Healthcare News

RSS

New study addresses uncertainties related to accurately describing sedation levels

The lack of consensus or accepted definition for light sedation presents challenges to critical care practitioners seeking to follow guidelines related to pain, agitation and delirium.

2 May 2022

California opens Medicaid to older unauthorized immigrants

On May 1, California opened Medi-Cal to older immigrants residing in the state without legal permission.

2 May 2022

Obesity progression may contribute to the economic burden of the disease, studies suggest

Obesity is known to approximately double healthcare costs in the US compared to those with a healthy weight.

2 May 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine honors students, staff for exemplary efforts to promote diversity and inclusion

Weill Cornell Medicine honored a dozen faculty, trainees, students and staff April 25 for their outstanding service and leadership in promoting diversity at the academic medical institution.

29 Apr 2022

Roswell Park's nursing teams share research at 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society

Several nursing teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center were invited to share their research at the 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society, which is underway in Anaheim, California, and continues through May 1, 2022.

29 Apr 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors built on rattlesnake venom scaffold

A new study describes the development of new molecules with inhibitory activity against the SARS-CoV-2 viral main protease (Mpro) enzyme, based on rattlesnake venom.

29 Apr 2022

Study explores sex-driven differences in individualized clinical management of Alzheimer’s disease risk

A new study demonstrated how individualized clinical management of Alzheimer's disease risk was viable in a clinical outpatient setting.

29 Apr 2022

Serious Shortage Protocols issued to limit the dispensing of 3 Hormone Replacement Therapy products

Urgent action is being taken to ensure women across the UK will be able to more reliably access HRT products, as the Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid issues Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) to limit the dispensing of 3 HRT products to 3 months' supply.

29 Apr 2022

Studies identify two groups of first-year residents who may be at risk of developing mental health issues

The first year of medical training after medical school brings intense stress, long work hours, irregular sleep schedules, and a risk of new or worsened symptoms of depression.

29 Apr 2022

Artificial circular RNAs found to bypass cellular antiviral responses

Researchers produced artificial circular ribonucleic acid sponges in a permuted intron-exon system and showed that these did not activate innate immunity.

29 Apr 2022

LA mayoral hopefuls agree addressing homelessness is crucial but disagree on how

As encampments multiply from Echo Park to Venice, homelessness has been the top issue in the L.A. mayoral race. And although Angelenos express broad support for building more housing for the homeless, the contenders say that can be only part of the solution.

29 Apr 2022

At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away

More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital's computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose.

29 Apr 2022

Improving Medical Communication through Social Media

News-Medical interviews Dr. Benjamin Schmidt about using social media to highlight different perspectives in the medical community and improve communication between patients and doctors.

29 Apr 2022

Gum Health Day 2022 calls for prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of gum diseases

"Treat your gums" is the slogan for Gum Health Day 2022, a worldwide awareness campaign organised by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP).

28 Apr 2022

Historical redlining policies associated with current disparities in access to behavioral health services

Researchers at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health found that the structurally racist policy of redlining in the past, is associated with current disparities in the availability of behavioral health clinicians in those same areas.

28 Apr 2022

Behavior differences led to higher COVID-19 mortality rates in the southern U.S.

During the pre-Omicron phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of the U.S. had markedly different mortality rates, primarily due to differences in mask use, school attendance, social distancing, and other behaviors.

28 Apr 2022

UrFU sociologists identify digital fears among young people

Sociologists at the Ural Federal University have identified digital fears among young people. According to experts, these are additional fears that do not replace, but complement and reinforce traditional ones.

28 Apr 2022

Researchers develop novel technique to identify relationships among medical concepts

A team of researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a novel, machine learning–based technique to explore and identify relationships among medical concepts using electronic health record data across multiple healthcare providers.

28 Apr 2022

NIH awards $10.9 million COBRE grant to support Nemours Children's 'well beyond medicine' strategy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a Phase 1, 5-year $10.9 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award, entitled Research Expanding Access to Child Health (REACH) Center to Anne Kazak, PhD, Enterprise Director, and Melissa Alderfer, PhD, Director of the Center for Healthcare and Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children's Health.

28 Apr 2022

Two reports highlight the need for effective interventions to prevent excess COVID-19 deaths

Two reports released in today's MMWR use CDC's National Vital Statistics System to look at death rates in the United States and find that differences in death rates still remain between certain racial and ethnic minority groups.

28 Apr 2022

Healthcare News

New study addresses uncertainties related to accurately describing sedation levels

California opens Medicaid to older unauthorized immigrants

Obesity progression may contribute to the economic burden of the disease, studies suggest

Weill Cornell Medicine honors students, staff for exemplary efforts to promote diversity and inclusion

Roswell Park's nursing teams share research at 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society

SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors built on rattlesnake venom scaffold

Study explores sex-driven differences in individualized clinical management of Alzheimer’s disease risk

Serious Shortage Protocols issued to limit the dispensing of 3 Hormone Replacement Therapy products

Studies identify two groups of first-year residents who may be at risk of developing mental health issues

Artificial circular RNAs found to bypass cellular antiviral responses

LA mayoral hopefuls agree addressing homelessness is crucial but disagree on how

At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away

Improving Medical Communication through Social Media

Gum Health Day 2022 calls for prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of gum diseases

Historical redlining policies associated with current disparities in access to behavioral health services

Behavior differences led to higher COVID-19 mortality rates in the southern U.S.

UrFU sociologists identify digital fears among young people

Researchers develop novel technique to identify relationships among medical concepts

NIH awards $10.9 million COBRE grant to support Nemours Children's 'well beyond medicine' strategy

Two reports highlight the need for effective interventions to prevent excess COVID-19 deaths

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Latest News