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 JAMA Network Open has published " Validation of a Machine Learning Brain Electrical Activity-Based Index to Aid in Diagnosing Concussion Among Athletes," a ground-breaking study on the accuracy of the BrainScope FDA-cleared biomarker, the Concussion Index, to indicate the likelihood and severity of concussive brain injury and to aid in evaluating an athlete's readiness to return to play.   "What this shows us is that for the first time we have a point of care and objective marker that can rapidly identify the likelihood of concussive injury and can be used to follow patients from baseline ...

Why It’s So Hard to Cut Waste in Health Care During the pandemic, people have been getting less medical treatment. That saves money, but it could harm their health, an economist says. Health care accounts for almost one-fifth of the U.S. economy, and up to a quarter or more of health spending is considered wasted.Credit...Philip Cheung for The New York Times By Amy Finkelstein Jan. 22, 2021 Cutting waste while preserving critically important treatment is the holy grail of health care policy. The coronavirus pandemic has shown why that goal has been so stubbornly difficult to achieve. One...

Study finds little benefit from supplemental oxygen during labor By (0) For decades, women have commonly been given oxygen during childbirth, but a new research review finds little evidence it benefits newborns. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that women be given supplemental oxygen when fetal heart monitoring shows an abnormal heart rate. That's based on the possibility that oxygen deprivation is causing the problem. Advertisement Yet there has been little research evidence that the tactic does any good. And the new review, of 16 clinical trials, uncovere...

By oracknows on August 2, 2013. "Alternative medicine," so-called "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM), or, as it's become fashionable to call it, "integrative medicine" is a set of medical practices that are far more based on belief than science. As my good bud and collaborator Mark Crislip so pointedly reminded us last week, CAM is far more akin to religion than science-based medicine (SBM). However, as I've discussed more times than I can remember over the years, both here and at my not-so-super-secret-other blog, CAM practitioners and advocates, despite practici...

We at Advance-CTR are pleased to announce our newest class of Pilot Project Program awardees. The 2020 awardees have proposed projects that use a variety of translational research techniques to study diseases and health challenges that address Rhode Island's community health priorities.  Please join us in congratulating the awardees and their teams: "Predicting Hemorrhage and Thrombosis in Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Study Using Machine Learning"