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Discovery could prevent insulin resistance and have significant benefits for people with type 2 diabetes

In a potential game changer for patients with type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers at the Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute (DOMI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified a therapeutic target for the preservation and regeneration of beta cells (β cells) - cells in the pancreas that produce and distribute insulin.

4 Aug 2022

Low-cost, stretchable sponge electrodes for recording of high-quality electrophysiologic signals

To monitor heart rhythms and muscle function, doctors often attach electrodes to a patient's skin, detecting the electrical signals that lie beneath.

4 Aug 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Kansas makes a statement

Voters in Kansas told the rest of the country this week that they don't want their state to ban abortion. In a nearly 60%-40% split, voters turned back an effort by anti-abortion activists to amend the state constitution to remove its right to abortion, which would have allowed the legislature to ban the procedure.

4 Aug 2022

Monoclonal antibody protects U.S. adults from malaria, Phase 1 clinical trial shows

One injection of a candidate monoclonal antibody (mAb) known as L9LS was found to be safe and highly protective in U.S. adults exposed to the malaria parasite, according to results from a National Institutes of Health Phase 1 clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

4 Aug 2022

Designing an app to diagnose ALS

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Jordan Green about his latest research partnership with Modality.AI that investigated whether an app could be used to effectively diagnose speech decline due to ALS.

4 Aug 2022

‘Children are not little adults’ and need special protection during heat waves

After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults are — even more so when they're on the athletic field, living without air conditioning, or waiting in a parked car.

4 Aug 2022

When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

For seven years, Timothy Jay Fowler rotated between jail, forced psychiatric hospitalization, and freedom.

4 Aug 2022

A California man’s ‘painful and terrifying’ road to a monkeypox diagnosis

Two days after Kevin Kwong flew home to California from New York, his hands itched so badly, the pain jolted him from sleep. He thought the problem was eczema.

4 Aug 2022

Was there a benefit of vaccinating health care workers with a fourth dose of BNT162b2 vaccine during the Omicron outbreak?

Researchers analyzed the effectiveness of the fourth dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection in medical professionals in Israel.

4 Aug 2022

Study: Genes involved in coronary heart disease may be nearly the same for everyone

The genes involved in coronary heart disease, the most common form of heart disease, appear to be nearly the same for everyone, according to a VA study.

3 Aug 2022

Glioma incidence and outcomes differ based on geographic/ancestral origins of Hispanic communities

Although typically classified as a single ethnic group, people of Hispanic heritage have markedly different risks for brain tumors based on their geographic origins, suggesting greater diversity that warrants attention in the health care setting.

3 Aug 2022

Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy more likely to develop dementia

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) — conditions of high blood pressure including chronic/gestational hypertension and preeclampsia — have been strongly linked to heart disease in later life, but, before today, little research has connected these disorders with cognition.

3 Aug 2022

Women with a history of preeclampsia have increased markers of brain cell damage, inflammation

Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and kidney damage.

3 Aug 2022

Children with intellectual disability of genetic origin are extremely likely to develop other neuropsychiatric conditions

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood of being diagnosed as autistic, as well as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and other mental health difficulties.

3 Aug 2022

What is the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among individuals with and without health risk factors?

Researchers assessed carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) epidemiology across eight US metropolitan areas between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2015.

3 Aug 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Her bill for a prenatal test felt like a ‘bait-and-switch’ scheme

Can a health care company make enough people mad about its billing practices that its business is hurt? For one genetic testing company, maybe.

3 Aug 2022

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to an empty field, signaling the mess to come

Three years ago, Mason Lester, a rambunctious toddler, tumbled off his family's porch and broke his wrist. His mother, nine months pregnant, rushed him to a nearby hospital, where she made a confounding discovery: Their health insurance had vanished.

3 Aug 2022

Music festivals embrace overdose reversal drugs, but fentanyl testing kits remain taboo

A 26-year-old was found dead at his campsite during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in 2019. The toxicology report linked his death to a grim trend that has only worsened since.

3 Aug 2022

Study suggests an approach for promoting more equitable interpersonal treatment

Coaching patients to voice their concerns about their medical care and advocate for themselves can offset physicians' racial bias so it doesn't lead to inferior experiences for Black patients, a University of Michigan-led analysis found.

3 Aug 2022

BRAIN Center Phase 2 at the University of Houston receives funds from NSF

On any given day inside the BRAIN Center at the University of Houston, you might encounter visual artists, dancers and musicians, or even paralyzed individuals – all wearing brain caps to teach researchers about what they are thinking, creating or feeling while they move expressively, or try to regain movement.

3 Aug 2022

Health Care News and Research

Discovery could prevent insulin resistance and have significant benefits for people with type 2 diabetes

Low-cost, stretchable sponge electrodes for recording of high-quality electrophysiologic signals

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Kansas makes a statement

Monoclonal antibody protects U.S. adults from malaria, Phase 1 clinical trial shows

Designing an app to diagnose ALS

‘Children are not little adults’ and need special protection during heat waves

When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

A California man’s ‘painful and terrifying’ road to a monkeypox diagnosis

Was there a benefit of vaccinating health care workers with a fourth dose of BNT162b2 vaccine during the Omicron outbreak?

Study: Genes involved in coronary heart disease may be nearly the same for everyone

Glioma incidence and outcomes differ based on geographic/ancestral origins of Hispanic communities

Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy more likely to develop dementia

Women with a history of preeclampsia have increased markers of brain cell damage, inflammation

Children with intellectual disability of genetic origin are extremely likely to develop other neuropsychiatric conditions

What is the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among individuals with and without health risk factors?

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Her bill for a prenatal test felt like a ‘bait-and-switch’ scheme

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to an empty field, signaling the mess to come

Music festivals embrace overdose reversal drugs, but fentanyl testing kits remain taboo

Study suggests an approach for promoting more equitable interpersonal treatment

BRAIN Center Phase 2 at the University of Houston receives funds from NSF

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