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Covid-overwhelmed hospitals postpone cancer care and other treatment

It's a bad time to get sick in Oregon. That's the message from some doctors, as hospitals fill up with covid-19 patients and other medical conditions go untreated.

17 Sep 2021

Multiple sclerosis patients elicit robust T-cell responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

New research shows that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients undergoing anti-CD20 (aCD20) treatment – which depletes the B cells that contribute to the MS attacks – are able to mount robust T-cell responses to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, despite having a muted antibody response to the vaccines.

17 Sep 2021

Duke Health review: COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in clinical care

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in how medicine is practiced in communities and at academic medical centers, with Family Medicine departments working at the front lines to provide care and forge relationships with community partners, according to a Duke Health review.

16 Sep 2021

Childhood maltreatment causes neurobiological alterations in early stages of life

A paper published in the journal Psychological Medicine confirms the existence of neurobiological alterations in early stages of life in minors exposed to maltreatment.

16 Sep 2021

Grants to promote COVID-19 vaccination among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population. Their heightened risk is due to a variety of causes: pre-existing health conditions, such as respiratory problems or obesity; increased likelihood of living in group homes, taking shared transportation, and being exposed to people outside their households; and struggles with safety precautions like mask-wearing or social distancing.

16 Sep 2021

Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $5 million NIH grant for IDD research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, which has been at the forefront of research on normal and abnormal brain development for more than 50 years.

15 Sep 2021

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder die at a rate comparable to heart attack patients

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder died at a rate comparable to those who suffered heart attacks within a year of hospital discharge, according to a new study from Oregon Health & Science University.

15 Sep 2021

Study finds substantial decline in physical, cognitive, or psychological health among older people

Up to three quarters of older individuals in Latin America, India and China experienced significant decline in physical, cognitive, or psychological health over a three- to five-year period, according to a study published September 14th in PLOS Medicine by Martin Prince and A. Matthew Prina of King's College London, and colleagues.

14 Sep 2021

Adequate communication and support needed for children of cancer patients, research suggests

The announcement of a cancer diagnosis abruptly and durably alters the course of daily life - not just for the person receiving it, but also for their family.

13 Sep 2021

UGA research offers hope for a viable therapeutic to combat COVID-19

As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket across the U.S. and the world, few options are available for treating patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2.

11 Sep 2021

New statement on COVAX global supply forecast for 2021 and early 2022

Twelve months ago, the world came together to support COVAX, a multilateral initiative aimed at guaranteeing global access to life-saving COVID-19 vaccines.

10 Sep 2021

Technology can play a key role in supporting people with dementia

There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK and this number is projected to double to two million by 2050.

9 Sep 2021

Report highlights the health effects of COVID-19 on Australians during 2020 and early 2021

A new report into the health effects of COVID-19 on Australians during 2020 and early 2021 includes analyses of the years of healthy life lost, international comparisons and impacts on population groups, mental health and the health system.

9 Sep 2021

Measurement of brain function shows benefits of virtual reality in creative arts therapies

Virtual reality (VR) continues to expand its uses in medicine, specifically in treatments for psychological conditions like trauma, phobias and eating disorders. The technology is also emerging as a tool in creative arts therapies.

9 Sep 2021

Researchers find potential new target for treating systemic inflammation in obesity

A study led by researchers at the University of Chicago and Indiana University has determined that a protein called elF5A is necessary for driving inflammation in macrophage cells in obesity.

7 Sep 2021

More than 80% of hypertension cases now found in poorer countries

More than half a billion people worldwide live with undetected, untreated hypertension, even as the disease burden shifts from rich nations to poor countries with limited resources to detect and manage the condition.

30 Aug 2021

Molecular autopsy of dried blood spots can identify underlying cause of sudden cardiac death in a young person

The underlying cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is often difficult to identify. A genetic analysis could provide more information in many cases, but blood samples are not collected routinely at the time of death, and DNA extracted from the tissues collected at autopsy is damaged because of the way they are fixed in formalin and paraffin-embedded.

30 Aug 2021

Health Systems News and Research

Covid-overwhelmed hospitals postpone cancer care and other treatment

Multiple sclerosis patients elicit robust T-cell responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Duke Health review: COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in clinical care

Childhood maltreatment causes neurobiological alterations in early stages of life

Grants to promote COVID-19 vaccination among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $5 million NIH grant for IDD research

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder die at a rate comparable to heart attack patients

Study finds substantial decline in physical, cognitive, or psychological health among older people

Adequate communication and support needed for children of cancer patients, research suggests

UGA research offers hope for a viable therapeutic to combat COVID-19

New statement on COVAX global supply forecast for 2021 and early 2022

Technology can play a key role in supporting people with dementia

Report highlights the health effects of COVID-19 on Australians during 2020 and early 2021

Measurement of brain function shows benefits of virtual reality in creative arts therapies

Researchers find potential new target for treating systemic inflammation in obesity

More than 80% of hypertension cases now found in poorer countries

Molecular autopsy of dried blood spots can identify underlying cause of sudden cardiac death in a young person

Study: One half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience persistent symptoms after one year

Study identifies link between common air pollutants and incidence of cardiac arrest

Advancing quality improvement initiatives to address the root causes of health inequity

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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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