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Experimental drug can protect against Ebola in a single dose

There is a new medication that in one dose successfully protected nonhuman primates against a lethal infection of all strains of the deadly Ebola virus. The findings are now available in Cell Host & Microbe.

9 Jan 2019

Where abortion fights will play out in 2019

With Democrats now in control of the U.S. House of Representatives, it might appear that the fight over abortion rights has become a standoff.

9 Jan 2019

To get mental health help for a child, desperate parents relinquish custody

When Toni and Jim Hoy adopted their son Daniel through the foster care system, he was an affectionate toddler. They did not plan to give him back to the state of Illinois, ever.

9 Jan 2019

Drug combination has added benefit for patients with melanoma

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care investigated whether the drug combinations of dabrafenib plus trametinib and of encorafenib plus binimetinib have an added benefit in comparison with the appropriate comparator therapies for patients with melanoma.

9 Jan 2019

RFID helps Kellogg providers to make visits meaningful for patients and reduce wait times

Technology that retailers use to make a shopping experience more efficient could also benefit your next eye appointment.

9 Jan 2019

New ACMG points to consider: Patient re-contact after revision of genomic test results

Genomic testing is becoming increasingly common in medicine. Moreover, ongoing advances in technology and an ever-increasing understanding of what genetic variants mean can result in reinterpretation of the clinical significance of variants found in patients.

9 Jan 2019

Genetic variations may influence whether vitamin E decreases or increases cancer risk

Almost half of all Americans take a vitamin supplement, and yet many large-scale, placebo-controlled clinical trials of various supplements have found little or no benefit.

8 Jan 2019

Health care industry spends $30b a year pushing its wares, from drugs to stem cell treatment

Hoping to earn its share of the $3.5 trillion health care market, the medical industry is pouring more money than ever into advertising its products — from high-priced prescriptions to do-it-yourself genetic tests and unapproved stem cell treatments.

8 Jan 2019

Study shows safety of flu vaccination for hospitalized patients

Hospitalized patients who received the flu vaccine had no increased risk of outpatient visits or hospital readmission within seven days of discharge, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

8 Jan 2019

Therapists should regularly assess depression symptoms and augment treatment for insufficient responders

Adolescents with depression who were treated with interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-A) had significantly better outcomes when their therapists regularly assessed depression symptoms and augmented treatment for insufficient responders after four weeks of therapy rather than waiting until Week 8, reports a study published in the January 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

8 Jan 2019

Researchers design new questionnaire to improve knowledge of impact of menopause on women

A new questionnaire being developed through a collaboration between the Massachusetts General Hospital Midlife Women's Health Center and the North American Menopause Society is designed to improve knowledge of the extent and impact on women of genitourinary symptoms of menopause.

8 Jan 2019

MGH-led research team reveals how solid stress impacts tissue surrounding brain tumors

A Massachusetts General Hospital-led research team has demonstrated, for the first time, how solid stress - the physical forces exerted by the solid components of a tumor - impacts the tissue surrounding brain tumors and contributes to resulting neurological dysfunction and neuronal cell death.

8 Jan 2019

New findings from a safety and feasibility clinical trial on removal of senescent cells

Mayo Clinic researchers, along with collaborators from Wake Forest School of Medicine and the The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, have published findings from a safety and feasibility clinical trial on the removal of senescent cells from a small group of patients with pulmonary fibrosis

7 Jan 2019

Opioids contribute to rise in suicides and overdoses in the U.S.

Suicides and drug overdoses kill American adults at twice the rate today as they did just 17 years ago, and opioids are a key contributor to that rise, according to a new review and analysis by a University of Michigan team.

7 Jan 2019

Cervical cancer screening rates are unacceptably low, finds Mayo Clinic study

The percentage of women who are screened for cervical cancer may be far lower than national data suggests, according to a Mayo Clinic study recently published in the Journal of Women's Health. Less than two-thirds of women ages 30 to 65 were up-to-date with cervical cancer screenings in 2016.

7 Jan 2019

Medicaid plans cover doctors’ visits, hospital care — and now your GED

Emilia Ford became pregnant at 15 and, after her daughter was born, dropped out of high school.

7 Jan 2019

Bruin Biometrics receives FDA approval for SEM Scanner

Bruin Biometrics, LLC has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing authorization for the SEM Scanner, becoming the world’s first FDA-authorised device to objectively alert clinicians to specific anatomical areas of a patient’s body at increased risk for developing pressure damage.

7 Jan 2019

NHS to get a long term overhaul with a 10 year plan

As part of the plans for a long term development of the NHS, large funding strategies are being devised that would focus on General Practitioners as well as community care and mental health services.

6 Jan 2019

Democrats fight back against lawsuit threatening health law

Democrats on Thursday officially launched their pushback against a December federal court decision that declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

4 Jan 2019

Medicaid patients in Puerto Rico don’t get coverage for drugs to cure hepatitis C

Drugs that can cure hepatitis C revolutionized care for millions of Americans living with the deadly liver infection. The drugs came with a steep price tag — one that prompted state Medicaid programs to initially limit access to the medications to only the sickest patients.

4 Jan 2019

Health Care News and Research

Experimental drug can protect against Ebola in a single dose

Where abortion fights will play out in 2019

To get mental health help for a child, desperate parents relinquish custody

Drug combination has added benefit for patients with melanoma

RFID helps Kellogg providers to make visits meaningful for patients and reduce wait times

New ACMG points to consider: Patient re-contact after revision of genomic test results

Genetic variations may influence whether vitamin E decreases or increases cancer risk

Health care industry spends $30b a year pushing its wares, from drugs to stem cell treatment

Study shows safety of flu vaccination for hospitalized patients

Therapists should regularly assess depression symptoms and augment treatment for insufficient responders

Researchers design new questionnaire to improve knowledge of impact of menopause on women

MGH-led research team reveals how solid stress impacts tissue surrounding brain tumors

New findings from a safety and feasibility clinical trial on removal of senescent cells

Opioids contribute to rise in suicides and overdoses in the U.S.

Cervical cancer screening rates are unacceptably low, finds Mayo Clinic study

Medicaid plans cover doctors’ visits, hospital care — and now your GED

Bruin Biometrics receives FDA approval for SEM Scanner

NHS to get a long term overhaul with a 10 year plan

Democrats fight back against lawsuit threatening health law

Medicaid patients in Puerto Rico don’t get coverage for drugs to cure hepatitis C

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