Half of hospitalized adults over 65 need surrogate decision-makers, study finds
Nearly half of hospitalized American adults age 65 and older require decision-making assistance from family members or other surrogates because the patient is too impaired to make decisions...
View Article'Attention on the flight deck': What doctors can learn from pilots about...
As computers become common in medical examination rooms across the United States, a new study explores the role this technology plays in the doctor-patient relationship. The researchers looked to...
View ArticleUnique study examines feelings of love tied to sex between gay and bisexual men
(Medical Xpress)—A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at George Mason University and Indiana University Bloomington draws some conclusions to an age-old question: What does love have to do with...
View ArticleGame changer: Biomarker identified for noncancerous pancreatic cysts
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a highly accurate, noninvasive test to identify benign pancreatic cysts, which could spare patients years of nerve-racking trips...
View ArticleStudy uncovers surprising differences in brain activity of alcohol-dependent...
A new Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences, leading to intriguing...
View ArticleStudy ties father's age to higher rates of psychiatric, academic problems in...
An Indiana University study in collaboration with medical researchers from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has found that advancing paternal age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of...
View ArticleCollege athletes often sidelined from healthy lifestyle later in life
An Indiana University study found that elite college athletes—typically the picture of health and vitality—often struggle to stay active in later years, facing limitations to their day-to-day...
View ArticleVolume of notifiable disease reporting may double with required electronic...
Public health departments nationwide are already feeling the strain from budget cuts. But their case report volumes are forecasted to double when federal requirements for automated electronic...
View ArticleElectronic medication alerts designed with provider in mind reduce...
Changing how medication alerts are presented in electronic medical records resulted in safer prescribing, increased efficiency and reduced workload for health care providers who placed drug orders in a...
View ArticleBack to basics: Redesigning systems of care for older adults with Alzheimer's...
The number of older adults with dementia in the United States is forecast to more than double over the next 40 years. Caring for these individuals will have a significant impact on caregivers as well...
View ArticleInnovative, coordinated brain care could save billions of health care dollars
Studies have shown that a new patient and caregiver centered model of innovative, coordinated brain care for older adults improves health outcomes and quality of care for those with cognitive...
View ArticleCognitive scientists use 'I spy' to show spoken language helps direct...
In a new study, Indiana University cognitive scientists Catarina Vales and Linda Smith demonstrate that children spot objects more quickly when prompted by words than if they are only prompted by images.
View ArticleDeath of public figures provides important opportunities for health...
An Indiana University study of reactions to the 2011 death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs suggests health communicators have a critical window of opportunity after a public figure dies to disseminate...
View ArticleIron consumption can increase risk for heart disease, study says
A new study from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington has bolstered the link between red meat consumption and heart disease by finding a strong association between heme iron,...
View ArticleResearchers gauge the toll of trampoline fractures on children
Trampoline accidents sent an estimated 288,876 people, most of them children, to hospital emergency departments with broken bones from 2002 to 2011, at a cost of more than $400 million, according to an...
View ArticleImplementation science can create a workforce equipped for new health care...
The new Center for Health Innovation & Implementation Science at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute is studying how best to prepare...
View ArticleDementia diagnosis twice as likely if older adult has schizophrenia; cancer...
Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University who followed over 30,000 older adults for a decade have found the rate of dementia diagnosis for patients with schizophrenia to be twice as...
View ArticleIU, Paradigm team up to test genomic sequencing for women with aggressive...
Indiana University cancer researchers are testing whether therapy incorporating advanced genomic technology will provide better outcomes than current treatments for those with an aggressive form of...
View ArticleCost-saving, coordinated brain care model for older adults attracting...
The patient and caregiver-centered Aging Brain Care program, developed by researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, is attracting nationwide...
View ArticleResearchers identify pattern of cognitive risks in some children with...
Children with profound deafness who receive a cochlear implant had as much as five times the risk of having delays in areas of working memory, controlled attention, planning and conceptual learning as...
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