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£150 million investment to bolster NHS mental health services and better support people in crisis

People experiencing a mental health emergency will be able to access more care in the community, such through as crisis houses and safe havens, and those detained under the Mental Health Act will benefit from landmark reforms which provide patients with more control over their care and treatment.

27 Jun 2022

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August.

27 Jun 2022

LUCID: music, medicine, and machine learning

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Zoë Thomson, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of LUCID, about how music and machine learning are changing how we approach mental and neuropsychiatric health.

27 Jun 2022

Five things to know now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe V. Wade

The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Health dramatically and rapidly alters the landscape of abortion access in the U.S.

24 Jun 2022

Study quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by specific environmental exposures

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by exposure to specific environmental factors, showing, for example, that air pollution heightens the risk of heart disease mortality by 17 percent.

24 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Supreme Court overturns ‘Roe’

The Supreme Court formally overturned the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion. Bolstered by the three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump, the 6-3 vote wiped from the books the two cases that had established and reaffirmed abortion rights; 1973's Roe v. Wade and 1992's Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.

24 Jun 2022

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

I've been pregnant five times. I have one child. A son, Sam, who was born on his due date, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces, in 1997.

24 Jun 2022

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. From the nearby freeways, most drivers wouldn't recognize it as the location of one of the few clinics in the state that provides abortions.

24 Jun 2022

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Jerisha Morton didn't realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea.

24 Jun 2022

Nearly all known biological pathways in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease

Nearly six million older adults have Alzheimer's disease in the United States, a number expected to double by 2050.

24 Jun 2022

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as expected, end nationwide right to abortion

The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights in the United States.

24 Jun 2022

Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes

Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How concerned should they be?

24 Jun 2022

Health care startups turn to ‘coaches’ to help patients cope and monitor treatment

In 2011, Sean Duffy and Adrian James were sitting in San Francisco's Dolores Park debating what to call some workers at the company they founded, Omada Health.

24 Jun 2022

Ultrathin sensor helps measure different biomarkers to perform on-body chemical analysis

Researchers created a special ultrathin sensor, spun from gold, that can be attached directly to the skin without irritation or discomfort. The sensor can measure different biomarkers or substances to perform on-body chemical analysis.

24 Jun 2022

BYU research reveals critical insights into severity of obesity epidemic in the United States

Newly published research from BYU exercise science researchers reveals critical, rare data detailing the severity of the obesity epidemic in the United States.

23 Jun 2022

Newly identified gene may be responsible for sex-linked effects on women's heart disease outcomes

When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the sexes.

23 Jun 2022

New patient safety rules set by TJC are not supported by published evidence, study finds

If health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes don't follow patient safety rules set by The Joint Commission (TJC) - the independent organization responsible for accrediting health care facilities - they may lose their accreditation, and consequently, lose patients and millions of dollars every year in funding.

23 Jun 2022

Two studies demonstrate different ways to improve wearable bioelectronic devices

For years, automotive companies have developed intelligent sensors to provide real-time monitoring of a vehicle's health, including engine oil pressure, tire pressure and air-fuel mixture.

23 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The FDA goes after nicotine

The FDA this week launched a crackdown on smoking and vaping — ordering the vaping device Juul to be taken off the market and announcing its intention to require makers of cigarettes and other tobacco products to reduce the amount of nicotine in them.

23 Jun 2022

American College of Radiology issues risk mitigation strategies to address contrast media shortage

GE Healthcare was forced to shut a production plant in April because of a COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China.

23 Jun 2022

Health Care News and Research

£150 million investment to bolster NHS mental health services and better support people in crisis

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

LUCID: music, medicine, and machine learning

Five things to know now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe V. Wade

Study quantifies the cardiovascular risk posed by specific environmental exposures

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Supreme Court overturns ‘Roe’

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Nearly all known biological pathways in the brain are linked to Alzheimer's disease

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as expected, end nationwide right to abortion

Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes

Health care startups turn to ‘coaches’ to help patients cope and monitor treatment

Ultrathin sensor helps measure different biomarkers to perform on-body chemical analysis

BYU research reveals critical insights into severity of obesity epidemic in the United States

Newly identified gene may be responsible for sex-linked effects on women's heart disease outcomes

New patient safety rules set by TJC are not supported by published evidence, study finds

Two studies demonstrate different ways to improve wearable bioelectronic devices

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The FDA goes after nicotine

American College of Radiology issues risk mitigation strategies to address contrast media shortage

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