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Assessing the effects of COVID-19 on breast cancer screening rates

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the U.S. Early detection of the disease through screening can greatly improve the chances of successful treatment and is an essential preventive service in primary care.

28 May 2024

Understanding organizational factors in medical assistant staffing ratios

Medical assistants (MAs) are among the fastest growing occupations within the U.S. primary care workforce, and many practices have expanded the roles and caregiving responsibilities of primary care MAs.

28 May 2024

MUSC researchers unravel the mystery of cancer recurrence

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers have unlocked a discovery that could help to explain why cancer can recur in patients who have undergone chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

28 May 2024

Light therapy may affect healing in the brains of people who suffered traumatic brain injury

Low-level light therapy appears to affect healing in the brains of people who suffered significant brain injuries, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

28 May 2024

Implementing the Surgeon General’s guidelines to tackle loneliness in primary care

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 20% of adult primary care patients identified as lonely, representing a higher prevalence than many diseases commonly seen in primary care such as diabetes.

28 May 2024

Automated text reminders boost mental health for health care workers

Health care workers have reported spikes in feeling burnt out in the time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with nearly half saying it took a toll in 2022 compared to 32 percent in 2018.

28 May 2024

New point-of-care test revolutionizes toxoplasmosis screening

An inexpensive, accurate test that detects infections with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can provide results within 30 minutes from a finger-prick in a doctor's office or within an hour from a small blood sample tested in a local medical laboratory.

28 May 2024

New national program aims to address loneliness among adolescents

Social prescriptions for activities such as gardening, fishing, attending museums, as well arts & sports clubs are to be offered to children and adolescents who report high levels of loneliness or low community connection as part of a new four-year project led by UCL researchers.

28 May 2024

Harnessing pharmacists' expertise to treat minor illnesses could save millions in health care costs

Greater use of pharmacists to treat minor illnesses could potentially save millions of dollars in health care costs, according to new research led by Washington State University.

28 May 2024

People with disabilities more likely to experience pregnancy complications, report shows

People with disabilities account for 13% of all pregnancies in Ontario, but a new report shows that this population was more likely to experience pregnancy complications such as emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and preterm birth.

28 May 2024

New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or repetitive behaviors, or refuse to let caregivers help them.

28 May 2024

WHO introduces first-ever Investment Round to address global health challenges

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first-ever Investment Round on Sunday as part of a broader plan to transform the way the Organization is funded heading into an era of climate change, mass migration, pandemic threats, an aging world population, and turbulent geopolitics.

27 May 2024

UNICEF delivers first R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine doses to Central African Republic

UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next days.

25 May 2024

Two new studies offer insights into the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disease

Working under the umbrella of the PsychENCODE Consortium, the mental health research project established in 2015 by the National Institutes of Health, a team of Mount Sinai scientists has uncovered important new insights into the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disease through two new studies published in a special issue of Science on Friday, May 24.

24 May 2024

Health Care News and Research

Assessing the effects of COVID-19 on breast cancer screening rates

Understanding organizational factors in medical assistant staffing ratios

MUSC researchers unravel the mystery of cancer recurrence

Light therapy may affect healing in the brains of people who suffered traumatic brain injury

Implementing the Surgeon General’s guidelines to tackle loneliness in primary care

Automated text reminders boost mental health for health care workers

New point-of-care test revolutionizes toxoplasmosis screening

New national program aims to address loneliness among adolescents

Harnessing pharmacists' expertise to treat minor illnesses could save millions in health care costs

People with disabilities more likely to experience pregnancy complications, report shows

New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia

WHO introduces first-ever Investment Round to address global health challenges

UNICEF delivers first R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine doses to Central African Republic

Two new studies offer insights into the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disease

Revolutionizing neurological research: Barrow Neuro Analytics Center opens in Phoenix

Tattoos could be a risk factor for lymphoma, study suggests

Inflation Reduction Act boosts shingles vaccine uptake by 46% for Medicare Part D recipients

Physician-pharmacy integration not associated with change in the care of cancer patients

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery puts more people's lives at risk, study reveals

New understanding of cancer drug's ability to prevent fat buildup in the liver

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