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A collaborative quest for creativity at the 14th "Behind and Beyond the Brain" Symposium

Registrations are now open for the 14th "Behind and Beyond the Brain" Symposium, promoted by the BIAL Foundation, which will debate the theme "Creativity", from 3 to 6 April at the Casa do Médico, in Porto.

26 Jan 2024

Ouch. That ‘free’ annual checkup might cost you. Here’s why.

When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in Washington state last year, she assumed she would not incur a bill because the test is one of the many preventive measures guaranteed to be free to patients under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

26 Jan 2024

A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites

Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern.

26 Jan 2024

Washington University School of Medicine joins collaboration to improve pediatric heart disease care

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has joined the Pediatric Heart Network, a multicenter collaboration of leading hospitals and research institutions that works to improve care for pediatric heart disease patients.

25 Jan 2024

Senate probes the cost of assisted living and its burden on American families

A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two decades on the industry as leaders of both parties expressed concern about the high cost and mixed quality of the long-term care facilities.

25 Jan 2024

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

Community engagement is important for developing research involving patients with mental illness, and funding agencies are increasingly requiring such engagement.

25 Jan 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health enters the presidential race

Based on the results of the first-in-the-nation primary in New Hampshire, it appears more likely than ever before that the 2024 presidential election will be a rerun of 2020: Joe Biden versus Donald Trump. And health is shaping up to be a key issue.

25 Jan 2024

How Spain's expertise-driven approach in COVID-19 testing helps public hospital labs thrive post-crisis

Researchers from INGENIO, a joint center of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), have recently published, together with two co-authors from the University of Sussex (UK), the results of a study on the organization of the laboratory network to perform Covid-19 PCR testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain and the UK and its subsequent implications.

25 Jan 2024

Sweat tattoos: UMass Amherst develops skin-friendly monitors for health insights

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have received an award to develop a new type of sweat monitor that can be applied to the skin just like a temporary tattoo and assess the molecules present, such as cortisol.

25 Jan 2024

Experts urge the inclusion of low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines

A call to include recommendations on low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines has been made by an international group of experts today in the American Heart Association's scientific journal Hypertension.

25 Jan 2024

Groundbreaking joint statement issued on the development and use of AI tools in radiology

The American College of Radiology, working in close collaboration with four other radiology societies from around the world, have issued a joint statement on the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in radiology.

25 Jan 2024

The colonoscopies were free. But the ‘surgical trays’ came with $600 price tags.

Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors' orders last year after they both turned 45, now the recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer.

25 Jan 2024

New York joins local governments in erasing billions in medical debt

New York City pledged this week to pay down $2 billion worth of residents' medical debt. In doing so, it has come around to an innovation, started in the Midwest, that's ridding millions of Americans of health care debt.

25 Jan 2024

Gastric bypass shows slight edge over sleeve gastrectomy in long-term study

The long-term weight loss effects of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in people with obesity.

25 Jan 2024

RT-PCR genotyping outperforms whole-genome sequencing in speedy and accurate COVID-19 variant tracking

A study in JAMA Network Open shows RT-PCR genotyping assays as a faster, cost-effective alternative to WGS for SARS-CoV-2 variant surveillance, offering high accuracy and scalability.

24 Jan 2024

NHS health checks linked to reduced risk of heart, brain, kidney, and liver diseases

A study analyzing UK Biobank data found that individuals who underwent the NHS health evaluation had a lower long-term risk of various diseases and mortality compared to those who did not participate in the assessment.

24 Jan 2024

Kiwifruit improves vitality and mood in as little as four days

Kiwifruit has proven itself as a powerful mood booster and new research from the University of Otago has shown just how fast its effects can be.

24 Jan 2024

Study urges revamp of vape prevention campaigns for youth

Flinders University researchers say that cohesive and collaborative action from preventive health communicators and organisations is needed to inform young people about the devastating harms of vaping.

24 Jan 2024

Study lays the groundwork for improving end-of-life care

A Rutgers Health analysis of millions of Medicare records has laid the groundwork for improving end-of-life care by demonstrating that nearly all older Americans follow one of nine trajectories in their last three years of life.

24 Jan 2024

Beyond the scale: B.A.S.I.C.S. checklist takes a holistic view of health

For decades, the number on a scale has been a key factor in deciding whether a person is healthy or not. But weight alone doesn't paint a complete picture of one's health.

24 Jan 2024

Healthcare News

A collaborative quest for creativity at the 14th "Behind and Beyond the Brain" Symposium

Ouch. That ‘free’ annual checkup might cost you. Here’s why.

A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites

Washington University School of Medicine joins collaboration to improve pediatric heart disease care

Senate probes the cost of assisted living and its burden on American families

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health enters the presidential race

How Spain's expertise-driven approach in COVID-19 testing helps public hospital labs thrive post-crisis

Sweat tattoos: UMass Amherst develops skin-friendly monitors for health insights

Experts urge the inclusion of low-sodium potassium-enriched salt in hypertension treatment guidelines

Groundbreaking joint statement issued on the development and use of AI tools in radiology

The colonoscopies were free. But the ‘surgical trays’ came with $600 price tags.

New York joins local governments in erasing billions in medical debt

Gastric bypass shows slight edge over sleeve gastrectomy in long-term study

RT-PCR genotyping outperforms whole-genome sequencing in speedy and accurate COVID-19 variant tracking

NHS health checks linked to reduced risk of heart, brain, kidney, and liver diseases

Kiwifruit improves vitality and mood in as little as four days

Study urges revamp of vape prevention campaigns for youth

Study lays the groundwork for improving end-of-life care

Beyond the scale: B.A.S.I.C.S. checklist takes a holistic view of health

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Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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