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Researchers explore failed SARS-CoV-2 screening at hospital entrances

Researchers evaluated the failure rates of COVID-19 screening at hospital entrances for visitors, health professionals, and patients at the Yale New Haven Hospital in the US.

1 Dec 2022

The incidence of antimicrobial resistance among urinary E. coli isolates is increasing in both hospital and community settings in Australia

Researchers comparatively evaluated trends in AMR among urinary Escherichia coli strains from a private, commercial community-based laboratory and a public HB laboratory in the Illawarra Shoalhaven area located in NSW, Australia.

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

UW School of Medicine solidifies partnership with Lummi Nation to open more training opportunities

The University of Washington School of Medicine has solidified a partnership with the Lummi Nation to teach medical students and trainees at the Lummi Tribal Health Center in Bellingham, Wash.

30 Nov 2022

Women having a higher BMI more likely to experience long Covid

Overweight women are more likely to experience symptoms of long Covid according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

30 Nov 2022

Specific genetic variant linked to early-onset childhood epilepsy discovered

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a specific genetic variant in SCN1A, the most common genetic epilepsy, that leads to an earlier onset of epilepsy, with clinical features distinct from other epilepsies.

30 Nov 2022

New collaboration focuses on building health research startups to advance healthcare

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services to build an environment for startup creation that uses cloud technology to translate UNC-Chapel Hill digital health research expertise into commercialized solutions.

30 Nov 2022

Study finds a number of barriers to accessing interpreting services in primary care

People who do not speak English well often ask friends and family to translate for them when accessing their GP practice, finds a new study from the University of Surrey.

30 Nov 2022

Phase 2/3 clinical trial shows that Clover’s vaccine candidate reduces household transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd., a global clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel vaccines and biologic therapeutics, and the International Vaccine Institute, an international nonprofit organization devoted to providing vaccines critical to global public health and based in Seoul, Korea, today announced that Clinical Infectious Diseases has published additional data from SPECTRA, a global Phase 2/3 clinical trial, that showed vaccination with SCB-2019 (CpG 1018/Alum) reduced the risk of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 infection to household members, compared to placebo participants.

30 Nov 2022

Researchers receive $3 million-plus NIH grant to develop treatment for drug-resistant fungus

With a new $3 million-plus grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Case Western Reserve University researchers are examining the next level of treatment for Candida auris (C.auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious infection and, in some cases, death.

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

New study questions the perception that autistic individuals experience less pain

People with autism have normal pain thresholds but increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, concludes a study in PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

30 Nov 2022

Plasma from vaccinated and COVID-19 convalescent subjects as passive immunotherapy against the new Omicron BQ.1.1, XBB, and BF.7 variants

Researchers systematically reviewed SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BQ.1.1 neutralization data from individual patient samples.

30 Nov 2022

Zimbabwe's approval of long-acting drug could provide effective options for HIV prevention

Zimbabwe's approval of the long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for use by HIV-negative people to reduce the risk of getting HIV could pave the way for effective options for HIV prevention, experts say.

30 Nov 2022

£12 million awarded to innovative UK regulators to help drive technology and personalized medicine

Science Minister George Freeman has today (30 November) awarded up to £12 million to UK regulators to help drive forward innovation, remove red tape and establish the UK as world leader in technologies of the future - from AI to help treat rare diseases, to drones monitoring safety on construction sites.

30 Nov 2022

Study: 40% of websites for heart transplant centers lack information in languages other than English

In a University of Michigan-led study, researchers found that most websites for heart transplant centers in the United States are difficult to understand, with more than 40% lacking information in languages other than English.

30 Nov 2022

Well-healed minor facial scars have little or no effect on ratings of attractiveness, study suggests

After healing, minor facial scars have little or no effect on ratings of attractiveness – while some scars are even linked to more favorable ratings, suggests a survey study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

29 Nov 2022

Unique scaffolding material shows significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury

Unique new material developed at University of Limerick in Ireland has shown significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury.

29 Nov 2022

Cryoablation is more effective than heat-based treatment for some small kidney cancers

For patients with early-stage renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) that measure between 3 and 4 centimeters, a procedure that destroys the cancer by freezing – called cryoablation – yields a lower-risk of cancer-related death compared to heat-based thermal ablation, reports a preliminary study in The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association.

29 Nov 2022

Study reports high rates of complications, rehospitalizations among patients undergoing abdominal ostomy surgery

Patients undergoing abdominal surgery for ostomy placement have high rates of hospital readmissions and emergency department visits – often involving ostomy-related complications, reports a study in the November/December issue of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, the official journal of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society.

29 Nov 2022

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Researchers explore failed SARS-CoV-2 screening at hospital entrances

The incidence of antimicrobial resistance among urinary E. coli isolates is increasing in both hospital and community settings in Australia

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

UW School of Medicine solidifies partnership with Lummi Nation to open more training opportunities

Women having a higher BMI more likely to experience long Covid

Specific genetic variant linked to early-onset childhood epilepsy discovered

New collaboration focuses on building health research startups to advance healthcare

Study finds a number of barriers to accessing interpreting services in primary care

Phase 2/3 clinical trial shows that Clover’s vaccine candidate reduces household transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers receive $3 million-plus NIH grant to develop treatment for drug-resistant fungus

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

New study questions the perception that autistic individuals experience less pain

Plasma from vaccinated and COVID-19 convalescent subjects as passive immunotherapy against the new Omicron BQ.1.1, XBB, and BF.7 variants

Zimbabwe's approval of long-acting drug could provide effective options for HIV prevention

£12 million awarded to innovative UK regulators to help drive technology and personalized medicine

Study: 40% of websites for heart transplant centers lack information in languages other than English

Well-healed minor facial scars have little or no effect on ratings of attractiveness, study suggests

Unique scaffolding material shows significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury

Cryoablation is more effective than heat-based treatment for some small kidney cancers

Study reports high rates of complications, rehospitalizations among patients undergoing abdominal ostomy surgery

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