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Trump’s claim that he ‘saved’ preex conditions ‘part fantasy, part delusion’

President Donald Trump attempted to take credit for one of the most popular elements of the Affordable Care Act: Its protection for people who have preexisting medical conditions.

16 Jan 2020

WHO spells out most urgent health issues for the next 10 years

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its “to-do” list of the most urgent worldwide health issues that need to be tackled over the next decade. The heart of the issue, argues the WHO, is that governments are simply failing to fund health needs and health care systems. As a result, they are putting many people at the risk of death, poverty and of a national economic downturn.

14 Jan 2020

Climate change will increase injuries and deaths in USA

A new study shows that warming of the global climate can lead to thousands more of deaths due to both unintentional and intentional injuries. This adds another and unexpected aspect to the current discussion on mitigating the effects of global climate change by adaptation.

14 Jan 2020

Electronic health records instead of patient care: waste of time?

Healthcare providers are increasingly murmuring about the amount of time and effort as well as money spent on maintaining an electronic health records (EHR) system in the US. The time outpatients spend with doctors and other providers of health care is limited, and when a significant fraction of this is devoted to entering information electronically, it could impact patient care negatively.

14 Jan 2020

InDepth Pharmaceuticals to commercialize novel technique to predict kidney transplant success

InDepth Pharmaceuticals, founded by Deepak Nihalani, Ph.D., the SmartState Endowed Chair in Renal Disease Biomarkers at the Medical University of South Carolina, has taken a vital step toward commercializing an innovative diagnostic technique that could better predict kidney transplant success in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a kidney disease that often leads to end-stage renal failure.

14 Jan 2020

Study shows how cancer-causing genes promote metastasis

Cancer-promoting genes MYC and TWIST1 co-opt immune system cells to enable cancer cells to spread, but blocking a key step in this process can help prevent the disease from developing.

14 Jan 2020

Mayo Clinic launches Clinical Data Analytics Platform to improve the health of patients

Mayo Clinic announced the Clinical Data Analytics Platform as the first venture under the Mayo Clinic Platform, a strategic initiative to improve health care through insights and knowledge derived from data.

14 Jan 2020

Loopholes limit new California law to guard against lofty air ambulance bills

Kathleen Hoechlin lost control as she crested a small jump on her final ski run of the day at California's Mammoth Mountain two years ago. She landed hard on her back, crushing one of the vertebra in her lower spine "like a Cheerio," she said.

14 Jan 2020

Study: Only 25% of Medicare patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation

Too few people covered by Medicare participated in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or acute heart event or surgery, particularly women, the elderly and non-white patients, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

14 Jan 2020

Meaningful gender gap found in medical paper publication

A new study in the journal Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, shows that there remains a meaningful gender gap between the number of biomedical papers written by women and those written by men.

14 Jan 2020

Technology protects respiratory tract of intubated neonates

A new artificial model of premature infants will make possible experiments that are expected to reduce injury to infants on respirators.

13 Jan 2020

Study of glycobiology and glycan diagnostics in personalized medicine featured in OMICS special issue

An in-depth look at the science of glycobiology and glycan diagnostics, and their promise in personalized medicine in the current post-genomic era are featured in a special issue of OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, the peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

13 Jan 2020

Homeless Californians adapt to camp sweeps and ‘the Caltrans Shuffle’

It's 5 a.m., and the thermostat reads 44 degrees. Cars round the bend of an off-ramp of state Route 24 in northern Oakland, spraying bands of light across Norm Ciha and his neighbors.

13 Jan 2020

Smokers need not apply: Fairness of no-nicotine hiring policies questioned

When U-Haul recently announced it will no longer hire people who use nicotine in any form in the 21 states where such hiring policies are legal, the Phoenix-based moving company joined a cadre of companies with nicotine-free hiring policies.

13 Jan 2020

Newly proposed definition of hikikomori helps identify and treat extreme social isolation

Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it deserves a clear and consistent definition to improve treatment across the globe.

12 Jan 2020

Boston researchers develop novel approach to generate intestinal organoids in vitro

Boston researchers have developed a new way to generate groups of intestinal cells that can be used, among others, to make disease models in the lab to test treatments for diseases affecting the gastrointestinal system.

11 Jan 2020

Medicaid expansion linked to reduction in opioid overdose mortality across the U.S.

The expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults permitted by the Affordable Care Act was associated with a six percent reduction in total opioid overdose deaths nationally, according to new research from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and University of California, Davis.

11 Jan 2020

Health Care News and Research

Trump’s claim that he ‘saved’ preex conditions ‘part fantasy, part delusion’

WHO spells out most urgent health issues for the next 10 years

Climate change will increase injuries and deaths in USA

Electronic health records instead of patient care: waste of time?

InDepth Pharmaceuticals to commercialize novel technique to predict kidney transplant success

Study shows how cancer-causing genes promote metastasis

Mayo Clinic launches Clinical Data Analytics Platform to improve the health of patients

Loopholes limit new California law to guard against lofty air ambulance bills

Study: Only 25% of Medicare patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation

Meaningful gender gap found in medical paper publication

Technology protects respiratory tract of intubated neonates

Study of glycobiology and glycan diagnostics in personalized medicine featured in OMICS special issue

Homeless Californians adapt to camp sweeps and ‘the Caltrans Shuffle’

Smokers need not apply: Fairness of no-nicotine hiring policies questioned

Newly proposed definition of hikikomori helps identify and treat extreme social isolation

Boston researchers develop novel approach to generate intestinal organoids in vitro

Medicaid expansion linked to reduction in opioid overdose mortality across the U.S.

High-deductible plans jeopardize financial health of patients and rural hospitals

BMA survey highlights the terrible impact of mental health staff shortage

Family doctors in rural America tackle crisis of addiction and pain

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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