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Surging health care worker quarantines raise concerns as coronavirus spreads

As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at an exponential pace.

9 Mar 2020

Collaborative approach needed to build pathways to end homelessness in Canada

A collaborative approach is required to build health care pathways that will end homelessness in Canada. Clinicians can play a role by tailoring their interventions using a comprehensive new clinical guideline on homelessness published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

9 Mar 2020

Study looks at lung injury and vaping THC and vitamin E acetate

The US has witnessed a spate of patients presenting with acute lung injury associated with e-cigarettes or vaping product use. A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows the pattern of the outbreak in California where recreational cannabis use is legal and which has among the maximum cases of the strange illness.

8 Mar 2020

Flexible options for lifestyle programs may benefit modern women with heart disease

Women with heart disease today need flexible options for lifestyle programs that fit their busy schedules. That's the finding of a study published today, International Women's Day, in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

8 Mar 2020

Individual responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is equally vital as government action

How individuals respond to government advice on preventing the spread of COVID-19 will be at least as important, if not more important, than government action, according to a new commentary from researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London in the UK, and Utrecht University and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands.

7 Mar 2020

Focusing on healthcare quality as a business strategy

Despite two decades of effort - targeting care processes, outcomes, and most recently the value of care - progress has been slow in closing the gap between quality and cost in the US healthcare system.

7 Mar 2020

No evidence related to transferability of biomarker tests for decision-making on chemotherapy for breast cancer

Following a benefit assessment in 2016 and an addendum in 2018, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has again examined biomarker-based tests for women with primary breast cancer.

7 Mar 2020

Pence leaves out key details about health coverage of coronavirus testing

Amid ongoing concern about the new coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence sought to assure Americans that their health insurance will cover the tests needed for diagnosis.

6 Mar 2020

Despite a birth by a Colorado legislator, paid family leave bill feels labor pains

When Brittany Pettersen, a Colorado state senator, gave birth to a boy in January, she became only the second lawmaker in the state to have a baby during a legislative season.

6 Mar 2020

With coronavirus lurking, conferences wrestle with whether to cancel

Nearly 100,000 pop culture fans flocked to Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle last year, including many dressed as superheroes, aliens and robots. But something scarier than a comic book villain is roiling the conference this year — the spread of the coronavirus.

6 Mar 2020

On front lines, first responders brace for coronavirus ― and their own protection

When first responders answered roughly 10 calls from a long-term care center in Kirkland, Washington, over the course of a week, they did not expect to become patients themselves.

6 Mar 2020

The Pancreatic Cancer Collective awards additional funding of $16 million for new therapies

The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer, has awarded additional funding of up to $16 million to four teams of top researchers as part of its "New Therapies Challenge Grants," the American Association for Cancer Research, Scientific Partner of SU2C, announced today.

5 Mar 2020

New sepsis intervention enhances the body's bacteria-capturing neutrophil extracellular traps

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a novel treatment for sepsis - one of the leading causes of hospital death - that enhances the body's bacteria-capturing neutrophil extracellular traps so that they more effectively capture infectious bacteria, resist degradation, and improve sepsis outcomes and survival.

5 Mar 2020

Public health experts call for coordinated communication and outreach on COVID-19

On Thursday in the National Academy of Medicine's Perspectives, public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Distinguished Lecturer Scott Ratzan, MD called for informed and active public policy leadership to employ strategically coordinated health communication and outreach on COVID-19 and other emerging global health threats.

5 Mar 2020

Fears prevent vaping to help smokers to quit

According to a new report from the Public Health England (PHE) published this week, more and more people are not using e-cigarettes to quit traditional smoking due to fears about the harm the former cause.

5 Mar 2020

Enhanced care coordination may be beneficial to patients with multiple chronic conditions

Few studies to date have evaluated patient experiences with payer-based CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home programs.

5 Mar 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A ‘Super Tuesday’ for the health debate?

The Super Tuesday presidential primaries have left only two major Democratic candidates standing: former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Whoever prevails to face off against President Donald Trump in November will shape how the party confronts Republicans on health care.

5 Mar 2020

Deep learning algorithm to enhance mammography screening interpretation

The study is based on the results obtained in the Digital Mammography DREAM Challenge, an international competition led by IBM where researchers from the Instituto de Física Corpuscular have participated along with scientists from the UPV's Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications.

5 Mar 2020

Heart attack patients who follow more medical advice have greater long-term survival

Patients who followed more medical advice after a heart attack were more likely to survive years after their heart attack.

5 Mar 2020

During a pandemic, states’ patchwork of crisis plans could mean uneven care

A possible coronavirus pandemic could overwhelm the nation's hospitals and force doctors into difficult decisions about how to allocate limited resources. Yet, experts say, only a handful of states have done the work necessary to prepare for such worst-case scenarios.

5 Mar 2020

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Surging health care worker quarantines raise concerns as coronavirus spreads

Collaborative approach needed to build pathways to end homelessness in Canada

Study looks at lung injury and vaping THC and vitamin E acetate

Flexible options for lifestyle programs may benefit modern women with heart disease

Individual responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is equally vital as government action

Focusing on healthcare quality as a business strategy

No evidence related to transferability of biomarker tests for decision-making on chemotherapy for breast cancer

Pence leaves out key details about health coverage of coronavirus testing

Despite a birth by a Colorado legislator, paid family leave bill feels labor pains

With coronavirus lurking, conferences wrestle with whether to cancel

On front lines, first responders brace for coronavirus ― and their own protection

The Pancreatic Cancer Collective awards additional funding of $16 million for new therapies

New sepsis intervention enhances the body's bacteria-capturing neutrophil extracellular traps

Public health experts call for coordinated communication and outreach on COVID-19

Fears prevent vaping to help smokers to quit

Enhanced care coordination may be beneficial to patients with multiple chronic conditions

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A ‘Super Tuesday’ for the health debate?

Deep learning algorithm to enhance mammography screening interpretation

Heart attack patients who follow more medical advice have greater long-term survival

During a pandemic, states’ patchwork of crisis plans could mean uneven care

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