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Gun safety ‘wrapped in a mental health bill’: A look at health provisions in the new law

The gun safety law forged through tense bipartisan talks in the Senate last month has been heralded as the first federal legislation in 30 years to combat rising gun violence. But what often falls below the radar is the new law's focus on improving mental health services.

7 Jul 2022

Feds want a policy that advocates say would let hospitals off the hook for covid-era lapses

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is responding to the chaos of the covid-19 pandemic by proposing to hide from the public a rating that lets consumers compare hospitals' safety records and to waive approximately $350 million in financial penalties for roughly 750 hospitals with the worst patient-safety track records.

7 Jul 2022

COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2020 and 2021

In a recent article published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, investigators examined the major causes of mortality across the United States (US) in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.

7 Jul 2022

New scheme for rewarding NHS workforce is a missed opportunity to design a fairer system

The new national scheme for rewarding clinical excellence in the NHS is a missed opportunity to design a fairer system and one that recognizes the collective effort of teams over individuals, according to a new paper.

6 Jul 2022

Gardening can help many people to reap mental health benefits

Many longtime gardeners will tell you that the garden is their happy place. New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants - even if they've never gardened before.

6 Jul 2022

Transgender patients report better mental health after gender-affirming facial feminization surgery

A UCLA study offers the first evidence that transgender patients who receive gender-affirming facial feminization surgery reported better mental health after their procedures.

6 Jul 2022

Vaccine generates antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 spike protein regions shared among many coronaviruses

Could the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine reawaken previous antibody responses and point the way to a universal coronavirus vaccine? A new analysis of the antibody response to a COVID-19 vaccine suggests the immune system's history with other coronaviruses, including those behind the common cold, shapes the patient's response, according to a study published today in Cell Reports.

6 Jul 2022

$3.1 million grant will help researchers to study signs of heart damage in young breast cancer survivors

A 5-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, will enable researchers from Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and Duke Cancer Institute to collaborate in a first-of-its-kind prospective study to look for the earliest signs of heart vessel damage in young, pre-menopausal breast cancer survivors.

6 Jul 2022

Researchers challenge centuries-old beliefs about limb regeneration

Ken Muneoka is no stranger to disrupting the field of regeneration; for example, in a 2019 ground-breaking publication in Nature, the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences professor proved for the first time that joint regeneration in mammals was possible.

6 Jul 2022

Study reports how opioids cause gastric inflammation

Opioids are the gold standard for treatment of chronic and acute pain; however, their use may result in significant gastrointestinal side effects, including nausea, vomiting, and constipation.

6 Jul 2022

Researchers reveal the exceptional capacity of Omicron to evade the immune system

The current wave of COVID-19 highlights a particularly high risk of reinfection by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

6 Jul 2022

Scientists discover a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Around 250,000 people in Austria suffer from psoriasis. One third of them develop inflammation in their joints (psoriatic arthritis) as a result of the chronic skin condition.

6 Jul 2022

Outpatient antibiotic management of patients with appendicitis is safe, helps avoid surgery

Outpatient antibiotic management of selected patients with appendicitis is safe, allowing many patients to avoid surgery and hospitalization, and should be considered as part of shared decision-making between doctor and patient.

6 Jul 2022

Early food intervention can reduce the risk of allergies in children

Letting your baby taste foods that contain peanuts, eggs, milk and wheat from the age of three months can reduce the risk of allergies in children.

6 Jul 2022

What is the optimal LDL cholesterol level for patients with cardiovascular diseases?

In a new study, the effectiveness of low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in reducing the risk of atherosclerotic vascular events was explored.

6 Jul 2022

Heat-related child deaths could double if high emissions continue to remain unchecked

Thousands of heat-related child deaths could be prevented if temperature increases are limited to the Paris Agreement's 1.5ºC target through to 2050, according to new research published in Environmental Research Letters.

6 Jul 2022

‘Free’ screening? Know your rights to get no-cost care

An ounce of prevention … well, you know the rest. In medicine, prevention aims to spot problems before they worsen, affecting both a patient's health and finances.

6 Jul 2022

Evaluation of antinucleocapsid antibody seropositivity following SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated individuals

A new study assessed both placebo and vaccine recipients in the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) phase 3 clinical trial who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the blinded, placebo-controlled trial phase.

6 Jul 2022

New model reveals cancer-driving mutations

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Maxwell Sherman, an MIT graduate student and one of the lead authors of a study that used a new method to investigate cancer genomes.

6 Jul 2022

Study measures changes in the brain's response to threat following non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation

A first-of-its-kind study published recently in the journal "Brain Stimulation" measures changes in the human brain's response to a perceived threat following non-invasive stimulation of the nervous system via the vagus nerve

6 Jul 2022

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Gun safety ‘wrapped in a mental health bill’: A look at health provisions in the new law

Feds want a policy that advocates say would let hospitals off the hook for covid-era lapses

COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2020 and 2021

New scheme for rewarding NHS workforce is a missed opportunity to design a fairer system

Gardening can help many people to reap mental health benefits

Transgender patients report better mental health after gender-affirming facial feminization surgery

Vaccine generates antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 spike protein regions shared among many coronaviruses

$3.1 million grant will help researchers to study signs of heart damage in young breast cancer survivors

Researchers challenge centuries-old beliefs about limb regeneration

Study reports how opioids cause gastric inflammation

Researchers reveal the exceptional capacity of Omicron to evade the immune system

Scientists discover a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Outpatient antibiotic management of patients with appendicitis is safe, helps avoid surgery

Early food intervention can reduce the risk of allergies in children

What is the optimal LDL cholesterol level for patients with cardiovascular diseases?

Heat-related child deaths could double if high emissions continue to remain unchecked

‘Free’ screening? Know your rights to get no-cost care

Evaluation of antinucleocapsid antibody seropositivity following SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated individuals

New model reveals cancer-driving mutations

Study measures changes in the brain's response to threat following non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation

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