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Clinical psychologist evaluates the dangers of race-based norms in cognitive testing

A UCSF clinical psychologist has taken aim at the National Football League (NFL) for "race norming" black players diagnosed with dementia, a practice that is depriving them of the monetary awards allocated to former footballers with neurodegenerative disorders.

22 Dec 2020

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on the well-being of Colorado workers

As the pandemic was starting to take hold, researchers from the Center for Health, Work & Environment (CHWE) at the Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) performed a study to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of workers in Colorado.

21 Dec 2020

Community-based testing sites were key in minimizing exposure to COVID-19 virus

A new study looking at the results of testing children for COVID-19 through a Children's National Hospital community-based testing site found that one in four patients had a positive test.

21 Dec 2020

Virtual telehealth platform enables kidney transplant evaluation from home

A virtual telehealth platform is allowing the surgery program at the Medical University of South Carolina to evaluate and wait-list patients for kidney transplantation despite reductions in direct, in-person health care visits brought about by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

As Biden gets sworn in, White House will get scrubbed down

It was a down-in-the-mud presidential campaign, but the dirtiest part comes on Inauguration Day.

21 Dec 2020

With few takers for COVID vaccine, DC hospital CEO takes ‘one for the team’

Administrators at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., were thrilled to be among the city's first hospitals to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but they knew it could be a tough sell to get staffers to take the shot.

21 Dec 2020

Cardiovascular risk due to COVID-19-related unemployment 4-6 times higher among Maoris vs. non-Maoris in NZ

A new study uses a life-table model to predict and estimate the loss of health, healthcare costs to society, and inequities in healthcare in New Zealand.

21 Dec 2020

‘Nine months into it, the adrenaline is gone and it’s just exhausting’

In March, during the first week of the San Francisco Bay Area's first-in-the-nation stay-at-home order, KHN spoke with emergency department physicians working on the front lines of the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

Montana’s mask mandate in doubt with incoming governor

Incoming Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signaled he won't continue a statewide mask mandate in place since July, though he said he plans to wear a mask himself and get vaccinated against COVID-19.

21 Dec 2020

Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

A year ago, while many Americans were finishing their holiday shopping and finalizing travel plans, doctors in Wuhan, China, were battling a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia with no known cause.

21 Dec 2020

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

A new study by US-based researchers – at the Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center and Columbia University – has found that healthcare workers have experienced significant psychiatric distress during the pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers use a video game to identify and evaluate the degree of ADHD

Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, in its Spanish acronym), among other institutions, have developed a platform that allows the identification and evaluation of the degree of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.

21 Dec 2020

New report addresses the recovery of surgical services in post-pandemic

In 2013, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) established the GlobalSurg Collaborative, a network that has since grown to include more than 5,000 practicing surgeons from all corners of the planet.

21 Dec 2020

Emotional well-being and screen time are top health concerns for parents during pandemic

Many children are in virtual school, less physically connected to friends and activities like sports and may have experienced major lifestyle changes from spending more time at home during quarantine.

21 Dec 2020

Scientists create COVID-19 guidebooks based on wisdom from patients, caregivers

No one likes to venture into a new city or country without a map or guidebook. But that's what having COVID-19 has felt like to people with the disease - and to the family and friends who are caring for them throughout their journey.

21 Dec 2020

Socioeconomic background plays vital role in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

Hospital in-patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to receive prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after their hearts stop beating and less likely to survive than patients from higher socioeconomic backgrounds.

20 Dec 2020

Invirsa signs license agreement with AWRI to expand treatment platform for respiratory diseases

Invirsa, a Columbus-based pharmaceutical company, today announced execution of a license agreement with the Abigail Wexner Research Institute (AWRI) at Nationwide Children's Hospital as Invirsa seeks to broaden its treatment platform to address respiratory diseases.

20 Dec 2020

Study: Prenatal screening in Europe has reduced the number of babies born with Down syndrome

The growth of prenatal screening in Europe has reduced the number of babies being born per year with Down syndrome (DS) by an average of 54%, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and international Down syndrome organizations.

18 Dec 2020

FDA approves first implant system for adults who have above-the-knee amputations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System, the first implant system marketed in the U.S. for adults who have transfemoral—or above-the-knee—amputations and who have or are anticipated to have rehabilitation problems with, or cannot use, a conventional socket prosthesis.

18 Dec 2020

FDA approves first oral drug for treating adult patients with advanced prostate cancer

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Orgovyx (relugolix) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced prostate cancer.

18 Dec 2020

Health Care News and Research

Clinical psychologist evaluates the dangers of race-based norms in cognitive testing

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on the well-being of Colorado workers

Community-based testing sites were key in minimizing exposure to COVID-19 virus

Virtual telehealth platform enables kidney transplant evaluation from home

As Biden gets sworn in, White House will get scrubbed down

With few takers for COVID vaccine, DC hospital CEO takes ‘one for the team’

Cardiovascular risk due to COVID-19-related unemployment 4-6 times higher among Maoris vs. non-Maoris in NZ

‘Nine months into it, the adrenaline is gone and it’s just exhausting’

Montana’s mask mandate in doubt with incoming governor

Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

Researchers use a video game to identify and evaluate the degree of ADHD

New report addresses the recovery of surgical services in post-pandemic

Emotional well-being and screen time are top health concerns for parents during pandemic

Scientists create COVID-19 guidebooks based on wisdom from patients, caregivers

Socioeconomic background plays vital role in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

Invirsa signs license agreement with AWRI to expand treatment platform for respiratory diseases

Study: Prenatal screening in Europe has reduced the number of babies born with Down syndrome

FDA approves first implant system for adults who have above-the-knee amputations

FDA approves first oral drug for treating adult patients with advanced prostate cancer

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