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Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines aims to close the gap between scientific research and clinical care

Stanford University and Deerfield Management, a health care investment firm, have collaborated to create Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines to accelerate translational research into clinical therapeutics.

19 Jan 2022

Study reveals the experience of support health care workers from underserved communities during COVID-19

A Rutgers study gives new insight into the experiences and perspectives of Black and Latinx people working in supportive health care roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Jan 2022

Harrowing deaths are too common in most parts of the world, survey shows

Among the most troubling scenes from the COVID-19 era are the images of patients dying in isolation, unable to be with loved ones during their final moments. But even before the pandemic, harrowing deaths were all too common in most parts of the world, a new survey of end-of-life care shows.

18 Jan 2022

Fear of getting sick with COVID-19 linked to increase in disgust sensitivity

Theory has it that disgust sensitivity – how intensely a person is repulsed by images, ideas or situations that could be considered terribly gross or merely unpleasant – is an evolutionary trait that initially helped humans avoid eating rotten food that would have made them sick.

18 Jan 2022

New checklist outlines six characteristics of ideal healthcare algorithms

A newly proposed checklist outlines six objectives to strive for in the development of machine-learning algorithms that help clinicians make health care decisions and recommendations for patients.

18 Jan 2022

Hospital room surfaces unlikely to be a source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Hospital rooms where COVID patients were treated had little to no active virus contaminations on surfaces, according to a study at Duke University Hospital that adds to the body of research on how the pandemic respiratory virus is spread.

18 Jan 2022

Social media use linked with worse physical health indicators among college students

Social media use was correlated with worse physical health indicators among college students, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

18 Jan 2022

Babies born in cities face increased risk of death

Babies born in cities are surprisingly at increased risk of death in their first month of life compared with their counterparts in rural areas in Tanzania, a study says.

18 Jan 2022

Eye-tracking systems can facilitate communication with intensive care patients

Eye-tracking systems can support communication with critically ill patients in intensive care units.

18 Jan 2022

Feeling threatened and being informed predicted more social distancing, study shows

If the COVID-19 virus mutates beyond Omicron, getting people to practice social distancing will require more than threats about long-term health issues or death.

18 Jan 2022

Parents of children hospitalized in NICU during the pandemic report emotional exhaustion and isolation

Emotional exhaustion, isolation and “nonsensical” visitor and other hospital policies contributed to parents of children hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units feeling less satisfied with care during the early days of COVID-19.

18 Jan 2022

Study finds improved survival rates for extremely preterm infants born in NIH-funded research network

The survival rate of extremely preterm infants born from 2013 through 2018 in a large network of U.S. research centers improved to 78.3%, compared to 76% for infants born in the network from 2008 to 2012, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.

18 Jan 2022

In-jail buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder may reduce rearrest and reconviction

A study conducted in two rural Massachusetts jails found that people with opioid use disorder who were incarcerated and received a medication approved to treat opioid use disorder, known as buprenorphine, were less likely to face rearrest and reconviction after release than those who did not receive the medication.

18 Jan 2022

Review could drive up the standard of services received by social housing residents

Social housing residents will be better protected as part of a review to ensure they are listened to, the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Eddie Hughes confirmed today (18 January 2022).

18 Jan 2022

Officials struggle to regulate pop-up covid testing sites — and warn patients to beware

In recent months, mobile covid-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted on urban sidewalks and street curbs as demand has skyrocketed in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant.

18 Jan 2022

Can meal times affect your risk of glucose intolerance?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Frank Scheer and Dr. Sarah Chellappa about their latest research that investigated the effect meal times has on glucose intolerance.

18 Jan 2022

Gaseous ozone is effective for SARS-CoV-2 disinfection

In their recent study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, researchers from the United Kingdom have found that ozone as a disinfectant is effective for the inactivation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in liquid cell culture media as well as adhered on surfaces.

18 Jan 2022

COVID virtual wards in England did not have significant impact on health outcomes

A new study discusses the impact of the implementation of CO@h models in other settings and assesses the impact of post-hospital discharge CVW models.

17 Jan 2022

Scientists support the rollout of portable CO2 monitors to UK schools

UK schools have received more than 300,000 CO2 monitors as part of a government initiative to reduce COVID-19 spread in classrooms.

17 Jan 2022

Review explores patients' and physicians' experiences with remote consultations in primary care

According to the Royal College of General Practitioners, at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ways in which patients accessed their GP reversed from around 70% face-to-face and 30% by phone, video or online pre-pandemic to around 30% face-to-face and 70% remote.

17 Jan 2022

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Porter Alliance for Innovative Medicines aims to close the gap between scientific research and clinical care

Study reveals the experience of support health care workers from underserved communities during COVID-19

Harrowing deaths are too common in most parts of the world, survey shows

Fear of getting sick with COVID-19 linked to increase in disgust sensitivity

New checklist outlines six characteristics of ideal healthcare algorithms

Hospital room surfaces unlikely to be a source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Social media use linked with worse physical health indicators among college students

Babies born in cities face increased risk of death

Eye-tracking systems can facilitate communication with intensive care patients

Feeling threatened and being informed predicted more social distancing, study shows

Parents of children hospitalized in NICU during the pandemic report emotional exhaustion and isolation

Study finds improved survival rates for extremely preterm infants born in NIH-funded research network

In-jail buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder may reduce rearrest and reconviction

Review could drive up the standard of services received by social housing residents

Officials struggle to regulate pop-up covid testing sites — and warn patients to beware

Can meal times affect your risk of glucose intolerance?

Gaseous ozone is effective for SARS-CoV-2 disinfection

COVID virtual wards in England did not have significant impact on health outcomes

Scientists support the rollout of portable CO2 monitors to UK schools

Review explores patients' and physicians' experiences with remote consultations in primary care

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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