All Medical & Allied Healthcare Articles
  • Environmental factors mediate negative attributes attributed to TBI

    Maria Frisch

    ​It is widely accepted that traumatic brain injury (TBI) often results in significant impairment to cognitive, motor and emotional functioning. Environmental factors, such as intensive engagement in cognitive, emotional, physical and psychosocial endeavors, may help to offset this impairment.

  • The importance of social support in organ transplantation outcomes

    Maria Frisch

    ​Epidemiological studies have linked poor social support to negative health outcomes and higher mortality rates across ​a multitude ​of medical ​conditions. Social support appears to result in more positive biological profiles, and ​recent research on immune-mediated inflammatory processes shows how integrative physiological mechanisms directly link ​social support to physical health.

  • Apples provide upgrade to your operating system

    Dr. Denise A. Valenti

    Getting the recommended apple a day to keep the doctor away is easy. The more than 100 different species of apples grown in the United States are in ​abundance throughout the country in September and October. No matter how the apples are eaten, the fruit flesh and skin offer significant benefits to health.

  • Experiment reveals the ugly side of open-source journal industry

    Pamela Lewis Dolan Medical & Allied Healthcare

    Over the past 10 months, Harvard researcher John Bohannon, Ph.D., has created more than 300 versions of a phony research paper describing the anticancer property of a chemical extracted from a lichen. Each paper was authored by a different made-up researcher who came from academic facilities that don’t exist. Despite Bohannon’s efforts to make the papers flawed and unpublishable, nearly 160 medical journal publishers accepted the paper for publishing, despite each one claiming to have a peer review process.

  • The next big thing: U-EMS

    Mark Huber

    Over the last decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven their worth in military applications around the globe. Want to whack a bad guy in Somalia? No problem. An Air Force "pilot" can do so with ease by manipulating a joystick in climate-controlled comfort from a trailer in Nevada. Right now in Afghanistan, unmanned Kaman K-Max helicopters are slinging supplies to Marines in high-risk areas. It’s only a matter of time before they are used to transport the injured out of hot LZs.

  • Medical device industry facing tough road ahead

    Rosemary Sparacio

    The business climate in 2013 and beyond will prove to be a challenging one for medical device manufacturers. And with the current government shutdown centering around the Affordable Care Act, one of the sticking points for passage of the funding bill is removing the steep excise tax on medical devices from the equation by delaying funding for the ACA for at least a year.

  • Is Parkinson’s disease in the future for Jesse Pinkman of ‘Breaking…

    Dr. Denise A. Valenti

    ​AMC's television series "Breaking Bad" depicted diverse characters on both sides of the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine. The popular series, which ended its six-year run with a series finale Sept. 29, was known for its raw, graphic and violent depiction of the culture and science behind the making and distribution of illicit drugs.

  • New study sheds light on presentation of CTE symptoms

    Dorothy L. Tengler

    ​Scientists have long been aware of the devastation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is marked by widespread accumulation of an abnormal protein called hyperphosphorylated tau. The disease usually presents with mood and behavioral changes at a young age. However, a new study suggests that clinical presentation could include cognitive symptoms at a later age.

  • The Affordable Care Act: They gave it the wrong name

    Dr. Jonathan Kaplan

    Most Americans are thinking this major new piece of healthcare legislation, the Affordable Care Act, is going to make health insurance more affordable. Why do most Americans think it's going to be more affordable? Picture me with my hands cupped on both sides of my mouth screaming, "because it's got the word 'affordable' in it!" But this is not the case. Clearly, unarguably, they will be more expensive.

  • FDA issues final mobile medical app guidance

    Pamela Lewis Dolan

    ​The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently ​issued its final guidance on mobile health apps, ending a two-year wait for developers. The FDA, which issued a draft guidance in July 2011, said it intends to exercise its enforcement discretion and not regulate apps except for those that present a risk to patients if they do not work as intended.