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Pandemic-related paid sick days and leave to expire Dec. 31 — with no extension in sight

Like tens of millions of other parents nationwide, Jonathan and Sara Sadowski struggle to assist their four children, ages 5 to 11, with their online schooling at home. In addition, their eldest child, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, needs special care.

18 Dec 2020

No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county as COVID surges

She lay behind a glass barrier, heavily sedated, kept alive by a machine that blew oxygen into her lungs through a tube taped to her mouth and lodged at the back of her throat. She had deteriorated rapidly since arriving a short time earlier.

18 Dec 2020

More Americans — of all political persuasions — are donning masks

As apprehension about the pandemic intensifies, more Americans — nearly three-quarters — say they wear masks every time they leave the house, according to a poll released Friday.

18 Dec 2020

Ski resorts work to stay open as COVID cases snowball

The day after Thanksgiving, Dr. Jana Eller and Dr. Shiraz Naqvi were seated beside an outdoor fire pit at the base of Telluride Ski Resort, taking a short break from skiing.

18 Dec 2020

Experts to share the lessons learnt from COVID-19 first wave

The Physiological Society and the Intensive Care Society have come together to host an exciting three-day virtual conference this week, which will review the challenges of understanding the pathophysiological changes occurring throughout the body following COVID-19 infection.

18 Dec 2020

Scientists publish guidelines for conversing with children about overweight, obesity

Parents, caregivers and health care professionals are increasingly concerned about childhood obesity. Compounding their concern are fears of inadvertently provoking disordered eating, such as unhelpful dieting, when discussing a child's weight status (i.e. normal weight, overweight or obese).

18 Dec 2020

Certain male enhancement and weight loss products may pose serious health risk, warns FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use nearly 50 male enhancement or weight loss products that have been found to contain hidden ingredients and may pose a significant health risk.

18 Dec 2020

Study: Better hospital nurse staffing reduces sepsis deaths

Researchers at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, conducting independent research on whether pending nurse staffing legislation in New York state is in the public's interest, found that the wide variation in patient-to-nurse ratios across hospitals in New York is contributing to avoidable deaths for patients with sepsis, a common, high mortality condition.

18 Dec 2020

FDA approves pembrolizumab as first-line treatment for colorectal cancer

The FDA recently approved the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab as a first-line treatment for patients with certain types of advanced colorectal cancer. This is the 9th FDA approval supported by Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) research.

18 Dec 2020

New framework could help people with serious illnesses to follow their appointments during COVID-19

The current surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases poses challenges for providers and institutions in delivering care to infected patients while also placing demands on them to keep up with timely and sometimes critical care for patients with cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses who might experience advanced complications and/or earlier death if they have lapses in their care.

18 Dec 2020

Hearing loss, high blood sugar linked to poor cognitive performance among older Latinos

Hearing loss and diabetes are major public health problems, with Latinos at higher risk than other demographic groups.

18 Dec 2020

Temple researchers receive new grant to address racial disparities in lung cancer care

The path to cancer care is rarely straight-forward. But for Black men and women in particular, it is cluttered with obstacles, some of which are systemic - arising from policies, procedures, or practices that contribute to inequalities in care or that completely block access to critical services.

17 Dec 2020

Study highlights how the sex differences in COVID-19 are linked to ACE2 protein

Female COVID-19 patients face less severe disease complications and a lower risk of dying than male patients thanks to hormones and chromosomes that contribute to a stronger immune response, according to new research from a University of Alberta-led team.

17 Dec 2020

Research suggests a novel mechanism for modulating emotional behavior

Research led by Si-Qiong June Liu, MD, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, discovered a surprising reciprocal interaction between chemicals in the brain resulting in accelerated loss of molecules that regulate brain cell communication.

17 Dec 2020

Study shows high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

Multiple studies have evaluated the incidence of back pain among patients who undergo catheter-based heart procedures while conscious.

17 Dec 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: All I want for Christmas is a COVID relief bill

Congress appears to be inching ever closer to agreement on a long-delayed COVID-19 relief bill, which would extend unemployment insurance and other emergency programs set to expire in the next several days.

17 Dec 2020

Study explores best practices in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Even the best-managed long-term care homes will need to step up to get through the second wave of the pandemic, suggests a new study by researchers at the UBC school of nursing.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers find evidence that COVID-19 spread is sensitive to UV exposure

Scientists, policymakers and healthcare workers are eager to discern to what extent COVID-19 may be seasonal. Understanding this aspect of the disease could guide our response to the pandemic.

17 Dec 2020

Study shows patients are more receptive to using mental health and wellness apps

Kaiser Permanente physicians and therapists now have the ability to refer their patients to evidenced-based mental health and wellness apps through the organization's electronic health record system.

17 Dec 2020

Harvard Medical professor wins Berggruen Prize for transforming perception of infectious diseases

Paul Farmer, the Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, was selected as the winner of the 2020 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.

16 Dec 2020

Health Care News and Research

Pandemic-related paid sick days and leave to expire Dec. 31 — with no extension in sight

No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county as COVID surges

More Americans — of all political persuasions — are donning masks

Ski resorts work to stay open as COVID cases snowball

Experts to share the lessons learnt from COVID-19 first wave

Scientists publish guidelines for conversing with children about overweight, obesity

Certain male enhancement and weight loss products may pose serious health risk, warns FDA

Study: Better hospital nurse staffing reduces sepsis deaths

FDA approves pembrolizumab as first-line treatment for colorectal cancer

New framework could help people with serious illnesses to follow their appointments during COVID-19

Hearing loss, high blood sugar linked to poor cognitive performance among older Latinos

Temple researchers receive new grant to address racial disparities in lung cancer care

Study highlights how the sex differences in COVID-19 are linked to ACE2 protein

Research suggests a novel mechanism for modulating emotional behavior

Study shows high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: All I want for Christmas is a COVID relief bill

Study explores best practices in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers find evidence that COVID-19 spread is sensitive to UV exposure

Study shows patients are more receptive to using mental health and wellness apps

Harvard Medical professor wins Berggruen Prize for transforming perception of infectious diseases

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