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COVID-19 pandemic reveals need for consensus on definition of essential oral healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for consensus on the definition of essential oral healthcare. The article "Pandemic considerations on essential oral healthcare" provides a layered model of essential oral healthcare, integrating urgent and basic oral healthcare, as well as advanced and specialist oral healthcare.

11 Dec 2020

Cost information greatly enhances the value of shared decision making

Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today.

11 Dec 2020

First patient participates in immunotherapy trial despite COVID-19 pandemic

Since 2016, Bernard Thurman has undergone traditional treatments, experimental therapies and surgeries to counter the cancer within him, but nothing has successfully eradicated the disease.

11 Dec 2020

Social media appeals from COVID-19 frontliners have more impact on general audience

Anyone who's on social media right now has probably seen them: Passionate pleas from health care workers, asking for the public to realize how bad the COVID-19 pandemic has gotten, and urging them to take steps to slow the spread of coronavirus.

11 Dec 2020

Three leading experts urge US government to be vigilant against anti-vaccination advocates

As the world watches how UK residents respond to COVID-19 vaccinations, three leading experts on the virus are urging Americans and the US government to be vigilant against anti-vaccination advocates and their "rumors, misinformation, and conspiracy theories in a fractured media universe."

11 Dec 2020

Teenagers with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes can benefit from bariatric surgery

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with type 2 diabetes, and youth with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes face a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease during their lifetime.

11 Dec 2020

Gaps in regulation of commercial educational websites are exposing children to unhealthy food marketing

Dartmouth Researchers Work to Reduce Child-Directed Food Marketing on Educational Websites.A new article, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of researchers and advocates including Dartmouth faculty, asserts that current gaps in the regulation of commercial educational websites are exposing children to unhealthy food marketing.

11 Dec 2020

Government data underestimates the impact of social distancing in controlling COVID-19 spread

Quantifying the mitigating impact of social distancing on the spread of COVID-19 is critical for evaluating the efficacy of social restrictions and informing future health policy decisions.

11 Dec 2020

New collaborative study to address key questions about COVID-19

A new nationwide study of more than 50,000 individuals is underway to determine factors that predict disease severity and long-term health impacts of COVID-19.

11 Dec 2020

Researchers use AI platform to identify best combination of available therapies against COVID-19.

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has utilized a ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) platform to derive an optimal combination of available therapies against SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19.

11 Dec 2020

Study sheds new light on reflexive behaviors

When you touch a hot stove, your hand reflexively pulls away; if you miss a rung on a ladder, you instinctively catch yourself.

10 Dec 2020

IGC researchers receive three out of six European Research Council grants

Since the establishment of the European Research Council in 2008, the IGC has secured 17 of their competitive grants (7 Starting, 8 Consolidator and 2 Advanced).

10 Dec 2020

Researchers deploy new framework for eliminating defects in health care value

A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst states that the U.S. health care system spends in excess of $1.3 trillion annually on sub-optimal behavior and outlines a roadmap for reducing costs by eliminating defects in health care value.

10 Dec 2020

Researchers find new method for safe and effective delivery of medicines to the lungs

Investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School recently identified a new method for safe and effective delivery of medicines to the lungs that can be used for multiple clinical applications, potentially including aerosol vaccination.

10 Dec 2020

New polio vaccine is the first to work on mutated form of the virus

A new polio vaccine that could tackle mutated strains of the disease has passed phase II clinical trials, according to two studies published in medical journal The Lancet.

10 Dec 2020

International research project to improve knowledge on climate change and health impacts

Climate change is according to the WHO the greatest threat to human health in the 21st century. By bringing together leaders in climate change and health research, this international project will contribute with knowledge and policy advice on climate change and health impacts.

10 Dec 2020

Researchers receive $651,997 funding to study memory dysfunction in MS

Researchers at Montclair State University and Kessler Foundation have received funding totaling $651,997 from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to measure memory-related abilities in individuals with and without multiple sclerosis (MS) for clues to how such cognitive processes are altered by MS. Joshua Sandry, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Montclair State and Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, research scientist in the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, collaborate on the 4-year study, titled "Neuroimaging of Hippocampally Mediated Memory Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis."

10 Dec 2020

MUSC cancer researcher named as a 2020 fellow of National Academy of Innovators

In recognition of her spirit of innovation and the lasting impact of her work on cancer patients, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Nancy Klauber-DeMore, M.D., has been named as a 2020 fellow of the National Academy of Innovators, the organization announced Dec. 8.

10 Dec 2020

$2.5 million funding helps researchers to advance tools for predicting readmission in diabetic patients

Each year in the United States, more than 1 million patients with diabetes make return trips to the hospital for diabetes-related illness, often being readmitted within 30 days of their initial hospitalization.

10 Dec 2020

New survey to understand the prevalence of marijuana use among cancer patients

Marijuana use is illegal in South Carolina, even for medical purposes. But national survey data shows that the use of marijuana for medical reasons is common, regardless of whether the people who use it live in a state with a legal marketplace.

10 Dec 2020

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COVID-19 pandemic reveals need for consensus on definition of essential oral healthcare

Cost information greatly enhances the value of shared decision making

First patient participates in immunotherapy trial despite COVID-19 pandemic

Social media appeals from COVID-19 frontliners have more impact on general audience

Three leading experts urge US government to be vigilant against anti-vaccination advocates

Teenagers with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes can benefit from bariatric surgery

Gaps in regulation of commercial educational websites are exposing children to unhealthy food marketing

Government data underestimates the impact of social distancing in controlling COVID-19 spread

New collaborative study to address key questions about COVID-19

Researchers use AI platform to identify best combination of available therapies against COVID-19.

Study sheds new light on reflexive behaviors

IGC researchers receive three out of six European Research Council grants

Researchers deploy new framework for eliminating defects in health care value

Researchers find new method for safe and effective delivery of medicines to the lungs

New polio vaccine is the first to work on mutated form of the virus

International research project to improve knowledge on climate change and health impacts

Researchers receive $651,997 funding to study memory dysfunction in MS

MUSC cancer researcher named as a 2020 fellow of National Academy of Innovators

$2.5 million funding helps researchers to advance tools for predicting readmission in diabetic patients

New survey to understand the prevalence of marijuana use among cancer patients

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