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‘Peer respites’ provide an alternative to psychiatric wards during pandemic

Mia McDermott is no stranger to isolation. Abandoned as an infant in China, she lived in an orphanage until a family in California adopted her as a toddler.

11 Jan 2021

One ambulance ride leads to another when packed hospitals cannot handle non-covid patients

Keely Connolly thought she would be safe once the ambulance arrived at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center in Kansas.

11 Jan 2021

Is your covid vaccine venue prepared to handle rare, life-threatening reactions?

As the rollout of covid-19 vaccines picks up across the U.S., moving from hospital distribution to pharmacies, pop-up sites and drive-thru clinics, health experts say it's vital that these expanded venues be prepared to handle rare but potentially life-threatening allergic reactions.

11 Jan 2021

Anti-Black racism in Canada’s health care impacts people’ health, argue experts

Canada must dismantle anti-Black racism in health care to address its harmful effects on people's health, argue authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

11 Jan 2021

Broad changes are needed to improve U.S. mental health system, shows study

Conditions are ripe for transforming the U.S. mental health care system, with scientific advances, the growth of Medicaid and political consensus on the importance of improving mental health creating the possibility that goals once thought out of reach may be possible, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

11 Jan 2021

COVID-19 ICU patients found to have higher burden of delirium and coma

COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care in the early months of the pandemic were subject to a significantly higher burden of delirium and coma than is typically found in patients with acute respiratory failure.

8 Jan 2021

Study: Many patients want virtual mental health care even after the pandemic subsides

A year ago, trying to find patients who would agree to see their University of Michigan mental health provider through a video screen felt like pulling teeth.

8 Jan 2021

FDA alerts health care providers and clinical laboratory staff about SARS-CoV-2 viral mutation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers that the FDA is monitoring the potential impact of viral mutations, including an emerging variant from the United Kingdom known as the B.1.1.7 variant, on authorized SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests, and that false negative results can occur with any molecular test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 if a mutation occurs in the part of the virus's genome assessed by that test.

8 Jan 2021

Trump administration approves first Medicaid block grant, in Tennessee

With just a dozen days left in power, the Trump administration on Friday approved a radically different Medicaid financing system in Tennessee that for the first time would give the state broad authority in running the health insurance program for the poor in exchange for capping its annual federal funding.

8 Jan 2021

Multiple withdrawal symptoms experienced by people using medical marijuana for chronic pain

More than half of people who use medical marijuana products to ease pain also experience clusters of multiple withdrawal symptoms when they're between uses, a new study finds.

8 Jan 2021

Wireless medical device might help with weight loss

Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with obesity or have serious health-related issues due to their weight.

8 Jan 2021

Single-dose nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine elicits virus-neutralizing antibody response in mice

Across the world, health care workers and high-risk groups are beginning to receive COVID-19 vaccines, offering hope for a return to normalcy amidst the pandemic.

8 Jan 2021

Do-it-yourself contact tracing is a ‘last resort’ in communities besieged by Covid

The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work and, to cope, the overburdened health department has a new tactic: It is asking residents who test positive for Covid-19 to do their own contact tracing.

8 Jan 2021

As the vulnerable wait, some political leaders’ spouses get covid vaccines

With supplies of covid-19 vaccines scarce, a federal advisory panel recommends first putting shots into the arms of health care workers, who keep the nation's medical system running, and long-term care residents most likely to die from the coronavirus.

8 Jan 2021

Researchers develop new statistical method that generates significant genetic insights

Pleiotropy analysis, which provides insight on how individual genes result in multiple characteristics, has become increasingly valuable as medicine continues to lean into mining genetics to inform disease treatments. Privacy stipulations, though, make it difficult to perform comprehensive pleiotropy analysis because individual patient data often can't be easily and regularly shared between sites.

8 Jan 2021

Patients taking immunosuppressive drugs did not have worse COVID-19 outcomes

People taking immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ transplant rejection or to treat inflammatory or autoimmune diseases do not fare worse than others on average when they are hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

7 Jan 2021

Health Care News and Research

‘Peer respites’ provide an alternative to psychiatric wards during pandemic

One ambulance ride leads to another when packed hospitals cannot handle non-covid patients

Is your covid vaccine venue prepared to handle rare, life-threatening reactions?

Anti-Black racism in Canada’s health care impacts people’ health, argue experts

Broad changes are needed to improve U.S. mental health system, shows study

COVID-19 ICU patients found to have higher burden of delirium and coma

Study: Many patients want virtual mental health care even after the pandemic subsides

FDA alerts health care providers and clinical laboratory staff about SARS-CoV-2 viral mutation

Trump administration approves first Medicaid block grant, in Tennessee

Multiple withdrawal symptoms experienced by people using medical marijuana for chronic pain

Wireless medical device might help with weight loss

Single-dose nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine elicits virus-neutralizing antibody response in mice

Do-it-yourself contact tracing is a ‘last resort’ in communities besieged by Covid

As the vulnerable wait, some political leaders’ spouses get covid vaccines

Researchers develop new statistical method that generates significant genetic insights

Patients taking immunosuppressive drugs did not have worse COVID-19 outcomes

Cooling vests can reduce perceptual heat strain encountered by COVID-19 nurses

Study reveals racial-ethnic inequities among people with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19

Study: Culture plays a critical role in perception of palliative care in South Asian populations

Study finds associations between functional seizures and psychiatric disorders, stroke

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