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Researchers pursue a new way to use milk for delivering cancer-fighters to the brain

In health care, perhaps no word sends a more chilling message than "cancer." Brain tumors, for example, prove especially resistant to current treatments. Only 5% of patients with that condition survive more than three years and the median survival time is 10 to 14 months.

12 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron escapes immune response due to high ACE2 affinity and low antibody specificity

In a recent study published in the journal Vaccines, researchers revealed how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron evades neutralizing antibodies (nAbs).

12 May 2022

Hospitals in low-income communities less likely to participate in bundled payment programs

A new study has shown that hospitals in low-income communities were less likely to participate in bundled payment programs for joint replacement surgery.

11 May 2022

First oral antiviral approved for early treatment of COVID-19

The United States Food and Drug Administration granted an Emergency Use Authorization in December 2021 for the first oral antiviral, a pill containing two protease inhibitors – nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid, Pfizer) – for early treatment of COVID-19.

11 May 2022

Women support home-use of abortion pills and telemedical model of care

Women who had an abortion in Britain during the pandemic support the continuation of permissions for home-use of both abortion pills and a telemedical model of care - otherwise known as "Pills by Post", according to new research published in BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health.

11 May 2022

Growing long-COVID health care burden

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the long coronavirus disease (COVID) health care burden in Ontario, Canada.

10 May 2022

Death rates for cardiovascular diseases vary among subgroups of Asian Americans

In a large, retrospective study covering data from the last two decades, death rates for cardiovascular diseases in the U.S. varied among people from various Asian ethnicity subgroups, with death rate trends that stagnated in some subgroups and increased in others, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

10 May 2022

Researchers warn against national strategies for a "new normal" of life with COVID-19

Researchers are warning U.S. leaders and health officials against national strategies for a "new normal" of life with COVID-19.

10 May 2022

Smokers have higher risk of dying from prostate cancer

Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden.

10 May 2022

New guideline provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases

A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases.

10 May 2022

Study investigates brain connectivity patterns at rest in veterans with chronic pain and trauma

A new study is the first to investigate brain connectivity patterns at rest in veterans with both chronic pain and trauma, finding three unique brain subtypes potentially indicating high, medium, and low susceptibility to pain and trauma symptoms.

10 May 2022

Rigaku Announces Narcotics Interdiction Partnership Program to Help Reduce Deaths by Overdose

Rigaku Analytical Devices, a U.S.-based pioneer of handheld 1064 nm-Raman based spectrometers, is pleased to announce its new Human Infrastructure Health & Awareness (HIHA) Technology Narcotics Identification Partnership Program.

From Rigaku Analytical Devices 10 May 2022

Travel nurses see swift change of fortunes as covid money runs dry

Jones, who has been a nurse for 17 years, caught up with a Facebook group for travel nurses and saw she wasn't alone. Nurses had reported abruptly losing jobs and seeing their rates slashed as much as 50% midcontract.

10 May 2022

Rural California hatches plan for engineered mosquitoes to battle stealthy predator

Bryan Ruiz moved his family into a newly built home in this Central Valley farming center seven months ago and almost immediately found they were under assault.

10 May 2022

BIDMC researchers seek to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis

Diabetes is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, affecting more than 34 million adults and generating $330 billion in annual healthcare expenditures.

10 May 2022

Telemedicine boom reduced racial gaps in primary care appointment completion rates

Historically, there has been racial inequity when it comes to primary care appointments, which are vital for managing and preventing chronic disease.

9 May 2022

Urgent action needed to address disparities in women’s heart health

Investing in and improving research, awareness and equity in women's heart health are critical for the health and well-being of women, according to a new Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's flagship journal Circulation.

9 May 2022

Health Care News and Research

Researchers pursue a new way to use milk for delivering cancer-fighters to the brain

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron escapes immune response due to high ACE2 affinity and low antibody specificity

Hospitals in low-income communities less likely to participate in bundled payment programs

First oral antiviral approved for early treatment of COVID-19

Women support home-use of abortion pills and telemedical model of care

Growing long-COVID health care burden

Death rates for cardiovascular diseases vary among subgroups of Asian Americans

Researchers warn against national strategies for a "new normal" of life with COVID-19

Smokers have higher risk of dying from prostate cancer

New guideline provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases

Study investigates brain connectivity patterns at rest in veterans with chronic pain and trauma

Rigaku Announces Narcotics Interdiction Partnership Program to Help Reduce Deaths by Overdose

Travel nurses see swift change of fortunes as covid money runs dry

Rural California hatches plan for engineered mosquitoes to battle stealthy predator

BIDMC researchers seek to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis

Telemedicine boom reduced racial gaps in primary care appointment completion rates

Urgent action needed to address disparities in women’s heart health

Cancer mortality in sub-Saharan Africa could reach 1 million by 2030 without rapid interventions

California's cap on noneconomic losses may be associated with increase in malpractice cases

Study: 57% of the bereaved teenagers fail to find an adequate way to deal with their grief

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