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Dozens of U.S. hospitals poised to defy FDA’s directive on COVID plasma

Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial that could help settle the science for good.

3 Sep 2020

Advanced digital platform aims to improve outcomes for people with Angelman syndrome

An advanced open-source digital platform developed by QUT researchers is being used to build a patient registry aimed at improving outcomes and health service provision for children and adults around the world living with the rare disease Angelman syndrome.

3 Sep 2020

Increased COVID-19 cases in India raise questions about reopening the economy

A spike in COVID-19 infections in India, reaching an average of more than 70,000 cases per day over the past week, has raised questions about reopening the economy, which contracted by 24 per cent of GDP as a result of a drastic national lockdown imposed in March to stop the virus from spreading.

3 Sep 2020

Scientists identify potential blood-clotting mechanism in COVID-19

Why so many COVID-19 patients get blood clots (thrombosis) remains uncertain. But scientists at Uppsala University and the University Hospital have now identified a mechanism they believe to be implicated.

2 Sep 2020

Study evaluates the impact of today's most popular fad diets on cardiovascular health

In a review of existing scientific studies on trendy ketogenic and intermittent fasting diets, researchers at National Jewish Health concluded that these diets do seem to help people lose weight in the short-term, and modest evidence suggests they may contribute to cardiovascular health.

31 Aug 2020

Hestia criteria, sPESI score can be used to select pulmonary embolism patients for outpatient care

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism can be selected for home management using the sPESI score or the Hestia criteria, according to results of the HOME-PE trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020.

31 Aug 2020

New guidelines cover leisure exercise and competitive sports for people with heart disease

The first recommendations on sports and physical activity in all types of heart disease are launched today by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The document is published online in European Heart Journal,1 and on the ESC website.2

31 Aug 2020

COVID + influenza: This is a good year to get a flu shot, experts advise

Flu season will look different this year, as the country grapples with a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 172,000 people. Many Americans are reluctant to visit a doctor's office and public health officials worry people will shy away from being immunized.

28 Aug 2020

Combinations of lipid-lowering therapies could reduce health risk for European patients

New findings from a large European study of patients in 18 countries, including the UK, show that while many patients are able to reduce their risk through taking statins, those at the highest risk of cardiovascular events may benefit from combinations of lipid-lowering therapies.

28 Aug 2020

High blood pressure can be treated without causing erectile dysfunction, shows study

Men with untreated high blood pressure have poorer penile blood flow than those with normal blood pressure, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 The differences disappeared with blood pressure medication.

28 Aug 2020

FDA continues to take action in the ongoing response to COVID-19 pandemic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today continued to take action in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic

28 Aug 2020

AASM position statement outlines the acute effects of daylight saving time

Public health and safety would benefit from eliminating daylight saving time, according to a position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

27 Aug 2020

FDA grants Abbott's COVID-19 rapid antigen test emergency-use authorization

Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency-use authorization to Abbott Laboratories for a $5 rapid-response COVID-19 antigen test, called BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card, which is roughly the size of a credit card.

27 Aug 2020

5 things to know about convalescent blood plasma

President Donald Trump told the American people this week that convalescent plasma is a potential new treatment for COVID-19.

27 Aug 2020

Cochlear implants should be offered to adults with moderate to severe or worse hearing loss

An international group of hearing specialists has released a new set of recommendations emphasizing that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate to severe or worse hearing loss much more often than is the current practice.

27 Aug 2020

NPS MedicineWise offers information to prevent hay fever symptoms

For hay fever sufferers, spring means sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose. Medicines can bring some relief to these symptoms, and some medicines can help prevent the symptoms if taken regularly.

27 Aug 2020

Surgeons should be given 'emotional intelligence' training to combat burnout epidemic, expert says

SURGEONS should be given regular ‘emotional intelligence’ training as an ‘explicit’ part of their professional development - to combat epidemic levels of burnout in the profession.

27 Aug 2020

Interventions can successfully reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions

Two different interventions both worked to significantly reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions made by physicians in a telemedicine practice, a new study led by Children's National Hospital researchers shows.

27 Aug 2020

New COVID-19 antigen test can be directly read from the testing card

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first antigen test where results can be read directly from the testing card, a similar design to some pregnancy tests.

27 Aug 2020

Prognosis for rural hospitals worsens with pandemic

Jerome Antone said he is one of the lucky ones. After becoming ill with COVID-19, Antone was hospitalized only 65 miles away from his small Alabama town. He is the mayor of Georgiana — population 1,700.

26 Aug 2020

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Dozens of U.S. hospitals poised to defy FDA’s directive on COVID plasma

Advanced digital platform aims to improve outcomes for people with Angelman syndrome

Increased COVID-19 cases in India raise questions about reopening the economy

Scientists identify potential blood-clotting mechanism in COVID-19

Study evaluates the impact of today's most popular fad diets on cardiovascular health

Hestia criteria, sPESI score can be used to select pulmonary embolism patients for outpatient care

New guidelines cover leisure exercise and competitive sports for people with heart disease

COVID + influenza: This is a good year to get a flu shot, experts advise

Combinations of lipid-lowering therapies could reduce health risk for European patients

High blood pressure can be treated without causing erectile dysfunction, shows study

FDA continues to take action in the ongoing response to COVID-19 pandemic

AASM position statement outlines the acute effects of daylight saving time

FDA grants Abbott's COVID-19 rapid antigen test emergency-use authorization

5 things to know about convalescent blood plasma

Cochlear implants should be offered to adults with moderate to severe or worse hearing loss

NPS MedicineWise offers information to prevent hay fever symptoms

Surgeons should be given 'emotional intelligence' training to combat burnout epidemic, expert says

Interventions can successfully reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions

New COVID-19 antigen test can be directly read from the testing card

Prognosis for rural hospitals worsens with pandemic

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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