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New pilot program focuses on research-based health findings to address health disparities

North Carolina Central University's Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute is launching a pilot program to examine how research-based health findings can be used more effectively to address health disparities and improve patient care in minority populations.

4 Dec 2020

Researchers investigate potential strategies to protect children from intimate partner violence

Some of the most affected by domestic violence are also the youngest. Each year, more than 6% of all children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence and require intervention services from various agencies, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

4 Dec 2020

Most countries are not fulfilling international legal obligations during COVID-19, study reveals

Most countries are not fulfilling their international legal obligations during COVID-19 and other public health emergencies, reveals new research by a consortium of 13 leading global health law scholars, hosted by the Global Strategy Lab (GSL) at York University.

4 Dec 2020

Study explains link between birth order and creative careers

In a new study that could turn what we know about birth order upside down, a University of Houston researcher has found that the role of birth order on career types, occupational creativity and status attainment might have been overestimated in previous research.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 guidance in Sweden could have reduced people's risks of heart attack, indicates study

A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people's risks of having a heart attack.

4 Dec 2020

Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, shows study

Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, according to a systematic review published this week.

3 Dec 2020

Ventilator sharing could be feasible in crisis situations to mitigate equipment shortages

Using a single ventilator to support two patients could be feasible in crisis situations involving a ventilator shortage, researchers have found.

3 Dec 2020

Study details the impacts of ocean pollution on human health

Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an international coalition of scientists led by Boston College's Global Observatory on Pollution on Health and the Centre Scientifique de Monaco, supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

3 Dec 2020

Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening offers more benefit than harm for heavy ex-smokers

For heavy (ex-)smokers, lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (low-dose CT, LDCT) offers more benefit than harm: The procedure can save a number of people from dying of lung cancer; for some of them, it might also prolong overall survival.

3 Dec 2020

Study provides reassurance that patients and providers can use pharmacogenetic testing

A person's genetic make-up can influence whether they might experience side effects from certain medications.

3 Dec 2020

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had more COVID-19 deaths

New research has found that Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing, including limited access to broadband internet and low rates of health insurance, had more COVID-19 deaths in spring 2020.

3 Dec 2020

Working from home has negatively impacted physical health and mental health, study finds

What impact has working from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic had on our health? In a new study, researchers from USC have found that working from home has negatively impacted our physical health and mental health, increased work expectations and distractions, reduced our communications with co-workers and ultimately lessened our productivity.

3 Dec 2020

Study finds no job displacement effects of hiring in foreign-educated nurses

An aging U.S. population is rapidly increasing the demand for nursing care. The number of U.S. citizens aged 65 and over is expected to almost double from 43.1 million in 2012 to 87.5 million by 2050, while the workforce is shrinking.

3 Dec 2020

Mortality rates after cancer surgery appear to be improving for Black and White patients

Mortality rates after cancer surgery declined for Black as well as white patients during a recent ten-year period, although the mortality gap between the two groups did not narrow, according to new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University investigators.

3 Dec 2020

Novel surveillance system can dynamically track direction, speed and acceleration of COVID-19 virus

A new COVID-19 global surveillance system has been developed which can dynamically track not just where the virus is now, but where it is going, how fast it will arrive and whether that speed is accelerating.

3 Dec 2020

Researchers analyze the effects of wind turbine noise on sleep

As wind power generation becomes more important, experts in Australia are examining whether wind 'farm' turbine background noise in the environmental can affect sleep and wellbeing of nearby residents.

3 Dec 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Who will run the Biden health effort?

The quadrennial guessing game about who will get what health job in a new presidential administration has taken on a new urgency in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage.

3 Dec 2020

Lessons from Italian neurosurgeons who fought on the frontline of COVID-19 pandemic's first wave

A report by neurosurgeons at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy, highlights the strategies their unit had to take to help combat the viral illness, which has claimed the lives of more than 1.49 million people worldwide. The study was published in the Journal of Neurosurgery in December 2020.

3 Dec 2020

Can melatonin help prevent severe COVID-19?

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada has found that melatonin can be an adjuvant to augment the efficacy of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. They believe that the drug is a potential “silver bullet” to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Dec 2020

Household composition and ethnicity may contribute to higher COVID-19 mortality: a UK case study

A new study by researchers in the UK found that older people living with relatives are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 and death. They also revealed that living in a multi-generational household, where extended family members live, was tied to increased COVID-19 mortality.

3 Dec 2020

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New pilot program focuses on research-based health findings to address health disparities

Researchers investigate potential strategies to protect children from intimate partner violence

Most countries are not fulfilling international legal obligations during COVID-19, study reveals

Study explains link between birth order and creative careers

COVID-19 guidance in Sweden could have reduced people's risks of heart attack, indicates study

Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, shows study

Ventilator sharing could be feasible in crisis situations to mitigate equipment shortages

Study details the impacts of ocean pollution on human health

Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening offers more benefit than harm for heavy ex-smokers

Study provides reassurance that patients and providers can use pharmacogenetic testing

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had more COVID-19 deaths

Working from home has negatively impacted physical health and mental health, study finds

Study finds no job displacement effects of hiring in foreign-educated nurses

Mortality rates after cancer surgery appear to be improving for Black and White patients

Novel surveillance system can dynamically track direction, speed and acceleration of COVID-19 virus

Researchers analyze the effects of wind turbine noise on sleep

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Who will run the Biden health effort?

Lessons from Italian neurosurgeons who fought on the frontline of COVID-19 pandemic's first wave

Can melatonin help prevent severe COVID-19?

Household composition and ethnicity may contribute to higher COVID-19 mortality: a UK case study

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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