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Health disparities negatively impact various groups of people

Certain illnesses and diseases have the ability to affect various groups of people in detrimental ways.

8 Jun 2020

Mount Sinai receives award from Microsoft AI for Health to support COVID Informatics Center

The Mount Sinai Health System has received an award from Microsoft AI for Health to support the work of a new data science center dedicated to COVID-19 research.

8 Jun 2020

Pharmacists involved in cancer care face restricted access to essential PPE items

Oncology pharmacy practitioners around the globe are fighting to provide cancer patients high quality cancer care with increasingly limited and sometimes restricted personal protective equipment supply as well as impaired access to essential anticancer medication, according to University of California, Irvine-led study.

8 Jun 2020

Opioid, sedative and antidepressant use prior to surgery leads to more complications

A study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers showed that patients who already used opioids, sedatives or antidepressants prior to colorectal surgery experience significantly more complications post-surgery.

8 Jun 2020

Incidence of intracerebral hemorrhages increasing in older people, study finds

Brain bleeds called intracerebral hemorrhages remained stable in incidence among all age groups over the past 30 years, but they increased in people 75 and older, according to a new analysis of the Framingham Heart Study. The findings are in JAMA Neurology.

8 Jun 2020

Worldwide study on physical and mental health effects of Covid-19 is underway

A worldwide study looking at the effect of Covid-19 on physical and mental health is underway.

8 Jun 2020

Baltimore’s ‘squeegee boys’: ‘If we don’t go out, we don’t eat’

On the corner of South President and East Pratt streets in Baltimore a little over a month ago, a young man in a black hoodie stood out on an otherwise empty intersection.

8 Jun 2020

Blood pressure medications offer survival benefit for even the frailest elderly people

Taking blood pressure medication as prescribed helped even the frailest elderly people (65 and older) live longer, and the healthiest older people had the biggest survival boost, according to a large study in northern Italy published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

8 Jun 2020

Rapid changes to health system spurred by COVID might be here to stay

The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, mostly due to opposition from the medical-industrial complex. Then it was nearly another half-century before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

8 Jun 2020

Family meals promote healthy communication

Engaging in family meals may be a matter of improving communication and support at home. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.

8 Jun 2020

Researchers develop hospice video educational tool for cancer patients

An educational video about hospice care can provide valuable information for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers, improve perceptions of this quality form of care at the end of life, and increase its use.

8 Jun 2020

MUSC receives $16.5 million NIH funding to open two new digestive disease research centers

This spring marked a seismic shift for digestive and liver disease research at the Medical University of South Carolina with the award of more than $16.5 million in National Institutes of Health funding to open two new tightly integrated centers.

5 Jun 2020

Researchers receive $1.5 million grant to study impact of cannabis use on Indigenous oral health

A multidisciplinary team from the University of Toronto, with experts from the Faculty of Dentistry and the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health have been awarded a five year, $1.5 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to study the impact of cannabis use on the oral health of Indigenous populations.

5 Jun 2020

New educational program improves bike helmet use by urban children

To reduce the number of traumatic brain injuries in children, a team of health care professionals at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is urging emergency room physicians to help ensure that youngsters are thoroughly educated on the proper use of bike helmets, especially in urban environments where most severe head injuries occur.

5 Jun 2020

Volcanic glass spray effective in controlling mosquitoes

An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic glass with water showed effective control of mosquitoes that carry malaria, according to a new study.

5 Jun 2020

New analytical tool uses air travel data to predict COVID-19 spread

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase, punctuated by emerging hot spots and continuing global spread, a new analytical tool developed by RAND Corporation researchers allows policymakers to predict regional risks of importing cases of COVID-19.

5 Jun 2020

Tear-gassing protesters during an infectious outbreak ‘a recipe for disaster’

In nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody, protesters have been frequently pepper-sprayed or enveloped in clouds of tear gas.

5 Jun 2020

New guidance for healthcare providers caring for hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes

The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges for clinicians caring for infected patients with diabetes, according to new guidance published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

5 Jun 2020

European database investigates COVID-19 outcomes in patients with kidney failure

Experience throughout the world, including in Europe, shows that advanced age is the most important risk factor for death in COVID-19: people aged over 70 years are over 10 times more likely to die compared to those aged below 50.

5 Jun 2020

New recommendations for reducing the spread of COVID-19 among healthcare staff

Seeking to address estimates that more than a third of COVID-19 deaths nationally have occurred in nursing homes and long-term care facilities--more than 38,000 - the American Medical Directors Association published recommendations for reducing the spread of the pandemic virus among residents and staff.

5 Jun 2020

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Health disparities negatively impact various groups of people

Mount Sinai receives award from Microsoft AI for Health to support COVID Informatics Center

Pharmacists involved in cancer care face restricted access to essential PPE items

Opioid, sedative and antidepressant use prior to surgery leads to more complications

Incidence of intracerebral hemorrhages increasing in older people, study finds

Worldwide study on physical and mental health effects of Covid-19 is underway

Baltimore’s ‘squeegee boys’: ‘If we don’t go out, we don’t eat’

Blood pressure medications offer survival benefit for even the frailest elderly people

Rapid changes to health system spurred by COVID might be here to stay

Family meals promote healthy communication

Researchers develop hospice video educational tool for cancer patients

MUSC receives $16.5 million NIH funding to open two new digestive disease research centers

Researchers receive $1.5 million grant to study impact of cannabis use on Indigenous oral health

New educational program improves bike helmet use by urban children

Volcanic glass spray effective in controlling mosquitoes

New analytical tool uses air travel data to predict COVID-19 spread

Tear-gassing protesters during an infectious outbreak ‘a recipe for disaster’

New guidance for healthcare providers caring for hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes

European database investigates COVID-19 outcomes in patients with kidney failure

New recommendations for reducing the spread of COVID-19 among healthcare staff

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