Health — Health Field — April 12th, 2024
After losing Medicaid, parents of Florida's sickest kids are in limbo
Osceola resident Oscar Hernandez is scrambling to ensure his 16-year-old terminally ill son, Llarell, will continue to receive medical care.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
As Bans Spread, Fluoride in Drinking Water Divides Communities Across the US
Regina Barrett, a 69-year-old retiree who lives in this small North Carolina city southeast of Charlotte, has not been happy with her tap water for a while.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
Digital messaging surge between doctors and patients requires EHR management
A health system-wide approach to classifying patient messages paired with well-defined regional workflows can improve timely responses and substantially reduce physician inbox volume, a new study finds.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
Freestanding emergency departments are popular, but do they function as intended?
Freestanding emergency departments (EDs)—either satellite branches of hospitals or independently operated facilities—have popped up across the country. Texas has the most, with 338 freestanding EDs as of May 2023, and these facilities handle nearly one-quarter of all emergency department visits in the state.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
HIMSSCast: Providers very optimistic on AI's future in healthcare, new study says
James McHugh, managing director at Berkeley Research Group, reveals quite positive feelings among provider organization executives on deploying artificial intelligence in the next three years.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
Murray Valley encephalitis: Summer is over but mosquito-borne disease remains a risk in northern Australia
Cooler temperatures are fading our memories of summer and reducing numbers of mosquitoes in southern parts of Australia. But up north, warmer temperatures and plenty of rain will keep mosquitoes active.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid are now uninsured, survey finds
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring.
April 12th, 2024 — Source or Source
Using AI to spot parasites in stool samples
A multi-institutional team of specialists is using artificial intelligence to diagnose parasitic infections in patients by scanning stool samples. Their study is published in the open-access journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
April 12th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — April 11th, 2024
Analysis identifies areas for improvement in the overall health of Canada's population
Understanding the trends in the health of a country's population is crucial for developing effective public health policies and predicting future demand for health services.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Anemia may contribute to higher female mortality during heart surgery
Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia—the loss of red blood cells during surgery.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Artificial intelligence can help people feel heard, study finds
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that AI-generated messages made recipients feel more "heard" than messages generated by untrained humans, and that AI was better at detecting emotions than these individuals. However, recipients reported feeling less heard when they learned a message came from AI.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
AtlantiCare announces partnership with Oracle Health
As part of its Vision 2030 launch, the health system said that adopting new clinical and operational applications represents a "significant leap forward" in digital transformation.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Attacks on emergency room workers prompt debate over tougher penalties
Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said, but has become a growing threat.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Can a good night's sleep protect collision sport athletes against concussion?
Australians love collision sports, whether it's Aussie Rules, Rugby League or Rugby Union.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Cardiovascular care centered on the patient is key and helps improve equity and outcomes, say experts
Adult cardiovascular care centered on the patient can improve individuals' experiences and their medical outcomes, according to a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement published today in Circulation.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Center for BrainHealth helps mental health patients develop social skills using virtual coaching
The center created the Charisma Virtual Social Coaching platform. To date, 90% of participants have reported gains in recognizing and managing emotions. The center now is adding generative AI capabilities.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Chemicals stored in home garages linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk
Over the last decade, researchers at the University of Michigan have continued to find that exposure to environmental toxins—from pesticides used in agriculture to volatile organic compounds in the manufacturing industry—is linked to the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Metrion Biosciences enhances High Throughput Screening services with access to Enamine compound libraries
Metrion Biosciences Limited ("Metrion"), the specialist ion channel and cardiac safety screening contract research organization (CRO) and drug discovery company, and Enamine Ltd ("Enamine"), the global leader in supplying small molecules and early drug discovery services, announced that Metrion has enhanced its High Throughput Screening (HTS) services with the addition of access to Enamine's compound libraries.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
MITRE, UMass launch health AI assurance lab
The new lab will evaluate artificial intelligence in the health domain in a simulated real-world environment, help innovators refine their machine learning models and offer AI workforce development training.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Most patients treated by public psychiatric outpatient clinics are women aged 45 on average, Brazilian study finds
More than 75% of the patients treated at the psychiatric outpatient clinic of Hospital de Base in São Jose do Rio Preto, São Paulo state (Brazil), are women with a mean age of 45 and suffering from sadness, anxiety, and irritability, according to a study reported in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
