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Research offers insight into patients' views of AI in healthcare

New research from Yale Cancer Center provides a new understanding of patients' views of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare

10 May 2022

Lifesaving drug for opioid use disorder underutilized

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Saint Louis University found that less than half of Americans who received treatment for opioid use disorder over a five-year period were offered a potentially lifesaving medication.

10 May 2022

Evasion of COVID-19 vaccine-medicated mucosal immunity by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Researchers depicted the evasion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant to mucosal immunity in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine recipients.

10 May 2022

Detecting treatments for autoimmune disease using an immune ‘fingerprint’

In this interview, we speak to Professor Joseph Powell about his latest research that investigated the use of immune 'fingerprints' to treat autoimmune disease.

10 May 2022

Sphere Fluidics strengthens commercial team with three new senior hires

Key appointments form part of broader ongoing recruitment plans to support expanded operations and product development.

From Sphere Bio 10 May 2022

Travel nurses see swift change of fortunes as covid money runs dry

Jones, who has been a nurse for 17 years, caught up with a Facebook group for travel nurses and saw she wasn't alone. Nurses had reported abruptly losing jobs and seeing their rates slashed as much as 50% midcontract.

10 May 2022

Systematic review with meta-analysis of the current evidence regarding the incidence of long COVID symptomatology

The researchers searched several databases looking for observational studies on the incidence of long COVID symptoms and signs by organ system, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria.

10 May 2022

BIDMC researchers seek to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis

Diabetes is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, affecting more than 34 million adults and generating $330 billion in annual healthcare expenditures.

10 May 2022

CDC/FDA reports on VAERS - no association between vaccines and increased mortality

A U.S. population-wide study published in medRxiv* preprint server provides information and context about deaths reported to VAERS following COVID-19 vaccination.

10 May 2022

About 15 million additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new figures showing that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused almost 15 million deaths directly or indirectly. These deaths comprise the excess mortality over the two years 2020 and 2021, attributable to infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

9 May 2022

Remdesivir shows no significant effect on patients with COVID-19 in Solidarity trial

A recent study published in the journal The Lancet summarized the final results of the Solidarity trial which aimed at finding out which drugs were most effective at reducing the severity of the disease among hospitalized patients.

9 May 2022

Severe symptoms result in high titers of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Scientists have focused on determining the cause-effect relationship between SARS-CoV-2 antibody titers and COVID-19 disease severity.

9 May 2022

Telemedicine boom reduced racial gaps in primary care appointment completion rates

Historically, there has been racial inequity when it comes to primary care appointments, which are vital for managing and preventing chronic disease.

9 May 2022

Cancer mortality in sub-Saharan Africa could reach 1 million by 2030 without rapid interventions

Annual cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) could reach 1 million by 2030, nearly double the 520,000 deaths from cancer that occurred in 2020.

9 May 2022

Hypertensive pregnancy disorders associated with increased risk for future cardiovascular events

Women who experienced complications related to developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, during pregnancy had a 63% increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to research funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

9 May 2022

Personalized text messaging program improves healthy lifestyle measures in heart attack survivors

A text messaging program successfully supported, informed and motivated people after a heart attack on how to prevent a second heart attack, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

9 May 2022

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Research offers insight into patients' views of AI in healthcare

Lifesaving drug for opioid use disorder underutilized

Evasion of COVID-19 vaccine-medicated mucosal immunity by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Detecting treatments for autoimmune disease using an immune ‘fingerprint’

Sphere Fluidics strengthens commercial team with three new senior hires

Travel nurses see swift change of fortunes as covid money runs dry

Systematic review with meta-analysis of the current evidence regarding the incidence of long COVID symptomatology

BIDMC researchers seek to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis

CDC/FDA reports on VAERS - no association between vaccines and increased mortality

About 15 million additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021

Remdesivir shows no significant effect on patients with COVID-19 in Solidarity trial

Severe symptoms result in high titers of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Telemedicine boom reduced racial gaps in primary care appointment completion rates

Cancer mortality in sub-Saharan Africa could reach 1 million by 2030 without rapid interventions

Hypertensive pregnancy disorders associated with increased risk for future cardiovascular events

Personalized text messaging program improves healthy lifestyle measures in heart attack survivors

Personal construct therapy found to be effective in reducing depression in women with fibromyalgia

Third BNT162b2 dose elicits more durable immune response than second dose

Study to use AI for improving the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities

Differences in COVID-19 outcomes related to sex

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Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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