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Researchers launch innovative app for tracking COVID-19 around the world

Contact-tracing and exposure-notification apps are a new technology rapidly developed and launched to respond to the COVID-19 global health crisis.

8 Oct 2020

Troublesome cough can be treated without disrupting the protective cough, shows study

Researchers might be able to treat a troublesome cough in disease without disrupting the protective cough we need for optimal lung health, by targeting the different brain circuits involved. That's according to new research published this week in The Journal of Physiology.

8 Oct 2020

Paying oncology practices to prescribe evidence-based drugs can improve quality of cancer care

A pay-for performance program that offers enhanced reimbursement to oncology practices for prescribing high-quality, evidence-based cancer drugs increased use of these drugs without significantly changing total spending on care, Penn Medicine researchers report in a new study published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

8 Oct 2020

Same-gender couples have higher-quality interactions than heterosexual couples

Same-gender couples have higher-quality interactions with one another than heterosexual couples in Southern California, a new UC Riverside study finds.

8 Oct 2020

Vitamin D deficiency may predict COVID-19 seroconversion

A recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in October 2020 reports the potential contribution of vitamin D deficiency to an increased risk of COVID-19 in a subset of health care workers in the UK.

8 Oct 2020

Ground-breaking maternal health trial starts across 80 hospitals in Asia and Africa

Researchers based at the University of Birmingham are starting a ground-breaking maternal health trial across 80 hospitals in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Sri Lanka.

7 Oct 2020

DARPA selects Purdue-affiliated company to develop continuous manufacturing technology

The COVID-19 pandemic has created supply chain gaps in critical drug products, especially those needed for the most critical patients in intensive care units across the country.

7 Oct 2020

New approach can help paramedics better identify patients at high risk for adverse cardiac events

Is this person with chest pain having a heart attack? That's a question EMTs frequently confront when responding to 911 calls.

7 Oct 2020

Study reveals major deficits in addressing asylum seekers’ mental health needs

A new study of asylum seekers in Germany suggests that, among those with symptoms of depression, anxiety, or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), few receive a diagnosis from the health care system, and of those diagnosed, many do not receive treatment.

7 Oct 2020

Older adults use cannabis for medical purposes, study finds

With growing interest in its potential health benefits and new legislation favoring legalization in more states, cannabis use is becoming more common among older adults.

7 Oct 2020

New report estimates the global burden of stillbirths

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

7 Oct 2020

Global social media challenge kicks off to get the world moving on mental health

A global social media challenge to get the world moving on mental health is launched today with a call for a massive scale-up in investment in mental health.

7 Oct 2020

COVID-19 mortality linked to differences in trust and income inequality

rust in public institutions is linked to fewer COVID-19 deaths, but trust and belonging to groups is associated with more deaths, according to a wide-ranging, McGill-led study of 30-day COVID-19 mortality rates in 84 countries.

7 Oct 2020

Mask mandates associated with significant reduction in COVID-19 cases

A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers has found clear evidence that wearing a mask can have a significant impact on the spread of COVID-19.

7 Oct 2020

Robotic exoskeleton improves lives of people with limited or no hand mobility

The Engineering Design and Technological Development Group (DIDET), from the University of Alicante ArtefactosLAB, has once again taken a step forward in terms of social innovation with the design of a new handheld robotic exoskeleton.

7 Oct 2020

uOttawa partners with The Royal to provide new telemedicine service for students

The University is proud to announce a new partnership with The Royal that will allow students access to an additional service: A Psychiatric Virtual Consultation Clinic.

7 Oct 2020

Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump?

Within one day, President Donald Trump announced his COVID diagnosis and was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment.

7 Oct 2020

Lifetime experiences help older adults build resilience to pandemic trauma

Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the coronavirus pandemic. But they're also notably resilient psychologically, calling upon a lifetime of experience and perspective to help them through difficult times.

7 Oct 2020

Engineers invent plant-based spray that could be used in N95 mask filters

Engineers have invented a way to spray extremely thin wires made of a plant-based material that could be used in N95 mask filters, devices that harvest energy for electricity, and potentially the creation of human organs.

7 Oct 2020

Wearing facemask does not affect indicators of cognitive performance, shows study

A novel study shows that facemask use does not affect indicators of cognitive performance when the wearers are resting or performing moderate physical work in hot environments.

7 Oct 2020

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Researchers launch innovative app for tracking COVID-19 around the world

Troublesome cough can be treated without disrupting the protective cough, shows study

Paying oncology practices to prescribe evidence-based drugs can improve quality of cancer care

Same-gender couples have higher-quality interactions than heterosexual couples

Vitamin D deficiency may predict COVID-19 seroconversion

Ground-breaking maternal health trial starts across 80 hospitals in Asia and Africa

DARPA selects Purdue-affiliated company to develop continuous manufacturing technology

New approach can help paramedics better identify patients at high risk for adverse cardiac events

Study reveals major deficits in addressing asylum seekers’ mental health needs

Older adults use cannabis for medical purposes, study finds

New report estimates the global burden of stillbirths

Global social media challenge kicks off to get the world moving on mental health

COVID-19 mortality linked to differences in trust and income inequality

Mask mandates associated with significant reduction in COVID-19 cases

Robotic exoskeleton improves lives of people with limited or no hand mobility

uOttawa partners with The Royal to provide new telemedicine service for students

Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump?

Lifetime experiences help older adults build resilience to pandemic trauma

Engineers invent plant-based spray that could be used in N95 mask filters

Wearing facemask does not affect indicators of cognitive performance, shows study

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