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Kamari partners with Kinect to support new HIV testing programs in Africa

Kamari, a project building an ecosystem of mobile gaming and lotteries with existing licenses in over seven African countries, has partnered with Kinect, a blockchain-based health technology platform focused on advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, to fund and promote new HIV testing programmes in countries across the African continent.

29 Apr 2019

Study highlights disparity in providing mental health services across EU countries

Access to inpatient care for young people with mental health issues varies significantly across Europe, with mental health services providing up to fifty times more beds depending upon the country you live in.

29 Apr 2019

Researchers provide recommendations to address antibiotic over-use problem

Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest problems facing medicine today. A major threat comes from over-use of antibiotics in healthcare.

29 Apr 2019

Innovations to U.S. food system could help consumers in choosing healthy foods

A science advisory from the American Heart Association describes system-wide innovations to the U.S. food system that are sustainable and have the potential to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy foods.

29 Apr 2019

The return of the measles: are we going backward?

Measles, a disease that was once eradicated in many countries, is making a return. Thus, the question must be asked, are we going backward in our efforts to vaccinate and prevent the disease?

29 Apr 2019

Will ties to a Catholic hospital system tie doctors’ hands?

As Catholic health care systems across the country expand, the University of California's flagship San Francisco hospital has become the latest arena for an emotional debate: Should the famously progressive medical center increase its treatment space by joining forces with a Catholic-run system that restricts care according to religious doctrine?

29 Apr 2019

Is insulin’s high cost keeping diabetes patients from taking their medicine?

High prescription drug prices are fast becoming a leading political topic, with medications like insulin emerging as a poster child for the issue.

29 Apr 2019

USC Norris study focuses on reducing financial barriers to clinical trial enrollment

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched a study to determine how financial assistance for costs associated with clinical trial participation might increase enrollment, particularly among low-income patients and racial and ethnic minorities.

29 Apr 2019

Study: A quarter of patients have never had their BMI recorded by a GP

New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, Scotland (28 April - 1 May) reveals that a quarter of patients have never had their body mass index recorded by their GP.

29 Apr 2019

Heavier and taller children have high risk of developing renal cell carcinoma as adults

A study of more than 300,000 individuals in Denmark, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, Scotland, reveals that heavier and taller children are at greater risk than their average-sized peers of developing renal cell carcinoma as adults.

29 Apr 2019

Disconnect between perceptions of HCPs and people with obesity revealed

The disconnect between perceptions of health care providers and people with obesity is revealed in a new international study presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, UK, and published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.

29 Apr 2019

Mesothelioma patients twice as likely to survive when treated with high dose of radiation

Mesothelioma patients are twice as likely to survive for two years or longer, if they are treated with a high dose of radiation to the affected side of the trunk, according to research presented at the ESTRO 38 conference.

29 Apr 2019

New national survey assesses HPV vaccine delivery practices followed by pediatricians

A new national survey of pediatricians and family physicians examines and compares how providers are recommending and communicating about human papillomavirus vaccine, their current delivery practices, reported refusal/deferral rates and associated factors, and perceived barriers to vaccination.

27 Apr 2019

Study: Caregivers of children may be vaccine hesitant and have inaccurate beliefs

Even caregivers whose children receive the first dose of influenza vaccine may be vaccine hesitant and have inaccurate beliefs regarding influenza vaccine and disease, according to a new American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings study that was a collaboration between investigators at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and the AAP.

27 Apr 2019

Study finds lesser HPV vaccine coverage than other infant vaccines

Despite the increasing trends in uptake, the human papillomavirus vaccine coverage is far behind other infant vaccines in many states, according to a new study, which describes the trends in HPV vaccine uptake in children in the U.S.

27 Apr 2019

Impact of prescription drug monitoring programs on opioid exposures in children

A new study measures the impact state-run, prescription drug monitoring programs, pain clinic legislation and opioid prescribing guidelines have on opioid exposures among children.

27 Apr 2019

How to combine endurance and weight training

James Cook University scientists in Australia say they have the solution for a problem gym-goers have when they combine endurance and weight training.

27 Apr 2019

Children's NICU reduces unintended extubations by 60% over 10 years

A quality-improvement project at the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's National that included standardized taping methods, bedside review of events within 72 hours and reducing how often newborns received chest X-rays reduced unintended extubations by 60% over 10 years and saved an estimated $1.5 million per year, according to research published online April 26, 2019 in Pediatrics.

27 Apr 2019

New intervention improves healthy behavior among South African adolescents, study finds

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the leading causes of death are changing. Fewer people are dying of infectious diseases like malaria or tuberculosis, but non-communicable diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, are on the rise.

27 Apr 2019

Newsom: California leads on prescription drugs

California regularly portrays itself as a national trendsetter on political issues, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is claiming that title on prescription drugs.

27 Apr 2019