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FDA approves SFU professor's invention to wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators

Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help save the lives of COVID-19 patients using mechanical ventilators--and get them off more quickly, so that more ventilators can be available for all critically ill patients.

4 May 2020

RA patients enrolled in Medicare plan face significant cost exposure on specialty drugs

After a sharp drop in out-of-pocket costs between 2010 and 2011, Medicare patients who use specialty biologic medications for rheumatoid arthritis have seen higher out-of-pocket spending for those same drugs because of gradual price increases, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Open finds.

4 May 2020

Kudos Pro: A communications platform for coronavirus-related research

Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has today announced that it is opening up its leading research communications platform - Kudos Pro - to the global academic community, with complimentary access for 60 days.

4 May 2020

Study: Chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone leads to pulmonary hypertension

A study conducted by a team of researchers at LSU Health New Orleans has shown for the first time that chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure (hypertension), in both the body's general circulation and in the lungs that can lead to pulmonary hypertension.

4 May 2020

Aromatherapy may alleviate nurses’ on-the-job stress, study suggests

Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates it.

3 May 2020

EPFL computer scientists test and refine proximity tracing app

Over the past two weeks, EPFL computer scientists have been testing and refining the smartphone-based system developed by the international Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing project, with the help of the Swiss Army.

2 May 2020

Using photoacoustic imaging to visualize scarring in donor kidneys before transplant

When kidney transplants first came into practice in the 1950s, patients with chronic kidney disease could finally picture freedom from the unrelenting routine of blood-cleansing dialysis treatments. Just over a half-century later, demand has completely outstripped supply.

2 May 2020

Wake Forest Baptist Health creates special respiratory isolation unit for COVID-19

In an effort to rapidly provide specialized care for patients with coronavirus-like symptoms while protecting the safety of health care workers, doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Health created a special respiratory isolation unit from an existing 24-bed medical-surgical unit in the hospital in Winston-Salem.

2 May 2020

Researchers outline ways to manage life under COVID-19 pandemic

An international team of researchers has outlined ways to manage different facets of life under the spread of the COVID-19 virus, ranging from how we can combat racially driven bias and fake news to how we can increase cooperation and better manage stress.

2 May 2020

Alternate light found to be five times better at detecting bruises on victims than white light

Bruise detection and diagnosis is currently conducted by sight, under regular light, and bruises are often difficult to see on victims of violence depending on their skin color and the age of their injury.

2 May 2020

Study shows no association between prices and clinical benefit of cancer drugs

Do high prices of some cancer medicines have a higher benefit than those drugs with lower prices? An international UZH study has concluded that, in general, there is no correlation between costs of a cancer drugs and their clinical benefit.

2 May 2020

Trump’s claim that U.S. tested more than all countries combined is ‘pants on fire’ wrong

Responding to weeks of criticism over his administration's COVID-19 response, President Donald Trump claimed at a White House briefing that the United States has well surpassed other countries in testing people for the virus.

2 May 2020

UIC joins Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes Registry

Health care workers at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, or UI Health, are now eligible to participate in a national registry of clinicians working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 May 2020

Do-it-yourself cheek swab tested as next best thing to detect coronavirus

Coronavirus testing is commonly an unpleasant, even painful experience in which a health care provider pushes a torturously long swab up your nostril. President Donald Trump declared that submitting to the process was "a little bit difficult."

2 May 2020

Hospitalized smokers six times more likely to quit with combination treatment, study finds

New research led by University of South Australia has found that smokers who receive the medication varenicline tartrate combined with Quitline counseling following a period of hospitalization due to a tobacco-related illness are six times more likely to quit smoking than those who attempt to stop without support.

2 May 2020

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FDA approves SFU professor's invention to wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators

RA patients enrolled in Medicare plan face significant cost exposure on specialty drugs

Kudos Pro: A communications platform for coronavirus-related research

Study: Chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone leads to pulmonary hypertension

Aromatherapy may alleviate nurses’ on-the-job stress, study suggests

EPFL computer scientists test and refine proximity tracing app

Using photoacoustic imaging to visualize scarring in donor kidneys before transplant

Wake Forest Baptist Health creates special respiratory isolation unit for COVID-19

Researchers outline ways to manage life under COVID-19 pandemic

Alternate light found to be five times better at detecting bruises on victims than white light

Study shows no association between prices and clinical benefit of cancer drugs

Trump’s claim that U.S. tested more than all countries combined is ‘pants on fire’ wrong

UIC joins Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes Registry

Do-it-yourself cheek swab tested as next best thing to detect coronavirus

Hospitalized smokers six times more likely to quit with combination treatment, study finds

UMass Amherst food scientist to study anti-inflammatory benefits of whole strawberries

Medicaid expansion gaps remain for low-income obese individuals

Older adults with worsening sleep problems more likely to have persistent depression

Rapid expansion of telemedicine during COVID-19 could transform healthcare in future

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: SCOTUS decides an ACA case. No, not that case.

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