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The war on cancer at 50: The origin story begins with a socialite citizen-lobbyist

The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a small home in Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, a girl named Mary tagged along when her mother went to visit their laundress, Mrs. Belter, who had breast cancer.

6 Jan 2022

South Dakota voters to decide Medicaid expansion

South Dakota voters will decide in November whether the state should become the 39th to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a move that would provide coverage to 42,000 low-income residents.

6 Jan 2022

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill — living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences.

6 Jan 2022

Mental health conservatorships led to lengthy inpatient stays among homeless people with mental illness

At a time when public and private agencies and the legal system are grappling with how to best assist people who live at the intersection of homelessness and mental illness during a global pandemic, UCLA researchers have found mental health conservatorships for people with disabling, severe mental illness who are also homeless can result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations.

6 Jan 2022

Booster dose elicits cross-reactive humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants

Researchers determine the cross-reactivity of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein-induced antibodies before and after a third SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose.

5 Jan 2022

Analyzing cell-free RNA could reliably predict preeclampsia

Imaging techniques such as ultrasound technologies and minimally invasive procedures are powerful tools for assessing pregnancy health and progression.

5 Jan 2022

FAU researchers urge to prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age

Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients under 70, and more recent guidance to patients under 60. Yet, the risks of heart attacks and strokes increase markedly with age.

5 Jan 2022

Medical marijuana users brace for shortages as Montana’s recreational market opens

More than a year after voters approved legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Montana, anyone older than 21 can now enter a dispensary and buy cannabis. That has medical marijuana user Joylynn Mane Wright worried.

5 Jan 2022

Basic health beliefs and demographics associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Minnesota has the lowest age-adjusted heart disease mortality in the U.S.; yet, African American adults 35 to 63 have nearly double the rate of death from cardiovascular disease, compared to their white counterparts.

5 Jan 2022

Researchers customize finger clip device to provide a noninvasive way for measuring blood pressure

Monitoring a person's blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health problems such as high blood pressure, which has no warning signs or symptoms.

4 Jan 2022

Study adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31% of pregnant people in the United States had received vaccines as of September 2021.

4 Jan 2022

Research demonstrates the safety, feasibility of psilocybin administered at doses of 10mg or 25mg

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, in partnership with COMPASS Pathways, has established that psilocybin can be safely administered at doses of either 10mg or 25mg to up to six participants simultaneously.

4 Jan 2022

Depression screening highly effective at identifying breast cancer patients in need of mental health care

Kaiser Permanente research published January 4, 2022, in JAMA showed depression screening for patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer was highly effective at identifying patients in need of behavioral health care, and the new screening initiative was subsequently and successfully built into the patient care and daily workflow of medical oncology teams at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California.

4 Jan 2022

Health Care News and Research

The war on cancer at 50: The origin story begins with a socialite citizen-lobbyist

South Dakota voters to decide Medicaid expansion

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

Mental health conservatorships led to lengthy inpatient stays among homeless people with mental illness

Booster dose elicits cross-reactive humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants

Analyzing cell-free RNA could reliably predict preeclampsia

FAU researchers urge to prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age

Medical marijuana users brace for shortages as Montana’s recreational market opens

Basic health beliefs and demographics associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Researchers customize finger clip device to provide a noninvasive way for measuring blood pressure

Study adds new evidence supporting the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy

Research demonstrates the safety, feasibility of psilocybin administered at doses of 10mg or 25mg

Depression screening highly effective at identifying breast cancer patients in need of mental health care

New Potocsnak Longevity Institute aims to extend human 'healthspan'

Why an HBCU med school decided to put CARES Act money into students’ pockets

As covid hits nursing homes’ finances, town residents fight to save Alzheimer’s facility

COVID-19 tests with the new assay may be just as reliable as laboratory-based molecular tests

New treatment method leads to fewer episodes of overeating in patients with morbid obesity

Minimal nAb titers against Omicron in the elderly after 3rd dose

Recombinant adjuvanted zoster vaccination associated with lower risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization

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How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

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