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Coronavirus crisis opens access to online opioid addiction treatment

Opioid addiction isn't taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic.

23 Apr 2020

Researchers develop new blood test for Alzheimer's disease

A new blood test for Alzheimer's disease has been developed under the leadership of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The method is based on measuring a specific variant of tau protein in ordinary blood samples, which makes the test relatively simple and cheap to perform.

23 Apr 2020

Majority of Colorado’s APCs are interested in medication abortion training

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that interest in abortion care among advance practice clinicians (APCs) in Colorado is substantial, though barriers must be addressed in order to increase access with APCs (nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician's assistants).

23 Apr 2020

UK's policy places people aged 60-69 at increased risk of COVID-19

The 7.3 million people in the UK aged between 60 and 69 are at increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.

22 Apr 2020

Study finds NCCN Guidelines for Patients listed among the most trustworthy online resources

A recently-published study from researchers in Australia and South Africa found the NCCN Guidelines for Patients to be among the most trustworthy resources for patients and caregivers seeking information online about prostate cancer.

21 Apr 2020

San Francisco quick to fight COVID-19, slow to help homeless

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has won nationwide praise for taking drastic early measures against COVID-19 that seem to have spared San Francisco the catastrophic fate of New York and other cities.

21 Apr 2020

A switch to Medicaid managed care worries some Illinois foster families

Rebecca and Bruce Austin in central Illinois have six kids — ranging in age from 4 to 22.

21 Apr 2020

Racial and ethnic differences found in pain management of minority adolescents

Pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking emergency department care, yet is often poorly assessed and treated.

20 Apr 2020

COVID-19: AGS reinforces the need for medical supplies, telehealth in older adult care

In a new series of letters sent yesterday to Congressional leaders, Vice President Pence, and White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx, MD, experts at the American Geriatrics Society continued to reinforce the need for medical supplies, telehealth, expertise in older adult care, and a range of other priorities as the federal government plans the next phase of America's response to COVID-19.

18 Apr 2020

Overuse of emergency room could be prevented through primary care

David Slusky keeps hearing the same comments from other parents who are isolating with young children.

17 Apr 2020

Sense accelerates launch of new SARS-CoV-2 disposable test

Sense Biodetection Limited has today announced an accelerated programme to launch the world’s first instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

17 Apr 2020

Researchers develop COVID-19 guide for primary care health workers

Primary care health workers now have a guide for conducting remote consultation of suspected COVID-19 patients, developed by a team of researchers from Singapore and the UK.

17 Apr 2020

California shies away from calls to eliminate restrictions on nurse practitioners

As the demand for health care workers surges with the coronavirus case count, many states are rushing to lift restrictions on nurse practitioners, who provide much of the same care as doctors do.

17 Apr 2020

N.Y. leads the nation in COVID-19 tests, but the effort still lags behind demand

This jampacked city, with its high-rises, brownstones and cheek-by-jowl single-family homes, is a ripe environment for the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 11,000 residents. That density also complicates a key strategy for alleviating the epidemic: testing.

16 Apr 2020

A talk with your GP may reduce risk of getting cardiovascular disease

Having a general practitioner who is trained in motivational interviewing may reduce your risk of getting cardiovascular disease.

14 Apr 2020

Pediatric practices struggle to adapt and survive amid COVID-19

The silence was striking. On a normal day, the well-child waiting room at Berkeley Pediatrics bustles with children playing, infants crying and teenagers furiously tapping on their smartphones.

14 Apr 2020

New clinical practice guideline for Ménière's disease published

The Clinical Practice Guideline: Ménière's Disease in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery has been published today.

8 Apr 2020

Risk of depression increases with higher weight, shows study

In an analysis of primary care records of 519,513 UK adults who were overweight or obese between 2000-2016 and followed up until 2019, the incidence of new cases of depression was 92 per 10,000 people per year. The risk of depression also rose with higher weight, according to the Obesity analysis.

8 Apr 2020

Early warning scores could help sickest patients to receive timely care

The research team, based at the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West in collaboration with the West of England Academic Health Science Network, studied the impact of NEWS scores collected for more than 13,000 urgent GP referrals to hospital.

7 Apr 2020