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Test sites quickly attract thousands for COVID-19 vaccine study

Dr. Eric Coe jumped at the chance to help test a COVID-19 vaccine.

7 Aug 2020

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals are three to six times more likely to be autistic

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to six times more likely as cisgender adults (individuals whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth) to be diagnosed as autistic, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Cambridge's Autism Research Centre.

7 Aug 2020

Experts recommend routine health care visits for dietary assessment and counseling

The time has come for routine health care visits to include some form of dietary assessment and counseling, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

7 Aug 2020

Nanotronics forms new subsidiary, Nanotronics Health, LLC, to accelerate innovation in the medical device industry

Nanotronics today announced the formation of Nanotronics Health, LLC, a healthcare technology company whose mission is to create urgently needed medical devices that are accessible, affordable, easy to use, and intelligently designed.

From Nanotronics 7 Aug 2020

Providers participating in intervention resources are more likely to follow chronic opioid therapy guidelines

Results of a new study find that providers participating in an intervention with education and resources to help manage chronic opioid therapy for patients with HIV and chronic pain are more likely to adhere to national chronic opioid therapy guidelines compared to providers who do not take part.

7 Aug 2020

Placebos reduce brain markers of emotional distress

How much of a treatment is mind over matter? It is well documented that people often feel better after taking a treatment without active ingredients simply because they believe it's real -- known as the placebo effect.

7 Aug 2020

Researchers investigate the health consequences of heavier smoking

Each cigarette smoked a day by heavier smokers increases the risk of contracting some diseases by more than 30 per cent, according to a new international study published today.

7 Aug 2020

Study provides detailed insight into problems faced by patients recovering from COVID-19

Researchers have identified a pattern of longer-term symptoms likely to be experienced by people who were hospitalised with the COVID-19 infection.

7 Aug 2020

Oncologists interview physicians to identify specific communication related to COVID-19

When COVID-19 struck, health care pivoted hard. Any unnecessary procedures or appointments were postponed. For people with cancer, that pivot was particularly shattering.

7 Aug 2020

Identifying new strategies to improve livelihoods through sustainable agricultural development

The Barotse Floodplain in Zambia is one of Africa's largest wetlands, representing varied ecotypes and high biodiversity conservation value.

7 Aug 2020

Researchers provide insights into maternity care practices and costs in Ireland

Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin have provided an international perspective on differences in key birth interventions as part of a European research network on understanding and contextualising physiological labour and birth (EU COST Action IS1405), which provides insights into maternity care practices and costs in Ireland.

7 Aug 2020

Study: Drinking honeysuckle decoction accelerates the negative conversion of COVID-19 patients

In a new study in Cell Discovery, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing University and two other groups from Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Second Hospital of Nanjing present a novel finding that absorbed miRNA MIR2911 in honeysuckle decoction (HD) can directly target SARS-CoV-2 genes and inhibit viral replication. Drinking of HD accelerate the negative conversion of COVID-19 patients.

7 Aug 2020

Electric multicookers could be used for sanitization of N95 respirator masks

Owners of electric multicookers may be able to add another use to its list of functions, a new study suggests: sanitization of N95 respirator masks.

6 Aug 2020

Study documents changes in hospital visitation and communication policies during COVID-19

Four months ago, Michigan glowed red on COVID-19 maps. Hundreds of patients packed hospital intensive care units in the southern part of the state, and hospitals statewide rapidly put strict new visitor policies in place to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

6 Aug 2020

BMA reports on the challenges of menopause for working female doctors

Even in the healthcare world, sexism and ageism are hot issues that need to be addressed. Female doctors are going through menopause with no support from supervisors or colleagues due to sexist and ageist attitudes, a new study finds.

6 Aug 2020

Racial disparities related to outcomes exist among stroke patients

Two new studies indicate that racial disparities related to outcomes exist among stroke patients, including one study that specifically examines stroke patients with COVID-19.

6 Aug 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Still waiting for that Trump health plan

President Donald Trump keeps promising to unveil a comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, but it keeps not appearing.

6 Aug 2020

OU Health Sciences Center awarded five-year grant for suicide prevention

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, $38 million grant to lead and expand a national program dedicated to suicide prevention.

6 Aug 2020

COST Actions to deal with COVID-19 crisis

The current COVID-19 crisis puts the world to the test, and research and innovation will be key in tackling this enormous challenge.

6 Aug 2020

Health care workers of color nearly twice as likely as whites to get COVID-19

Health care workers of color were more likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, more likely to report using inadequate or reused protective gear, and nearly twice as likely as white colleagues to test positive for the coronavirus, a new study from Harvard Medical School researchers found.

6 Aug 2020

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Test sites quickly attract thousands for COVID-19 vaccine study

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals are three to six times more likely to be autistic

Experts recommend routine health care visits for dietary assessment and counseling

Nanotronics forms new subsidiary, Nanotronics Health, LLC, to accelerate innovation in the medical device industry

Providers participating in intervention resources are more likely to follow chronic opioid therapy guidelines

Placebos reduce brain markers of emotional distress

Researchers investigate the health consequences of heavier smoking

Study provides detailed insight into problems faced by patients recovering from COVID-19

Oncologists interview physicians to identify specific communication related to COVID-19

Identifying new strategies to improve livelihoods through sustainable agricultural development

Researchers provide insights into maternity care practices and costs in Ireland

Study: Drinking honeysuckle decoction accelerates the negative conversion of COVID-19 patients

Electric multicookers could be used for sanitization of N95 respirator masks

Study documents changes in hospital visitation and communication policies during COVID-19

BMA reports on the challenges of menopause for working female doctors

Racial disparities related to outcomes exist among stroke patients

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Still waiting for that Trump health plan

OU Health Sciences Center awarded five-year grant for suicide prevention

COST Actions to deal with COVID-19 crisis

Health care workers of color nearly twice as likely as whites to get COVID-19

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