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Air pollution in the winter linked to more hospitalizations for strokes

Scientists have found that air pollution in the winter is associated with more hospitalizations for all strokes in Dublin.

11 Aug 2020

Public health officials are quitting or getting fired in throes of pandemic

Vilified, threatened with violence or in some cases suffering from burnout, dozens of state and local public health officials around the U.S. have resigned or have been fired amid the coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.

11 Aug 2020

Study may help optimize materials used in implants, enhance their safety

Using highly complex analytical techniques, a group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to observe in detail how different metals are released from joint implants and accumulate in the surrounding bone tissue.

11 Aug 2020

Certain N95 masks are highly effective in preventing the inhalation of airborne particles

This spring, due to limited national supplies of N95 face masks, hospitals across the country asked the public and private companies to donate personal protective equipment (PPE), including many different types of masks, to be sure healthcare workers were protected while caring for patients.

11 Aug 2020

Incidence of dog bites has increased among Colorado’s children

Greater rates of Colorado's children are going to the pediatric emergency department as a result of dog bites during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published commentary article in the Journal of Pediatrics.

11 Aug 2020

Clot perviousness associated with first-attempt success in patients treated with aspiration thrombectomy

In certain patients suffering a severe ischemic stroke, a mechanical device can be used to remove a clot blocking blood flow to the brain.

11 Aug 2020

First clinical trial could become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients

City of Hope surgical researchers are the first in the nation to open a clinical trial that could one day become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients who currently have very few treatment options.

11 Aug 2020

Study shows how African health services are handling disruptions caused by COVID-19

In our first episode, presenter Selly Amutabi brings you stories about how health services have been coping with disruptions caused by efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

11 Aug 2020

Researchers develop skin-friendly, antimicrobial wound dressing

If germs invade a wound, they can trigger a long-lasting infection that may fail to heal or even spread throughout the body, leading to life-threatening blood poisoning (sepsis).

11 Aug 2020

Researchers identify a useful biomarker for intestinal diseases

Enzymes used by bacteria to break down mucus in the gut could provide a useful biomarker for intestinal diseases, according to new research published in Nature Communications.

11 Aug 2020

Study shows home monitoring program improves survival rates in infants with heart defects

Interstage Home Monitoring (IHM) programs for infants with single ventricle heart defects help families recognize potential complications early and improve infant survival rates and growth prior to the second of multiple surgeries.

11 Aug 2020

Using medieval medicine to find new treatments for modern-day infections

News-Medical spoke to researchers from the University of Warwick about their research investigating natural antimicrobials and their potential as antibiotics.

11 Aug 2020

Application optimised flow meters

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From Titan Enterprises Ltd 11 Aug 2020

A simple modeling tool for business executives to reopen their workplace after lockdown

In the USA, where the curve of infections has not yet flattened since the beginning of the pandemic, 158,000 people have died from Covid-19 already.

11 Aug 2020

Research looks at how long SARS-CoV-2 antibodies last

A new study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington and published on the preprint server medRxiv* in August 2020 deals with the changes in neutralizing antibodies in the following months.

11 Aug 2020

Exclusive: Over 900 health workers have died of COVID-19. And the toll is rising

More than 900 front-line health care workers have died of COVID-19, according to an interactive database unveiled Wednesday by The Guardian and KHN. Lost on the Frontline is a partnership between the two newsrooms that aims to count, verify and memorialize every U.S. health care worker who dies during the pandemic.

11 Aug 2020

Signature brain activity in infants predicts ASD symptoms

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rarely diagnosed until symptoms arise, often well into childhood. Evidence however, is mounting that developmental abnormalities likely emerge in the brain long before then: early identification of babies at risk for ASD could allow for interventions that would improve their developmental outcomes.

11 Aug 2020

Study shows how wind instruments vary for risk of virus transmission

A new study by the University of Minnesota researchers and published on the preprint server medRxiv in August 2020 shows that wind instruments, in particular, are a source of significant aerosol production and, therefore, of viral transmission.

11 Aug 2020

Opioid risk is higher for patients transitioning to skilled nursing facilities

Hospital patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities often bring a high-dose painkiller prescription with them, suggesting more attention should be paid to opioid safety for those patients, research from the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy shows.

11 Aug 2020

Study highlights the importance of skilled professionals in medical imaging and radiation therapy

I went into the MRI bracing for the wave of panic I knew would come as soon as I was strapped down and inside the machine.

11 Aug 2020

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Air pollution in the winter linked to more hospitalizations for strokes

Public health officials are quitting or getting fired in throes of pandemic

Study may help optimize materials used in implants, enhance their safety

Certain N95 masks are highly effective in preventing the inhalation of airborne particles

Incidence of dog bites has increased among Colorado’s children

Clot perviousness associated with first-attempt success in patients treated with aspiration thrombectomy

First clinical trial could become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients

Study shows how African health services are handling disruptions caused by COVID-19

Researchers develop skin-friendly, antimicrobial wound dressing

Researchers identify a useful biomarker for intestinal diseases

Study shows home monitoring program improves survival rates in infants with heart defects

Using medieval medicine to find new treatments for modern-day infections

Application optimised flow meters

A simple modeling tool for business executives to reopen their workplace after lockdown

Research looks at how long SARS-CoV-2 antibodies last

Exclusive: Over 900 health workers have died of COVID-19. And the toll is rising

Signature brain activity in infants predicts ASD symptoms

Study shows how wind instruments vary for risk of virus transmission

Opioid risk is higher for patients transitioning to skilled nursing facilities

Study highlights the importance of skilled professionals in medical imaging and radiation therapy

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