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More Californians are dying at home. Another covid ‘new normal’?

The covid-19 pandemic has spurred a surge in the proportion of Californians who are dying at home rather than in a hospital or nursing home, accelerating a slow but steady rise that dates back at least two decades.

26 Jan 2023

Transient ischemic attack needs emergency assessment to help prevent a full-blown stroke

Stroke symptoms that disappear in under an hour, known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), need emergency assessment to help prevent a full-blown stroke, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association's journal Stroke.

19 Jan 2023

How might healthcare transform in the next 50 years?

A new study published in Futures highlighted key factors likely to influence the evolution of medicine over the next 50 years. These factors included wellness technologies, data-driven personalization, and climate change.

12 Jan 2023

Behavioral telehealth loses momentum without a regulatory boost

Controlled substances became a little less controlled during the pandemic. That benefited both patients (for their health) and telehealth startups (to make money).

10 Jan 2023

Incidence rates and characteristics associated with medically attended COVID-19 episodes among infants younger than 6 months

A recent study estimated the overall incidence rates of medically attended SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants.

9 Jan 2023

Clinical leaders, health experts and ministers convene in Downing Street for NHS Recovery Forum

Clinical leaders, health experts and ministers will convene in Downing Street for an NHS Recovery Forum today (Saturday 7 January).

6 Jan 2023

Brief tele-cognitive behavioral therapy for head and neck cancer survivors with body-image distress shows promising results

Talking, smiling, eating together – these are all social activities that are inherent to the human experience. But for some head and neck cancer survivors, they are dreaded tasks.

6 Jan 2023

Telehealth brings expert sexual assault exams to rural patients

Amanda Shelley was sitting in her dentist's waiting room when she received a call from the police. A local teenage girl had been sexually assaulted and needed an exam.

3 Jan 2023

Exploring COVID-19 pandemic-related increases in hospitalizations among adolescents for mental health issues

Researchers conducted a retrospective, multisite cohort study among 11 to 17-year-old adolescents in the United States of America (USA) and France.

16 Dec 2022

High-speed 5G network effective in providing telerehabilitation and teletreatment in remote community

Japan's population is rapidly aging. As a result, new challenges have emerged as an increased number of elderly people, many of whom live in isolated parts of the country, need medical and nursing care despite inadequate medical resources.

16 Dec 2022

Revised guidelines for diabetes care

A recent Diabetes Care journal paper summarized the latest recommendations offered to people with diabetes to improve their health and well-being.

15 Dec 2022

Mount Sinai first in New York to offer telehealth services for low-acuity patients who call 911

Mount Sinai Health System has become the first health system in New York, and one of the first major academic health centers across the country, to offer telehealth services to select patients who call 911 with low-acuity injuries and conditions.

6 Dec 2022

Study on mpox epidemiology in New York during summer 2022

Researchers presented a summary of their experience of identifying, managing, and vaccinating monkeypox (MPX) virus (MPXV)-infected individuals in New York during the summer season of 2022.

30 Nov 2022

Portwell launches new medical-grade solutions to support efforts in response to the COVID-19

American Portwell Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Portwell, Inc., a world-leading innovator in the Industrial PC market and a member of the Intel® IoT Solutions Alliance, has launched a portfolio of medical touch monitors and medical all-in-one touch computers to support efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From American Portwell Technology, Inc 29 Nov 2022

COVID-19 lockdown did not cause a mass surge in dispensing of opioids, study finds

While some feared that New Yorkers would re-fill prescriptions to stockpile opioid medications in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown much in the way people hoarded toilet paper, in fact, New York State opioid prescriptions declined in the period around the March 20, 2020 "PAUSE" order, according to new research.

28 Nov 2022

All trimesters of pregnancy carry the same COVID-19 risk

A study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM journal aimed to analyze the effect of the trimester of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the progression of the disease in pregnant women.

27 Nov 2022

Study demonstrates that Paxlovid protects severe COVID-19–associated outcomes among persons for whom it is recommended

Researchers assessed the association between receiving a prescription for Paxlovid and COVID-19-related hospitalization in the ensuing 30 days.

24 Nov 2022

Patients complain some obesity care startups offer pills, and not much else

Many Americans turn to the latest big idea to lose weight — fad diets, fitness crazes, dodgy herbs and pills, bariatric surgery, just to name a few. They're rarely the magic solution people dream of.

15 Nov 2022

New scientific statement highlights the impact of telehealth in cardiovascular disease management

Telehealth is a proven and valuable option for people with cardiovascular disease, however, there are limitations to its use in rural and under-resourced communities, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's flagship peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

14 Nov 2022

Study highlights major disparities in geographical access to COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites

A new study from investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh, finds that COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites - clinical centers launched based on a federal initiative to provide free testing, diagnosis, and immediate access to COVID-19 antiviral treatment with Paxlovid - may not be accessible to those who need it most.

9 Nov 2022

Telemedicine News and Research

Latest Telemedicine News and Research

More Californians are dying at home. Another covid ‘new normal’?

Transient ischemic attack needs emergency assessment to help prevent a full-blown stroke

How might healthcare transform in the next 50 years?

Behavioral telehealth loses momentum without a regulatory boost

Incidence rates and characteristics associated with medically attended COVID-19 episodes among infants younger than 6 months

Clinical leaders, health experts and ministers convene in Downing Street for NHS Recovery Forum

Brief tele-cognitive behavioral therapy for head and neck cancer survivors with body-image distress shows promising results

Telehealth brings expert sexual assault exams to rural patients

Exploring COVID-19 pandemic-related increases in hospitalizations among adolescents for mental health issues

High-speed 5G network effective in providing telerehabilitation and teletreatment in remote community

Revised guidelines for diabetes care

Mount Sinai first in New York to offer telehealth services for low-acuity patients who call 911

Study on mpox epidemiology in New York during summer 2022

Portwell launches new medical-grade solutions to support efforts in response to the COVID-19

COVID-19 lockdown did not cause a mass surge in dispensing of opioids, study finds

All trimesters of pregnancy carry the same COVID-19 risk

Study demonstrates that Paxlovid protects severe COVID-19–associated outcomes among persons for whom it is recommended

Patients complain some obesity care startups offer pills, and not much else

New scientific statement highlights the impact of telehealth in cardiovascular disease management

Study highlights major disparities in geographical access to COVID-19 "Test to Treat" sites

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