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Researchers suggest an alternative pathway to dying alone due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in how hospitals provide end-of-life care to patients and their families. With strict no-visiting limitations in place in an effort to stem contagion, patients have been dying alone.

29 Jun 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: High court’s surprising abortion decision

The Supreme Court surprised both sides in the polarized abortion battle Monday by ruling, 5-4, that a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform the procedure to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital is an unconstitutional infringement of a woman's right to an abortion.

29 Jun 2020

Study unravels CNL6 mystery in Batten disease

Batten disease is a family of 13 rare, genetically distinct conditions. Collectively, they are the most prevalent cause of neurodegenerative disease in children, affecting 1 in 12,500 live births in the U.S. One of the Batten disease genes is CLN6.

29 Jun 2020

The gut shields the liver from fructose-induced lipogenesis

After one consumes food or a beverage containing fructose, the gastrointestinal system, or gut, helps to shield the liver from damage by breaking down the sugar before it reaches the liver, according to a new multi-center study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

29 Jun 2020

Supreme Court, rejecting restrictive La. law, refuses to roll back abortion rights

In a decision certain to roil the fall elections, a Supreme Court with a majority of anti-abortion justices Monday refused to use its first opportunity to roll back abortion rights.

29 Jun 2020

Fecal microbial transplantation more effective, cost-efficient treatment than antibiotics

An innovative treatment for patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) which uses transplanted gut bacteria to treat the infection, is a more effective and more cost-efficient treatment than using antibiotics, a new UK study has found.

29 Jun 2020

Human Brain Project starts final phase as EU-funded FET Flagship

The Human Brain Project announces the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. The European Commission has signed a grant agreement to fund the HBP with 150 million Euros from now until 2023.

29 Jun 2020

Ladder falls have long-lasting psychological impact for older males

It only takes a moment to fall off a ladder, but the psychological impacts are long-lasting, particularly for older males.

29 Jun 2020

RCSI begins clinical trial of promising therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients

Clinician scientists at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have begun a clinical trial of a promising therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care.

29 Jun 2020

Combination therapy improves survival rates for women with aggressive endometrial cancer

Yale Cancer Center scientists have found that combining the targeted drug trastuzumab with chemotherapy significantly improves survival rates for women with a rare, aggressive form of endometrial cancer.

29 Jun 2020

UNC researcher leads nationwide survey assessing mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemic

The findings of a nationwide survey assessing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emotional wellbeing of the U.S. adult population have been released online.

29 Jun 2020

Childhood heart defect increases risk of arrhythmia, heart failure in adulthood

Long-term morbidity as well as a lower level of education and employment rate are common among adults who underwent congenital heart surgery during childhood, regardless of the severity of the defect.

29 Jun 2020

Conflicting COVID messages create cloud of confusion around public health and prevention

Regina Fargis didn't know what to do. Fargis runs Summit Hills — a health and retirement community in Spartanburg, South Carolina, that offers skilled nursing, activities and communal meals for its residents, most of whom are over 60, the highest-risk category for coronavirus complications.

29 Jun 2020

Virus re-emergence after lockdown ends

A new report in the journal Nature Human Behaviour in June 2020 reports predictions as to the effects of removing lockdown restrictions on the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and suggests that individual responsibility concerning social distancing and other precautions could avoid the need for lockdowns.

28 Jun 2020

Mathematical model reveals the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection after fecal microbiota transplantation

In their new paper available on the bioRxiv* preprint server, US researchers from the OpenBiome nonprofit organization used a mathematical model to simulate the usefulness of different testing strategies for fecal samples and showed that the probability of releasing a fecal microbiota donation with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is low when several important variables are taken into account.

28 Jun 2020

Interactive cloud-based data portal provides access to treasure trove of pediatric solid tumor data

An innovative, interactive cloud-based data portal debuted this week that lets academic researchers mine the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of scientific resources for studying pediatric solid tumors and their related biology.

26 Jun 2020

Towbin receives NIH grant to study modifier genes in cardiomyopathy

Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center was awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health with co-principal investigators Enkhsaikha Purevjav, MD, PhD and Lu Lu, MD, MS.

26 Jun 2020

Survey: 1/3 of parents in 3 states not likely to send children to school because of COVID-19

Kindergartners in face masks. Closed playground structures. Random COVID-19 testing.

26 Jun 2020

Study reveals colorectal cancer hotspots in the United States

Over the last three decades, colorectal cancer survival in the United States has improved significantly. But in young people--particularly men diagnosed with colorectal cancer before age 50--incidence and mortality due to colorectal cancer are on the rise.

26 Jun 2020

Psychological factors matter more than physical performance for marine training

The United States military has a constant need for service members who can serve in elite and specialized military units, such as the Marine Corps. However, because the training courses for these forces is so rigorous, the dropout rate is high.

26 Jun 2020

Hospital News and Research

Researchers suggest an alternative pathway to dying alone due to COVID-19

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: High court’s surprising abortion decision

Study unravels CNL6 mystery in Batten disease

The gut shields the liver from fructose-induced lipogenesis

Supreme Court, rejecting restrictive La. law, refuses to roll back abortion rights

Fecal microbial transplantation more effective, cost-efficient treatment than antibiotics

Human Brain Project starts final phase as EU-funded FET Flagship

Ladder falls have long-lasting psychological impact for older males

RCSI begins clinical trial of promising therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients

Combination therapy improves survival rates for women with aggressive endometrial cancer

UNC researcher leads nationwide survey assessing mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemic

Childhood heart defect increases risk of arrhythmia, heart failure in adulthood

Conflicting COVID messages create cloud of confusion around public health and prevention

Virus re-emergence after lockdown ends

Mathematical model reveals the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection after fecal microbiota transplantation

Interactive cloud-based data portal provides access to treasure trove of pediatric solid tumor data

Towbin receives NIH grant to study modifier genes in cardiomyopathy

Survey: 1/3 of parents in 3 states not likely to send children to school because of COVID-19

Study reveals colorectal cancer hotspots in the United States

Psychological factors matter more than physical performance for marine training

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