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The ambulance chased one patient into collections

In retrospect, Peggy Dula said, she shouldn't have taken the ambulance. She was the least injured of the three siblings who were in a car when it was struck by a pickup truck last September. Her daughter had even offered to come to the crash site and pick her up.

27 Jul 2022

Listen: Can California lower the price of insulin?

California Healthline senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on KCRW's "Press Play With Madeleine Brand" and KJZZ, a public radio station in Phoenix, this month to discuss California's plan to reduce the cost of some prescription medications — starting with insulin — by diving into the generic drug market.

27 Jul 2022

Health insurance price data: It’s out there, But it’s not for the faint of heart

Data wonks with mighty computers are overjoyed. Ordinary consumers, not so much.

27 Jul 2022

Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated staffing challenges in children's social care, report finds

Ofsted has today published a report on the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children's social care, drawing on evidence from inspections, focus groups and interviews with inspectors.

26 Jul 2022

PCORI approves $258 million funding to support 26 new health care-related studies

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has approved funding awards totaling $258 million to support 26 new research studies.

26 Jul 2022

Experts call for consistent measurement across the social determinants of health

Access to quality healthcare depends on the accurate evaluation of social determinants of health (SDOH), but the healthcare industry has placed insufficient effort on this according to the authors of a new Commentary. The Commentary, titled "A Call for Consistent Measurement Across the SDOH Industry Landscape," is published in the peer-reviewed journal Population Health Management.

26 Jul 2022

New project to assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older patients

A Dartmouth-led research group, including investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Harvard Medical School, has received a five-year, $7 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

26 Jul 2022

Study shows the efficacy of Yoga of Immortals mobile app for urinary incontinence

People with loss of urinary control who used the Yoga of Immortals mobile app – a globally used app that combines specific yogic postures in the Sanatan tradition with breathing exercises, sound therapy and meditation – found significant improvement in the frequency and severity of urine leaks at four weeks of practice, according to a Rutgers study.

26 Jul 2022

$50 million PCORI funding approved for studies focused on treating suicidal depression and bipolar depression

Research teams at Mass General Brigham's founding members, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, have been approved for more than $50 million in funding awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for studies focused on treating two important mental health conditions.

26 Jul 2022

Earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans traced to a wholesale fish market in Wuhan, China

An international team of 18 researchers, including a scientist at University of Utah Health, have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December, 2019.

26 Jul 2022

Survey assesses the impact of EHR use during face-to-face visits in the primary care setting

Researchers report the results of a survey to assess the impact of electronic health record use during face-to-face visits in the primary care setting.

26 Jul 2022

Study confirms efficacy of molnupiravir against COVID in a real-life cohort

Researchers report the efficacy and safety of molnupiravir in treating COVID-19.

26 Jul 2022

Nasal spray highly effective against HIV and SARS-CoV-2 in animal models

The intranasal delivery of amph-protein vaccines is a potential approach to elicit a mucosal immune response against many infectious diseases.

26 Jul 2022

Study confirms link between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

Researchers investigate the association between Epstein-Barr virus infection and multiple sclerosis.

26 Jul 2022

Three doses of Novavax vaccine effective against Omicron subvariants

Researchers report that Novavax COVID-19 vaccine triggers robust neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants.

26 Jul 2022

Specific brain responses to traumatic experiences predict vulnerability to develop PTSD

Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, individuals facing potentially threatening situations who had less activity in their hippocampus – a brain structure critical for forming memories of situations that are dangerous and that are safe – developed more severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

26 Jul 2022

Frequent aspirin use associated with lower ovarian cancer risk in people with multiple risk factors

Frequent aspirin use is linked with lower ovarian cancer risk in individuals with multiple risk factors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

26 Jul 2022

$31 million PCORI funding for AAFP and Penn State to study the effectiveness of asthma treatments

The American Academy of Family Physicians, in partnership with Penn State College of Medicine, has been approved for a $31 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study the comparative effectiveness of asthma treatments.

26 Jul 2022

Genetic tests do little to accurately identify cardiovascular risks compared to simple health assessment

A genetic risk for heart disease is far less predictive of problems than actual lifestyle risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes -- even among younger adults.

26 Jul 2022

Share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20% during the pandemic, analysis finds

From May 2020 to January 2021, the share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20 percent compared to pre-pandemic estimates, while fast-food and alcohol tweets decreased by 9 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

26 Jul 2022

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The ambulance chased one patient into collections

Listen: Can California lower the price of insulin?

Health insurance price data: It’s out there, But it’s not for the faint of heart

Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated staffing challenges in children's social care, report finds

PCORI approves $258 million funding to support 26 new health care-related studies

Experts call for consistent measurement across the social determinants of health

New project to assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older patients

Study shows the efficacy of Yoga of Immortals mobile app for urinary incontinence

$50 million PCORI funding approved for studies focused on treating suicidal depression and bipolar depression

Earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans traced to a wholesale fish market in Wuhan, China

Survey assesses the impact of EHR use during face-to-face visits in the primary care setting

Study confirms efficacy of molnupiravir against COVID in a real-life cohort

Nasal spray highly effective against HIV and SARS-CoV-2 in animal models

Study confirms link between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

Three doses of Novavax vaccine effective against Omicron subvariants

Specific brain responses to traumatic experiences predict vulnerability to develop PTSD

Frequent aspirin use associated with lower ovarian cancer risk in people with multiple risk factors

$31 million PCORI funding for AAFP and Penn State to study the effectiveness of asthma treatments

Genetic tests do little to accurately identify cardiovascular risks compared to simple health assessment

Share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20% during the pandemic, analysis finds

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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