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Patient characteristics including demographic factors and comorbidities can accurately predict the outcome of COVID-19 infection severity

New machine learning models incorporating COVID-19 infection data show that patient demography is a key predictor of infection outcome.

13 Jul 2021

India’s national school feeding program may offer intergenerational nutrition benefits

Women who received free meals in primary school have children with improved linear growth, according to a new study by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

12 Jul 2021

New approach that uses machine learning could transform drug development

Writing in the July 12, 2021 online issue of Nature Communications, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine describe a new approach that uses machine learning to hunt for disease targets and then predicts whether a drug is likely to receive FDA approval.

12 Jul 2021

Optimizing the operation of MRI scanners to visualize finer details of the brain

Experts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the DZNE are optimizing the operation of MRI scanners as part of an international research effort to enable visualization of finer details of the human brain.

12 Jul 2021

Study could guide future treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Children and adolescents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) who are treated initially with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and glucocorticoids have reduced risk for serious short-term outcomes, including cardiovascular dysfunction, than those who receive an initial treatment of IVIG alone, a new study finds.

12 Jul 2021

Study: Diet rich in fermented foods boosts microbial diversity, decreases inflammation

A diet rich in fermented foods enhances the diversity of gut microbes and decreases molecular signs of inflammation, according to researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine.

12 Jul 2021

Biden is caught in the middle of polarizing abortion politics

It took five months for the Biden administration to make a substantive policy change to advance abortion rights. And even that change was buried in a 61-page regulation setting rules for 2022's Affordable Care Act enrollment.

12 Jul 2021

Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug actually works

The Food and Drug Administration's approval in June of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease was widely celebrated, but it also touched off alarms.

12 Jul 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine effective and safe for use among cancer patients

Researchers in Israel have conducted a study showing that the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine appears to be safe and effective among patients with cancer.

11 Jul 2021

New Brigham–Wyss Diagnostic Accelerator could enable fast creation of diagnostic technologies

Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston's Brigham and Women Hospital (Brigham) announce their newly founded Diagnostic Accelerator (Brigham-Wyss DxA).

9 Jul 2021

Transgender, nonbinary people faced reduced access to gender-affirming care during the pandemic

A survey offered to transgender and nonbinary people across six continents and in thirteen languages shows that during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many faced reduced access to gender-affirming resources, and this reduction was linked to poorer mental health.

9 Jul 2021

UArizona-led center receives $3 million NSF grant to advance at-home health care technology

The last two decades have seen an uptick in people choosing to monitor their health using wearable technologies such as Fitbits and Apple Watches.

9 Jul 2021

Study examines the burden of EHR time on primary care clinicians

Primary care clinicians face a heavy administrative burden, spending significantly more time using the electronic health record (EHR) than their counterparts in other specialties.

9 Jul 2021

Federal speech rulings may embolden health care workers to call out safety issues

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems.

9 Jul 2021

Effort to decipher hospital prices yields key finding: don’t try it at home

A federal price transparency rule that took effect this year was supposed to give patients, employers and insurers a clearer picture of the true cost of hospital care.

9 Jul 2021

Doctors weigh pros and cons of prescribing hot-button Alzheimer’s drug

As physicians and health policy experts debate the merits of Aduhelm, the first new drug for Alzheimer's disease approved in 18 years, patients want to know: "Will this medication help me — and how much?"

9 Jul 2021

WHO and HRP launch new guideline for screening and treatment of cervical cancer

Too many women worldwide – particularly the poorest women – continue to die from cervical cancer; a disease which is both preventable and treatable.

8 Jul 2021

Scientists discover drug candidates for treating liver fibrosis among pesticides

Skoltech biologists and their colleagues from Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russia, and the Chemistry Department of Taras Shevchenko University in Ukraine have discovered fairly unlikely drug candidates for treating liver fibrosis and other pathologies -- among pest control chemicals.

8 Jul 2021

Delta variant surges in Colorado as the bands play on

Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a red-tinged blur.

8 Jul 2021

Most inmates have had their covid shots — but their guards likely haven’t

When the number of covid-19 cases among inmates in Pennsylvania state prisons last fall topped 1,000 and staff cases hovered in the hundreds, the union representing 11,000 corrections officers began lobbying to get prison staffers to the front of the line for vaccinations.

8 Jul 2021

Health Care News and Research

Patient characteristics including demographic factors and comorbidities can accurately predict the outcome of COVID-19 infection severity

India’s national school feeding program may offer intergenerational nutrition benefits

New approach that uses machine learning could transform drug development

Optimizing the operation of MRI scanners to visualize finer details of the brain

Study could guide future treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Study: Diet rich in fermented foods boosts microbial diversity, decreases inflammation

Biden is caught in the middle of polarizing abortion politics

Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug actually works

Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine effective and safe for use among cancer patients

New Brigham–Wyss Diagnostic Accelerator could enable fast creation of diagnostic technologies

Transgender, nonbinary people faced reduced access to gender-affirming care during the pandemic

UArizona-led center receives $3 million NSF grant to advance at-home health care technology

Study examines the burden of EHR time on primary care clinicians

Federal speech rulings may embolden health care workers to call out safety issues

Effort to decipher hospital prices yields key finding: don’t try it at home

Doctors weigh pros and cons of prescribing hot-button Alzheimer’s drug

WHO and HRP launch new guideline for screening and treatment of cervical cancer

Scientists discover drug candidates for treating liver fibrosis among pesticides

Delta variant surges in Colorado as the bands play on

Most inmates have had their covid shots — but their guards likely haven’t

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