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Hospital ‘trauma centers’ charge enormous fees to treat minor injuries and send people home

The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home in less than three hours.

16 Jul 2021

New tracker aims to identify, collect data on COVID-19 cases across Europe

According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but inevitable in Europe.

16 Jul 2021

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals cells that could protect from fatal lung disease

Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed a subset of cells that could provide protection from a rare, but severely debilitating and fatal, lung disease.

16 Jul 2021

Reducing the impacts of stress on working cancer caregivers

It's difficult enough when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, but employed spouses of those who receive the diagnosis also are confronted with an array of practical problems. It's now up to them to untangle issues around medical leave, health insurance, caregiving benefits, and more.

15 Jul 2021

Researchers identify a new, promising biomarker for bacterial soft tissue infections

Rapid diagnosis is crucial in bacterial soft tissue infections to reduce the risk of severe injury or amputation.

15 Jul 2021

New statement highlights the role of primary care professional in caring for people with stroke

The new scientific statement, "Primary Care of Adult Patients After Stroke," acknowledges the importance of primary care in the system of care for patients with stroke, summarizing the available literature and providing a roadmap for holistic, goal-directed and patient-centered care.

15 Jul 2021

Antihypertension drug may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2

New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear indicates that the blood pressure drug losartan may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a hereditary condition associated with vestibular schwannomas, or noncancerous tumors along the nerves in the brain that are involved with hearing and balance.

15 Jul 2021

About 4 in 100 COVID-19 hospitalized children may develop neurological complications, a study finds

In a recently published article in The Lancet’s Child & Adolescent Health, scientists have described in detail neurological and psychiatric manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children. As mentioned in the study, an estimated prevalence of infection-related neurological complications and pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome in hospitalized children and adolescents is about 3.8 cases per 100 patients.

15 Jul 2021

Study could help improve care for irregular heartbeats in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

New research will help doctors identify, treat and prevent potentially dangerous irregular heartbeats in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a common heart condition in which the heart thickens and strains to pump blood.

15 Jul 2021

Influx of medical school students could overwhelm Montana resources, program leaders warn

Opening two new medical schools in Montana would stretch and possibly overwhelm the state's physicians who provide the clinical training that students need to become doctors, according to leaders of a University of Washington medical school program that relies on those teaching physicians.

15 Jul 2021

How ERs fail patients with addiction: One patient’s tragic death

Jameson Rybak tried to quit using opioids nearly a dozen times within five years. Each time, he'd wait out the vomiting, sweating and chills from withdrawal in his bedroom.

15 Jul 2021

Pandemic of antibiotic resistance is shortening the lives of children in Bangladesh

Resistance to antibiotics is common and often deadly among children with pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to a new study coauthored by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with colleagues at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (abbreviated as icddr,b).

15 Jul 2021

Heart problems in kids with MIS-C resolve rapidly, study shows

Heart problems in children hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)--an inflammatory condition triggered by COVID--were mostly gone within a few months, a new study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian has found.

15 Jul 2021

Study tests neuromuscular electrostimulation effects on hand motor recovery in older stroke patients

The University of Valencia, in collaboration with FISABIO and the Doctor Peset University Hospital, has conducted a randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of two neuromuscular electrostimulation (EENM) protocols with different frequencies on the motor impairment of the hand in older patients after a stroke.

14 Jul 2021

Aggressive type of cancer provides clues to how metastases form

A very aggressive type of cancer has provided a team of researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation with an answer to the question of which tumor cells are at risk of spreading.

14 Jul 2021

New online educational program on shared decision making in lung cancer screening

The American College of Chest Physicians and Thomas Jefferson University are launching a free online educational program titled "Shared Decision Making in Lung Cancer Screening" to assist healthcare workers with identifying eligible patients for lung cancer screening and helping patients make a well-informed decision about whether to be screened.

14 Jul 2021

Full intensity heparin has value in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Results from the RAPID clinical trial suggest heparin may lower the risk of death from moderate COVID-19 infection by 78%. Heparin also significantly increased the number of days patients went without ventilation or requiring organ support.

14 Jul 2021

“Herd immunity” not responsible for Sweden’s control of COVID-19, say researchers

Researchers in Sweden have challenged the interpretation that variable non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and “herd immunity” protection are responsible for the rise and fall of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic waves in hard-hit locations where authorities have not enforced strict NPIs.

14 Jul 2021

Lott donates $600,000 to the Zero Childhood Cancer Program

Today we'd like to say a big thank you to the Lott for their generous donation of $600,000 to the Zero Childhood Cancer Program.

14 Jul 2021

Electroconvulsive therapy may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs

Electroconvulsive therapy, which may be effective at lowering long-term risks of suicide and death among patients with certain mood disorders, may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

14 Jul 2021

Hospital News and Research

Hospital ‘trauma centers’ charge enormous fees to treat minor injuries and send people home

New tracker aims to identify, collect data on COVID-19 cases across Europe

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals cells that could protect from fatal lung disease

Reducing the impacts of stress on working cancer caregivers

Researchers identify a new, promising biomarker for bacterial soft tissue infections

New statement highlights the role of primary care professional in caring for people with stroke

Antihypertension drug may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2

About 4 in 100 COVID-19 hospitalized children may develop neurological complications, a study finds

Study could help improve care for irregular heartbeats in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Influx of medical school students could overwhelm Montana resources, program leaders warn

How ERs fail patients with addiction: One patient’s tragic death

Pandemic of antibiotic resistance is shortening the lives of children in Bangladesh

Heart problems in kids with MIS-C resolve rapidly, study shows

Study tests neuromuscular electrostimulation effects on hand motor recovery in older stroke patients

Aggressive type of cancer provides clues to how metastases form

New online educational program on shared decision making in lung cancer screening

Full intensity heparin has value in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients

“Herd immunity” not responsible for Sweden’s control of COVID-19, say researchers

Lott donates $600,000 to the Zero Childhood Cancer Program

Electroconvulsive therapy may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs

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