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How to differentiate between a panic attack and heart attack

Your heart suddenly begins racing. You feel pain in your chest and you are short of breath.

3 Feb 2020

First responders need to take special precautions to protect themselves from coronavirus

Healthcare personnel working on the front lines to contain and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in China need to take special, yet common, precautions to keep themselves and others safe.

3 Feb 2020

BU study reveals how healthcare policy changes are affecting millions of Americans

Over the course of 2017, positive trends in insurance coverage and healthcare access from the Affordable Care Act reversed, particularly for low-income residents of states that did not expand Medicaid.

3 Feb 2020

UniSA experts highlight consequences of inappropriate management in sports sector

Over a quarter of Australians are obese, and more than a third are overweight, and while much focus of the current sports grant scandal has been on political interference, University of South Australia sports experts are calling attention to the potential health and fitness consequences arising from mismanagement of resources for sport.

3 Feb 2020

GlobalData reader’s poll: Brexit will be strongly negative for medtech industry

The UK leaving the European Union today will be a strongly negative development for the medtech industry, according to a poll of GlobalData’s Verdict Medical Devices readers.

3 Feb 2020

Many older people in Australia are missing out on shingles vaccination

Many older Australians are missing out on the chance to get vaccinated against shingles, according to the latest edition of Australian Prescriber.

3 Feb 2020

UniSA research focuses on supporting cancer survivors

On the eve of World Cancer Day, University of South Australia researchers are calling for more support for cancer survivors, who often feel the physical and mental impacts of their disease long after treatment has finished.

3 Feb 2020

Women’s Heart Fund announces launch of ‘Community Conversations with the CDI’

The Women's Heart Fund, a philanthropic arm of Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation, has announced that for its newest venture, the organization will sponsor 'Community Conversations with the CDI,' a women-focused, three-year lecture series featuring researchers from Hackensack Meridian Health's Center for Discovery and Innovation.

3 Feb 2020

Exercise may aid in adhering to a reduced-calorie diet, study suggests

Following a dietary weight loss program can be difficult. Many factors trigger diet lapses, which can lead to weight loss failure.

3 Feb 2020

Study finds homicide as leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in Louisiana

Homicide is a leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum women in Louisiana, according to an analysis of birth and death records from 2016 and 2017.

3 Feb 2020

Simple solution to prevent Salmonella from affecting eggs

Salmonella is a key cause of foodborne gastroenteritis around the world, with most outbreaks linked to eggs, poultry meat, pork, beef, dairy, nuts and fresh produce.

3 Feb 2020

Study identifies brain and social factors underlying racial, ethnic disparities in pain

In her Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab at the University of Miami, assistant professor of Psychology Elizabeth Losin investigates the mechanisms underlying racial and ethnic disparities related to pain and pain treatment.

3 Feb 2020

Nurses are at higher risk of suicide than general population, national study finds

In the first national study of its size, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health, Department of Nursing, have found that male and female nurses are at higher risk of suicide than the general population.

3 Feb 2020

Research reveals way for weightlifters to do less and get stronger

Weightlifters could do less and get stronger by changing the amount they lift each session, according to new research.

3 Feb 2020

UTHealth receives $3 million grant to provide specialized training to infant and toddler teachers

The Children's Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received a $3 million grant to teach the latest child development strategies to more than 850 infant and toddler specialists and teachers working in at-risk communities in the Lone Star State.

3 Feb 2020

Some state laws linked to lower incidence of e-cigarette use

State laws that regulate e-cigarette sales and usage may lower their use in states where those laws have been implemented, according to a new observational study from the University of Iowa published this week by the journal JAMA Network Open.

3 Feb 2020

Why home health care is suddenly harder to come by for Medicare patients

The decision came out of the blue. "Your husband isn't going to get any better, so we can't continue services," an occupational therapist told Deloise "Del" Holloway in early November. "Medicare isn't going to pay for it."

3 Feb 2020

As VA tests keto diet to help diabetic patients, skeptics raise red flags

A partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Silicon Valley startup Virta Health Corp. is focusing attention on the company's claim that it provides treatment "clinically-proven to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes" without medication or surgery.

3 Feb 2020

Mason researchers join NIH grant to investigate early life environmental exposures

Rosemary Higgins, Associate Dean for Research, College of Health and Human Services, and Germaine Buck Louis, Dean, CHHS, received $1,457,607 from the National Institutes of Health for: "ECHO Consortium on Perinatal Programming of Neurodevelopment."

3 Feb 2020

Public health officials offer scant details on U.S. coronavirus patients

Disclosure this week of a sixth case in the United States of a new viral infection emerging from China — and the first confirmed case of the virus passing from person to person in this country — is fueling public concerns about how easily the deadly virus can spread.

3 Feb 2020

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How to differentiate between a panic attack and heart attack

First responders need to take special precautions to protect themselves from coronavirus

BU study reveals how healthcare policy changes are affecting millions of Americans

UniSA experts highlight consequences of inappropriate management in sports sector

GlobalData reader’s poll: Brexit will be strongly negative for medtech industry

Many older people in Australia are missing out on shingles vaccination

UniSA research focuses on supporting cancer survivors

Women’s Heart Fund announces launch of ‘Community Conversations with the CDI’

Exercise may aid in adhering to a reduced-calorie diet, study suggests

Study finds homicide as leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in Louisiana

Simple solution to prevent Salmonella from affecting eggs

Study identifies brain and social factors underlying racial, ethnic disparities in pain

Nurses are at higher risk of suicide than general population, national study finds

Research reveals way for weightlifters to do less and get stronger

UTHealth receives $3 million grant to provide specialized training to infant and toddler teachers

Some state laws linked to lower incidence of e-cigarette use

Why home health care is suddenly harder to come by for Medicare patients

As VA tests keto diet to help diabetic patients, skeptics raise red flags

Mason researchers join NIH grant to investigate early life environmental exposures

Public health officials offer scant details on U.S. coronavirus patients

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