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IMAGE: Many traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors needed extensive healthcare services in the year after their injury, and a quarter of them were super-utilizers, having three or more emergency department visits. view more
Credit: Regenstrief Institute
INDIANAPOLIS Patients who suffer from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) often need a great deal of healthcare services after the injury, but the extent of care utilization is unknown. A new study from research scientists affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regenstrief Institute and IUPUI is one of the first to analyze how much care TBI patients use and identify areas of unmet need.
A team of Indian scientists yesterday reported the detection of
Candida auris isolates from two sampling sites on islands in the Indian Ocean the first time the multidrug-resistant yeast has been isolated in a natural environment. The discovery was reported in
mBio.
Since it was first identified in a Japanese patient in 2009,
C auris has spread to hospitals around the world, and has been declared an urgent health threat by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because the yeast is capable of growing at higher temperatures and can tolerate hypersaline environments more than other
Candida species, scientists in recent years have hypothesized that it may have existed in wetlands before becoming a clinically relevant pathogen, and that its emergence could be linked to global warming s effects on wetlands.
Tight blood pressure control can cut memory loss, study finds
(KYMA, KECY/NBC News) -Lowering blood pressure to recommended levels can prevent dementia and the memory and thinking problems that often show up first, researchers reported Wednesday.
People whose top blood pressure reading was taken down to 120 were 19 percent less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, the loss of memory and brain processing power that usually precedes Alzheimer’s, the study found. And they were 15 percent less likely to eventually develop cognitive decline and dementia.
“This is really exciting,” said Heather Snyder, senior director of medical operations for the Alzheimer’s Association. The results were presented at the annual meeting of the association in Chicago.