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Convalescent antibodies do not enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers investigated whether antibodies enhance severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection.

16 Mar 2022

Financial rewards can be a key motivator for achieving weight loss

With two in three Australian adults currently overweight or obese, and about 47 per cent of Australians now living with related chronic health conditions, an updated report from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has reinforced that personal accountability coupled with financial rewards continue to be a key motivator for achieving weight loss.

16 Mar 2022

Doctors and nurses highlight what is needed to fill gaps and future-proof the healthcare system

Thousands of doctors and nurses from across the globe reveal what is needed to fill gaps and future-proof today’s healthcare system in a new report from Elsevier Health, published two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

16 Mar 2022

Maternal and neonatal outcomes during UK's SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave

Researchers describe the characteristics of pregnant women hospitalized due to COVID-19.

15 Mar 2022

How capable are children to self-swab for SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers gather data that supports the evidence-based recommendations for children to successfully perform nasal swabs on themselves.

15 Mar 2022

Anti-spike IgG dynamics after 2nd BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine dose in Japanese health care workers

Researchers investigate the dynamics of anti-spike IgG levels against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in Japanese healthcare workers.

15 Mar 2022

Socioeconomic deprivation is a risk factor for premature cardiovascular mortality, study suggests

People living in socially-deprived areas of the United States are more likely to die prematurely from cardiovascular (CV) complications according to new research published recently in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

15 Mar 2022

Survey reveals severe shortage of pharmacy technicians in hospitals and health systems

Hospitals and health systems are experiencing severe shortages of pharmacy technicians, with a majority of pharmacy administrators in a recent survey reporting turnover rates of at least 21% in 2021, and nearly 1 in 10 noting they had lost 41% or more of their technicians.

15 Mar 2022

Women’s health services yet to recover from COVID-19 disruptions

Women's health services are far from fully being restored following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

15 Mar 2022

Disability-free life expectancy improving even for people with common chronic conditions

The number of healthy years a person lives is, on average, increasing even for people with common chronic conditions, according to a new study publishing March 15th in PLOS Medicine by Holly Bennett of Newcastle University, UK, and colleagues.

15 Mar 2022

Financial compensations need to be large to reduce vaccine hesitancy

Willingness to vaccinate is critical in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. About 45 percent of Americans are not vaccinated and among those vaccinated, less than 30 percent have received a booster.

15 Mar 2022

Do anti-nucleocapsid antibodies affect COVID-19 immune reactions?

Researchers have been investigating the potential for vaccines and treatments against the nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2.

15 Mar 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Need an expensive drug? Here’s what you need to know

Lillian Karabaic teaches personal finance to millennials through a podcast and community called Oh My Dollar! — and she needs an expensive drug to treat a chronic condition.

15 Mar 2022

Want vulnerable Californians to have healthier pregnancies? Doulas say the state must pay up.

This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital.

15 Mar 2022

Medicare Advantage plans send pals to seniors’ homes for companionship — and profits

Widowed and usually living alone, Gloria Bailey walks with a cane after two knee replacement surgeries and needs help with housekeeping.

15 Mar 2022

Implementation of the 2014 kidney allocation system led to increase in kidney transplantation referrals

A study of patients initiating dialysis during 2012-2016 at nine transplant centers in the Southeastern US found that dialysis facilities referred more incident patients and transplant centers evaluated more incident patients following implementation of the 2014 kidney allocation system (KAS) but fewer evaluated patients were placed onto the waitlist.

14 Mar 2022

Study finds discriminatory violations of policies and practices for women cardiologists

Childbearing women cardiologists can encounter adverse effects in their physical health, finances and career advancements due to discriminatory violations of maternity leave practices in the U.S., specifically the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

14 Mar 2022

UNC researchers offer solution to detect, issue warnings about tainted street drugs

With new grant funding, Nabarun Dasgupta '13 (Ph.D.), Gillings Innovation Fellow at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and senior scientist at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, will work with colleagues across Carolina to develop systems to detect and issue public warnings about dangerous adulterants in street drugs.

14 Mar 2022

Study: Almost half of over-35s not confident in recognizing cardiac risk during exercise

A new study assessing the knowledge and confidence in recognizing cardiac symptoms has found that almost half of over-35s were not confident in their ability to recognize symptoms of impending cardiac risk – such as a heart attack or sudden cardiac death – while participating in strenuous exercise.

14 Mar 2022

UC San Diego receives $38 million USAID grant to address gender equity and health issues

The U.S. Agency for International Development has funded a $38 million, five-year project led by the Center on Gender Equity and Health at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.

14 Mar 2022

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Convalescent antibodies do not enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection

Financial rewards can be a key motivator for achieving weight loss

Doctors and nurses highlight what is needed to fill gaps and future-proof the healthcare system

Maternal and neonatal outcomes during UK's SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave

How capable are children to self-swab for SARS-CoV-2?

Anti-spike IgG dynamics after 2nd BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine dose in Japanese health care workers

Socioeconomic deprivation is a risk factor for premature cardiovascular mortality, study suggests

Survey reveals severe shortage of pharmacy technicians in hospitals and health systems

Women’s health services yet to recover from COVID-19 disruptions

Disability-free life expectancy improving even for people with common chronic conditions

Financial compensations need to be large to reduce vaccine hesitancy

Do anti-nucleocapsid antibodies affect COVID-19 immune reactions?

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Need an expensive drug? Here’s what you need to know

Want vulnerable Californians to have healthier pregnancies? Doulas say the state must pay up.

Medicare Advantage plans send pals to seniors’ homes for companionship — and profits

Implementation of the 2014 kidney allocation system led to increase in kidney transplantation referrals

Study finds discriminatory violations of policies and practices for women cardiologists

UNC researchers offer solution to detect, issue warnings about tainted street drugs

Study: Almost half of over-35s not confident in recognizing cardiac risk during exercise

UC San Diego receives $38 million USAID grant to address gender equity and health issues

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