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Novel blood test as adjunct to MRI improves prostate cancer screening

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate cancer screening.

12 Aug 2021

PAHO Director expresses concern about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Caribbean countries

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), expressed concern about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Caribbean countries and made a strong appeal to people to get vaccinated.

12 Aug 2021

Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal deaths in the U.S. may be larger than previously reported

Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality — deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth — in the United States may be larger than previously reported, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

12 Aug 2021

Apple aims to push more patient data to doctors. But who can gauge its impact on health?

Soon, Apple announced recently, it will enable doctors to monitor health data from their patients' phones and watches between visits, part of the push into health care that Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, has declared will constitute the company's greatest contribution to mankind.

12 Aug 2021

Ten-fold reduced risk of workplace SARS-CoV-2 infection in seropositive essential workers

A reassuring new study supports the opening of workplaces to seropositive workers in view of the extremely low risk of reinfection observed in this cohort.

11 Aug 2021

Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases

A recent study discusses the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with SARDs who were previously vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.

11 Aug 2021

UC Davis epidemiologist turns to colleagues for cancer care

Brad Pollock knows a lot about cancer. In addition to his appointments as chair of the UC Davis Public Health Sciences Department and associate dean for public health sciences, Pollock is an expert in cancer epidemiology, including the study of what causes cancer, how it spreads and cancer prevention.

11 Aug 2021

Researchers aim to identify gene-lifestyle interactions that contribute to cardiometabolic disease risk

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a four-year, $8.8 million grant to ramp up research aimed at unraveling how an individual's risks of cardiometabolic diseases, such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, are influenced by the interaction of specific genes with demographic and lifestyle factors.

11 Aug 2021

UQ-led telehealth project focuses on easing dementia’s burden on Indigenous Australians

Improving the impact of high dementia rates on Indigenous Australians and communities is the focus of a University of Queensland-led telehealth project with a global track record of success.

11 Aug 2021

CDC gives a food safety alert regarding outbreak of Salmonella infections

A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/enteritidis-06-21/index.html

11 Aug 2021

Self-perceived social standing may be an important factor contributing to cardiovascular health

How U.S. Hispanic/Latino adults perceive their own social standing, relative to the general population may be an important factor contributing to their overall cardiovascular health, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access journal of the American Heart Association.

11 Aug 2021

Emerging biosensing technologies could revolutionize the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

Sepsis in newborn infants can be fatal. Early diagnosis is thus key to effectively manage the infection. Conventional diagnostic methods are, however, time-consuming.

11 Aug 2021

COVID-19 booster shot in autumn will effectively protect against existing and future variants

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have confirmed that an autumn 'booster' dose of a Covid-19 vaccine will be an effective way to protect people from existing, and potentially future, variants of concern.

11 Aug 2021

Green spaces, especially forest, reduce COVID-19 incidence, study says

An intriguing new study reveals that the closer you are to green spaces, especially forests, the less likely you are to be infected with SARS-CoV-2.

10 Aug 2021

NYU Langone and Perlmutter Cancer Center expand lung cancer screening services to more locations

As part of its mission to bring high-quality healthcare services closer to patients, NYU Langone Health and Perlmutter Cancer Center have expanded the Lung Cancer Screening Program to more than a dozen additional locations throughout its network in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and on Long Island.

10 Aug 2021

Resistance exercise regulates fat cell metabolism at a molecular level, study finds

Findings from a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Health Sciences study add to growing evidence that resistance exercise has unique benefits for fat loss.

9 Aug 2021

New study receives $33 million PCORI funding to compare anesthetic medications

More than 50,000 surgical patients undergo general anesthesia every day in the United States, but clinicians and scientists lack evidence indicating which types of anesthesia drugs result in the best outcomes for patients.

9 Aug 2021

New regional policy to guide EMS response could improve stroke care

Patients with a suspected acute ischemic stroke who are taken by emergency medical services (EMS) directly to comprehensive stroke centers rather than the nearest stroke center for care are more likely to receive endovascular therapy, according to research led by investigators at the University of Chicago Medicine, in collaboration with local healthcare and emergency response groups.

9 Aug 2021

Researchers bind anti-bacterial molecules with graphene to destroy bacteria on implants

Bacterial infections relating to medical implants place a huge burden on healthcare and cause great suffering to patients worldwide.

9 Aug 2021

Study of antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in convalescent individuals

In addition to clinical trials conducted to determine the safety and efficacy of the mRNA vaccines, additional studies began describing the serological response to the vaccines under "real-world" conditions, especially with the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 variants and case reports of vaccine escape.

9 Aug 2021

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Novel blood test as adjunct to MRI improves prostate cancer screening

PAHO Director expresses concern about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Caribbean countries

Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal deaths in the U.S. may be larger than previously reported

Apple aims to push more patient data to doctors. But who can gauge its impact on health?

Ten-fold reduced risk of workplace SARS-CoV-2 infection in seropositive essential workers

Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases

UC Davis epidemiologist turns to colleagues for cancer care

Researchers aim to identify gene-lifestyle interactions that contribute to cardiometabolic disease risk

UQ-led telehealth project focuses on easing dementia’s burden on Indigenous Australians

CDC gives a food safety alert regarding outbreak of Salmonella infections

Self-perceived social standing may be an important factor contributing to cardiovascular health

Emerging biosensing technologies could revolutionize the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

COVID-19 booster shot in autumn will effectively protect against existing and future variants

Green spaces, especially forest, reduce COVID-19 incidence, study says

NYU Langone and Perlmutter Cancer Center expand lung cancer screening services to more locations

Resistance exercise regulates fat cell metabolism at a molecular level, study finds

New study receives $33 million PCORI funding to compare anesthetic medications

New regional policy to guide EMS response could improve stroke care

Researchers bind anti-bacterial molecules with graphene to destroy bacteria on implants

Study of antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in convalescent individuals

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