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New online tool launched to increase awareness and participation in Alzheimer’s clinical trials

Also at AAIC 2021, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, launched a new online tool, Outreach Pro, to help researchers and clinicians increase awareness and participation in clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, especially among traditionally underrepresented communities.

14 Nov 2022

Study highlights the success of lupus peer support group that transitioned to virtual format during pandemic

A study at Hospital for Special Surgery highlights the success of a lupus peer support and education group that transitioned to a virtual format during the pandemic.

14 Nov 2022

Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs

As covid-19 raged, roughly 4,000 highly skilled epidemiologists, communication specialists, and public health nurses were hired by a nonprofit tied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to plug the holes at battered public health departments on the front lines.

14 Nov 2022

Sick profit: Investigating private equity’s stealthy takeover of health care across cities and specialties

Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm.

14 Nov 2022

California stockpiles penalties from uninsured residents instead of lowering care costs

Nearly three years after California started fining residents who don't have health insurance, the state has not distributed any of the revenue it has collected, KHN has learned — money that was intended to help Californians struggling to pay for coverage.

14 Nov 2022

Decades-long effort to reduce stillbirth risk in the U.S. has been offset by newly identified risks

A decades-long effort to lower the stillbirth rate in the United States has stalled, as has progress in closing a persistent gap in excess stillbirths experienced by Black women compared with White women, according to a Rutgers-led study.

13 Nov 2022

Virginia Tech researcher receives $400,000 NSF grant to develop novel skin scent sampler

Human skin is the body's largest organ. It also protects internal living tissue and other organs, regulates body temperature, and even metabolizes vitamin D.

13 Nov 2022

New $3.5 million NCI grant to help improve care for cervical cancer patients in Botswana

For more than two decades, experts at Penn Medicine have worked hand in hand with local partners to improve health care and outcomes in the sub-Saharan African nation of Botswana.

11 Nov 2022

Study reveals change in symptoms before and after start of dialysis in older patients with kidney failure

In a study published in CJASN that included older adults with kidney failure, symptoms related to their condition worsened in the year before patients started dialysis but stabilized after dialysis initiation.

11 Nov 2022

Race affects care for ovarian cancer patients, study finds

Non-Hispanic Black patients are less likely to receive guideline-appropriate treatment for ovarian cancer than non-Hispanic White patients, significantly affecting their treatment quality and survival chances.

11 Nov 2022

‘Impending intergenerational crisis’: Americans with disabilities lack long-term care plans

Thinking about the future makes Courtney Johnson nervous. The 25-year-old blogger and college student has autism and several chronic illnesses, and with the support of her grandparents and friends, who help her access a complex network of social services, she lives relatively independently in Johnson City, Tennessee.

11 Nov 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: No money, no job, no health care? Not always.

If you don't have money and you don't have a job, what are your best options for getting health care?

11 Nov 2022

Study shows benefits of metastasis-directed therapy without ADT for oligorecurrent prostate cancer

For patients with solitary metastases from prostate cancer, an approach called metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) – focused treatment using surgery or radiation therapy, without androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) – can slow the time to cancer progression, reports a study in The Journal of Urology, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association

10 Nov 2022

Comprehensive whole genome sequencing provides new insight into the 'genomic architecture' of autism

Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered new genes and genetic changes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the largest autism whole genome sequencing analysis to date, providing better understanding into the 'genomic architecture' that underlies this disorder.

10 Nov 2022

New intervention helps patients with addiction to better manage their health

An intervention that teaches patients in addiction treatment how to better connect with their primary care medical team on both mental and physical health concerns resulted in long-term benefits over 5 years, including more primary care use and fewer substance-related emergency department visits, Kaiser Permanente researchers have found.

10 Nov 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The midterm shake-up

The predicted Republican "red wave" was a no-show in this week's midterm elections, but the margins in both the U.S. House and Senate are so small that the GOP could still wrest control from the Democrats as the last few "too close to call" races are settled.

10 Nov 2022

Health Care News and Research

New online tool launched to increase awareness and participation in Alzheimer’s clinical trials

Study highlights the success of lupus peer support group that transitioned to virtual format during pandemic

Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs

Sick profit: Investigating private equity’s stealthy takeover of health care across cities and specialties

California stockpiles penalties from uninsured residents instead of lowering care costs

Decades-long effort to reduce stillbirth risk in the U.S. has been offset by newly identified risks

Virginia Tech researcher receives $400,000 NSF grant to develop novel skin scent sampler

New $3.5 million NCI grant to help improve care for cervical cancer patients in Botswana

Study reveals change in symptoms before and after start of dialysis in older patients with kidney failure

Race affects care for ovarian cancer patients, study finds

‘Impending intergenerational crisis’: Americans with disabilities lack long-term care plans

‘An Arm and a Leg’: No money, no job, no health care? Not always.

Study shows benefits of metastasis-directed therapy without ADT for oligorecurrent prostate cancer

Comprehensive whole genome sequencing provides new insight into the 'genomic architecture' of autism

New intervention helps patients with addiction to better manage their health

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The midterm shake-up

Proteomics approach helps identify protein signatures that can improve detection of prediabetes

Nurses exposed to high levels of noise more likely to report health problems

Repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections increase risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organs

Analysis reveals rising experience of racism among children in minority groups in the USA

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