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Scientist develop compact, portable sanitizing device for masks and other items

COVID-19 has significantly increased public use of face masks to protect others from the wearer's respiratory droplets as well as the wearer from airborne contaminants.

10 Nov 2020

Despite reduced trauma cases during COVID-19 lockdown, gun violence remain a key problem

Philadelphia hospitals saw a drop in overall trauma cases once Pennsylvania enacted a COVID-19-related stay-at-home order in 2020, but gun violence remained a significant problem.

10 Nov 2020

Three-nation project to examine link between epigenetics and social factors

A new three-nation project will examine how social, economic, psychological, environmental and behavioral circumstances in childhood influence gene expression and affect health and aging later in life.

10 Nov 2020

Researchers compare racial variations in unilateral versus bilateral knee replacement surgery

Disparities in unilateral knee replacement surgery have been well-documented, with lower utilization and higher complication rates among African American patients.

10 Nov 2020

Patient-physician racial, ethnic concordance linked to maximum patient experience scores

Patients who shared the same racial or ethnic background as their physician were more likely to give the maximum patient rating score, according to a new analysis of 117,589 patient surveys from 2014 to 2017.

9 Nov 2020

New project aims to decrease social isolation, loneliness and suicide risk among older adults

With a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) researchers are developing and evaluating the Belonging and Empathy, With Intentional Targeted Helping (BE WITH) project, which is designed to reduce social isolation, loneliness and elevated suicide risk in racially diverse older adults, the demographic hardest hit by COVID-19.

9 Nov 2020

Study examines if patient-generated online physician reviews reflect the quality of care

Online consumer reviews play an important role in almost every consumer industry -- from dining and shopping to travel and technology. But what do online reviews of physicians tell consumers?

9 Nov 2020

Virginia Tech professor expands caregiving study during COVID-19 pandemic

Toni Calasanti was conducting a study on older adults who care for spouses or partners with Alzheimer's disease or dementia when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States.

9 Nov 2020

Heart rate data from wearable devices helps predict SARS-CoV-2 infection

A team of scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States has developed a digital platform to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and related symptoms in healthcare personnel.

9 Nov 2020

Justices bound to see ACA as ‘indispensable,’ says Californian leading defense

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday that could decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act, California will be leading the defense to uphold the federal law that touches nearly every aspect of the country's health care system.

9 Nov 2020

Home-visiting intervention puts Native American infants on a healthier growth trajectory

Lessons on healthy feeding practices delivered to young mothers through a brief home-visiting intervention put Native American infants on a healthier growth trajectory, lowering their risks for obesity, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

9 Nov 2020

Clinicians' antibiotic-prescribing patterns can impact patients' future antibiotic use

Receiving an initial antibiotic prescription for a viral acute respiratory infection--the type of infection that doesn't respond to antibiotics--increases the likelihood that a patient or their spouse will seek care for future such infections and will receive subsequent antibiotic prescriptions, according to the findings of a study from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

9 Nov 2020

COVID-19 lockdown had significant toll on New Zealanders' well-being, study reveals

Research has confirmed the nationwide Alert Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown had a significant toll on New Zealanders' well-being, especially for younger people - but the results were not all negative.

9 Nov 2020

Stay-at-home orders during COVID-19 pandemic may have a dangerous side effect

The social isolation brought on by stay-at-home orders (SAHO) issued in the early phase of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have a deadly and dangerous side effect: an increase in intentional penetrating injuries, especially firearm violence, that has remained at high levels even as stay-at-home orders have subsided and as COVID-19 cases are on an upswing.

9 Nov 2020

UMass Lowell researcher to improve workplace health and safety for correctional workers

The U.S. Department of Justice has tapped the expertise of a UMass Lowell researcher to create a program to improve workplace health and safety for the country's 500,000 correctional officers and staff, a population data shows are at high risk for on-the-job injury, stress, obesity and premature death.

9 Nov 2020

Inadequate sleep may significantly affect sports performance of young athletes

Most young athletes don't get enough sleep - and that may significantly affect their sports performance, according to a paper in the November issue of Current Sports Medicine Reports, official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

9 Nov 2020

Study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in >5,000 healthcare workers

To address this, Daniel J Cooper and his team of researchers conducted a prospective seroepidemiological study to systematically evaluate specific risk factors for healthcare workers. They used a SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay and analyzed the risk factors for seropositivity using multivariate logistic regression.

9 Nov 2020

Social distancing is increasing feelings of loneliness in older population

Social distancing introduced in response to COVID-19 is increasing feelings of loneliness in Scotland's older population and impacting their wellbeing, according to a new University of Stirling study.

9 Nov 2020

‘A great day for science and humanity’; Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is found to be 90% effective

Pfizer and BioNTech have today announced their new vaccine candidate (BNT162b2) is 90% effective against SARS-CoV-2.

9 Nov 2020

Serious health inequities exist for racial and ethnic minorities with heart problems

Adults from underrepresented racial groups who have acute heart blockages and cardiac arrests received fewer early interventions, had longer hospital stays and higher death rates than their white counterparts, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium 2020.

9 Nov 2020

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Scientist develop compact, portable sanitizing device for masks and other items

Despite reduced trauma cases during COVID-19 lockdown, gun violence remain a key problem

Three-nation project to examine link between epigenetics and social factors

Researchers compare racial variations in unilateral versus bilateral knee replacement surgery

Patient-physician racial, ethnic concordance linked to maximum patient experience scores

New project aims to decrease social isolation, loneliness and suicide risk among older adults

Study examines if patient-generated online physician reviews reflect the quality of care

Virginia Tech professor expands caregiving study during COVID-19 pandemic

Heart rate data from wearable devices helps predict SARS-CoV-2 infection

Justices bound to see ACA as ‘indispensable,’ says Californian leading defense

Home-visiting intervention puts Native American infants on a healthier growth trajectory

Clinicians' antibiotic-prescribing patterns can impact patients' future antibiotic use

COVID-19 lockdown had significant toll on New Zealanders' well-being, study reveals

Stay-at-home orders during COVID-19 pandemic may have a dangerous side effect

UMass Lowell researcher to improve workplace health and safety for correctional workers

Inadequate sleep may significantly affect sports performance of young athletes

Study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in >5,000 healthcare workers

Social distancing is increasing feelings of loneliness in older population

‘A great day for science and humanity’; Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is found to be 90% effective

Serious health inequities exist for racial and ethnic minorities with heart problems

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