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Study finds stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates

In a study of the 9 largest U.S. cities, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across neighborhoods.

8 Sep 2021

Exposure to police may be detrimental to the health and well-being of Black youth

According to a Johns Hopkins Medicine study published today in JAMA Pediatrics, exposure to police — even in instances in which the officers are providing assistance — may be detrimental to the health and well-being of Black youth, especially males, and can be associated with poor mental health, substance use, risky sexual behaviors and impaired safety.

7 Sep 2021

Researchers create a QIBA profile for cartilage compositional imaging

New recommendations will help provide more reliable, reproducible results for MRI-based measurements of cartilage degeneration in the knee, helping to slow down disease and prevent progression to irreversible osteoarthritis, according to a special report published in the journal Radiology.

7 Sep 2021

Deep learning provides a better estimate of breast cancer risk

Compared with commonly used clinical risk factors, a sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) called deep learning does a better job distinguishing between the mammograms of women who will later develop breast cancer and those who will not, according to a new study in the journal Radiology.

7 Sep 2021

EULAR's Consultation Service expanded to address a more extensive range of research needs

European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR More extensive research expert services are now available to European investigators who seek to address the needs of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including advice about patient involvement strategies, pragmatic study designs, qualitative research methods, and EU grant preparation.

7 Sep 2021

Combining Big Health’s digital therapeutic for insomnia and IAPT therapy improves mental health

Big Health, a digital therapeutics company dedicated to helping millions back to good mental health, and the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust today announced a joint study published in the Behavior Research and Therapy journal showing almost two-thirds of people seeking treatment for anxiety or depression and who had sleep difficulty saw their mental health improve substantially more by combining enrollment in Sleepio, Big Health’s digital therapeutic for insomnia, with NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme care, when compared to IAPT care alone.

7 Sep 2021

Health Care News and Research

Study finds stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates

Exposure to police may be detrimental to the health and well-being of Black youth

Researchers create a QIBA profile for cartilage compositional imaging

Deep learning provides a better estimate of breast cancer risk

EULAR's Consultation Service expanded to address a more extensive range of research needs

Combining Big Health’s digital therapeutic for insomnia and IAPT therapy improves mental health

V-safe: How everyday people help the CDC track covid vaccine safety with their phones

The pandemic almost killed Allie. Her community’s vaccination rate is 45%.

Researchers uncover underlying metabolic changes that are linked to COVID-19 severity

Patients who contract SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant more likely to be hospitalized than those with Alpha

Researchers find no serious health effects linked to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Most countries in the world fail to address dementia challenge

OHID will launch on 1st October to tackle health inequalities across the UK

Study highlights the impact of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Remote Patient Monitoring Program

Study finds higher rates of asthma and other lung diseases among bisexual adults

Domestic violence in Black communities underreported during Chicago’s stay-at-home order

CDC awards more than $300 million funding to support CHWs fighting COVID-19

NIH awards $18.15 million to seven projects focused on interoception

Your covid game plan: Are stadiums safe?

Telemedicine abortions offer cheaper options but may also undermine critical clinics

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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