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Trigger finger most often affects patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population.

19 Oct 2022

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a new trial out today.

19 Oct 2022

What is the risk of severe COVID-19 in infants younger than three months?

Researchers from Italy investigated the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in infants younger than three months and compared the reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity scores for the pediatric population.

19 Oct 2022

Differential effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on children and adolescents

A recent Emerging Infectious Diseases journal study evaluated whether specific SARS-CoV-2 variants were linked with different clinical manifestations in children and adolescents.

19 Oct 2022

Antimicrobial coating reduces spread of SARS-CoV-2 on public transport

The antiviral efficacy of a quaternary ammonium compound-based antimicrobial coating for public transport.

18 Oct 2022

Europeans support transferring COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations, study finds

The study of individuals from six countries finds that Europeans support transferring COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations and prioritizing those with the greatest need regardless of their country of residence.

18 Oct 2022

Extra time spent in the EHR may benefit certain care outcomes, study suggests

In the United States, the electronic health record (EHR) has become increasingly prevalent in the day-to-day practice of physicians, with primary care physicians (PCPs) spending the most time in the EHR.

18 Oct 2022

Researchers develop a powerful computational tool for understanding brain health and disease

A team led by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, in close collaboration with investigators at Mass General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has developed a powerful computational tool for understanding brain health and disease, providing an enhanced way of characterizing the activity of the brain during sleep.

18 Oct 2022

Study: Health insurance companies may be overpaying for common radiology services

Health insurance companies may be overpaying for common radiology services, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

18 Oct 2022

Study investigates the intersection of race, ethnicity, and sex in new functional limitations of trauma survivors

Survivors of traumatic injury often face many long-term health consequences including physical disabilities, mental illness and issues with social integration.

18 Oct 2022

Individualized treatment for back pain leads to increased effect compared to standard therapies

If a therapy for chronic back pain is tailored specifically to a patient's individual requirements, the chances of success are far greater than with standard forms of treatment.

18 Oct 2022

Using traveler arrival COVID-19 screening data for real-time SARS-CoV-2 surveillance

In a new study, researchers developed a model to reconstruct the estimates of how many travelers would have tested severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-positive at the country of departure.

18 Oct 2022

Centene gave thousands to Georgia leaders’ campaigns while facing Medicaid overbilling questions

A health insurance giant that has paid out more than $485 million in legal settlements with states over pharmacy billing allegations has also been a major donor to Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr, according to campaign finance records.

18 Oct 2022

Recommendations and challenges associated with wearable devices for health

Researchers assessed the recommendations and challenges associated with wearable devices in digital health.

18 Oct 2022

Medically tailored meals could result in net cost savings of $13.6 billion each year

Adopting more programs that make and deliver medically tailored meals to people with serious, diet-sensitive diseases could result not only in improved health outcomes in the form of fewer hospitalizations nationally, but in a net cost savings of approximately $13.6 billion each year, according to new research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

17 Oct 2022

Study investigates spatial variability in increasing public awareness for voluntary COVID-19 testing

In new research, scientists explored the spatial variability in increasing public awareness of the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing.

17 Oct 2022

Study reviews hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir antiviral potency against SARS‐CoV‐2

In a new study, researchers outlined the synthesis and the possible mechanism of action (MOA) of two potential severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) repurposing drug candidates.

17 Oct 2022

Scoping study of COVID-19 epidemiologic data and epidemiologic research relevant to pandemic management in the US

A new scoping study aimed to analyze COVID-19 epidemiological research and epidemiological data for managing the pandemic in the United States.

17 Oct 2022

Immunity conferred by influenza vaccinations found to be independent of vaccination timing

Researchers evaluated the impact of the timing of influenza (flu) vaccine administration on vaccine-induced immunity against infection.

17 Oct 2022

Fecal immunochemical test and mt-sDNA test are equally effective for colorectal cancer screening

Commercially available noninvasive screening tests for colorectal cancer - a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) and the multi-target stool DNAtest (mt-sDNA; or Cologuard®) - are equally effective for screening patients with early-stage colorectal cancer.

17 Oct 2022

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Trigger finger most often affects patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

What is the risk of severe COVID-19 in infants younger than three months?

Differential effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on children and adolescents

Antimicrobial coating reduces spread of SARS-CoV-2 on public transport

Europeans support transferring COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations, study finds

Extra time spent in the EHR may benefit certain care outcomes, study suggests

Researchers develop a powerful computational tool for understanding brain health and disease

Study: Health insurance companies may be overpaying for common radiology services

Study investigates the intersection of race, ethnicity, and sex in new functional limitations of trauma survivors

Individualized treatment for back pain leads to increased effect compared to standard therapies

Using traveler arrival COVID-19 screening data for real-time SARS-CoV-2 surveillance

Centene gave thousands to Georgia leaders’ campaigns while facing Medicaid overbilling questions

Recommendations and challenges associated with wearable devices for health

Medically tailored meals could result in net cost savings of $13.6 billion each year

Study investigates spatial variability in increasing public awareness for voluntary COVID-19 testing

Study reviews hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir antiviral potency against SARS‐CoV‐2

Scoping study of COVID-19 epidemiologic data and epidemiologic research relevant to pandemic management in the US

Immunity conferred by influenza vaccinations found to be independent of vaccination timing

Fecal immunochemical test and mt-sDNA test are equally effective for colorectal cancer screening

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