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Study: Nursing homes most adversely affected by employment declines since the pandemic

Among health care job sectors, nursing homes have been the most adversely affected by declines in employment growth since the pandemic—a rate more than triple that of hospitals or physician offices, says a University of Michigan researcher.

3 Nov 2023

Dental opioid prescribing declines in the U.S., but pandemic slows progressNovember 3, 2023

Americans who have a tooth pulled or another painful dental procedure in the United States today are far less likely to get opioid painkillers than they were just a few years ago, a University of Michigan study shows.

3 Nov 2023

WFIRM announces successful renewal of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site grant

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is thrilled to announce the successful renewal of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

3 Nov 2023

Researchers pioneer a novel treatment for the most common autoimmune encephalitis

Researchers at DZNE and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have pioneered a novel treatment for the most common autoimmune encephalitis.

3 Nov 2023

Nutrition and aging: A two-way relationship

With so much hype in the media about miracle diets and nutritional supplements, one is invariably tempted to look for a single, food-based magic bullet that will increase the likelihood of living a longer, healthier life.

3 Nov 2023

AI model calculates percent necrosis in osteosarcoma patients with 99% accuracy

A research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine has created and trained a machine learning model to calculate percent necrosis (PN) - or, what percentage of a tumor is "dead" and no longer active - in patients with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer.

3 Nov 2023

Sparsentan may be a new treatment option for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a rare kidney disorder that affects children and adults, and can lead to kidney failure.

3 Nov 2023

Childhood adversity linked to COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations in adulthood

People who endured childhood adversity, like abuse or neglect, were more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 in adulthood, a new University of Pittsburgh study found. Specifically, higher self-reported childhood adversity was linked to 12-25% higher odds of COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality.

3 Nov 2023

New prediction model estimates risk of opioid relapse early in treatment

A newly developed prediction model may be able to calculate the risk of opioid relapse among individuals in the early stages of medication treatment - as early as three weeks into therapy.

3 Nov 2023

Pharmacist prescribing for hypertension could save billions and millions of lives, study finds

If pharmacists had a larger role in prescribing medications to control blood pressure, they could prevent more than 15 million heart attacks, nearly 8 million strokes and more than 4 million cases each of angina and heart failure in the U.S. over 30 years, according to a new Virginia Commonwealth University-led study.

3 Nov 2023

Racial and socioeconomic integration linked to lower health care expenditure disparities

Differences in health care expenditures between Black and white adults vary substantially with the local level of racial and economic integration, and tend to be low or nonexistent in highly integrated communities, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

3 Nov 2023

Zoonotic spillover epidemics increasing at exponential rate, study finds

Four types of animal-to-human (zoonotic) Infections have been increasing at an "exponential rate," amid a general pattern of increasingly larger and more frequent 'spillover' epidemics, finds an analysis of 60 years of historical epidemiological data, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

3 Nov 2023

Rising temperatures pose looming threat: Extreme heat could elevate cardiovascular mortality for US residents by midcentury

Researchers estimate the change in the severe heat-related cardiovascular mortality burden in the United States.

3 Nov 2023

AI predicts glaucoma progression in high-risk patients with high accuracy

AI (artificial intelligence) that is trained to recognize red flags in retinal images and clinical information can predict if and when people at high risk of glaucoma, usually referred to as 'glaucoma suspects,' go on to actually develop it, finds research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

3 Nov 2023

Teleworking during the pandemic linked to higher parenting stress, especially for fathers

Forty percent of parents who worked remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic reported higher parenting stress compared with only 27 percent of parents who worked onsite, reports a new survey from scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

3 Nov 2023

Analysis finds implicit bias of healthcare professionals towards transgender people

By analyzing data from the Harvard Implicit Association Test - a widely accepted measure of a person's attitudes toward people based on characteristics like race, gender, and sexuality - researchers find that healthcare professionals, and in particular nurses, are more biased against transgender people than are people who are not healthcare professionals.

3 Nov 2023

High-impact clinical trial results to be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023

The results of numerous high-impact clinical trials that could affect kidney-related medical care will be presented in-person at ASN Kidney Week 2023 November 1–November 5.

3 Nov 2023

BU researcher receives grant to improve behavioral health care for underserved kids, young adults

Carryl P. Navalta, PhD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received a two-year, $476,194 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for his research, "Project EDUCATE" (Education to Deliver and Utilize Child and Adolescent Treatment Effectively).

3 Nov 2023

Scientists identify progenitor cells that could revolutionize osteoarthritis treatment

Researchers report that osteoarthritis is caused by the loss of Gremlin 1 (Grem1)-lineage chondrogenic progenitor cells.

3 Nov 2023

Men found to be less eager and likely to share negative information than women

A new study from Carnegie Mellon University, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), and Bocconi University has found that men are less eager and likely to share negative information than women, while there was little difference when it comes to positive news.

3 Nov 2023

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Study: Nursing homes most adversely affected by employment declines since the pandemic

Dental opioid prescribing declines in the U.S., but pandemic slows progressNovember 3, 2023

WFIRM announces successful renewal of its Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site grant

Researchers pioneer a novel treatment for the most common autoimmune encephalitis

Nutrition and aging: A two-way relationship

AI model calculates percent necrosis in osteosarcoma patients with 99% accuracy

Sparsentan may be a new treatment option for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Childhood adversity linked to COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations in adulthood

New prediction model estimates risk of opioid relapse early in treatment

Pharmacist prescribing for hypertension could save billions and millions of lives, study finds

Racial and socioeconomic integration linked to lower health care expenditure disparities

Zoonotic spillover epidemics increasing at exponential rate, study finds

Rising temperatures pose looming threat: Extreme heat could elevate cardiovascular mortality for US residents by midcentury

AI predicts glaucoma progression in high-risk patients with high accuracy

Teleworking during the pandemic linked to higher parenting stress, especially for fathers

Analysis finds implicit bias of healthcare professionals towards transgender people

High-impact clinical trial results to be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023

BU researcher receives grant to improve behavioral health care for underserved kids, young adults

Scientists identify progenitor cells that could revolutionize osteoarthritis treatment

Men found to be less eager and likely to share negative information than women

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