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Using machine learning models to guide the design of long-acting injectable drug formulations

Scientists at the University of Toronto have successfully tested the use of machine learning models to guide the design of long-acting injectable drug formulations.

10 Jan 2023

Evosep receives strategic investment from Novo Holding A/S to accelerate its effort on clinical proteomics

Evosep today announced that Novo Holdings A/S has become a minority shareholder in Evosep Aps with a US$ 40m investment to further Evosep’s technology and application portfolio for clinical proteomics.

From Evosep 10 Jan 2023

Eating fast food associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

The new year has begun, and with it, resolutions for change. A study from Keck Medicine of USC published today in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology gives people extra motivation to reduce fast-food consumption.

10 Jan 2023

Hospitals’ use of volunteer staff runs risk of skirting labor laws, experts say

Most of the 30 volunteers who work at the 130-bed, for-profit East Cooper Medical Center spend their days assisting surgical patients — the scope of their duties extending far beyond those of candy stripers, baby cuddlers, and gift shop clerks.

10 Jan 2023

Behavioral telehealth loses momentum without a regulatory boost

Controlled substances became a little less controlled during the pandemic. That benefited both patients (for their health) and telehealth startups (to make money).

10 Jan 2023

Healthy eating patterns associated with reduced risk of premature mortality

A variety of healthy eating patterns are linked to reduced risk of premature death, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers.

9 Jan 2023

New smart soft contact lenses can monitor intraocular pressure for 24-hour cycles to detect glaucoma

Optometrists, ophthalmologists and their patients will benefit from new, high-tech tools to detect glaucoma at its earliest stages thanks to a startup that will commercialize smart contact lenses developed at Purdue University.

9 Jan 2023

Education about the role of genetics in eating behavior may help to alleviate weight stigma

Education about gene-by-environment interaction (G X E) causes of eating behaviors can have beneficial downstream effects on attitudes toward people with higher weight.

9 Jan 2023

Study: Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration

Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

9 Jan 2023

Food-insecure families have higher health care expenditures, study shows

Food insecurity, which is the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, impacts about 10.2% of U.S. households, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service.

9 Jan 2023

Study highlights the transition in the U.S. mental health system from in-person to virtual care

Telehealth services for common mental health problems surged 16 to 20 fold during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than making up for a drop in in-person care that occurred during the period for a number of conditions, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

9 Jan 2023

Medicaid and abortion top health agenda for Montana lawmakers

Montana lawmakers said lowering costs and expanding patient access will be their top health care goals for the new legislative session.

9 Jan 2023

In PA county jails, guards use pepper spray and stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis

When police arrived on the scene, they found Ishmail Thompson standing naked outside a hotel near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He had just punched a man.

9 Jan 2023

California Senate’s new health chair to prioritize mental health and homelessness

California state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, a Stockton Democrat who was instrumental in passing Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature mental health care legislation last year, has been appointed to lead the Senate's influential health committee, a change that promises a more urgent focus on expanding mental health services and moving homeless people into housing and treatment.

6 Jan 2023

At-home saliva test to diagnose adrenal insufficiency makes a difference to patients' health

A study into the use of an at-home test which uses saliva rather than blood to diagnose adrenal insufficiency, which has been developed by scientists at the University of Sheffield with funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and tested in Sheffield endocrine patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is making a difference to the health of patients and could reduce time to diagnosis.

6 Jan 2023

Health Care News and Research

Using machine learning models to guide the design of long-acting injectable drug formulations

Evosep receives strategic investment from Novo Holding A/S to accelerate its effort on clinical proteomics

Eating fast food associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hospitals’ use of volunteer staff runs risk of skirting labor laws, experts say

Behavioral telehealth loses momentum without a regulatory boost

Healthy eating patterns associated with reduced risk of premature mortality

New smart soft contact lenses can monitor intraocular pressure for 24-hour cycles to detect glaucoma

Education about the role of genetics in eating behavior may help to alleviate weight stigma

Study: Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration

Food-insecure families have higher health care expenditures, study shows

Study highlights the transition in the U.S. mental health system from in-person to virtual care

Medicaid and abortion top health agenda for Montana lawmakers

In PA county jails, guards use pepper spray and stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis

California Senate’s new health chair to prioritize mental health and homelessness

At-home saliva test to diagnose adrenal insufficiency makes a difference to patients' health

Low-cost intervention can make a difference to America's deadly overdose epidemic

During in-flight emergencies, Sometimes airlines’ medical kits fall short

Research findings open the door to new strategies for promoting muscle function during aging

Researchers take an important step forward in treating combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder

Comparison of genetic codes reveals how humans and other mammals lost their hair

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

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