 2:05 PM EDT
For first time ever, researchers able to eliminate HIV from animal
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

For the first time researchers have been able to completely eliminate HIV from a mouse model. It marks a critical step toward the development of a possible cure for human HIV infection.

   
Released: 31-May-2019 10:50 AM EDT
Research Study That Could Help Millions with Common Heart Problem
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

UNMC is the only institution in the central plains region participating in the research. Globally, 880 patients will be enrolled at 130 sites in 20 countries. Researchers will follow patients for up to five years.

Released: 2-Apr-2019 1:05 PM EDT
International expert in autism to head MMI's integrated autism center
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., an international expert in the diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorders and the early identification of young children at risk for this diagnosis, has been named the director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD).

Released: 22-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
$500,000 grant awarded to BHECN aimed at improving adolescent mental health
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

There are plenty of evidence-based behavioral health programs aimed at helping children and adolescents, but implementing those programs can often take up to three years and sustaining them can be even more difficult once implemented.

Released: 15-Nov-2018 5:00 AM EST
National study testing drug to treat graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplants
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

University of Nebraska Medical Center leading national team to determine if ruxolitinib is effective for treating a certain type of graft versus host disease (GVHD) called sclerotic. The grant is funded by Incyte, a global biopharmaceutical company.

Released: 12-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EST
National Study Finds Gastric Bypass Most Effective Weight Loss Surgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

A study published this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that adults with severe obesity had greater initial and sustained weight loss with gastric bypass surgery compared to sleeve gastrectomy or adjustable gastric banding surgery.

Released: 17-Sep-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Leaders in visual, augmented reality to meet in Omaha Sept. 25, 26 for national modeling, simulation gathering
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

UNMC is hosting the National Modeling & Simulation Coalition 2018 National Meeting, which will be held Sept. 25- 26 in Omaha. The meeting is being co-hosted by the Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCELSM ) and the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI). The focus of the interdisciplinary meeting is on “Improving Human Performance and Effectiveness.” Next year, UNMC will open a new, $121.8 million advanced clinical simulation facility (currently under construction) -- the Dr. Edwin Davis & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning (Davis Global Center) at 42nd and Emile streets in Omaha. Funded by state and private money, the facility is designed to transform the way health professionals learn new skills and acquire new knowledge.

Released: 11-Jul-2018 3:05 PM EDT
$2.6 Million Grant Looks to Improve Patient Care with RN's Enhanced Role
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

The way health care providers are paid is shifting, demanding major changes by providers. Instead of being paid for the number of patients they see and tests ordered, the system is moving toward paying providers based on patient satisfaction, good clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness.

Released: 9-May-2018 6:00 AM EDT
University of Nebraska Partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Goal is to make University of Nebraska go-to place for biodefense education for students hoping to work for the Department of Defense. Vision is to build an education pipeline that starts at the undergraduate level and continues through the graduate level, providing unique opportunities for brightest students from Nebraska and around the country.

Released: 18-Apr-2018 4:00 AM EDT
UNMC, Genomoncology Combine to Launch First System Using HL7 2.5 Formatting to Transmit Discrete Genetic Data on Cancer Patients to Electronic Health Record
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Breakthrough streamlines patient information into a manageable, digestible format, so oncologists can view discrete genetic data in the patient 's electronic health record

28-Mar-2018 5:00 PM EDT
Two Leading Oncologists Co-Author Paper on Nuclear Terrorism
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Special report details serious concerns that medical community would be able to do much, if anything, to assist people in event of major nuclear event. Prevention is best option as well as carefully conceived, long-term plan within the public education system to provide lessons on radiation biology

Released: 5-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EST
1-Month Treatment as Effective as 9-Month Treatment for Preventing TB in HIV Patients; May Have Application in Healthy People Too
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

A one-month antibiotic regimen to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) disease was at least as safe and effective as the standard nine-month therapy for people living with HIV, according to results of a large international clinical trial. Adults and adolescents in the trial were more likely to complete the short-course regimen consisting of daily doses of the antibiotics rifapentine and isoniazid for four weeks than the standard nine-month regimen of daily isoniazid.

Released: 7-Feb-2018 7:05 AM EST
Chemically Modified Drug Shows Promise for HIV Treatment and Elimination
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Significant breakthrough could hasten an eventual HIV cure as modified antiviral drug is able to reach cells and tissues where HIV resides

Released: 16-Jan-2018 3:05 PM EST
Smartphone App Now Recognizes FASD Thanks to MMI Geneticist
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

With a smartphone and an app, qualified health care professionals can now diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in their office thanks to a suggestion from Omar Rahman, M.D.

Released: 10-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST
Breakthrough Research Suggests Potential Treatment for Autism, Intellectual Disability
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

A research team has identified the pathological mechanism for a certain type of autism and intellectual disability by creating a genetically modified mouse. They are hopeful it could eventually lead to a therapeutic fix.



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