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Bringing ‘Poogie’ home: Hospice in the time of COVID-19

After she landed in the hospital with a broken hip, Parkinson’s disease and the coronavirus, 84-year-old Dorothy “Poogie” Wyatt Shields made a request of her children: “Bring me home.”

26 May 2020

North Atlantic Microplastic Centre established to gain a better understanding of microplastics

Invisible microplastics are everywhere - in the air you breathe, the water you drink and in the food, you eat.

26 May 2020

Cloth masks may reduce transmission of COVID-19

The evidence shows that cloth masks, particularly those with several layers of cotton cloth, block droplet and aerosol contamination of the environment, which may reduce transmission of COVID-19.

26 May 2020

Occupational risk for COVID-19

Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in May 2020 examines the risk of COVID-19 disease in various occupations, showing that as expected, health workers and those in social care occupation are at the highest risk. This should help guide policies to protect and support these occupations during this trying period.

25 May 2020

We may have to live for a long time to become happy

According to Aristotle we need more than one good day to live a happy life. But how much time do we need in order to achieve happiness? Philosopher Hilde Vinje has been searching for the answer.

25 May 2020

Kidney transplants: Volume of services correlated with quality of treatment outcomes

In complex operations, is there a correlation between the volume of service provided per hospital and the quality of the treatment outcome? This question is addressed in eight commissions on minimum volumes that the Federal Joint Committee has issued to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.

22 May 2020

Women and older adults still vastly underrepresented in cholesterol drug trials

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and older adults are more likely to have heart and vascular disease than young people, randomized clinical trials testing medications to lower cholesterol have historically underenrolled both groups.

22 May 2020

Researchers examine quality measures for medical care of homebound older adults

There are an estimated 2 million older adults who are homebound or unable to leave their homes due to multiple chronic conditions and functional impairment.

22 May 2020

Supportive care for reducing fatigue may not be sufficiently adhered to by breast cancer patients

Cancer-related fatigue is a prevalent and potentially persistent issue among breast cancer survivors, which can prevent them from returning to their previous life well after treatment ends and they are declared free of disease.

22 May 2020

Americans with limited birth control access more likely to turn to the internet for abortion information

Residents of states with limited access to contraceptives and high rates of unplanned pregnancies are more likely to turn to the internet for information about abortion. These are the findings of a new study of Google search data across all 50 states by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

22 May 2020

A clinical decision support system to help identify adverse health events in trauma patients

Chinese researchers from The Trauma Center of Peking University People's Hospital and National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University are using big data to help identify trauma patients who could experience potential adverse health events in the emergency department through the aid of a clinical decision support system.

22 May 2020

Children's National receives FCC funding to establish regional pediatric telehealth consortium

Children's National Hospital is establishing a regional pediatric telehealth consortium in response to coronavirus with $928,000 in funding awarded by the Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau.

22 May 2020

Internet-delivered treatment to help young people tackle worry and overthinking

An online treatment proven to prevent anxiety and depression in young people is set to become available to the NHS and other mental health services worldwide.

22 May 2020

Coronavirus tests the value of artificial intelligence in medicine

Dr. Albert Hsiao and his colleagues at the University of California-San Diego health system had been working for 18 months on an artificial intelligence program designed to help doctors identify pneumonia on a chest X-ray. When the coronavirus hit the United States, they decided to see what it could do.

22 May 2020

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Bringing ‘Poogie’ home: Hospice in the time of COVID-19

North Atlantic Microplastic Centre established to gain a better understanding of microplastics

Cloth masks may reduce transmission of COVID-19

Occupational risk for COVID-19

We may have to live for a long time to become happy

Kidney transplants: Volume of services correlated with quality of treatment outcomes

Women and older adults still vastly underrepresented in cholesterol drug trials

Researchers examine quality measures for medical care of homebound older adults

Supportive care for reducing fatigue may not be sufficiently adhered to by breast cancer patients

Americans with limited birth control access more likely to turn to the internet for abortion information

A clinical decision support system to help identify adverse health events in trauma patients

Children's National receives FCC funding to establish regional pediatric telehealth consortium

Internet-delivered treatment to help young people tackle worry and overthinking

Coronavirus tests the value of artificial intelligence in medicine

The 30-somethings who fled big cities to shelter with mom and dad

Survey highlights the impact of COVID-19 on consumers’ ability to purchase day-to-day food

Breast cancer survivors underutilize supportive care to relieve cancer-related fatigue

Improving IVF Treatments by Imaging Sperm Cells

UK has the largest gender health gap in G20, study reveals

New review analyzes evidence and strategies to manage the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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