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Cardiovascular imaging shows no evidence of myocardial injury in athletes after COVID-19 infection

Cardiovascular imaging demonstrated no evidence of myocardial injury or myocarditis in athletes after COVID-19 infection, according to a research letter published in Circulation by Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center cardiologists.

4 Jun 2021

Reduced birth rates during early pandemic are predicted to rebound soon

A different type of surge may be on the way more than a year into the pandemic - a baby surge.The COVID-19 shutdown initially seemed to hit pause on pregnancy and birth rates, new research from one major hospital system suggests, but that trend is quickly reversing.

4 Jun 2021

Experimentalist governance needed to make digital technology beneficial in the workplace

When bringing technologies into the workplace, it pays to be realistic. Often, for instance, bringing new digital technology into an organization does not radically improve a firm's operations. Despite high-level planning, a more frequent result is the messy process of frontline employees figuring out how they can get tech tools to help them to some degree.

4 Jun 2021

Researchers identify a novel link between aging, metabolism and anti-cancer T-cell function

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers are finding solutions to the aging-related changes that reduce anti-cancer immunity. Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D., and colleagues found a novel link between aging, metabolism and anti-cancer T-cell function. Their work, published in Cell Reports, sheds light on an important pathway that cannot be ignored during cancer treatment.

4 Jun 2021

New technology predicts effectiveness of chemotherapy after one treatment

While early detection of breast cancer is critical, early prediction of how well the neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment before surgery is working also may provide a window of opportunity when treatment could be altered and have a big impact on the patient's quality of life.

4 Jun 2021

Henry Ford Hospital cardiologists are first in the U.S. to implant circulatory support device

Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital are first in the U.S. and second in the world to implant a circulatory support device that is being investigated in a clinical trial for patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and worsening kidney function, a condition known as cardiorenal syndrome.

4 Jun 2021

Researchers test the impact of deploying artificial intelligence for radiation cancer therapy

The impact of deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) for radiation cancer therapy in a real-world clinical setting has been tested by Princess Margaret researchers in a unique study involving physicians and their patients.

4 Jun 2021

Majority of Republicans support Medicare negotiation on drug prices

A new West Health/Gallup survey finds nearly all Democrats (97%) and the majority of Republicans (61%) support empowering the federal government to negotiate lower prices of brand-name prescription drugs covered by Medicare.

4 Jun 2021

New biomaterial for pancreatic islet transplants does not trigger the body's immune response

A multidisciplinary research team led by Jonathan Lakey, Ph.D., professor of surgery and biomedical engineering at the University of California, Irvine, has developed a biomaterial for pancreatic islet transplants that doesn't trigger the body's immune response.

4 Jun 2021

People who received Pfizer-Biontech vaccine have lower antibody levels targeting the delta variant

Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognise and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower than those against previously circulating variants in the UK, according to new laboratory data from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, published today (Thursday) as a Research letter in The Lancet.

4 Jun 2021

New review reports significant drop in people receiving cardiac rehabilitation during the pandemic

The number of people engaging with life-enhancing cardiac rehabilitation clinics has declined during the pandemic, according to a BMJ clinical update which makes the case for more home-based and virtual alternatives.

3 Jun 2021

Study aims to improve early screening for adverse childhood experiences by using precision medicine

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded a $2 million grant from the state of California to study a precision medicine approach to screening children for adverse childhood experiences.

3 Jun 2021

Immunotherapy after surgery offers recurrence-free survival advantage for patients with high-risk melanoma

Patients with high-risk melanoma who had a course of pembrolizumab after their surgery had a longer time before their disease recurred than patients who got either ipilimumab or high-dose interferon after surgery.

3 Jun 2021

Alzheimer's disease increases a threefold risk of contracting severe COVID-19 and death

Neurodegenerative disorders that cause dementia increase the risk of contracting severe COVID-19 and dying from the disease.

3 Jun 2021

Predictive model detects patients who fit historical criteria for genetic testing

Patients who, perhaps unbeknownst to their health care providers, are in need of genetic testing for rare undiagnosed diseases can be identified en masse based on routine information in electronic health records (EHRs), a research team reported today in the journal Nature Medicine.

3 Jun 2021

Urgent action needed to address the shortage of hematologists in Africa, experts say

Shortage of hematologists or specialists to treat blood disorders in Africa requires urgent action, experts say.

3 Jun 2021

Patients with obesity at greater risk of developing long-term complications of COVID-19

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that survivors of COVID-19 who have moderate or severe obesity may have a greater risk of experiencing long-term consequences of the disease, compared with patients who do not have obesity.

3 Jun 2021

Study: Some Type 2 diabetes patients can benefit from bone marrow stem cell transplants

Type 2 diabetes patients who are not overweight and who have had the disorder for less than a decade can benefit from stromal stem cells transplanted from their own bone marrow, according to a study published today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine.

3 Jun 2021

Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine

People who use methamphetamine are more likely to have health conditions, mental illness, and substance use disorders than people who do not use the drug, according to a new study by researchers at the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU School of Global Public Health.

3 Jun 2021

Many new moms get kicked off Medicaid 2 months after giving birth. Illinois will change that.

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in which the maternal death rate has been rising. Each year, about 700 deaths are due to pregnancy, childbirth or subsequent complications, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

3 Jun 2021

Hospital News and Research

Cardiovascular imaging shows no evidence of myocardial injury in athletes after COVID-19 infection

Reduced birth rates during early pandemic are predicted to rebound soon

Experimentalist governance needed to make digital technology beneficial in the workplace

Researchers identify a novel link between aging, metabolism and anti-cancer T-cell function

New technology predicts effectiveness of chemotherapy after one treatment

Henry Ford Hospital cardiologists are first in the U.S. to implant circulatory support device

Researchers test the impact of deploying artificial intelligence for radiation cancer therapy

Majority of Republicans support Medicare negotiation on drug prices

New biomaterial for pancreatic islet transplants does not trigger the body's immune response

People who received Pfizer-Biontech vaccine have lower antibody levels targeting the delta variant

New review reports significant drop in people receiving cardiac rehabilitation during the pandemic

Study aims to improve early screening for adverse childhood experiences by using precision medicine

Immunotherapy after surgery offers recurrence-free survival advantage for patients with high-risk melanoma

Alzheimer's disease increases a threefold risk of contracting severe COVID-19 and death

Predictive model detects patients who fit historical criteria for genetic testing

Urgent action needed to address the shortage of hematologists in Africa, experts say

Patients with obesity at greater risk of developing long-term complications of COVID-19

Study: Some Type 2 diabetes patients can benefit from bone marrow stem cell transplants

Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine

Many new moms get kicked off Medicaid 2 months after giving birth. Illinois will change that.

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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