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York University secures CAD7.25 million grant to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

At a time when the risk of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) is increasing, an international team led by York University successfully competed to receive a CAD7.25 million grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to help tackle the issue.

7 Sep 2022

Research highlights the serious health implications of young-onset type 2 diabetes

Men and women who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) aged 40 or younger are far more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and die prematurely than those under 40 in the general population, according to new research to be presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 Sept).

7 Sep 2022

Coronavirus surveillance in wastewater can predict the development of pandemic

Monitoring of viruses in wastewater enables the course of a pandemic and its burdens on various parts of the health-care sector to be predicted, independently from official public testing capacity and scope for infection tracking.

7 Sep 2022

Researchers explore whether non-monetary benefits can improve NHS nursing staff retention

The House of Commons Committee on Health and Social Care recently described the NHS as being in the grip of the "greatest workforce crisis in its history", which is likely to have serious consequences for patient care.

7 Sep 2022

Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of long COVID

Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness, before COVID-19 infection was associated with an increased risk of long COVID, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

7 Sep 2022

Transplanting gut bacteria from donors with sleep apnea can cause cardiovascular changes in mice

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care have discovered how obstructive sleep apnea affects the gut microbiome in mice and how transplanting gut bacteria from sleep apnea affected mice can cause cardiovascular changes in the recipient mice.

7 Sep 2022

Medical school-based culinary medicine programs seek to improve nutrition education

Culinary medicine programs are emerging at medical schools to meet a critical need to improve nutrition education in an era of unprecedented diet-related health problems including obesity and cardiovascular disease, according to a review of programs by UT Southwestern researchers published in Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

7 Sep 2022

DASH diet plan may be most effective in reducing heart risk in people with hypertension

Among several lifestyle changes that may reduce cardiovascular disease, adopting the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet may have the greatest impact for young and middle-aged adults with stage 1 hypertension, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2022, held Sept. 7-10, 2022, in San Diego.

7 Sep 2022

‘It’s becoming too expensive to live’: Anxious older adults try to cope with limited budgets

Economic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and inflation diminish the value of fixed incomes.

7 Sep 2022

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

For the past decade, Precious McCowan's life has revolved around organ transplants. She's a doctoral candidate studying human behavior in Dallas who has survived two kidney transplants. And in the midst of her end-stage renal disease, her 2-year-old son died. She chose to donate his organs in hopes they would save a life.

7 Sep 2022

Study highlights the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in mental health care delivery

The mental health system is increasingly reliant on psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) to meet the psychiatric needs of Medicare patients, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

6 Sep 2022

Low-dose ketamine is safe and effective to treat children with ADNP syndrome, study suggests

Results of a small, but unique research study, led by researchers from the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai and published online in Human Genetics and Genomic Advances, suggest that low-dose ketamine is generally safe, well-tolerated and effective to treat clinical symptoms in children diagnosed with ADNP syndrome (also known as Helsmoortel-VanDerAa syndrome), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the activity dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) gene.

6 Sep 2022

New CT technology paired with deep learning denoising enables better detection of multiple myeloma bone disease

New CT technology paired with artificial intelligence (AI)-based noise reduction offers superior detection of bone disease associated with multiple myeloma at lower radiation doses than conventional CT, according to a new study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

6 Sep 2022

Better access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control

Having easier access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control regardless of where a person lives, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

6 Sep 2022

‘He stood his ground’: California state Senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country's strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state legislature later this year after a momentous tenure that made him a top target of the boisterous and burgeoning movement against vaccination mandates.

6 Sep 2022

Meet Mary Wakefield, the nurse administrator tasked with revamping the CDC

It’s been a rough couple of years for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facing a barrage of criticism for repeatedly mishandling its response to the covid-19 pandemic and more recently monkeypox, the agency has acknowledged it failed and needs to change.

6 Sep 2022

In the rush to curtail abortion, states adopt a jumbled stew of definitions for human life

As life-preserving medical technology advanced in the second half of the 20th century, doctors and families were faced with a thorny decision, one with weighty legal and moral implications: How should we define when life ends? Cardiopulmonary bypass machines could keep the blood pumping and ventilators could maintain breathing long after a patient's natural ability to perform those vital functions had ceased.

6 Sep 2022

Inequalities are the most significant threat to public health, top doctor warns

Inequalities are the most significant threat to public health in the UK, a top doctor has warned ahead of a major conference at the Royal Society of Medicine.

5 Sep 2022

AI model detects COVID-19 infection in people’s voices

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect COVID-19 infection in people's voices by means of a mobile phone app, according to research to be presented on Monday at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

5 Sep 2022

Male hypogonadism associated with risk of hospitalization for COVID-19

Men with low testosterone levels are more likely to require hospitalization after COVID-19 infection than men with normal levels or those on testosterone therapy, according to Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis researchers.

2 Sep 2022

Health Care News and Research

York University secures CAD7.25 million grant to help tackle emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

Research highlights the serious health implications of young-onset type 2 diabetes

Coronavirus surveillance in wastewater can predict the development of pandemic

Researchers explore whether non-monetary benefits can improve NHS nursing staff retention

Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of long COVID

Transplanting gut bacteria from donors with sleep apnea can cause cardiovascular changes in mice

Medical school-based culinary medicine programs seek to improve nutrition education

DASH diet plan may be most effective in reducing heart risk in people with hypertension

‘It’s becoming too expensive to live’: Anxious older adults try to cope with limited budgets

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

Study highlights the role of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in mental health care delivery

Low-dose ketamine is safe and effective to treat children with ADNP syndrome, study suggests

New CT technology paired with deep learning denoising enables better detection of multiple myeloma bone disease

Better access to primary care physicians may increase high blood pressure awareness and control

‘He stood his ground’: California state Senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

Meet Mary Wakefield, the nurse administrator tasked with revamping the CDC

In the rush to curtail abortion, states adopt a jumbled stew of definitions for human life

Inequalities are the most significant threat to public health, top doctor warns

AI model detects COVID-19 infection in people’s voices

Male hypogonadism associated with risk of hospitalization for COVID-19

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