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Study finds a downward trend in buprenorphine misuse among U.S. adults with opioid use disorder

Data from a nationally representative survey indicate that in 2019, nearly three-fourths of U.S. adults reporting buprenorphine use did not misuse the medication in the past 12 months.

15 Oct 2021

Study finds many undocumented health problems among individuals exposed to bushfire smoke

The physical and mental burden of prolonged exposure to bushfire smoke is vastly underestimated by official statistics that are based upon admissions into the health system, finds a large survey of residents affected by the widespread bushfires close to Canberra, Australia's capital city, in the summer of late 2019 and early 2020.

15 Oct 2021

Government financial intervention not effective in helping worst hit families experiencing food insecurity

Some of the worst hit families experiencing food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic found that Government financial intervention didn't effectively address the issue, new research has found.

15 Oct 2021

New study shows how COVID-19 response has impacted the U.S. public health system

The cruel impact of COVID-19, the virus that emerged in late 2019 and has claimed 5 million lives to date, is chronicled in daily headlines. It has robbed us of loved ones, jobs, plans and so much more.

15 Oct 2021

New risk measure can better predict pandemic spread than other models

COVID-19 is not the flu. The disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus is more transmissible, and deadlier, than most influenza epidemics we've encountered in our lifetimes, and scientists and physicians are still learning new things about the disease and its long-term effects.

15 Oct 2021

Study finds high and increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods among Americans

Consumption of ultra-processed foods has increased over the past two decades across nearly all segments of the U.S. population, according to a new study by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health.

15 Oct 2021

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global TB report.

15 Oct 2021

Schedule online visits first? It’s the next big thing in health insurance

At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

15 Oct 2021

How to crush medical debt: 5 tips for using hospital charity care

What if a law passed but no one enforced it? That's essentially what has happened with one small but helpful rule about hospitals and financial assistance for medical bills.

15 Oct 2021

NIH RADx initiative announces $77.7 million to develop new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests

The NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative announced today that it has issued contract awards totaling $77.7 million to develop and manufacture 12 new rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

15 Oct 2021

Laser treatment shows potential to transform glaucoma management in Africa

Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions with high disease prevalence and incidence, suggests new research published in Lancet Global Health.

15 Oct 2021

Climate change action could significantly benefit human health in the future

Measures to tackle climate change could significantly benefit human health in the next few years, as well as in the long-term, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society.

15 Oct 2021

New program could be added to the COVID alert app to improve vaccination campaigns

Researchers are developing a program that could be added to the COVID alert app used on smartphones to better target vaccination campaigns.

15 Oct 2021

Policymakers may need to focus on increasing telehealth use by rural older adults, analysis suggests

About one in six doctor's office visits by older Americans no longer takes place in an actual doctor's office, but rather online or over the phone, a new analysis of telehealth visits billed to Medicare in the past two years finds.

15 Oct 2021

Medicaid expansion helped save lives of young adults who experienced a traumatic injury

Young adults who experience a traumatic injury are now more likely to have insurance coverage and access to rehabilitation if they live in a state that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), new study findings show.

15 Oct 2021

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England can take a cheaper lateral flow test

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from countries not on the red list can take a lateral flow test on or before day 2 of their arrival from October 24, rather than PCR tests - cutting the cost of tests in time for travelers returning from half term breaks.

14 Oct 2021

Uppsala Health Summit focuses on pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing

Increasing mental ill health is one of the most urgent public health challenges in the world. The global meeting Uppsala Health Summit, to be held online on 18-21 October, will discuss which preventive measures societies should deploy to better address this troubling trend.

14 Oct 2021

UQ research center aims to reduce the number of stillbirths

More than 2,100 babies are stillborn in Australia every year – a statistic that hasn't changed in nearly 30 years.

14 Oct 2021

Brief interventions delivered in doctors' offices can lead to reductions in drinking

A new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that alcohol-targeted brief interventions (short, structured, one-to-one conversations about drinking designed to motivate changes in risky behavior) delivered in doctors' offices and similar medical settings can produce small but useful reductions in drinking.

14 Oct 2021

$2.6 million grant to help develop first online certificate programs for clinical engineering

Clinical engineers can help fill a crucial role in today's heath care industry by providing the technical expertise needed to manage the health care technology, such as X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, that clinicians use to help make life-saving decisions for their patients.

14 Oct 2021

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Study finds a downward trend in buprenorphine misuse among U.S. adults with opioid use disorder

Study finds many undocumented health problems among individuals exposed to bushfire smoke

Government financial intervention not effective in helping worst hit families experiencing food insecurity

New study shows how COVID-19 response has impacted the U.S. public health system

New risk measure can better predict pandemic spread than other models

Study finds high and increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods among Americans

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule online visits first? It’s the next big thing in health insurance

How to crush medical debt: 5 tips for using hospital charity care

NIH RADx initiative announces $77.7 million to develop new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Laser treatment shows potential to transform glaucoma management in Africa

Climate change action could significantly benefit human health in the future

New program could be added to the COVID alert app to improve vaccination campaigns

Policymakers may need to focus on increasing telehealth use by rural older adults, analysis suggests

Medicaid expansion helped save lives of young adults who experienced a traumatic injury

Eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England can take a cheaper lateral flow test

Uppsala Health Summit focuses on pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing

UQ research center aims to reduce the number of stillbirths

Brief interventions delivered in doctors' offices can lead to reductions in drinking

$2.6 million grant to help develop first online certificate programs for clinical engineering

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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