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Mobile health tech can help promote behavior changes among older adults with heart disease

Mobile health technology can be beneficial in encouraging lifestyle behavior changes and medication adherence among adults ages 60 and older with existing heart disease, yet more research is needed to determine what methods are the most effective.

1 Apr 2021

Study investigates U.S. public support for COVID-19 vaccine donation to less prosperous countries

The pandemic is affecting every country, but not every country has equal access to the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines. Recent estimates show that high-income countries -- which have just one-fifth of the global adult population -- have purchased more than half of the world's total vaccine doses, resulting in disparities for low- and middle-income countries.

1 Apr 2021

Study highlights persistent shortage of preventive medicine physicians in the U.S.

The United States is facing a persistent and worsening shortage of physicians specializing in preventive medicine, reports a study in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

1 Apr 2021

Researchers receive $4.5 million grant to support lung cancer screenings and research

Two researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, who also practice at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, join the Omaha VA Medical Center to lead the Upper Midwest VA Lung Cancer Screening and Research Network as part of a nationwide VA-funded Lung Precision Oncology Program (LPOP).

1 Apr 2021

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine effective against B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant

Published in The Lancet, the study explores if the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine works well in protecting against the B.1.1.7 variant, otherwise known as the U.K. variant.

31 Mar 2021

Antibody tests, even rapid finger pricks, are effective COVID-19 screening tools

New findings from a Michigan Medicine study reveal that antibody testing is predictive of prior COVID-19 infection, and rapid screening methods - even from finger pricks - are effective testing tools.

31 Mar 2021

Africa's health systems are failing to meet the needs of vulnerable groups

Less than half the population of Africa are not receiving the health services they need, with vulnerable groups including gay and disabled people left behind, says a report.

31 Mar 2021

SwRI researchers part of two collaborative teams receive SAMF bioscience grants

Collaborative teams that include Southwest Research Institute staff received two of six recently awarded San Antonio Medical Foundation (SAMF) bioscience grants. SwRI, in collaboration with UT Health San Antonio and University Health System, received a nearly $200,000 grant to develop machine learning algorithms for cancer detection.

31 Mar 2021

Repurposing an anti-inflammatory drug can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis

Research led by Michigan Medicine's Scleroderma Program and published in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that tocilizumab, a FDA-approved anti-inflammatory drug used to combat rheumatoid arthritis, can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis if detected early enough in the disease course.

31 Mar 2021

Study looks at U.S. mammography screening rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

In looking at the broader impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing, public health experts are examining screening rates for cancer.

31 Mar 2021

Tamper-proof temperature indicator could help monitor ideal storage conditions of mRNA vaccines

Scientists have developed vaccines for COVID-19 with record speed. The first two vaccines widely distributed in the U.S. are mRNA-based and require ultracold storage (-70 C for one and -20 C for the other).

31 Mar 2021

COVID-19 patients with dementia have higher risk for complications, mortality

Early in the pandemic, neurologists expressed concern that COVID-19 patients with dementia may be at higher risk for complications and mortality.

31 Mar 2021

New study may lead to GRK5-based therapies to prevent heart failure

The human heart works under high demand, constantly pumping oxygen-rich blood through the body. When faced with disease, however, fulfilling this demand can become increasingly difficult and harmful.

31 Mar 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on mental health in the US: CDC report

The study, published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), underlies the importance of evaluating the impact of strategies addressing adult mental health status during the pandemic. This way, these can help plan strategies and interventions for the affected groups.

30 Mar 2021

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective among front liners, CDC study shows

The study, published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), highlights the efficacy of mRNA vaccines in protecting against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

30 Mar 2021

New tool could help children with medical complexities avoid long hospitalizations

Too often, contends UMass Lowell faculty researcher Brenna Morse, children with complex chronic medical conditions spend days in the hospital undergoing tests for what could be a simple diagnosis.

30 Mar 2021

New technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears

Emerging technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears and, if widely used, could save lives both in developing nations and parts of countries, like the United States, where access to health care may be limited.

30 Mar 2021

Survey: COVID-19 pandemic has led to more advanced-stage cancer diagnoses

Doctors who oversee cancer clinics say that new patients are arriving for treatment with more advanced disease than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey from the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

30 Mar 2021

Study compares performance of open-label placebo to blinded placebo in IBS patients

For decades, the power of the placebo effect was thought to lie in patients' belief that they were -- or at least, could be -- receiving a pharmacologically active treatment.

30 Mar 2021

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

Scientists at UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and UCLA have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patient's own blood-forming stem cells.

30 Mar 2021

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Mobile health tech can help promote behavior changes among older adults with heart disease

Study investigates U.S. public support for COVID-19 vaccine donation to less prosperous countries

Study highlights persistent shortage of preventive medicine physicians in the U.S.

Researchers receive $4.5 million grant to support lung cancer screenings and research

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine effective against B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant

Antibody tests, even rapid finger pricks, are effective COVID-19 screening tools

Africa's health systems are failing to meet the needs of vulnerable groups

SwRI researchers part of two collaborative teams receive SAMF bioscience grants

Repurposing an anti-inflammatory drug can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis

Study looks at U.S. mammography screening rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tamper-proof temperature indicator could help monitor ideal storage conditions of mRNA vaccines

COVID-19 patients with dementia have higher risk for complications, mortality

New study may lead to GRK5-based therapies to prevent heart failure

Impact of COVID-19 on mental health in the US: CDC report

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective among front liners, CDC study shows

New tool could help children with medical complexities avoid long hospitalizations

New technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears

Survey: COVID-19 pandemic has led to more advanced-stage cancer diagnoses

Study compares performance of open-label placebo to blinded placebo in IBS patients

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

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