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Quarantine and tracing rules are all over the map for students

At this point in the pandemic, most parents are familiar with “covid notification” letters. But the letters' instruction on whether your kid must quarantine or not varies wildly from school to school.

16 Nov 2021

Missouri’s thin dental safety net stretched amid Medicaid expansion

At the Access Family Care clinics in southwestern Missouri, the next available nonemergency dental appointment is next summer. Northwest Health Services, headquartered in St. Joseph, is booked through May. The wait is a little shorter at CareSTL Health in St. Louis — around six weeks.

16 Nov 2021

As big pharma and hospitals battle over drug discounts, patients miss out on millions in benefits

In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president of the United States to plead for help.

16 Nov 2021

Study reveals racial, ethnic disparities in mortality rates for common conditions among VA patients

A study of Veterans hospitalized for common conditions in the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system confirms that adjusted mortality rates are lower for Black compared to White Veterans – while also showing higher adjusted mortality rates among Hispanic Veterans relative to White Veterans across most risk-adjustment models, reports the December issue of Medical Care.

15 Nov 2021

CZI announces more than $5 million to expand access to bioimaging tools

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced more than $5 million to advance bioimaging technologies, increase access to these tools, and build capacity for biomedical researchers.

15 Nov 2021

New guidebook provides a roadmap for navigating the challenges in telehealth

The Foundation for Research Development at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has partnered with The Stationery Office, a British publishing company, to develop a new guidebook titled TSIM: The Telehealth Framework.

15 Nov 2021

Study finds beneficial and harmful short-term health effects of caffeinated coffee consumption

Drinking caffeinated coffee appears to have both beneficial and harmful short-term health effects: increased abnormal heartbeats, increased physical activity and reduced sleep duration, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2021.

15 Nov 2021

Expert to focus on the wonder of hormones that control energy balance and metabolism

An exploration of the beauty and wonder of the hormones that control our energy balance and metabolism and how they can be replaced and manipulated to improve human health will be the focus of a lecture celebrating the centenary of insulin by Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly at the Royal Society of Medicine on Thursday 2 December 2021.

15 Nov 2021

First post-COVID Remembrance service held to pay respects to military servicemen and women

The service was held to recognize and remember the contribution of British, Malaysian, Commonwealth and other international military servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

15 Nov 2021

SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools limited when strict mitigation measures used

A new study aims to better understand the role of schools in SARS-CoV-2 transmission by evaluating infections at two independent schools.

15 Nov 2021

New WHO report highlights the alarming state of global access to insulin and diabetes care

A new report published by WHO in the lead-up to World Diabetes Day highlights the alarming state of global access to insulin and diabetes care, and finds that high prices, low availability of human insulin, few producers dominating the insulin market and weak health systems are the main barriers to universal access.

15 Nov 2021

Your out-of-pocket health care costs need not be a mystery

If you've ever had a serious illness or cared for someone who has, you know how quickly the medical bills can pile up: from labs, radiology clinics, pharmacies, doctors, different departments within the same hospital — some of them in your insurance network, others not.

15 Nov 2021

How rural communities are losing their pharmacies

Batson's Drug Store seems like a throwback to a simpler time. The independently owned pharmacy in Howard, Kansas, still runs an old-fashioned soda counter and hand-dips ice cream. But the drugstore, the only one in the entire county, teeters on the edge between nostalgia and extinction.

15 Nov 2021

Network science can be used to remove race and gender bias in clinical settings, study says

A University of Pennsylvania study published today in Nature Communications offers striking evidence that network science can be used to remove race and gender bias in clinical settings.

15 Nov 2021

Standard PCR tests do not pick up new Covid strains, warns expert

Some new strains of Covid-19 are not being picked up by standard PCR tests, reveals leading testing expert Dr Quinton Fivelman. He warns that new mutations mean some variants are not being picked up by the standard, widely-used, single gene tests.

15 Nov 2021

Expert explores how our sleeping patterns can be linked to cognitive decline

Dr Greg Elder, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Associate Director of Northumbria Sleep Research explores why a good night's sleep is important and how our sleeping patterns can be linked to conditions like dementia for The Conversation.

15 Nov 2021

Educational program on anticholinergic burden aims to improve health outcomes of older people

Falls, confusion, cognitive decline, dry mouth, constipation and urinary retention. In a new NPS MedicineWise podcast episode released today, Dr Kate Annear, NPS MedicineWise medical adviser and GP talks about the new NPS MedicineWise educational program on the cumulative effects of anticholinergic medicines.

15 Nov 2021

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Quarantine and tracing rules are all over the map for students

Missouri’s thin dental safety net stretched amid Medicaid expansion

As big pharma and hospitals battle over drug discounts, patients miss out on millions in benefits

Study reveals racial, ethnic disparities in mortality rates for common conditions among VA patients

CZI announces more than $5 million to expand access to bioimaging tools

New guidebook provides a roadmap for navigating the challenges in telehealth

Study finds beneficial and harmful short-term health effects of caffeinated coffee consumption

Expert to focus on the wonder of hormones that control energy balance and metabolism

First post-COVID Remembrance service held to pay respects to military servicemen and women

SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools limited when strict mitigation measures used

New WHO report highlights the alarming state of global access to insulin and diabetes care

Your out-of-pocket health care costs need not be a mystery

How rural communities are losing their pharmacies

Network science can be used to remove race and gender bias in clinical settings, study says

Standard PCR tests do not pick up new Covid strains, warns expert

Expert explores how our sleeping patterns can be linked to cognitive decline

Educational program on anticholinergic burden aims to improve health outcomes of older people

Most people conflate the concept of mindfulness with passivity or avoidance

Asia Pacific region plans to fall back on traditional medicine post-COVID-19

£375 million Government funding to improve treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

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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