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Study identifies hotspots for opioid overdose and other drug-related disorders

Combining emergency medical services and vital statistics data, a new study led by researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine provides a unique view of the opioid overdose epidemic in an urban area.

12 Oct 2021

Scientists move a step closer to harnessing viruses to fight antibiotic resistance

As antibiotics increasingly develop resistance to bacteria that cause infection, scientists have moved a step closer to harnessing viruses as an alternative form of therapy.

12 Oct 2021

Large-scale transdiagnostic study links mental illness and poor sleep quality

People who have been diagnosed with a mental illness are more likely to have poor sleep quality compared to the general population, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted.

12 Oct 2021

A wrenching farewell: Bidding adieu to my primary care doctor after nearly 30 years

I hadn't expected the tears. My primary care doctor and I were saying goodbye after nearly 30 years together.

12 Oct 2021

6 months to live or die: How long should an alcoholic liver disease patient wait for a transplant?

The night before Brian Gorzney planned to check into rehab for alcohol use, he began vomiting blood. First at 2 a.m. Then 5. And again at 11.

12 Oct 2021

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in New York state

A new preprint assessed vaccine effectiveness in 8.8 million people in New York six months after vaccination.

12 Oct 2021

New federated analytics system can act as a game-changer towards personalized medicine

Predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory medicine, known as P4, is the healthcare of the future. To both accelerate its adoption and maximize its potential, clinical data on large numbers of individuals must be efficiently shared between all stakeholders.

11 Oct 2021

Research provides insights on colorectal cancers’ immunotherapy resistance

Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the immune response against tumor cells, have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, the medications aren't effective in a large number of patients, including those with colorectal cancer.

11 Oct 2021

New compound can prevent SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses from entering cells

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a compound that prevents SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses from entering cells.

11 Oct 2021

Drug developed at Duke is approved by FDA as only therapy for congenital athymia

The phone rang into the pediatric unit that Louise Markert, M.D., Ph.D., was staffing as a junior faculty member in 1991. Had she not answered, there would have been little hope for the more than one hundred patients who were subsequently treated.

11 Oct 2021

Penn Medicine's new Pavilion is set to open this month to staff, patients, and visitors

Referred to as a "Beacon of Hope," Penn Medicine's new Pavilion, one of the largest hospital projects underway in the United States, opens to staff, patients, and visitors this month.

11 Oct 2021

Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant does not make kids sicker than Alpha, study finds

Children are not at risk for more severe COVID-19 disease with Delta compared to earlier severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, finds a new medRxiv* preprint study. In the first large-scale epidemiological study comparing SARS-CoV-2 infection between variants in children, researchers found children were more likely to be as sick from Delta as they would be if they were infected with the Alpha variant.

11 Oct 2021

A national statistics study on vaccine uptake disparity in England

The disparity in vaccination rates across England is investigated based on demographic variables, finding significant differences based on ethnicity and religion.

11 Oct 2021

Higher COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality rates reported in rural America

A recent study discusses variations in the hospitalization and mortality rates due to SARS-CoV-2 infection among rural and urban regions in the U.S.

11 Oct 2021

An investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in diabetic pregnancies

Researchers discuss the basic and clinical science of the potential inter-relationships between diabetes mellitus and COVID-19 in pregnancies.

11 Oct 2021

New machine-learning model can identify individuals at risk of rare cardiomyopathy

A machine-learning model can identify patients at risk of a rare cardiomyopathy, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

11 Oct 2021

CDC and ClinGen partner to develop expert curated variant list for the genomic community

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Genetic Testing Reference Material Program (GeT-RM) has partnered with the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) to develop a publicly available list of 546 expert curated pathogenic variants in 84 genes for use in next-generation sequencing (NGS) genetic testing.

11 Oct 2021

U-M researchers create injury prevention online course for children and teens

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the hand of many. Schools, universities, businesses – nearly every organization that provides any form of in-person education either began offering or enhanced their online programming.

11 Oct 2021

A simple method to predict future COVID-19 hospitalization

A simple model with the ability to forecast probable COVID-19 hospitalization numbers in the short term is described, requiring less input information and generating more accurate predictions than other models.

11 Oct 2021

Researchers discover molecules in the blood that can indicate impending dementia

Researchers at the DZNE and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have identified molecules in the blood that can indicate impending dementia. Their findings, which are presented in the scientific journal "EMBO Molecular Medicine", are based on human studies and laboratory experiments. Various university hospitals across Germany were also involved in the investigations.

11 Oct 2021

Hospital News and Research

Study identifies hotspots for opioid overdose and other drug-related disorders

Scientists move a step closer to harnessing viruses to fight antibiotic resistance

Large-scale transdiagnostic study links mental illness and poor sleep quality

A wrenching farewell: Bidding adieu to my primary care doctor after nearly 30 years

6 months to live or die: How long should an alcoholic liver disease patient wait for a transplant?

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in New York state

New federated analytics system can act as a game-changer towards personalized medicine

Research provides insights on colorectal cancers’ immunotherapy resistance

New compound can prevent SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses from entering cells

Drug developed at Duke is approved by FDA as only therapy for congenital athymia

Penn Medicine's new Pavilion is set to open this month to staff, patients, and visitors

Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant does not make kids sicker than Alpha, study finds

A national statistics study on vaccine uptake disparity in England

Higher COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality rates reported in rural America

An investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in diabetic pregnancies

New machine-learning model can identify individuals at risk of rare cardiomyopathy

CDC and ClinGen partner to develop expert curated variant list for the genomic community

U-M researchers create injury prevention online course for children and teens

A simple method to predict future COVID-19 hospitalization

Researchers discover molecules in the blood that can indicate impending dementia

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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