New focus for chronic liver disease care
Developing improved care models for decompensated liver disease is one of the major clinical challenges in gastroenterology and hepatology, and in a recent landmark study, published in Hepatology, researches from Flinders Medical Center and Flinders University provide evidence that improved models of care can benefit patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Novel CT exam reduces need for invasive artery treatment
A new study shows that a non-invasive imaging test can help identify patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing who need a revascularization procedure. The findings were published as a Special Report in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Press Ganey integrates Epic nursing quality data and automates reporting
The collaboration aims to enhance patient care by streamlining data reporting, saving time for nursing leaders and accelerating quality improvement efforts.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants
A team of researchers led by Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) at Penn State, tested the use of wearable sensors paired with a "tiny" machine learning algorithm to automatically monitor and evaluate general movements in infants.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Researchers identify safety of a potential new treatment to manage complications from sickle cell disease
A drug approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension may be effective at managing hypertension and end-organ damage in patients with sickle cell disease, according to a new study published in Lancet Haematology.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Researchers test new behavioral health interventions
The concept of One Health—which emphasizes the relationship between human, animal, plant and environmental health—has been gaining ground in scientific discussions in recent years. Brazilian and North American researchers developing research using this approach presented their work on Tuesday, April 9, in Chicago (United States), during FAPESP Week Illinois.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Scientists use wearable technology to detect stress levels during sleep
What if changes in a person's stress levels could be detected while they sleep using wearable devices? A new study by University of Vermont researchers published in PLOS Digital Health is the first to find changes in perceived stress levels reflected in sleep data—an important step towards identifying biomarkers that may help flag individuals in need of support.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Surgical removal beneficial for acute intracerebral hemorrhage
For patients with an acute intracerebral hemorrhage, minimally invasive surgical removal is associated with improved outcomes, according to a study published in the April 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Synthetic platelets stanch bleeding, promote healing in animal models
Researchers have developed synthetic platelets that can be used to stop bleeding and enhance healing at the site of an injury. The researchers have demonstrated that the synthetic platelets work well in animal models but have not yet begun clinical trials in humans.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Underused heart program could reduce hospital readmissions and lower risk of death
Referring people to a specialized rehabilitation program following a cardiac incident could reduce the chance they will be readmitted to hospital and potentially lower their risk of death, according to new Flinders University research—but improvements need to be made to ensure patients take part.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
What patients can ask surgeons to help prevent a particularly harmful error
When a surgeon accidentally leaves a surgical tool inside a patient's body after a procedure, the harm can be severe. The patient can suffer from life-threatening infections, organ damage, and an additional surgery to remove the object.
April 11th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — April 10th, 2024
Affordable Care Act plans are being switched without enrollees' OK
Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable to see their doctors or fill prescriptions. Some face large IRS bills for back taxes.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Attack of the Medicare Machines
Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of "An Arm and a Leg" sounds like a real horror movie.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Cybersecurity roundup: MedSec offers hospitals risk support; global study links cyber performance to financial success
Also: CloudWave and FDA extend their threat intelligence partnership to offer an open-source vendor assessment framework.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Family caregivers can help shape the outcomes for their loved ones—an ICU nurse explains their vital role
The floor nurse had just told me that my new patient—let's call her Marie—would not stop screaming.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Have Health Questions? Ask S.A.R.A.H., an AI Health Assistant
Got health questions about eating right, dealing with stress, or ways to stop smoking? You can ask S.A.R.A.H., and she'll answer back.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
How to keep your kidneys healthy, and how to spot when things are going wrong
Healthy kidneys are vital to your well-being. As well as getting rid of waste from your body in your pee, they also have a role in controlling blood pressure, keeping your blood count high and keeping your bones healthy. To keep your kidneys healthy there are several things you can do to help yourself.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Improving dementia care in nursing homes: Learning from the pandemic years
No one associated with nursing homes—as residents or their families, friends, staff, or administrators—is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities, which provide essential services to a growing number of older adults, many living with cognitive impairment.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Insect bites and stings: First aid
Most insect bites and stings are mild and can be treated at home. They might cause itching, swelling and stinging that go away in a day or two. Some bites or stings can transmit disease-causing bacteria, viruses or parasites. Stings from bees, yellow jackets, wasps, hornets and fire ants might cause a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis).
