Scientists receive $3.9 million to optimize treatment for opioid use disorder
Drawing upon their experience and expertise in telehealth, collaborative care models, substance use disorders, depression and health information technology, Indiana University School of Medicine and...
View ArticleResearchers develop a unique method of identifying early signs of acute...
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have identified a unique method of identifying the early signs of a potentially serious condition known as Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).
View ArticleAnticoagulant drug linked to greater risk of knee and hip replacements in...
New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that use of warfarin, a vitamin K drug widely prescribed to prevent blood clots, is associated...
View ArticleStudy: Hydroxychloroquine has no effect on abnormal heart rhythm in lupus...
New research shows that adults with lupus who take the antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, do not have any differences in their corrected QT (QTc) intervals, an electrocardiogram (EKG) measurement...
View ArticleUTHSC and Regeneron partner to advance precision medicine
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has entered into an agreement with the Regeneron Genetics Center, a subsidiary of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for the company to sequence DNA that...
View ArticleHow COVID-19 compares to other respiratory illnesses
A team of scientists from Israel and the United States has compared the disease presentation and progression between in-hospital patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other respiratory...
View ArticleStudy sheds new light on impact of COVID-19 in pediatric population
In the most comprehensive analysis to date of U.S. children tested and treated for COVID-19, an organization representing seven of the nation's largest pediatric medical centers reports that some...
View ArticleWomen with ulnar fractures may be victims of intimate partner violence
Up to one-third of adult women who sustain a non-displaced fracture to the ulna bone of the forearm may be victims of intimate partner violence, according to a study being presented at the annual...
View ArticleBrown researchers receive federal grant to track adverse impacts of vaccines...
As the U.S. moves toward the highly anticipated approval of the first COVID-19 vaccines, residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are likely to join health care workers as groups...
View ArticleInnovative, integrated approaches can improve cardiovascular health, shows study
For cardiovascular health to improve in the general population, healthcare systems will need to collect and assess treatment data, establish collaboration between researchers and healthcare...
View ArticleNo added risks to radiation therapy for cancer patients with COVID-19, says...
A team of radiation oncologists at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in the United States aimed to determine if COVID-19 infected cancer patients receiving radiation therapy (RT) have...
View ArticleMachine-learning method can crunch data to find new uses for existing drugs
Scientists have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine which existing medications could improve outcomes in diseases for which they are not prescribed.
View ArticlePolicymakers are urged to include government negotiation to reduce insulin...
The Endocrine Society is calling on policymakers to include government negotiation as part of an overall strategy to reduce insulin prices in its updated position statement published today in The...
View ArticleMales are more likely to test positive for COVID-19, indicates study
Males are more likely to test positive for COVID-19, more likely to have complications and more likely to die from the virus than females, independent of age, according to a new study published this...
View ArticleTwo-dose regimen of adenovirus-based vaccine offers 91.6% efficacy against...
An interim analysis of data from the phase 3 trial of the COVID-19 vaccine from Russia (Gam-COVID-Vac) suggests that a two-dose regimen of the adenovirus-based vaccine offers 91.6% efficacy against...
View ArticleNew risk stratification models could assist COVID-19 management
A novel study appearing as a preprint on the medRxiv server describes the performance of a new risk prediction model based on a wide range of patient variables for death and intensive care unit (ICU)...
View ArticleStudy finds visual correlation between severity of COVID-19 in the lungs and...
Since the pandemic hit, researchers have been uncovering ways COVID-19 impacts other parts of the body, besides the lungs.
View ArticleNew form of AI suggests the best diagnostic strategies
AI has, for some time, been applied to diagnose medical conditions in specific fields. It can build on knowledge of particular disciplines to hone in on details such as the shape of a tumor that...
View ArticleEvaluation of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine among residents of two skilled...
The severity of COVID-19 among the residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) has been reported to be disproportionately high. Specifically, individuals residing in skilled nursing facilities...
View ArticleUniversal mask policy could reduce healthcare workers' risk of acquiring...
A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine from researchers at Henry Ford Health System has found that Henry Ford's early implementation of a universal mask policy in...
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