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Young doctor succumbs to COVID, one of the south’s many health workers lost

It took Carrie Wanamaker several days to connect the face she saw on GoFundMe with the young woman she had met a few years before.

8 Oct 2020

Warwick researcher to explore the use of robots and artificial intelligence in hospital settings

Hospitals all over the world must increase their efficiency and productivity and boost quality and safety, while containing and reducing costs.

8 Oct 2020

Moved by plight of young heart patient, stranger pays his hospital bill

Even with insurance, Matthew Fentress faced a medical bill of more than $10,000 after a heart operation. A cook at a senior living community in Kentucky, he figured he could never pay what he owed — until a stranger who lives 2,000 miles away stepped in to help.

8 Oct 2020

Study shows women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men

A Dartmouth-Gallup study finds that women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men, a difference that transcends party lines.

8 Oct 2020

Paying oncology practices to prescribe evidence-based drugs can improve quality of cancer care

A pay-for performance program that offers enhanced reimbursement to oncology practices for prescribing high-quality, evidence-based cancer drugs increased use of these drugs without significantly changing total spending on care, Penn Medicine researchers report in a new study published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

8 Oct 2020

Simple sugar in human breast milk can promote myelin repair in multiple sclerosis patients

N-acetylglucosamine, a simple sugar found in human breast milk and sold as an over-the-counter dietary supplement in the United States, promotes myelin repair in mouse models and correlates with myelination levels in multiple sclerosis patients according to a new University of California, Irvine-led study.

8 Oct 2020

Vitamin D deficiency may predict COVID-19 seroconversion

A recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in October 2020 reports the potential contribution of vitamin D deficiency to an increased risk of COVID-19 in a subset of health care workers in the UK.

8 Oct 2020

Anosmia and ageusia may be useful as COVID-19 surveillance case definitions

A recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv in October 2020 reports the utility of alterations in taste and smell to monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 among contacts and in a community that lacks unlimited testing resources.

7 Oct 2020

Transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states

Indian and American researchers collaborated to study the trends of transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in two Indian states – Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Their study titled, “Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Science last week.

7 Oct 2020

Ground-breaking maternal health trial starts across 80 hospitals in Asia and Africa

Researchers based at the University of Birmingham are starting a ground-breaking maternal health trial across 80 hospitals in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Sri Lanka.

7 Oct 2020

Researcher receives NIA grant to study traumatic stress-related accelerated cellular aging in the brain

Erika Wolf, PhD, clinical research psychologist for the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, is the recipient of a four-year, $1.7 million R01 award from the National Institute on Aging to study traumatic stress related accelerated cellular aging in the brain.

7 Oct 2020

Rare gene mutations can cause cerebral palsy, confirms new study

An international research team including the University of Adelaide has found further evidence that rare gene mutations can cause cerebral palsy, findings which could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatments for this devastating movement disorder.

7 Oct 2020

Mindfulness interventions can help treat obesity

Researchers have developed a package of new tools to examine how mindfulness can help tackle rising obesity across the UK.

7 Oct 2020

Researchers quantify aerosols generated during anesthetic procedures

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much debate about the danger to hospital staff from anaesthetic procedures. Concerns include that placing a tube in the patient's airway (intubation) before surgery or removing it at the end (extubation) may produce a fine mist of small particles (called aerosols) and spread the COVID-19 virus to nearby staff.

7 Oct 2020

Researchers develop new tools to assess care provided for patients with brain metastasis

Ambitious efforts at UVA Cancer Center to improve care delivered to patients with cancer that has spread to the brain have yielded important insights and tools that can benefit other hospitals, a new publication reports.

7 Oct 2020

Robotic surgery poses challenges as hospital resume elective surgery amid COVID-19

Robotic surgery plays a major role in modern management of prostate cancer, bladder cancer, and other conditions treated by urologists. But it also poses some special challenges as hospitals resume elective surgery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 Oct 2020

Study: Brazil's community health workers could play a key role in combating COVID-19

Brazil has more than 286,000 community health workers integrated into the national primary healthcare program. These professionals form a broad network serving 75% of the population, especially low-income families who lack medical insurance and are the most adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 Oct 2020

Study finds high out-of-pocket spending on orphan drugs for rare childhood diseases

Only about one in every 170 children take them. But "orphan drugs" accounted for 1 in every 15 private insurance dollars spent on children's health care in the United States in 2018, according to a new study. That's up 65% from just five years before.

6 Oct 2020

Dried blood spot samples accurately detect anti-SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein antibodies

Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, a new study by immunology experts at the University of Birmingham has found.

6 Oct 2020

New guidelines can help fertility practitioners build stronger patient relationships

Pregnantish, the infertility community and content site, has crafted powerful new relationship guidelines to help fertility practitioners build stronger patient relationships, using simple communication tools designed to make every interaction count.

6 Oct 2020

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Young doctor succumbs to COVID, one of the south’s many health workers lost

Warwick researcher to explore the use of robots and artificial intelligence in hospital settings

Moved by plight of young heart patient, stranger pays his hospital bill

Study shows women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men

Paying oncology practices to prescribe evidence-based drugs can improve quality of cancer care

Simple sugar in human breast milk can promote myelin repair in multiple sclerosis patients

Vitamin D deficiency may predict COVID-19 seroconversion

Anosmia and ageusia may be useful as COVID-19 surveillance case definitions

Transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states

Ground-breaking maternal health trial starts across 80 hospitals in Asia and Africa

Researcher receives NIA grant to study traumatic stress-related accelerated cellular aging in the brain

Rare gene mutations can cause cerebral palsy, confirms new study

Mindfulness interventions can help treat obesity

Researchers quantify aerosols generated during anesthetic procedures

Researchers develop new tools to assess care provided for patients with brain metastasis

Robotic surgery poses challenges as hospital resume elective surgery amid COVID-19

Study: Brazil's community health workers could play a key role in combating COVID-19

Study finds high out-of-pocket spending on orphan drugs for rare childhood diseases

Dried blood spot samples accurately detect anti-SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein antibodies

New guidelines can help fertility practitioners build stronger patient relationships

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