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New guidance provides valuable direction in the clinical use of HR-pQCT imaging

In recent years, significant progress has been made towards the use of high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (HR-pQCT) imaging in research, and new potential for applications in the clinic have emerged, particularly with the advent of second generation devices.

18 Jun 2021

Proven treatment for psychosis has been recognized as standard of care

Most people with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia will not obtain adequate care. Many end up in correctional facilities on medication or become homeless.

18 Jun 2021

Ride e-scooters with safety to prevent head and neck injuries

As pandemic restrictions begin to loosen around the country and summer temperatures rise, more people will be moving about on public rideshare electric scooters. With that comes this warning: Ride with safety.

18 Jun 2021

More than 4 out of 10 patients who received dental implants suffer complications

More than four out of ten patients who received dental implants suffered complications within a nine-year period, these are the results of a thesis presented at the University of Gothenburg.

17 Jun 2021

Researchers explore how the elderly use smart speakers at home

Researchers from Bentley University, in partnership with Waltham Council on Aging in Massachusetts, and as part of a study funded by the National Science Foundation, have been exploring how the elderly use smart speakers at home.

17 Jun 2021

Unequal hospital quality associated with higher COVID-19 death rate for Black patients

The COVID-19 death rate for Black patients would be 10 percent lower if they had access to the same hospitals as white patients, a new study shows.

17 Jun 2021

Study shows the benefit of natural spaces for mental health during lockdown

A study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Instituto de Saúde Pública of the University of Porto, concludes that exposure to natural spaces during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 was beneficial for the mental health of Spanish and Portuguese citizens.

17 Jun 2021

New insight into SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine breakthrough infections

In the current study, vaccine breakthrough infections were noted in 24 people who had previously received COVID-19 vaccines.

17 Jun 2021

Collaborative project seeks to promote equitable care for atrial fibrillation

The American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society, in collaboration with the Bristol Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance, are launching an innovative project to improve management of atrial fibrillation in underserved communities.

17 Jun 2021

Endocrine Society praises U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ACA

The Endocrine Society today praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, which makes health care accessible to millions of individuals nationwide, including those with hormone health conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, thyroid conditions, and breast and prostate cancer.

17 Jun 2021

Reconstituted mRNA Covid-19 vaccines can be safely transported

Researchers from the Hospital del Mar and Pompeu Fabra University have confirmed that messenger RNA vaccines pre-prepared in syringes for their administration can be transported by road for up to three hours.

17 Jun 2021

UC Davis Clinical Translational Science Center receives its third NIH award renewal

The UC Davis Clinical Translational Science Center (CTSC) received notice of its third National Institutes of Health (NIH) award renewal, a vote of confidence in the center's ability to advance outstanding research in human health.

17 Jun 2021

FDA approves antihistamine nasal spray for over-the-counter use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a nasal antihistamine for nonprescription use through a process called a partial prescription to nonprescription switch.

17 Jun 2021

Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people

The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, according to a report released Thursday.

17 Jun 2021

Neighborhood disadvantage related to increased COVID-19 infections and mortality

New York City neighborhoods that had higher levels of socioeconomic disadvantage experienced more COVID-19 infections and deaths, according to Mount Sinai scientists who created a neighborhood-level COVID-19 inequity index.

17 Jun 2021

Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA — again

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned back its third chance to upend the Affordable Care Act, rejecting a lawsuit filed by a group of Republican state attorneys general claiming that a change made by Congress in 2017 had rendered the entire law unconstitutional.

17 Jun 2021

Could wastewater epidemiology help track the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants?

In a new study, released as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, researchers from Germany, Italy and Netherlands demonstrated the utility of integrating genomic and wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) to provide unprecedented insight into the abundance of SARS-CoV-2 and the profile of the mutations associated with the VOCs (i.e., B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, and B.1.617.2) in the wastewater samples.

17 Jun 2021

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 and simian adenovirus vector advance COVID-19 vaccine research

A new preprint recently released on the bioRxiv* server describes the immunogenicity and protective potential of a novel adenovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate against a form of the virus adapted to cause severe disease in mice. The findings show that this provides a useful mouse model for the study of new vaccines, in addition to demonstrating the protective efficacy of the current rhesus adenovirus vaccine candidate RhAd52.

17 Jun 2021

AI ECG as a novel noninvasive approach to diagnosing cardiac injury in COVID-19 patients

A recent study discusses the efficacy of an AI-enhanced ECG technique that has been used to diagnose left ventricular dysfunction in COVID-19 patients.

17 Jun 2021

What impacts public compliance with COVID-19 restrictions?

New research by scientists at Switzerland's Institute for Environmental Decisions reports that risk perception and public acceptance of NPIs depends on both worldview and levels of social trust. The study also found that, paradoxically, when the number of cases decreased in the period between the first and second waves, public willingness to comply with these measures fell.

17 Jun 2021

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New guidance provides valuable direction in the clinical use of HR-pQCT imaging

Proven treatment for psychosis has been recognized as standard of care

Ride e-scooters with safety to prevent head and neck injuries

More than 4 out of 10 patients who received dental implants suffer complications

Researchers explore how the elderly use smart speakers at home

Unequal hospital quality associated with higher COVID-19 death rate for Black patients

Study shows the benefit of natural spaces for mental health during lockdown

New insight into SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine breakthrough infections

Collaborative project seeks to promote equitable care for atrial fibrillation

Endocrine Society praises U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ACA

Reconstituted mRNA Covid-19 vaccines can be safely transported

UC Davis Clinical Translational Science Center receives its third NIH award renewal

FDA approves antihistamine nasal spray for over-the-counter use

Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people

Neighborhood disadvantage related to increased COVID-19 infections and mortality

Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA — again

Could wastewater epidemiology help track the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants?

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 and simian adenovirus vector advance COVID-19 vaccine research

AI ECG as a novel noninvasive approach to diagnosing cardiac injury in COVID-19 patients

What impacts public compliance with COVID-19 restrictions?

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