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Experts urge health systems to fast-track implementation of Patient Blood Management

In a new article published in print Anesthesia & Analgesia, a group of 43 leading experts have called for health systems to fast-track the implementation of Patient Blood Management.

15 May 2020

Mental health of 41% of people in the UK is at risk, study reveals

An international study, led by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain) spin-off Open Evidence, has revealed that the mental health of 41% of the UK population is at risk as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

15 May 2020

IOB director wins Greenberg Prize for ending blindness by 2020

Professor Botond Roska, Director at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and Professor at the University of Basel, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, has won the Sanford and Susan Greenberg Visionary Prize "for uniquely valuable research having the greatest impact toward advancing restoration of vision in human patients."

15 May 2020

Community knowledge about antibiotics key to fighting against 'superbug' threat

With predictions that drug-resistant ‘superbugs’ could cause up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050, a new CSIRO survey has revealed a low level of community knowledge about antibiotics.

15 May 2020

GlobalData: U.S. should provide citizens with lifesaving tools to reduce COVID-19 second wave

Following the news that the US Senate is considering the ‘Opening Up America Again’ act;

15 May 2020

Online exercise messages do not match up with national physical activity guidelines

Whether for convenience, cost or comfort, many people look to online resources for fitness and exercise information -- especially when faced with fitness center and gym closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 May 2020

New method to assess the veracity of messages about food and nutrition

The journal PLOS ONE has published an article that explains the methodology used by Nutrimedia to assess the veracity of messages about nutrition.

15 May 2020

CSHLP Press releases new book on heart development and disease

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Heart Development and Disease, available on its website in hardcover and eBook formats.

15 May 2020

Genome-based monitoring of multi-resistant pathogen can help improve infection control

S. maltophilia strains occur in several natural and human associated ecosystems. The bacterium was long regarded as relatively unproblematic but is now considered to be one of the most feared hospital pathogens, as it frequently causes infections and is resistant to a number of antibiotics.

15 May 2020

SCAI publishes position statement addressing optimal PCI treatment for complex CAD

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has published a position statement addressing optimal percutaneous coronary intervention treatment of patients with complex coronary artery disease.

14 May 2020

Text reminders are not a silver bullet to improve breast cancer hormone therapy adherence

Text message reminders are not a silver bullet when it comes to overcoming the long-standing challenge of ensuring that breast cancer patients continue to take aromatase inhibitors, pills to treat hormone-sensitive cancers that are prescribed for as long as five years.

14 May 2020

Study finds increase in home wine consumption during confinement

Among other conclusions, the study also adds that 33% of people polled declare they spend more on wine during confinement. Furthermore, solitary consumption has increased and the phenomenon of digital snacking has emerged.

14 May 2020

Two new devices could offer additional safety for health care workers during COVID-19

Treating patients with COVID-19 means health care workers are putting their own health and safety on the line each day.

14 May 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: What’s in the next round of COVID-19 relief?

House Democrats are moving ahead with another round of COVID-19 relief, including additional funding for state Medicaid programs, an open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act's marketplace plans, and money to pay premiums for newly unemployed Americans to continue on their employer health coverage.

14 May 2020

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Experts urge health systems to fast-track implementation of Patient Blood Management

Mental health of 41% of people in the UK is at risk, study reveals

IOB director wins Greenberg Prize for ending blindness by 2020

Community knowledge about antibiotics key to fighting against 'superbug' threat

GlobalData: U.S. should provide citizens with lifesaving tools to reduce COVID-19 second wave

Online exercise messages do not match up with national physical activity guidelines

New method to assess the veracity of messages about food and nutrition

CSHLP Press releases new book on heart development and disease

Genome-based monitoring of multi-resistant pathogen can help improve infection control

SCAI publishes position statement addressing optimal PCI treatment for complex CAD

Text reminders are not a silver bullet to improve breast cancer hormone therapy adherence

Study finds increase in home wine consumption during confinement

Two new devices could offer additional safety for health care workers during COVID-19

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: What’s in the next round of COVID-19 relief?

In reversal, Kansas will count all positive COVID cases, even asymptomatic ones

I-ACT for Children's COVID-19 Emergency Access Program launched to accelerate pediatric trials

Trump’s comparison of COVID-19 death rates in Germany, US is wrong

SCAI releases recommendations for managing patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Survey shows diabetic patients prefer their consent to share their data digitally

Reversing history, Indian Health Service seeks traditional healers

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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