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Doctor survived Cambodia’s killing fields, but not Covid

Linath Lim's life was shaped by starvation. She was not yet 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia and ripped her family apart. The totalitarian regime sent her and four siblings to work camps, where they planted rice and dug irrigation canals from sunrise to sunset — each surviving on two ladles of rice gruel a day. One disappeared, never to be found.

7 Apr 2021

Researchers address the issue of drug shortages

The two researchers are among the first to address the issue of drug shortages in contexts outside of the US; their study will look at the supply of medicines in Europe, with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

7 Apr 2021

California counties a hodgepodge of highs and lows in vaccinating vulnerable seniors

Even as California prepares to expand vaccine eligibility on April 15 to all residents age 16 and up, the state has managed to inoculate only about half its senior population — the 65-and-older target group deemed most vulnerable to death and serious illness in the pandemic.

7 Apr 2021

Events of 2020 moved medical students to political activism

Inam Sakinah and her classmates will forever be known as the students who started medical school during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

7 Apr 2021

Second Radiometer donation to support Red Cross COVID19 response

Acknowledging the impact that COVID-19 has on communities and economies globally, we are pleased to announce our second monetary donation to the Danish Red Cross’ international COVID-19 response of DKK 50,000 (USD 7,900) on World Health Day 7 April.

From Radiometer Medical 7 Apr 2021

Study estimates the treatment costs of uterine transplantation

Sweden's acclaimed research on uterine transplants has taken a new step forward: into the field of health economics.

7 Apr 2021

World Health Day 2021: The humanitarians building a fairer world

In commemoration of World Health Day 2021, News-Medical interviews the International Medical Corps on how they are helping to achieve a fairer and healthier world.

7 Apr 2021

Researchers use South Korea Data to create new framework for COVID-19-vulnerable locales

Though the U.S. and South Korea recorded their first official COVID-19 case on the same day, January 20, 2020, there were notable differences in how each country would ultimately address what has become the world's most severe pandemic since 1918.

7 Apr 2021

Pandemic had motivated older adults to discuss care planning, shows survey

As the toll of COVID-19 continues to climb, newly released poll data suggest an opportunity to use the pandemic as a prompt for discussing and documenting older adults' wishes for their care, if they get seriously ill or injured for any reason.

7 Apr 2021

Expert calls for swift action to avoid chronic health conditions caused by COVID-19

A tsunami of chronic health conditions as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, especially cardiometabolic disease, may produce an enormous wave of death and disability that demands immediate, comprehensive strategies.

7 Apr 2021

COVID-19 infection linked to neurological and mental health conditions

One in three COVID-19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal estimates. The study looked at 14 neurological and mental health disorders.

7 Apr 2021

COVID-19 pandemic can be used as a prompt for discussing older adults' wishes for end-of-life care

7 Apr 2021

COVID-19 pandemic provides a wake-up call to control air pollution

A new commentary published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides an exhaustive examination of published research that discusses whether air pollution may be linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes.

7 Apr 2021

Patient's pain responses may be perceived differently by others based on their gender

In a recent study published by the Journal of Pain, co-authored by Elizabeth Losin, assistant professor of psychology and director of the Social and Cultural Neuroscience lab at the University of Miami, researchers found that a patient's pain responses may be perceived differently by others based on their gender.

7 Apr 2021

Study shows cost-effectiveness of behavior modification intervention for CKD patients

With a prevalence of about one in 10 people worldwide, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem.

6 Apr 2021

Study discovers how microcephaly and blindness may develop in Zika-infected fetuses

A study led by Edward Wojcik, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, identified how microcephaly (abnormally small heads) and blindness may develop in Zika-infected fetuses, as well as a new way to potentially prevent these neurodevelopmental defects.

6 Apr 2021

FDA authorizes use of Symbiotica COVID-19 Self-Collected Antibody Test System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it has issued an emergency use authorization for the Symbiotica COVID-19 Self-Collected Antibody Test System, the first antibody test authorized for use with home collected dried blood spot samples.

6 Apr 2021

What Covid means for the athlete’s heart

For sports fans across the country, the resumption of the regular sports calendar has signaled another step toward post-pandemic normality. But for the athletes participating in professional, collegiate, high school or even recreational sports, significant unanswered questions remain about the aftereffects of a Covid infection.

6 Apr 2021

Missouri ‘voted for this lie,’ says state rep trying to block Medicaid expansion

It is hard to qualify for Medicaid as an adult in Missouri. Single adults aren't eligible for coverage through the state's program — dubbed MO HealthNet — at all, and parents can’t make more than 21% of the federal poverty level: $5,400 in 2021 for a family of three.

6 Apr 2021

For this hospice nurse, the Covid shot came too late

Antonio Espinoza loved the Los Angeles Dodgers. He loved them so much that he was laid to rest in his favorite Dodgers jersey. His family and friends, including his 3-year-old son, donned a sea of blue-and-white baseball shirts and caps in his honor.

6 Apr 2021

Health Care News and Research

Doctor survived Cambodia’s killing fields, but not Covid

Researchers address the issue of drug shortages

California counties a hodgepodge of highs and lows in vaccinating vulnerable seniors

Events of 2020 moved medical students to political activism

Second Radiometer donation to support Red Cross COVID19 response

Study estimates the treatment costs of uterine transplantation

World Health Day 2021: The humanitarians building a fairer world

Researchers use South Korea Data to create new framework for COVID-19-vulnerable locales

Pandemic had motivated older adults to discuss care planning, shows survey

Expert calls for swift action to avoid chronic health conditions caused by COVID-19

COVID-19 infection linked to neurological and mental health conditions

COVID-19 pandemic can be used as a prompt for discussing older adults' wishes for end-of-life care

COVID-19 pandemic provides a wake-up call to control air pollution

Patient's pain responses may be perceived differently by others based on their gender

Study shows cost-effectiveness of behavior modification intervention for CKD patients

Study discovers how microcephaly and blindness may develop in Zika-infected fetuses

FDA authorizes use of Symbiotica COVID-19 Self-Collected Antibody Test System

What Covid means for the athlete’s heart

Missouri ‘voted for this lie,’ says state rep trying to block Medicaid expansion

For this hospice nurse, the Covid shot came too late

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

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

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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