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FLASH radiotherapy may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors

FLASH radiation treatment – which delivers therapeutic doses of radiation in a fraction of a second – may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors, a first-in-human study in a small number of people with bone cancer suggests.

24 Oct 2022

Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce pain, extend survival

Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations and possibly extend overall survival in people whose cancer has spread to multiple sites, a phase II clinical trial suggests.

24 Oct 2022

Sexual side effects of cancer treatment discussed less frequently with female patients

A new study finds that sexual side effects of cancer treatment are discussed far less frequently with female patients than with male patients, even when the treatment directly affects sex organs.

24 Oct 2022

Emergence delirium does not affect children's behavior three months after surgery

Emergence delirium - a confused state during recovery from anesthesia that may include disorientation, hallucination, restlessness and purposeless hyperactivity - does not affect a child's behavior three months after surgery, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

Drivers in decline: A shortage of volunteers complicates access to care in rural America

Several times a month, Jim Maybach drives 5 miles from his house in Hay Creek, Minnesota, toward the Mississippi River.

24 Oct 2022

ERAS programs ease the effects of surgery and fast-track patient recovery

Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip and knee replacement surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic without spending the night in the hospital.

24 Oct 2022

Longitudinal cohort study of primary healthcare workers reveals long-lasting SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity in the absence of vaccination

Researchers performed a longitudinal cohort study to assess the levels of immunoglobulins M (IgM), G (IgG), and A (IgA) against the spike and nucleocapsid proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

24 Oct 2022

An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations

Researchers explore the association between excess mortality and various factors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Oct 2022

Scientific Grand Prize awarded to renowned hearing loss researcher

M. Charles Liberman, PhD, whose research forever changed the way experts understand the underlying causes of hearing loss, has been awarded the Scientific Grand Prize from the France-based La Fondation Pour l'Audition.

21 Oct 2022

Food insufficiency increased in US households by 25% after expiration of Child Tax Credit payments

When Congress failed to renew advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments last year, public health experts feared that the loss of this monthly federal pandemic relief benefit would push millions of families and children in America back into poverty and hunger.

21 Oct 2022

Study uses pluripotent stem cell models to investigate stress response in PTSD patients

Stem cell-derived neurons from combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) react differently to a stress hormone than those from veterans without PTSD, a finding that could provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure.

20 Oct 2022

Overcrowded households, low socioeconomic status influence the impact of pandemic

Residential overcrowding, low educational attainment and low income had a crucial impact on how hard the pandemic hit various groups in the community, a study from the University of Gothenburg shows.

20 Oct 2022

Racial, ethnic disparities found in flu vaccination coverage and hospitalization rates

Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in the United States are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against flu, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report.

20 Oct 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden hits the road to sell Democrats’ record

What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing aids have in common? They are all things President Joe Biden touted on the campaign trail this week as he tries to maintain Democrats' majorities in Congress in the midterm elections Nov. 8.

20 Oct 2022

Virtual care results in significant environmental and patient financial benefits

A new study by researchers at ICES, Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University finds that virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and patient travel-related expenses, such as gasoline, parking or public transit costs.

20 Oct 2022

Health Care News and Research

FLASH radiotherapy may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors

Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce pain, extend survival

Sexual side effects of cancer treatment discussed less frequently with female patients

Emergence delirium does not affect children's behavior three months after surgery

Drivers in decline: A shortage of volunteers complicates access to care in rural America

ERAS programs ease the effects of surgery and fast-track patient recovery

Longitudinal cohort study of primary healthcare workers reveals long-lasting SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity in the absence of vaccination

An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations

Scientific Grand Prize awarded to renowned hearing loss researcher

Food insufficiency increased in US households by 25% after expiration of Child Tax Credit payments

Study uses pluripotent stem cell models to investigate stress response in PTSD patients

Overcrowded households, low socioeconomic status influence the impact of pandemic

Racial, ethnic disparities found in flu vaccination coverage and hospitalization rates

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden hits the road to sell Democrats’ record

Virtual care results in significant environmental and patient financial benefits

Family caregivers find support on #dementia TikTok

Blind to problems: How VA’s electronic record system shuts out visually impaired patients

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Investigating increased healthcare usage after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Depression risk increases with number of hours worked in stressful jobs

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