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European grant awarded for innovative orthopedic training simulator

June 9, 2021, Zurich, Switzerland: VirtaMed, the world leader in data-driven medical simulation training, together with the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), a public hospital of Luxembourg city, will develop a mixed reality simulator to support surgical skills training for advanced arthroscopic meniscus repair.

From VirtaMed 9 Jun 2021

Radiometer launches the next generation of transcutaneous monitoring in Canada

Radiometer has unveiled its Health Canada licensed TCM5 transcutaneous monitor, addressing the critical care needs of neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients, as well as sleep clinic

From Radiometer Medical 9 Jun 2021

Researchers analyze trends to combat discomfort caused by outdoor heat

Rising temperatures are increasingly affecting the quality of life in many regions, setting new challenges for architects, urban planners and healthcare systems. Researchers at KAUST have analyzed discomfort due to outdoor heat across Saudi Arabia and neighboring regions to help understand and combat the problem.

9 Jun 2021

Youth with a history of foster care have less access to oral health care

According to estimates from the Children's Bureau, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 673,000 children in or entering foster care in the United States in 2019.

9 Jun 2021

Healthy behaviors can prevent dementia, finds study

A new Alzheimer's disease drug will hit the market soon, the first in nearly two decades. But some experts say the evidence for it isn't terribly strong and worry that it may cost a lot.

9 Jun 2021

Surgical masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles, despite leakage at edges

A new study from the University of California, Davis and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai confirms that surgical masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles from talking or coughing, even after allowing for leakage around the edges of the mask. The results are published June 8 in Scientific Reports.

9 Jun 2021

Researchers use a unique approach to document the diet of Neanderthals

Neanderthals, extinct cousins of modern humans, occupied Western Eurasia before disappearing and although it was once thought that they travelled as far east as Uzbekistan, in recent years an international research team with the participation of the University of Valencia discovered that they reached two thousand kilometers further East, to the Altai Mountains of Siberia.

9 Jun 2021

Physiotherapy program that uses Nintendo Wii console improves functionality, balance of stroke patients

A study by the Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia (UV), in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid, has shown that a physiotherapy programme that uses the Nintendo Wii console improves the functionality, balance and daily activities of patients who have suffered a cerebrovascular accident or stroke.

9 Jun 2021

Potent antibody responses to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine among Japanese healthcare workers

In a paper recently uploaded to the preprint server medRxiv* by Nakajima et al. (June 4th, 2021), the antibody responses of over 2,000 Japanese healthcare workers were tracked over a period of several months, with particular regard to serum Immunoglobulin G (IgG) against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

8 Jun 2021

Sleep characteristics associated with cannabis use and binge drinking in teens, young adults

A recent study of teens and young adults found that several factors related to sleep timing and sleep duration are associated with an increased risk of cannabis use and binge drinking of alcohol during the following year.

8 Jun 2021

Study highlights cigarette smoking and risk perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Last year, people who smoked had a variety of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, with some increasing their smoking to help them cope and others quitting to potentially lessen their vulnerability to COVID-19.

8 Jun 2021

Unused Johnson & Johnson Covid doses are piling up as FDA waits to see if shelf life can be extended

The Biden administration is encouraging states to hold on to hundreds of thousands of soon-to-expire Covid vaccine doses from Johnson & Johnson, given the possibility that additional data will show the shots are viable beyond their expiration date at month's end.

8 Jun 2021

Men with sensory loss more likely to be physically inactive and obese than women

Men who suffer sensory loss, particularly hearing loss, are more likely to be physically inactive and obese than women, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Public Health.

8 Jun 2021

COVID-19 projections after California's reopening

A new medrxiv* preprint shows how important equitable and widespread vaccination is in preventing a resurgence of cases and deaths once restrictions on social interactions are lifted.

8 Jun 2021

Vaccination after prior infection elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

A new medrxiv* preprint reports on the current landscape of vaccine-induced antibodies in the United Kingdom.

8 Jun 2021

Specially-designed mindfulness program helps reduce GP trainee burnout

Medics training to become general practitioners reported a significant positive improvement in their mental wellbeing after participating in a specially-designed mindfulness program, a study from University of Warwick researchers shows.

8 Jun 2021

Are women more likely to develop long COVID?

Researchers found different groups of symptoms persisting after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with fatigue and higher IL-6 levels common in women. About 75% of the patients they treated were women, indicating a link between sex hormones and immune response.

8 Jun 2021

Study reveals personal stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV

Forty years ago, the first cases of HIV/AIDS in the U.S began to raise public awareness- but new research highlights the struggle people living with the disease still face against stigma, discrimination and negative labeling in their own families, communities and even amongst healthcare professionals.

8 Jun 2021

MIT researchers develop a molecular assay to detect sub-picomolar levels of the SARS-CoV-2's receptor-binding domain

A team of researchers at MIT has developed a molecular assay to detect sub-picomolar levels of the SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein receptor-binding domain (S-RBD) using computationally validated peptide beacons in a single-step detection through the production of a fluorescence signal.

8 Jun 2021

Cell-to-cell contact helps in spreading SARS-CoV-2, finds study

People aren’t the only ones who should be social distancing — new research shows our cells need to as well. Researchers from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA, used in-culture techniques to confirm SARS-CoV-2 transmission via cell-to-cell contact.

8 Jun 2021

Healthcare News

European grant awarded for innovative orthopedic training simulator

Radiometer launches the next generation of transcutaneous monitoring in Canada

Researchers analyze trends to combat discomfort caused by outdoor heat

Youth with a history of foster care have less access to oral health care

Healthy behaviors can prevent dementia, finds study

Surgical masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles, despite leakage at edges

Researchers use a unique approach to document the diet of Neanderthals

Physiotherapy program that uses Nintendo Wii console improves functionality, balance of stroke patients

Potent antibody responses to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine among Japanese healthcare workers

Sleep characteristics associated with cannabis use and binge drinking in teens, young adults

Study highlights cigarette smoking and risk perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Unused Johnson & Johnson Covid doses are piling up as FDA waits to see if shelf life can be extended

Men with sensory loss more likely to be physically inactive and obese than women

COVID-19 projections after California's reopening

Vaccination after prior infection elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

Specially-designed mindfulness program helps reduce GP trainee burnout

Are women more likely to develop long COVID?

Study reveals personal stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV

MIT researchers develop a molecular assay to detect sub-picomolar levels of the SARS-CoV-2's receptor-binding domain

Cell-to-cell contact helps in spreading SARS-CoV-2, finds study

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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