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HUG inaugurates a psychiatric care center for children and young adults

The Geneva University Hospital (HUG) have today inaugurated the Maison de l’enfance et de l’adolescence (MEA), a psychiatric care center for children and young adults up to the age of 18 and for medical care of adolescents and young adults up to the age of 25.

6 Jun 2023

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation sparks global condemnation

Uganda's anti-homosexuality legislation, which includes the death penalty for offenders, was signed into law on Monday by President Yoweri Museveni, sparking international condemnation.

6 Jun 2023

Trends in the prevalence of individual health risk factors: how has the mortality risk changed over time?

Researchers explored the prevalence of health risk factors and their correlation with all-cause mortality.

6 Jun 2023

Experts investigate the potential impacts of a midwifery education app

An international research team from Tanzania and Japan created a smartphone app and conducted a pilot study of how the app might be used to improve midwives' knowledge and skills in Tanzania. Their study focused on the app's potential effects on the learning outcomes of midwives and birth preparedness of pregnant women in Tanzania.

6 Jun 2023

Large-scale comprehensive sequencing helps downstream medical care in newborns

Researchers who lead the world's first comprehensive sequencing program for newborn infants have published the next chapter in the ongoing study of the BabySeq Project, with new findings on infants and families who have been followed for 3-5 years.

6 Jun 2023

Cutting-edge virtual blood vessel technology could benefit patients with heart disease

Patients with heart disease could benefit from less extensive interventions thanks to cutting-edge technology that creates 3D computer models of blood flow through the heart's arteries, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society in Manchester.

5 Jun 2023

Study highlights strikingly low numbers of defibrillators being used during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester.

5 Jun 2023

New data from the nationwide INSPIRE study shows Long COVID is not a singular condition

The latest data from the nationwide INSPIRE study assessing the long-term symptoms and outcomes of the COVID-19 virus in nearly 6000 participants identifies four clinically distinct symptom presentations (phenotypes), adding to the growing body evidence that Long COVID is not singular condition but rather a range of conditions that may evolve, and typically improve, over time.

5 Jun 2023

Kidneys from donors with COVID-19 not associated with organ rejection, complications after transplant

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that donated kidneys from deceased COVID-19 patients are safe to transplant.

5 Jun 2023

New antibiotic-resistance genes are present in bacteria in almost all environments, study shows

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than was previously realised.

5 Jun 2023

New insights into the importance of microglia in controlling anxiety-related behaviors

The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of anxiety-related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), are still unclear.

5 Jun 2023

Understanding recovery and symptom trajectories up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Around 1 in 6 unvaccinated individuals say they are still experiencing health effects of covid-19 up to two years after infection, finds a study from Switzerland published by The BMJ today.

5 Jun 2023

Poor cardiovascular health may contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders

People with higher risks of cardiovascular disease are significantly more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, and rotator cuff tendinitis, according to a new study involving researchers at the University of Utah and the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.

5 Jun 2023

Women taking oral estrogen therapy more likely to develop high blood pressure

Women ages 45 years and older taking estrogen hormone therapy in pill form were more likely to develop high blood pressure than those using transdermal (topical, applied to the skin) or vaginal formulations, according to new research published today in Hypertension, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal.

5 Jun 2023

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

HUG inaugurates a psychiatric care center for children and young adults

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation sparks global condemnation

Trends in the prevalence of individual health risk factors: how has the mortality risk changed over time?

Experts investigate the potential impacts of a midwifery education app

Large-scale comprehensive sequencing helps downstream medical care in newborns

Cutting-edge virtual blood vessel technology could benefit patients with heart disease

Study highlights strikingly low numbers of defibrillators being used during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

New data from the nationwide INSPIRE study shows Long COVID is not a singular condition

Kidneys from donors with COVID-19 not associated with organ rejection, complications after transplant

New antibiotic-resistance genes are present in bacteria in almost all environments, study shows

New insights into the importance of microglia in controlling anxiety-related behaviors

Understanding recovery and symptom trajectories up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Poor cardiovascular health may contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders

Women taking oral estrogen therapy more likely to develop high blood pressure

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

An overview of the French antibiotic resistance surveillance system in the human, animal, and environmental sectors

New campaign launched to raise awareness of the key role played by MS Nurses

New assessment of health captures the multi-dimensional nature of everyday health experience

Study: 63% of children do not receive mental health services within six months after firearm injury

Lindus Health secures funding to accelerate the use of technology for revolutionizing clinical trials

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