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FDA provides update on adverse events associated with breast implants

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on adverse events reported to the Agency related to breast implants, including breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), and systemic signs and symptoms referred to by patients as breast implant illness (BII), which some patients report after receiving breast implants.

20 Aug 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats in array (for now)

Democrats have shown a remarkably united front, including on health care, in their socially distant, made-for-TV convention this week.

20 Aug 2020

Democratic convention, night 3: Making the party lines clear

The third night of the Democratic National Convention was all about one thing: Sen. Kamala Harris of California becoming the first Black and Indian American woman to accept a major political party’s vice presidential nomination.

20 Aug 2020

Researchers find statistical relationship between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Washington found a statistical relationship between the number of hospital beds (ICU and non-ICU) occupied by COVID-19 patients in a state and reported mortality.

20 Aug 2020

Contact tracing apps not likely to control the spread of COVID-19

Contract tracing apps used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are unlikely to be effective without proper uptake and support from concurrent control measures, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

20 Aug 2020

Crisis preparedness system can help scale up emergency healthcare during disease outbreaks

Operators beyond the confines of conventional emergency healthcare are willing and able to assist in a crisis, a University of Gothenburg study shows.

20 Aug 2020

Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat type 2 diabetes

Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat or reverse type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients.

20 Aug 2020

Study shows least favorite vegetables can prevent advanced blood vessel disease

New research has shown some of our least favourite vegetables could be the most beneficial when it comes to preventing advanced blood vessel disease.

20 Aug 2020

Language used to describe alcohol intoxication may give insight into drinking habits

People have always used different words to describe the inebriating effects of alcohol, from "blotto" in the 1920s to "honkers" in the 1950s. Now, new Penn State research suggests the language young adults use to describe the effects they feel from drinking may give insight into their drinking habits.

20 Aug 2020

New prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in exhaled breath of infected patients

Few people who have undergone nasopharyngeal swabs for coronavirus testing would describe it as a pleasant experience.

20 Aug 2020

Telemedicine may well outlast COVID-19 pandemic, but serious barriers still need to be addressed

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about rapid innovation in mental health care, and the move to telemedicine is likely here to stay to at least some degree, but new research led by UCL and King's College London cautions that serious barriers still need to be overcome.

20 Aug 2020

Researcher investigates community-based social capital interventions that promote mental health

Community-based social capital interventions appear to be an interesting tool for mental health promotion. This is what Dr Annahita Ehsan, researcher at the LIVES Centre, wanted to investigate in her doctoral thesis, defended on June 29, 2020.

20 Aug 2020

Academic institutions are failing to address gender-based harassment, say experts

While many academic institutions are searching for ways to prevent sexual assault and sexual coercion among their faculty members, staff and students, they are failing to address the most common forms of gender-based harassment, say experts who study harassment and discrimination at work and in academic and health care settings.

19 Aug 2020

HEARTROID PROJECT and TTDD lab at MIT partner to develop innovative devices

HEARTROID PROJECT and the TTDD lab at MIT today announced a creative partnership. HEARTROID platform, a catheter-based simulator, will participate in TTDD lab's effort of validating device performance with its pulsatile and anatomically precise 3D printed models, helping accelerate surgical device development from concept to testing.

19 Aug 2020

Study reveals important trends in early COVID-19 patients in Massachusetts

Data from the first COVID-19 patients treated at three large Massachusetts hospitals reveal important trends, including disproportionate representation of vulnerable populations, high rates of disease-related complications, and the need for post-discharge, post-acute care and monitoring.

19 Aug 2020

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FDA provides update on adverse events associated with breast implants

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats in array (for now)

Democratic convention, night 3: Making the party lines clear

Researchers find statistical relationship between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality

Contact tracing apps not likely to control the spread of COVID-19

Crisis preparedness system can help scale up emergency healthcare during disease outbreaks

Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat type 2 diabetes

Study shows least favorite vegetables can prevent advanced blood vessel disease

Language used to describe alcohol intoxication may give insight into drinking habits

New prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in exhaled breath of infected patients

Telemedicine may well outlast COVID-19 pandemic, but serious barriers still need to be addressed

Researcher investigates community-based social capital interventions that promote mental health

Academic institutions are failing to address gender-based harassment, say experts

HEARTROID PROJECT and TTDD lab at MIT partner to develop innovative devices

Study reveals important trends in early COVID-19 patients in Massachusetts

Osteoarthritis patients can benefit from a qualified, conservative therapy program

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

Older adults with pre-existing depression exhibit resilience to stress during COVID-19

Childhood maltreatment associated with higher chance of multimorbidity in adult life

Democratic convention, night 2: Defending the ACA and attacking Trump on pandemic

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