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Landmark population health study could pave the way for better tools to fight chronic diseases in Asian populations

The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in collaboration with other healthcare institutions here, has embarked on a landmark comprehensive population health study of 100,000 Singaporeans over a few decades to identify the social, environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors associated with diseases prevalent in Singapore, such as diabetes, hypertension, and cancer.

16 Dec 2022

Natural substances show great therapeutic potential to inhibit influenza viruses

Fever, cough, sore throat, and general malaise - the cold season is here, and not only corona but also influenza viruses are spreading again at a rapid pace.

16 Dec 2022

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough?

With time running out in the 2022 congressional session, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and infectious disease specialists is scrambling to pass a bill aimed at spurring the development of antibiotics to combat the deadly spread of drug-resistant pathogens.

16 Dec 2022

Novel monoclonal antibody therapy shows promising results in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis

Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis who participated in a clinical trial of rocatinlimab - a novel, patient-tailored monoclonal antibody therapy - showed promising results both while taking the drug and up to 20 weeks after the therapy was stopped, Mount Sinai researchers reported in The Lancet.

12 Dec 2022

Off-the-shelf immunotherapy could offer new hope for patients with hard-to-treat multiple myeloma

A new therapy that makes the immune system kill bone marrow cancer cells was successful in as many as 73 percent of patients in two clinical trials, according to researchers from The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

12 Dec 2022

Study reveals biological mechanism to explain why respiratory viruses spike in colder seasons

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Northeastern University have discovered a previously unidentified immune response inside the nose that fights off viruses responsible for upper respiratory infections.

7 Dec 2022

Colorado option’s big test: Open enrollment

Critics declared Colorado's new quasi-public option a failure this fall, before it was even available for purchase on the state's Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace.

7 Dec 2022

Mount Sinai first in New York to offer telehealth services for low-acuity patients who call 911

Mount Sinai Health System has become the first health system in New York, and one of the first major academic health centers across the country, to offer telehealth services to select patients who call 911 with low-acuity injuries and conditions.

6 Dec 2022

Wearing glasses does not reduce risk of COVID-19

A new study determines the impact of wearing glasses on the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses.

5 Dec 2022

Study examines whether cortisone-like medicine can reduce pain after total knee arthroplasty

Results from a study by Henry Ford Health orthopedic researchers is the latest of several high-powered studies geared toward effectively managing pain and decreasing opioids use after total knee replacement surgery.

5 Dec 2022

AI could make doctors’ work simpler, faster, and more precise

One in nine women in the developed world will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life. The prevalence of breast cancer is increasing, an effect caused in part by the modern lifestyle and increased lifespans.

2 Dec 2022

New £1.5 million healthcare simulation facilities opened at Aston University

New £1.5 million healthcare simulation facilities have officially opened at Aston Medical School and in the School of Optometry at Aston University.

2 Dec 2022

New program lowers the risk of car crashes for teenagers with ADHD

Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that a computerized program enhanced with driving simulation training with feedback lowers the risk of car crashes for teenagers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

1 Dec 2022

Newly identified genetic mutation may be a root cause of severe childhood glaucoma

An international team of scientists led by Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, and Boston Children's Hospital, has discovered a new genetic mutation that may be a root cause of severe cases of childhood glaucoma, a devastating condition that runs in families and can rob children of their vision by 3 years of age.

1 Dec 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Medicaid machinations

The lame-duck Congress is back in Washington with a long list of bills it would like to pass and a short time to do it before Republicans take over the House majority in January.

1 Dec 2022

Hyperactivated brain cells following social trauma impair social reward and promote social avoidance

Past social trauma is encoded by a population of stress/threat-responsive brain cells that become hyperactivated during subsequent interaction with non-threatening social targets. As a consequence, previously rewarding social targets are now perceived as social threats, which promotes generalized social avoidance and impaired social reward processing that can contribute to psychiatric disorders, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Brain and Body Research Center at Mount Sinai and published November 30 in Nature.

30 Nov 2022

Study compares the performance of two most popular AMD drugs

A pilot, "look-back" study of information about 106 patients with "wet" age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treated at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine has revealed that nearly half of patients treated with aflibercept could safely stop eye injection therapy after one year without further vision loss.

30 Nov 2022

Computer-based driving program reduces on-road crashes and near crashes among youth with ADHD

A program that combines computer-based and driving simulator training may reduce the proportion of crashes and near crashes among teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a small study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

30 Nov 2022

Research findings may offer a new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

A new study links a gene concentrated in the brain's cleanup cells, known as microglia, to the inflammation that has increasingly emerged as a key mechanism contributing to Alzheimer's disease.

30 Nov 2022

An unexplained injury discovered after eye surgery. What should happen next?

When Jerry Bilinski, a 67-year-old retired social worker, scheduled cataract surgery with Carolina Eye Associates near his home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he expected no drama, just a future with better vision.

29 Nov 2022

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Landmark population health study could pave the way for better tools to fight chronic diseases in Asian populations

Natural substances show great therapeutic potential to inhibit influenza viruses

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough?

Novel monoclonal antibody therapy shows promising results in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis

Off-the-shelf immunotherapy could offer new hope for patients with hard-to-treat multiple myeloma

Study reveals biological mechanism to explain why respiratory viruses spike in colder seasons

Colorado option’s big test: Open enrollment

Mount Sinai first in New York to offer telehealth services for low-acuity patients who call 911

Wearing glasses does not reduce risk of COVID-19

Study examines whether cortisone-like medicine can reduce pain after total knee arthroplasty

AI could make doctors’ work simpler, faster, and more precise

New £1.5 million healthcare simulation facilities opened at Aston University

New program lowers the risk of car crashes for teenagers with ADHD

Newly identified genetic mutation may be a root cause of severe childhood glaucoma

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Medicaid machinations

Hyperactivated brain cells following social trauma impair social reward and promote social avoidance

Study compares the performance of two most popular AMD drugs

Computer-based driving program reduces on-road crashes and near crashes among youth with ADHD

Research findings may offer a new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

An unexplained injury discovered after eye surgery. What should happen next?

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