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Strict pandemic-related IPC interventions reduced healthcare-associated infection rates, study shows

A new study conducted by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center suggests that enhanced infection prevention and control (IPC) measures implemented to address the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a significant decrease in many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and a reduction in respiratory viral infections (RVIs).

5 Oct 2023

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she was well enough to go home.

5 Oct 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An encore: 3 HHS secretaries reveal what the job is really like

This week, while KFF Health News' "What the Health?" takes a break, here’s an encore of a favorite episode this year: Host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former secretaries of Health and Human Services.

5 Oct 2023

Remote ischemic conditioning for acute stroke

The effect of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) on functional outcomes in patients with acute stroke.

5 Oct 2023

Esketamine nasal spray superior in achieving remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression

Both severe depression and treatment-resistant depression are common. Up to one third of patients do not respond to conventional therapy with antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).

5 Oct 2023

AI model combines imaging and patient data to improve chest X-ray diagnosis

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model combines imaging information with clinical patient data to improve diagnostic performance on chest X-rays, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

4 Oct 2023

Breastfeeding policies may come at a steep cost for mothers

Breast is best, or so the campaign launched by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

4 Oct 2023

USC receives $2 million grant to advance cell and gene therapy research

The Keck School of Medicine of USC has received $2 million from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to further augment its newly launched cGMP Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility designed to advance early-stage research into clinically viable cell and gene therapies.

4 Oct 2023

Esketamine outperforms one of the standard drugs for treatment-resistant major depression

A major clinical trial shows that the drug, esketamine, one of the two main forms of ketamine, outperforms one of the standard treatments for treatment-resistant major depression.

4 Oct 2023

Ohio State receives $20 million TCORS grant to conduct tobacco regulation science research

The Ohio State University (OSU) has been awarded a $20 million Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) grant from the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products and National Institutes of Health.

4 Oct 2023

Groundbreaking research focuses on brain health monitoring, early detection of neurodegenerative diseases

Associate Professor at the University of Oulu Teemu Myllylä, a leading expert in biomedical engineering, recently discussed his team's groundbreaking work in brain health monitoring and early detection of neurodegenerative diseases at the recent 6G-enabled sustainable society event.

4 Oct 2023

Australia's Long COVID response falling behind global standards, research finds

New research by RMIT University and Northern Health has examined Australia's Long COVID services, guidelines and public health information, compared with international standards.

4 Oct 2023

Organ-on-chip model sheds light on lymphedema

In a new PNAS study co-authored by Boston University biomedical engineer Dr. Chris Chen, researchers say they're getting closer to understanding the mysteries of lymphedema - a condition characterized by the buildup of fluid in the body due to a malfunctioning lymphatic system.

4 Oct 2023

Study finds cluster of common conditions may signal early onset of type 2 diabetes

New research presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Hamburg (2-6 Oct), reveals a marked increase in several common conditions in the years leading up to, and immediately prior to, type 2 diabetes diagnosis, suggesting considerably earlier diagnosis might be possible in some patients.

4 Oct 2023

Study identifies potential new way to protect premature babies from deadly infection

Premature babies in neonatal care units are extremely vulnerable, and susceptible to life-threatening infections.

4 Oct 2023

New study reveals inequalities in the provision of heart valve replacement surgery

There are striking inequalities in the provision of major (aortic) heart valve replacement surgery across England, with women, Black and Asian people, and those living in areas of deprivation much less likely to receive the life-saving procedure, suggests a large data analysis, published in the open access journal Open Heart.

4 Oct 2023

Prioritising Lung Health: How FeNO can help to tackle Lung Conditions, the UK's 3rd Largest Threat

A new report from PwC commissioned by Asthma+Lung UK has highlighted the alarming crisis surrounding Lung Health in the UK.

From NObreath 4 Oct 2023

What mobile clinics in dollar general parking lots say about health care in rural America

On a hot July morning, customers at the Dollar General along a two-lane highway northwest of Nashville didn't seem to notice signs of the chain store’s foray into mobile health care, particularly in rural America.

4 Oct 2023

Antiviral treatment emerges as a potential game-changer in curbing type 1 diabetes progression

New research from the University of Oslo reveals antiviral drugs could help preserve insulin production in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, potentially slowing down or even preventing the disease. The study, building on earlier findings linking enterovirus to type 1 diabetes, showed that antiviral treatment led to maintained insulin production, proposing a new therapeutic avenue to treat and mitigate the progression of type 1 diabetes.

3 Oct 2023

New drugs have increased survival rates for men with metastatic prostate cancer

Survival rates for men with metastatic prostate cancer have increased by an average of six months, something which coincides with the gradual introduction of 'dual treatment' since 2016.

3 Oct 2023

Hospital News and Research

Strict pandemic-related IPC interventions reduced healthcare-associated infection rates, study shows

Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An encore: 3 HHS secretaries reveal what the job is really like

Remote ischemic conditioning for acute stroke

Esketamine nasal spray superior in achieving remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression

AI model combines imaging and patient data to improve chest X-ray diagnosis

Breastfeeding policies may come at a steep cost for mothers

USC receives $2 million grant to advance cell and gene therapy research

Esketamine outperforms one of the standard drugs for treatment-resistant major depression

Ohio State receives $20 million TCORS grant to conduct tobacco regulation science research

Groundbreaking research focuses on brain health monitoring, early detection of neurodegenerative diseases

Australia's Long COVID response falling behind global standards, research finds

Organ-on-chip model sheds light on lymphedema

Study finds cluster of common conditions may signal early onset of type 2 diabetes

Study identifies potential new way to protect premature babies from deadly infection

New study reveals inequalities in the provision of heart valve replacement surgery

Prioritising Lung Health: How FeNO can help to tackle Lung Conditions, the UK's 3rd Largest Threat

What mobile clinics in dollar general parking lots say about health care in rural America

Antiviral treatment emerges as a potential game-changer in curbing type 1 diabetes progression

New drugs have increased survival rates for men with metastatic prostate cancer

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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