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Impending hospital closure rattles Atlanta health care landscape and political races

Like many neighborhoods in cities across the country, Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward is changing.

14 Sep 2022

Simple phone-based outreach strategy can help engage low-income smokers to try quitting tobacco

New findings published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research show a simple, but valuable approach can help engage low-income smokers to try quitting tobacco.

14 Sep 2022

STRATAGEM aims to provide new perspectives on multidrug-resistant solid tumors

Achieving a good efficacy of chemotherapy is one of the major challenges still unresolved in oncological patients. The main limitation to the efficacy of chemotherapy is the multidrug-resistant (MDR) phenotype, a multiple cross-resistance towards different anticancer drugs.

14 Sep 2022

Air pollution may trigger arrhythmias in healthy adolescents

Breathing particulate matter (i.e., tiny particles suspended in the air) air pollution may trigger irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias) in healthy teenagers, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

14 Sep 2022

Medical device components that inhibit bacterial growth

Vyon® porous plastics from Porvair Sciences are the perfect material for filtration applications in the healthcare and medical device market.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 14 Sep 2022

CDC Health Alert Network provides recommendations to manage the recent increase in severe respiratory illness among children

The US CDC’s HAN has provided certain recommendations to inform healthcare providers, infection control professionals, clinical laboratories, and public health departments about the recent increase in pediatric cases of severe respiratory illness in several regions of the USA.

14 Sep 2022

FUJIFILM Healthcare Demonstrates New Ultrasound Platform at ISUOG 2022

FUJIFILM Healthcare will be exhibiting at the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG) World Congress 2022 on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

From FUJIFILM Corporation 14 Sep 2022

COVID-19 risk substantially reduced in seniors who receive 4th mRNA booster

In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers in Singapore estimated the effectiveness of the second booster (fourth dose) vaccination with messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines against symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and associated hospitalizations with among individuals aged ≥80 years.

14 Sep 2022

Transmission of monkeypox virus atypical and unique in 2022

In a recent study published in the journal Viruses, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases identified and presented all the relevant research on the monkeypox virus (MPXV) to draw inferences about the 2022 MPXV outbreak.

13 Sep 2022

Altered T-cell response in hemodialysis patients following third COVID-19 vaccine dose

Scientists define the immune responses against COVID-19 in HD patients who received three mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses.

13 Sep 2022

COVID found to be the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020.

13 Sep 2022

Expansion of telehealth during the pandemic for opioid use disorder-related care associated with beneficial outcomes

The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated overdose, according to a new study.

13 Sep 2022

NIH's Bridge2AI program aims to expand use of AI by biomedical and behavioral research communities

The National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years, pending the availability of funds, to accelerate the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the biomedical and behavioral research communities.

13 Sep 2022

AI system can quickly and automatically evaluate chest X-rays for TB

An artificial intelligence system detects tuberculosis (TB) in chest X-rays at a level comparable to radiologists, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

13 Sep 2022

Vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acid supplements do not prevent frailty in older adults

Frailty is defined as reduced physiological reserve and ability to cope with acute stresses. Up to half of adults over the age of 85 live with frailty and thus, preventative measures are greatly needed.

13 Sep 2022

Trained radiographers perform just as well as radiologists in double reading screening mammograms

When double reading screening mammograms, radiographers (technologists) trained for the task perform as well as radiologists in key areas, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

13 Sep 2022

Hostile political landscape takes its toll on the mental health of Latina mothers

The sociopolitical climate in the United States has taken its toll on the mental health of Latina mothers, according to new research from the University of California San Diego.

13 Sep 2022

New national center strengthens NHS cancer services

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will co-lead a new national center of excellence with the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS England) to strengthen NHS cancer services by looking at treatments and patient outcomes right across England and Wales.

13 Sep 2022

Study investigates the prevalence of adrenal tumors in an unselected screening population

A cross-sectional study of more than 25,000 adults has found that with increased screening, the prevalence of adrenal tumors in an unselected community population was 1.4%. The prevalence increased with age, from 0.2% in adults aged 18 to 25 up to 3.2% in adults older than 65 years of age. However, approximately 70% of identified tumors were nonfunctioning, meaning they did not make extra hormones, regardless of the participant's age. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

13 Sep 2022

Study explores work experiences and quality of life for Hispanic survivors

As a cancer nurse in the U.S. Army for more than 29 years, Elizabeth Anderson saw firsthand how chemotherapy, radiation and surgeries impact the body's lymphatic system, putting breast cancer survivors at greater risk for developing lymphedema, a chronic condition of swelling that may occur after surgical removal, chemotherapy treatment, or irradiation of lymph nodes.

13 Sep 2022

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Impending hospital closure rattles Atlanta health care landscape and political races

Simple phone-based outreach strategy can help engage low-income smokers to try quitting tobacco

STRATAGEM aims to provide new perspectives on multidrug-resistant solid tumors

Air pollution may trigger arrhythmias in healthy adolescents

Medical device components that inhibit bacterial growth

CDC Health Alert Network provides recommendations to manage the recent increase in severe respiratory illness among children

FUJIFILM Healthcare Demonstrates New Ultrasound Platform at ISUOG 2022

COVID-19 risk substantially reduced in seniors who receive 4th mRNA booster

Transmission of monkeypox virus atypical and unique in 2022

Altered T-cell response in hemodialysis patients following third COVID-19 vaccine dose

COVID found to be the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Expansion of telehealth during the pandemic for opioid use disorder-related care associated with beneficial outcomes

NIH's Bridge2AI program aims to expand use of AI by biomedical and behavioral research communities

AI system can quickly and automatically evaluate chest X-rays for TB

Vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acid supplements do not prevent frailty in older adults

Trained radiographers perform just as well as radiologists in double reading screening mammograms

Hostile political landscape takes its toll on the mental health of Latina mothers

New national center strengthens NHS cancer services

Study investigates the prevalence of adrenal tumors in an unselected screening population

Study explores work experiences and quality of life for Hispanic survivors

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