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Cost concerns lead to delay in Nigeria’s HPV vaccination plan

Nigeria's latest target for introducing a life-saving vaccine against cervical cancer has been branded unrealistic by health specialists as cost concerns have yet to be addressed, leaving thousands of Nigerian women at risk.

29 Aug 2022

Potential cause of racial disparity affecting infants with congenital heart disease discovered

Race was already known to matter when it came to health outcomes for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common birth defect, affecting 1 in 100 live births.

29 Aug 2022

Artificial intelligence-based risk score improves personalized care for women with heart attacks

Heart attacks in women are more likely to be fatal than in men. The reasons are differences in age and in comorbidity burden which makes risk assessment in women a challenge.

29 Aug 2022

Novel method for accurate diagnosis and treatment of uveitis

An estimated five to ten percent of blindness worldwide is caused by the rare inflammatory eye disease uveitis. Posterior uveitis in particular is often associated with severe disease progression and the need for immunosuppressive therapy.

29 Aug 2022

The clinical and virological outcomes associated with molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir–ritonavir use in hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Researchers investigated whether early treatment with oral antivirals prevented all-cause mortality in hospitalized patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 new variant of concern Omicron BA.2 subvariant.

29 Aug 2022

New risk assessment tool predicts mortality for atrial fibrillation patients after completion of TAVR

A large-scale international study led by Mount Sinai has yielded the first risk score that can help predict mortality for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who have undergone a successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and discharged home.

29 Aug 2022

The incidence rate, distribution, characteristics, and outcomes of neonatal COVID-19

Researchers assessed the epidemiology of neonatal COVID-19 infections.

29 Aug 2022

Contact risks for COVID-19 transmission to healthcare personnel

Researchers analyzed the contact risks for SARS-CoV-2 spread to medical professionals in an infection outbreak in a hospital ward.

29 Aug 2022

What are the clinical characteristics and complications of patients with a monkeypox infection?

Researchers described the clinical characteristics and complications of monkeypox virus infections.

29 Aug 2022

$Research shows benefit of dapagliflozin for heart failure patients regardless of ejection fraction$

Research shows benefit of dapagliflozin for heart failure patients regardless of ejection fraction

Dapagliflozin reduces the risks of death and cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2022.

28 Aug 2022

$SGLT2 inhibitors reduce cardiovascular events among heart failure patients with mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction$

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce cardiovascular events among heart failure patients with mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction

An analysis of more than 12,000 patients has found that the SGLT2 inhibitors dapagliflozin and empagliflozin reduce cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure by 20% in heart failure patients with mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction.

28 Aug 2022

Target blood pressure of 77 mmHg provides no benefit for comatose cardiac arrest survivors

A target blood pressure of 77 mmHg provides no benefit to survival or neurological outcome in comatose cardiac arrest survivors compared with a 63 mmHg target, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2022.

28 Aug 2022

High-dose influenza vaccination in older adults leads to reductions in hospitalizations, all-cause mortality

In an innovative, pragmatic randomized trial, high-dose influenza vaccination in older adults was associated with a reduction in the risk of death by 49% and in the incidence of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia by 64% compared with standard-dose vaccination.

28 Aug 2022

Restrictive oxygenation target in comatose, post cardiac arrest patients does not cause harm

A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not worsen survival or neurological outcome compared with a liberal target, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2022.

28 Aug 2022

Cardiovascular screening may lower the risk of death, heart attack and stroke in 65 to 69 year-olds

A randomized trial in more than 45,000 men has suggested that cardiovascular screening including cardiac imaging, blood pressure measurement and blood tests, plus treatment if needed, may lower the risk of death, heart attack and stroke in 65 to 69 year-olds.

28 Aug 2022

Adding acetazolamide to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure

Acetazolamide added to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion within three days in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2022.

28 Aug 2022

Over 50 new surgical hubs to open across England to help bust COVID-19 backlogs, Steve Barclay writes

Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay wrote in Times Red Box about the new surgical hubs that will open across the country to help bust the COVID-19 backlogs.

26 Aug 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine laryngologist wins Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging

Dr. Anaїs Rameau, an assistant professor of otolaryngology and an attending laryngologist at the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging by the National Institute on Aging, the American Federation for Aging Research and the John A. Hartford Foundation.

26 Aug 2022

Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center focuses on early detection, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease

In an effort to improve the lives of children and adults with kidney disease, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine are jointly launching the Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center.

26 Aug 2022

New advice aims to reduce the cardiac side effects of cancer treatment

The first European Society of Cardiology Guideline on cardio-oncology is published online today in European Heart Journal.

26 Aug 2022

Hospital News and Research

Cost concerns lead to delay in Nigeria’s HPV vaccination plan

Potential cause of racial disparity affecting infants with congenital heart disease discovered

Artificial intelligence-based risk score improves personalized care for women with heart attacks

Novel method for accurate diagnosis and treatment of uveitis

The clinical and virological outcomes associated with molnupiravir or nirmatrelvir–ritonavir use in hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19

New risk assessment tool predicts mortality for atrial fibrillation patients after completion of TAVR

The incidence rate, distribution, characteristics, and outcomes of neonatal COVID-19

Contact risks for COVID-19 transmission to healthcare personnel

What are the clinical characteristics and complications of patients with a monkeypox infection?

Research shows benefit of dapagliflozin for heart failure patients regardless of ejection fraction

SGLT2 inhibitors reduce cardiovascular events among heart failure patients with mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction

Target blood pressure of 77 mmHg provides no benefit for comatose cardiac arrest survivors

High-dose influenza vaccination in older adults leads to reductions in hospitalizations, all-cause mortality

Restrictive oxygenation target in comatose, post cardiac arrest patients does not cause harm

Cardiovascular screening may lower the risk of death, heart attack and stroke in 65 to 69 year-olds

Adding acetazolamide to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure

Over 50 new surgical hubs to open across England to help bust COVID-19 backlogs, Steve Barclay writes

Weill Cornell Medicine laryngologist wins Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging

Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center focuses on early detection, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease

New advice aims to reduce the cardiac side effects of cancer treatment

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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