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Study reveals a brain mechanism underlying visual hallucinations in the blind

Some people have lost their eyesight, but they continue to "see." This phenomenon, a kind of vivid visual hallucination, is named after the Swiss doctor, Charles Bonnet, who described in 1769 how his completely blind grandfather experienced vivid, detailed visions of people, animals and objects.

7 Jan 2021

Illinois is first in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented seniors

As a nurse manager for one of Chicago's busiest safety-net hospitals, Raquel Prendkowski has witnessed covid-19's devastating toll on many of the city's most vulnerable residents — including people who lack health insurance because of their immigration status. Some come in so sick they go right to intensive care. Some don't survive.

7 Jan 2021

D-HH and West Health bring geriatric emergency care and telehealth services to rural hospitals

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system serving nearly 2 million patients across northern New England, and West Health, a family of nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations working to lower health care costs to enable successful aging, are bringing accredited geriatric emergency care and, for the first time, providing older adults in the region with specialized telehealth services from an accredited emergency department.

6 Jan 2021

Older adults with cognitive impairment who live alone are hit hard by pandemic

The pandemic has exacerbated isolation and fears for one very vulnerable group of Americans: the 4.3 million older adults with cognitive impairment who live alone.

6 Jan 2021

Socioeconomic status linked to prevalence of complex multimorbidity

People are living longer than ever. The average age of the population is increasing. Yet the number of people with multiple chronic health problems, called multimorbidity, is also growing.

6 Jan 2021

Novel technique could replace clinical biopsies with 'virtual biopsies' in future

A new advanced computing technique using routine medical scans to enable doctors to take fewer, more accurate tumor biopsies, has been developed by cancer researchers at the University of Cambridge.

6 Jan 2021

Negative trend on Facebook may cause people to develop false perception of COVID-19 vaccine

The human papillomavirus infection, or HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HPV is associated with health problems including genital warts and cancers, but a vaccine has been available since 2006 to help stop the virus.

5 Jan 2021

One-third of COVID-19 survivors manifest neurological problems

In a longitudinal study recently published on the preprint server medRxiv*, Andrea Pilotto et al. find that one-third of COVID-19 infection survivors have long-term neurological manifestations after hospitalization.

5 Jan 2021

Covid ‘decimated our staff’ as the pandemic ravages health workers of color in US

Last spring, New Jersey emergency room nurse Maritza Beniquez saw "wave after wave" of sick patients, each wearing a look of fear that grew increasingly familiar as the weeks wore on.

5 Jan 2021

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they offer their cash-paying customers.

5 Jan 2021

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

Ted Howard started taking Truvada a few years ago because he wanted to protect himself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But the daily pill was so pricey he was seriously thinking about giving it up.

5 Jan 2021

Seniors face crushing drug costs as Congress stalls on capping Medicare out-of-pockets

Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day supply — only because of the generosity of patient assistance foundations.

4 Jan 2021

Children’s hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids

A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection.

4 Jan 2021

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025: Include grains as a healthy eating pattern at any life stage

The Grain Chain, a farm to fork coalition of stakeholders in the grain industry sector and chaired by the American Bakers Association, celebrates the recommendation published today in the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to "consume half of your grains from whole grain sources" and the remainder from enriched grains.

29 Dec 2020

Toxic pesticide turned into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

N-Aryl-C-nitroazoles are an important class of heterocyclic compounds. They are used as pesticides and fungicides. However, these substances could be toxic to humans and cause mutations.

29 Dec 2020

Study identifies the effects of malnutrition on patient survival after cardiac surgery

Nutrients are the structural components of food that the body needs to function properly. They are divided into macronutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates) and micronutrients (vitamins, provitamins, various minerals, and so on). Their shortage is called nutritional deficiency.

28 Dec 2020

Popular glucose-lowering drug may cause rare diabetes complication in COVID-19 patients

Diabetes is a known risk factor for morbidity and mortality related to COVID-19. In diabetes patients, rare but severe complications, like the potentially lethal condition diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), can arise when illness or certain conditions prevent cells from receiving enough glucose to fuel their functioning.

28 Dec 2020

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Study reveals a brain mechanism underlying visual hallucinations in the blind

Illinois is first in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented seniors

D-HH and West Health bring geriatric emergency care and telehealth services to rural hospitals

Older adults with cognitive impairment who live alone are hit hard by pandemic

Socioeconomic status linked to prevalence of complex multimorbidity

Novel technique could replace clinical biopsies with 'virtual biopsies' in future

Negative trend on Facebook may cause people to develop false perception of COVID-19 vaccine

One-third of COVID-19 survivors manifest neurological problems

Covid ‘decimated our staff’ as the pandemic ravages health workers of color in US

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

Seniors face crushing drug costs as Congress stalls on capping Medicare out-of-pockets

Children’s hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025: Include grains as a healthy eating pattern at any life stage

Toxic pesticide turned into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Study identifies the effects of malnutrition on patient survival after cardiac surgery

Popular glucose-lowering drug may cause rare diabetes complication in COVID-19 patients

American Lung Association offers five tips to quit smoking in the New Year

Surprise! Congress takes steps to curb unexpected medical bills

Researchers establish BRIDGES program to synergize diagnostic efforts, patient outcome management

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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