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Balancing health and economy: A new model to assess pandemic response strategies

In order to minimize the impact of a pandemic on the economy, which would be more effective: a lockdown or letting individuals spontaneously reduce their risk of infection?

23 Nov 2023

Teleworking during the pandemic linked to higher parenting stress, especially for fathers

Forty percent of parents who worked remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic reported higher parenting stress compared with only 27 percent of parents who worked onsite, reports a new survey from scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

3 Nov 2023

New bedside cardiac assessment curriculum focuses on patient-centered learning

Bedside cardiac assessment (BCA) involves gathering a patient's medical history, performing a physical examination, and determining the need for diagnostic testing.

31 Oct 2023

Smaller employers weigh a big-company fix for scarce primary care: Their own clinics

With his company's health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood pressure and other medical conditions, Winston Griffin, CEO of Laurel Grocery Co., knew his company had to do something.

27 Oct 2023

Psychedelic therapy shows promise for treating veterans with PTSD and brain injury

One treatment each of two psychedelic drugs lowered depression and anxiety and improved cognitive functioning in a sample of U.S. special operations forces veterans who sought care at a clinic in Mexico, according to a new analysis of the participants' charts.

5 Oct 2023

School-based mindfulness program helps minoritized adolescents develop healthy coping skills

Educational programs that promote mental and physical health can help young people - particularly in environments of chronic stress and trauma exposure - learn healthy coping strategies, avoid risky behaviors, and succeed in school.

26 Sep 2023

Exploring the benefits of walnut flour in gluten-free bread

Researchers evaluated the physicochemical, sensory, and spectroscopic characteristics of walnut flour (WF) as an ingredient for producing low-carbohydrate bread.

7 Sep 2023

Study explores the biology of post-COVID-19 cognitive deficits

Researchers explored the biology of cognitive deficits following acute COVID-19.

4 Sep 2023

U.S. Army develops broad-spectrum snakebite antidote for use in austere environments

Members of the Warfighter Protection and Acute Care Project Management Office were recognized for program management excellence during the annual Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 14.

28 Aug 2023

Have social determinants of health affected COVID-19 vaccine uptake?

Researchers investigated clinically significant predictors of COVID-19 vaccination uptake among individuals with social and medical susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

10 Aug 2023

New AI modules boost polyp segmentation in colonoscopy imagery

Researchers have developed a pair of modules that gives a boost to the use of artificial neural networks to identify potentially cancerous growths in colonoscopy imagery, traditionally plagued by image noise resulting from the colonoscopy insertion and rotation process itself.

7 Aug 2023

Enhanced clinician decision-making: structured data-sharing networks drive quality improvement

Researchers evaluate the ability of structured information-sharing networks among clinicians to improve clinicians’ diagnostic accuracy and treatment decisions.

2 Aug 2023

Improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS

Restoring and improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh infectious diseases scientists published today in the journal JCI Insight.

24 Jul 2023

Study reveals potential target for repairing beta-cell dysfunction in Type 2 diabetes

Researchers used a murine model to demonstrate that functional excision of murine PITPNA eventually led to hyperglycemia in mice.

19 Jul 2023

Benefit advice within food banks could help lift people out of poverty

Providing access to housing, debt, and benefit advice within food banks could help lift people out of poverty - according to a University of East Anglia study.

12 Jul 2023

In-person mindfulness courses may help prevent mental health problems

Adults who voluntarily take part in mindfulness courses are less likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression for at least six months after completing the programs, compared to adults who do not take part, a new analysis pooling data from 13 studies has confirmed.

10 Jul 2023

Reflection News and Research

Balancing health and economy: A new model to assess pandemic response strategies

Teleworking during the pandemic linked to higher parenting stress, especially for fathers

New bedside cardiac assessment curriculum focuses on patient-centered learning

Smaller employers weigh a big-company fix for scarce primary care: Their own clinics

Psychedelic therapy shows promise for treating veterans with PTSD and brain injury

School-based mindfulness program helps minoritized adolescents develop healthy coping skills

Exploring the benefits of walnut flour in gluten-free bread

Study explores the biology of post-COVID-19 cognitive deficits

U.S. Army develops broad-spectrum snakebite antidote for use in austere environments

Have social determinants of health affected COVID-19 vaccine uptake?

New AI modules boost polyp segmentation in colonoscopy imagery

Enhanced clinician decision-making: structured data-sharing networks drive quality improvement

Improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS

Study reveals potential target for repairing beta-cell dysfunction in Type 2 diabetes

Benefit advice within food banks could help lift people out of poverty

In-person mindfulness courses may help prevent mental health problems

Pulse oximetry: A 50-year-old device gets an upgrade

Virtual reality can help doctors to handle difficult conversations with patients

Deep learning models could be crucial in battling the monkeypox virus

Study highlights significant inequalities in financial capabilities of UK’s young people

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