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How a bounty of vaccines flooded a small hospital and its nearby college

When administrators at Hillsdale College, a conservative liberal-arts school in Michigan, heard its local hospital didn't have a way to store the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine, they offered the use of its science department's ultra-low temperature freezer. The vaccine must be stored at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit.

1 Feb 2021

Older adults without family or friends lag in race to get vaccines

A divide between "haves" and "have-nots" is emerging as older adults across the country struggle to get covid-19 vaccines.

1 Feb 2021

New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs

By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken bone which typically occurs after a low-trauma fall. As a result, an estimated 13.5 million fragility fractures will occur worldwide.

1 Feb 2021

Gestational diabetes may lead to heart disease in women during pregnancy

Women with a history of diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) are twice as likely by mid-life to develop calcium in heart arteries - a strong predictor of heart disease - even if healthy blood sugar levels were attained many years after pregnancy, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

1 Feb 2021

Women are less likely to undergo CABG, may experience worse outcomes after surgery

Women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches, which may result in worse outcomes after surgery, according to a scientific presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

31 Jan 2021

COVID effect resulted in substantial decline in heart surgery, caused more patient deaths

The most deadly global health crisis in a century has resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting, according to late-breaking research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

31 Jan 2021

Researchers explore how the current practice of nephrology may have racist ideologies

There is a growing awareness of systematic inequality and structural racism in American society. Science and medicine are no exception, as evidenced by historical instances of discrimination and overt racism.

30 Jan 2021

Research identifies and explores the impacts of emergent COVID-19 behavioral identities

New research by Mimi E. Lam (University of Bergen) just published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications identifies and explores the impacts of salient viral or COVID-19 behavioural identities that are emerging.

30 Jan 2021

Researchers examine the connection between lung cancer and COVID-19

On February 27, 2020, the flagship journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, published a case study that described two patients from Wuhan, China who recently underwent lung lobectomies for adenocarcinoma and were retrospectively found to have had COVID-19 at the time of surgery.

30 Jan 2021

Study shows critical role of trauma and emergency surgeons in patient satisfaction

Trauma patients and patients who need emergency surgery have little to no opportunity to get acquainted with the surgeon and team that will perform their operation.

29 Jan 2021

County-level sociodemographic risk factors associated with COVID-19 incidence and mortality

In just one year, COVID-19 has killed more than 400,000 Americans, and infected more than 24 million others. But a new study shows just how unevenly those deaths and cases have played out across the country.

29 Jan 2021

Residential segregation, discriminatory practices impact outcomes of Black lung cancer patients

Structural racism thwarts a large proportion of black patients from receiving appropriate lung cancer care, resulting in worse outcomes and shorter lifespans than white patients with the disease, according to research presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

29 Jan 2021

Black, Hispanic children less likely to get imaging tests compared to White kids

A study led by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows that Black children are 18% less likely to get imaging tests as part of their emergency department visit compared to White children.

29 Jan 2021

New gene-based vaccine strategy receives grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The AAVCOVID vaccine program, a novel gene-based vaccine strategy that utilizes an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, was granted an award for up to $2.1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

29 Jan 2021

Pandemic sends a couple into indefinite long distance though just miles apart

Every Sunday afternoon, Suzan Mubarak keeps an eye on her phone. That is when her boyfriend will call to let her know he's outside her house for their weekly wave.

29 Jan 2021

If this self-sufficient hospital cannot stand alone, can any public hospital survive?

In America's health care system, dominated by hospital chain leviathans, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is an anomaly. It is a publicly owned hospital that boasts good care at lower prices than most and still flourishes financially.

29 Jan 2021

Health Care News and Research

How a bounty of vaccines flooded a small hospital and its nearby college

Older adults without family or friends lag in race to get vaccines

New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs

Gestational diabetes may lead to heart disease in women during pregnancy

Women are less likely to undergo CABG, may experience worse outcomes after surgery

COVID effect resulted in substantial decline in heart surgery, caused more patient deaths

Researchers explore how the current practice of nephrology may have racist ideologies

Research identifies and explores the impacts of emergent COVID-19 behavioral identities

Researchers examine the connection between lung cancer and COVID-19

Study shows critical role of trauma and emergency surgeons in patient satisfaction

County-level sociodemographic risk factors associated with COVID-19 incidence and mortality

Residential segregation, discriminatory practices impact outcomes of Black lung cancer patients

Black, Hispanic children less likely to get imaging tests compared to White kids

New gene-based vaccine strategy receives grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Pandemic sends a couple into indefinite long distance though just miles apart

If this self-sufficient hospital cannot stand alone, can any public hospital survive?

New study explores the impacts of emerging "COVID-19 behavioral identities"

As vaccine rollout expands, Black Americans still left behind

Kids already coping with mental disorders spiral as pandemic topples vital support systems

Vaccination chaos fuels push to recall Newsom

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