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People proving to be weakest link for apps tracking COVID exposure

The app builders had planned for pranksters, ensuring that only people with verified COVID-19 cases could trigger an alert. They'd planned for heavy criticism about privacy, in many cases making the features as bare-bones as possible.

19 Nov 2020

Expert provides new perspective on safe, effective use of cardiac imaging in COVID-19 patients

The cutting edge of cardiovascular imaging: that's the focus of EACVI - Best of Imaging 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). A pioneering event covering the full spectrum of cardiac imaging. Explore the scientific program.

19 Nov 2020

Hearing loss experts urge FDA to permit the sale of OTC hearing aids

Hearing loss experts at Mass Eye and Ear are advocating for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a law passed by Congress permitting the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids.

19 Nov 2020

Machine learning can fill significant gap in Canadian public health data

Machine learning can be used to fill a significant gap in Canadian public health data related to ethnicity and Aboriginal status, according to research published today in PLOS ONE by a University of Alberta research epidemiologist.

19 Nov 2020

Predictive model identifies neighborhoods that have greatest risk of COVID-19 infection

To help slow the spread of COVID-19 and save lives, UCLA public health and urban planning experts have developed a predictive model that pinpoints which populations in which neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are most at risk of becoming infected.

19 Nov 2020

UIC conducts three clinical trials to study blood clot prevention in COVID-19 patients

The University of Illinois Chicago will conduct three clinical trials for studying blood clot prevention in patients with COVID-19.

18 Nov 2020

UIC study aims to improve smoking cessation interventions for underserved populations

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have received more than $3.3 million to study the burden of tobacco use and to improve smoking cessation interventions for populations with demonstrated high smoking rates.

18 Nov 2020

Study could lead to a new approach for tracking vaccine safety

Vaccines are one of society's greatest success stories, but like any treatment, there can be rare adverse events and they must be tested carefully.

18 Nov 2020

Finding ways to mitigate food allergies at the source

Food allergies are a big problem. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. suffer from some kind of food allergy.

18 Nov 2020

Computational method could predict immunotherapy response in patients with advanced melanoma

A computational method that combines clinicodemographic variables with deep learning of pre-treatment histology images could predict response to immune checkpoint blockade among patients with advanced melanoma.

18 Nov 2020

Machine learning-based prediction model may enable early diagnosis of opioid use disorder

Researchers have used machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to develop a prediction model for the early diagnosis of opioid use disorder.

18 Nov 2020

COVID-19's harmful neurological effects are more common in patients with hypertension, diabetes

Some patients with COVID-19 are at higher risk of neurological complications like bleeding in the brain and stroke, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

18 Nov 2020

Government-funded scientists laid the groundwork for billion-dollar vaccines

When he started researching a troublesome childhood infection nearly four decades ago, virologist Dr. Barney Graham, then at Vanderbilt University, had no inkling his federally funded work might be key to deliverance from a global pandemic.

18 Nov 2020

As broad shutdowns return, weary Californians ask ‘is this the best we can do?’

For Tom Davis, being told by the state this week that he must close his Pacific Edge Climbing Gym for the third time in six months is beyond frustrating.

18 Nov 2020

Anger after North Dakota Governor asks COVID-positive health staff to stay on job

Nurse Leslie McKamey has gotten used to the 16-hour shifts, to skipping lunch, to the nightly ritual of throwing all her clothes in the laundry and showering as soon as she walks through the door to avoid potentially infecting her children.

18 Nov 2020

Algorithm-driven program improves cholesterol, blood pressure levels

Using a remotely-delivered, algorithm-driven program for disease management, patients experienced significant improvement in cholesterol and blood pressure levels, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

18 Nov 2020

Study: Non-COVID-19 deaths significantly increased from March through May 2020

March through May saw a significant increase in deaths over previous years - and not just from COVID-19, says a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

18 Nov 2020

People with heart disease can receive high-dose or standard-dose flu vaccines for protection

People with heart disease can receive either the high-dose or standard-dose flu vaccines for protection from heart or lung-related deaths or hospitalizations, according to late breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

18 Nov 2020

FDA approves first COVID-19 diagnostic test for at-home use

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test for self-testing at home and that provides rapid results.

18 Nov 2020

Noninvasive, self-administered digital tool helps assess risk for preterm delivery

Women who are intending to become pregnant or who have just found out they are pregnant can quickly learn of their risk for preterm birth with a noninvasive, self-administered digital tool called PopNatal.

18 Nov 2020

Health Care News and Research

People proving to be weakest link for apps tracking COVID exposure

Expert provides new perspective on safe, effective use of cardiac imaging in COVID-19 patients

Hearing loss experts urge FDA to permit the sale of OTC hearing aids

Machine learning can fill significant gap in Canadian public health data

Predictive model identifies neighborhoods that have greatest risk of COVID-19 infection

UIC conducts three clinical trials to study blood clot prevention in COVID-19 patients

UIC study aims to improve smoking cessation interventions for underserved populations

Study could lead to a new approach for tracking vaccine safety

Finding ways to mitigate food allergies at the source

Computational method could predict immunotherapy response in patients with advanced melanoma

Machine learning-based prediction model may enable early diagnosis of opioid use disorder

COVID-19's harmful neurological effects are more common in patients with hypertension, diabetes

Government-funded scientists laid the groundwork for billion-dollar vaccines

As broad shutdowns return, weary Californians ask ‘is this the best we can do?’

Anger after North Dakota Governor asks COVID-positive health staff to stay on job

Algorithm-driven program improves cholesterol, blood pressure levels

Study: Non-COVID-19 deaths significantly increased from March through May 2020

People with heart disease can receive high-dose or standard-dose flu vaccines for protection

FDA approves first COVID-19 diagnostic test for at-home use

Noninvasive, self-administered digital tool helps assess risk for preterm delivery

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