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Heart Research UK awards grant to support University of Leeds project

A project at the university of Leeds aiming to improve the investigation and management of patients with suspected angina has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.

10 Sep 2020

Patient Safety Movement Foundation urges the creation of a National Patient Safety Board

Today, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation released a detailed white paper and its leadership issued the following statement urging the creation of a National Patient Safety Board.

10 Sep 2020

New guidelines can boost transparency of clinical trials evaluating AI health solutions

Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations to diagnose and treat disease - thanks to the first international standards for reporting of clinical trials for AI.

10 Sep 2020

New guidance launched at a virtual roundtable to drive high quality mental health support

Amid rising pressure on the UK’s mental health services, compounded by COVID-19, the Good Governance Institute and Connect Health have unveiled an industry-leading briefing to support NHS leaders and commissioners in providing the most efficient and best quality care in the community.

10 Sep 2020

Carefully implemented infection-control measures can prevent COVID-19 transmission in hospitals

As COVID-19 began to surge in the Boston area earlier this year, new infection control measures were put in place at Brigham and Women's Hospital to protect patients and staff. Over the ensuing weeks, infection control policies continued to evolve, eventually encompassing:

10 Sep 2020

Sex-differential COVID-19 responses are mediated by kynurenic acid

Now, a new study by a research team from Yale University, USA, Edith Cowan University, Australia, and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and published on the preprint server medRxiv in September 2020 shows that kynurenic acid is the underlying factor which is responsible for these differences.

9 Sep 2020

Convalescent plasma fails to improve outcome of COVID-19 in India

A new study based in India and published on the medRxiv preprint server explores the role of convalescent plasma (CP) in the treatment of moderate COVID-19 within the limitations on resources faced in a developing country.

9 Sep 2020

Allergic immune response against bacteria is not pathological but protective

Allergy is one of the most common diseases in Europe, it is estimated that more than 150 million Europeans suffer from recurring allergies and by 2025 this could have increased to half of the entire European population.

9 Sep 2020

Telehealth spikes up to offer patient care while minimizing COVID-19 exposure

Hailed for its ability to erase distance between health care providers in cities and patients in rural areas, telehealth has ironically enabled medical care to continue in a time when we all must keep our distance.

9 Sep 2020

Obamacare co-ops down from 23 to final ‘3 little miracles’

New Mexico Health Connections' decision to close at year's end will leave just three of the 23 nonprofit health insurance co-ops that sprang from the Affordable Care Act.

9 Sep 2020

Smoking linked to frequent substance use and poor mental health in sexual minority population

Cigarette smoking is associated with frequent substance use and poor behavioral and physical health in sexual and gender minority populations, according to Rutgers researchers.

9 Sep 2020

COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to child and maternal health services, show surveys

With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at stake

9 Sep 2020

Convalescent plasma could be an effective treatment for children with COVID-19

Early findings from researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) show that convalescent plasma appears to be a safe and possibly effective treatment for children with life-threatening cases of COVID-19.

9 Sep 2020

Study: Generic cholesterol medications save billions of dollars for Medicare

The switch from brand name to generic cholesterol medications that occurred between 2014 and 2018 has saved Medicare billions of dollars, even as the number of people on cholesterol-lowering drugs has increased, UT Southwestern scientists have calculated.

9 Sep 2020

Vitamin D deficiency can increase risk of COVID-19

Researchers from Israel have found that there could be a link between deficiency of vitamin D and infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Their study titled, “The link between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 in a large population,” has been released pre-publication at the medRxiv* server.

8 Sep 2020

With schools starting online, vaccinations head for recess

As co-director of school-based health centers at Bassett Healthcare Network, the pediatrician oversees about 21 school-based health clinics across the region — a poor, rural area known for manufacturing and crippled by the opioid epidemic.

8 Sep 2020

TTP plc partners with Start Codon to support life science and healthcare start-ups

TTP plc, a leading independent technology and product development company, has today announced a new partnership with Start Codon, the life science and healthcare business accelerator.

From TTP plc 8 Sep 2020

Consortium compiles recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed studies

Spearheaded by scientists at The Wistar Institute, top worldwide HIV researchers from the BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Collaboratory to Cure HIV-1 Infection by Combination Immunotherapy compiled the first comprehensive set of recommendations on how to best measure the size of persistent HIV reservoirs during cure-directed clinical studies.

7 Sep 2020

Moving towards a new age of personalized, cell-based interceptive medicine for Europe

Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united by a vision of how to revolutionize healthcare.

7 Sep 2020

Statistical model uses genomic data to predict a person's risk for esophageal cancer

7 Sep 2020

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Heart Research UK awards grant to support University of Leeds project

Patient Safety Movement Foundation urges the creation of a National Patient Safety Board

New guidelines can boost transparency of clinical trials evaluating AI health solutions

New guidance launched at a virtual roundtable to drive high quality mental health support

Carefully implemented infection-control measures can prevent COVID-19 transmission in hospitals

Sex-differential COVID-19 responses are mediated by kynurenic acid

Convalescent plasma fails to improve outcome of COVID-19 in India

Allergic immune response against bacteria is not pathological but protective

Telehealth spikes up to offer patient care while minimizing COVID-19 exposure

Obamacare co-ops down from 23 to final ‘3 little miracles’

Smoking linked to frequent substance use and poor mental health in sexual minority population

COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to child and maternal health services, show surveys

Convalescent plasma could be an effective treatment for children with COVID-19

Study: Generic cholesterol medications save billions of dollars for Medicare

Vitamin D deficiency can increase risk of COVID-19

With schools starting online, vaccinations head for recess

TTP plc partners with Start Codon to support life science and healthcare start-ups

Consortium compiles recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed studies

Moving towards a new age of personalized, cell-based interceptive medicine for Europe

Statistical model uses genomic data to predict a person's risk for esophageal cancer

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