Research reveals “extensive network” of industry ties with healthcare

Research reveals “extensive network” of industry ties with healthcare

Results document pathways for potential influence across the system; better oversight needed to preserve public trust in healthcare, say researchers The medical product industry maintains an extensive network of financial and non-financial ties with all...
Research finds excess use of non-emergency restraint among older psychiatric patients

Research finds excess use of non-emergency restraint among older psychiatric patients

Restrictive interventions like acute control medications and restraints are more likely to be used in non-emergency situations among older psychiatric inpatients than younger ones, a study shows. Researchers found a clear pattern of higher rates...
New research finds TNF inhibitor more effective with regular serum assessment to adjust dose

New research finds TNF inhibitor more effective with regular serum assessment to adjust dose

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that proactive therapeutic drug monitoring, a newer treatment strategy where a patient’s drug serum levels are regularly assessed...
New research finds racial gaps in renal complications persist for children with Lupus

New research finds racial gaps in renal complications persist for children with Lupus

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, found that while hospitalized children with juvenile lupus have fewer adverse kidney outcomes overall, significant racial gaps for developing...
New Study: Pandemic underlines need to address physician burnout

New Study: Pandemic underlines need to address physician burnout

Two out of three Vancouver physicians surveyed in a new UBC study faced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from UBC’s faculty of medicine reviewed survey responses from 302 internal medicine physicians who worked for...
Study: Concerns about judgement of autistic adults

Study: Concerns about judgement of autistic adults

Autistic adults can be wrongly perceived as deceptive and lacking credibility, Flinders University researchers say, with this working against many caught in the legal system. In the first study of its kind, a new paper...
Study: The many ways the Sexual Violence Resource Centre offers help

Study: The many ways the Sexual Violence Resource Centre offers help

In order to fulfill the commitment to maintaining a safe and respectful work and learning environment, the University of Manitoba actively listens to the needs and recommendations of the UM community. The Sexual Violence...
Study: Babies' random choices become their preferences

Study: Babies’ random choices become their preferences

When a baby reaches for one stuffed animal in a room filled with others just like it, that seemingly random choice is very bad news for those unpicked toys: the baby has likely just...
Study: Data tool helps users manage water resources, protect infrastructure

Study: Data tool helps users manage water resources, protect infrastructure

River systems are essential resources for everything from drinking water supply to power generation - but these systems are also hydrologically complex, and it is not always clear how water flow data from various...
Study: Significant decline in prescription opioid abuse seen among Americans at last

Study: Significant decline in prescription opioid abuse seen among Americans at last

Almost 20 years into the opioid epidemic, there finally is evidence of significant and continual decreases in the abuse of these risky pain medications, according to an analysis of national data being presented at...

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