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Study may lead to more personalized clinical practices and trainings for psychotherapists

New research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that different psychotherapists use common treatment processes to varying benefits for patients.

21 Nov 2021

Despite the increasing risk of closure, rural ERs provide similar care as urban health care facilities

Hospitals in the nation's more remote areas are constantly under threat. Since 2010, over 100 rural U.S. hospitals have closed, resulting in the loss of emergency department care.

21 Nov 2021

Study highlights the toll of technology on work-from-home moms during COVID-19 pandemic

It's no secret that being a work-from-home mom during the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic was a drag. And those tech tools – video meetings and texting – designed to make remote work easier? They just added to the stress and exacerbated the mental health toll on burnt out moms trying to hold everything together.

21 Nov 2021

Global rise in red and processed meat trade contributes to diet-related non-communicable disease

The global rise in the red and processed meat trade over the past 30 years is linked to a sharp increase in diet related ill health, with the impact greatest in Northern and Eastern Europe and the island nations of the Caribbean and Oceania, finds an analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

21 Nov 2021

Deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists support equity and inclusion in professional societies

Providing some basic standards of support will greatly increase diversity in fields of science and medicine, a group of hard of hearing and deaf scientists argue in a perspective published in the journal Frontiers in Education.

20 Nov 2021

Sharing large-scale health data to drive forward precision medicine

Precision medicine requires big data. In order to improve the treatment of individuals with cancer, or to understand rare diseases, scientists and clinicians, as well as AI technologies require access to larger sets of health research data that covers diverse populations and wide ranges of conditions.

20 Nov 2021

CDC posts food safety alert about multistate outbreak of E. coli O157 infections linked to spinach

A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157 infections linked to spinach has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2021/o157h7-11-21/index.html.

20 Nov 2021

Harvard Chan School and SAHZU announce the launch of bilateral exchange program in clinical research

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, today announced the launch of a bilateral exchange program in clinical research to enhance the research capabilities of both institutions and to develop a multi-year program of clinical research education.

20 Nov 2021

Trial positions single-dose HPV vaccination as a high impact public health intervention

In the push to eliminate cervical cancer, researchers delivered hopeful news Nov. 17 at the 34th International Papillomavirus Conference in Toronto.

20 Nov 2021

CDC expands recommendations for COVID-19 booster dose to include all adults

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) expanded recommendations for booster shots to include all adults ages 18 years and older who received a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine at least six months after their second dose.

19 Nov 2021

Unhealthy diets tend to be bad for the planet, study reveals

Cutting out your morning pastry and expensive coffee might help fight the climate crisis, a University of Leeds-led study published today reveals.

19 Nov 2021

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: An Interview with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021, we spoke to Dr. Pilar Ramon Pardo from the Pan American Health Organization.

19 Nov 2021

First long-acting injectable HIV treatment appraised and approved by NICE

ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline plc, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, is pleased to announce that eligible people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in England and Wales will soon have routine access to Vocabria (cabotegravir long-acting injection) developed by ViiV Healthcare in combination with Rekambys (rilpivirine long-acting injection), developed by Janssen Sciences Ireland UC (Janssen), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

19 Nov 2021

What happens after a campus suicide is a form of prevention, too

Ethan Phillips was 13 years old when he first heard the term "suicide contagion." It's the scientific concept that after one person dies by suicide, others in the community may be at higher risk.

19 Nov 2021

Vaccine-or-test requirements increase work and costs for governments

Amanda Kostroski, a 911 dispatcher in Madison, Wisconsin, leaves her busy job once a week to go to a county health clinic to be tested for covid-19.

19 Nov 2021

The ER charged him $6,500 for six stitches. No wonder his critically ill wife avoided the ER.

Jason and DeeAnn Dean recently relocated to her hometown of Dellrose, Tennessee, where she grew up on a farm. Both in their late 40s, they're trying to start a green dream business that combines organic farming with a health and wellness consulting company.

19 Nov 2021

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Study may lead to more personalized clinical practices and trainings for psychotherapists

Despite the increasing risk of closure, rural ERs provide similar care as urban health care facilities

Study highlights the toll of technology on work-from-home moms during COVID-19 pandemic

Global rise in red and processed meat trade contributes to diet-related non-communicable disease

Deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists support equity and inclusion in professional societies

Sharing large-scale health data to drive forward precision medicine

CDC posts food safety alert about multistate outbreak of E. coli O157 infections linked to spinach

Harvard Chan School and SAHZU announce the launch of bilateral exchange program in clinical research

Trial positions single-dose HPV vaccination as a high impact public health intervention

CDC expands recommendations for COVID-19 booster dose to include all adults

Unhealthy diets tend to be bad for the planet, study reveals

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: An Interview with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

First long-acting injectable HIV treatment appraised and approved by NICE

What happens after a campus suicide is a form of prevention, too

Vaccine-or-test requirements increase work and costs for governments

The ER charged him $6,500 for six stitches. No wonder his critically ill wife avoided the ER.

A covid head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing

CHEST and AAHomecare release new toolkit to support patients who require supplemental oxygen

Extreme heat associated with greater risk of adverse cardiovascular incidents

Study on long-term effects of air pollution on COVID-19 outcomes

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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