Gastric bypass more likely to require further treatment than gastric sleeve
A new study that analyses the outcomes of many thousands of patients who had bariatric surgery reports that repeat hospitalization is much more likely with those who had gastric bypass surgery than...
View ArticleSimple computer settings can affect opioid pills prescribed to patients
Simple, no-cost computer changes can affect the number of opioid pills prescribed to patients, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
View ArticleInterSystems deploys TrakCare with novel coronavirus screening functionality
InterSystems is releasing global functionality for its TrakCare unified healthcare information system to screen and support patients with 2019-nCoV, the novel coronavirus infection that originated in...
View ArticleNon-invasive method for early identification of Alzheimer's disease and...
Information gathered from routine visits to the doctor is enough to accurately predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, according to new research led by...
View ArticlePatients with type 2 diabetes who decline insulin therapy had worse blood...
Patients with type 2 diabetes who have high levels of blood sugar are at greater risk of serious complications such as chronic kidney disease, heart disease and blindness.
View ArticleAI model can distinguish between types of back pain by scouring doctors' notes
Mount Sinai researchers have designed an artificial intelligence model that can determine whether lower back pain is acute or chronic by scouring doctors' notes within electronic medical records, an...
View ArticleAdding travel history to routine medical assessments could help stem...
Integrating travel history information into routine medical assessments could help stem the rapidly widening COVID-19 epidemic, as well as future pandemics, infectious disease specialists recommend in...
View ArticleNew federal rules will let patients put medical records on smartphones
Federal officials on Monday released groundbreaking rules that will let patients download their electronic health records and other health care data onto their smartphones.
View ArticleFirst-ever study compares cancer prevalence among transgender and cisgender...
A new Boston University School of Public Health study is the first-ever population-based study of cancer prevalence in transgender people, estimating 62,530 of the nearly 17 million cancer survivors in...
View ArticleKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Coronavirus goes viral
This was the week the coronavirus hit the U.S. in general and Washington, D.C., in particular in a big way.
View ArticleIndiana Network for Population Health aims to address the social determinants...
The Indiana Network for Population Health has been launched by the Regenstrief Institute and collaborators, including the State of Indiana, Indiana University and the Indiana Health Information...
View ArticleMoving from document-based FP and STI guidelines to computerized clinical...
Regenstrief Institute has propelled the translation of existing human readable clinical guidelines into computerized clinical decision support for family planning and for sexually transmitted...
View ArticleUC San Diego receives $55 NIH grant to advance clinical and translational...
The Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute at University of California San Diego has received a five-year, $54.7 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center...
View ArticleTraining program for GPs led to 30-fold increase in DVA referrals
A training program that teaches GPs how to identify domestic violence and abuse (DVA) victims has led to a 30-fold increase in DVA referrals, according to a collaborative study of 205 general practices...
View ArticleRYGB surgery patients can benefit from anti-obesity medications
Researchers have discovered that anti-obesity medications such as phentermine and topiramate, used individually or in combination, can significantly reduce weight regain in patients after Roux-en-Y...
View ArticleA clinical decision support system to help identify adverse health events in...
Chinese researchers from The Trauma Center of Peking University People's Hospital and National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University are using big data to help identify trauma patients...
View ArticleBlood test could help doctors identify patients at risk of developing type 2...
Scientists have identified metabolites in the blood that accurately predict whether a woman will develop type 2 diabetes after experiencing a transient form of illness during pregnancy.
View ArticleHow COVID-19 affects people with Down Syndrome
A new study published in June 2020 on the preprint online server medRxiv reports on the increased risk of COVID-19 in Down Syndrome (DS) and certain characteristic features that are found in this...
View ArticleStudy provides data on hydroxychloroquine outcomes for COVID-19 patients
A study of electronic medical records from US Veterans Health Administration medical centers has found that hydroxychloroquine--with or without azithromycin--did not reduce the risk of ventilation or...
View ArticleNew model predicts patients’ likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19
Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed the world's first risk prediction model for healthcare providers to forecast an individual patient's likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 as well as...
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