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Mercy saves $30 million in 2023 with AI-powered nursing workforce management tech
Before deploying the technology, staff was 67% core staff, 8% flexible staff and 25% agency staff. Afterward, the mix became 69% core, 23% flexible and gig staff, and only 8% agency staff.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
New evidence-based strategy for surgeons to sustain lifelong competency NewsGuard 100/100 Score
As millions of Americans approach age 66, they face the inevitable question, is it time to retire? The physician population is aging alongside the general population -- more than 40% of physicians in the U.S. will be 65 years or older within the next decade. In the case of surgeons, there is little guidance on how to best ensure their competency throughout their career and at the same time maintain patient safety while preserving physician dignity.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Pharmacy researchers examine trends in rising cost of medicine
Newly published research from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy reveals an alarming trend in diabetic medication expenditures. While pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. has long been recognized as higher than in other affluent nations, diabetic medications, including insulin, are now at the forefront of this surge in prescription drug costs.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Using 3D ultrasound to improve monitoring of dangerous aneurysms
During her doctoral research, Esther Maas investigated the use of new ultrasound techniques to image dangerous aortic aneurysms for patient-specific care.
April 10th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — April 5th, 2024
5 ways to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity
Ransomware attacks are targeting healthcare organizations more frequently. The number of costly or cyberattacks on US hospitals has doubled
AI medical coding research adds to big picturemedical coding. Credit: WVU /Davidson Chan
Much like the game of connect the dots, Megan McDougal's academic and professional career share points that have come together to form one big picture.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees
Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries "was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month."
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Consensus statement calls for urgent action to address chronic kidney disease on the global public health agenda
On April 3, 2024, Nature Reviews Nephrology published an international consensus statement titled "Chronic Kidney Disease and the Global Public Health Agenda: An International Consensus." Authored by a coalition of leading experts, stakeholders, and nephrology societies, the publication highlights critical policy, advocacy, and implementation needs to alleviate the growing burden of kidney disease worldwide.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Dietary Choices Are Linked to Higher Rates of Preeclampsia Among Latinas
For pregnant Latinas, food choices could reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous type of high blood pressure, and a diet based on cultural food preferences, rather than on U.S. government benchmarks, is more likely to help ward off the illness, a new study shows.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
HIMSSCast: The latest cybersecurity challenges pose serious problems for health systems
Poorly controlled cloud environments, growing access to systems, heightened regulatory scrutiny and significant deals activity will require healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders to bolster the defenses.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Johns Hopkins has big plans for AI in Epic chart summarization
Meanwhile, it's already finding success with AI-enabled patient portals -- and ambient scribing is showing big promise too. The Baltimore health system's digital health physician leader explains.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Researchers awarded $1.9 million to develop wearable device for blood loss detection NewsGuard 100/100 Score
The Department of Defense awarded a little more than $1.9 million to a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to develop a wearable device that will assist with the early detection and monitoring of internal and external bleeding. The grant comes as part of the Department of Defense's prestigious Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Varda Space's orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding
Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit.
April 5th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — April 4th, 2024
AI can unlock supply to meet demand, says Johns Hopkins physician IT leader
Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, senior medical director of digital health and innovation at Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses how artificial intelligence helps gain efficiencies throughout the patient journey and enable advances in individual health tracking.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
App designed for dental teams offers step-by-step guidance in an emergency
In a crisis, a checklist can bring clarity over confusion. First widely adopted by the U.S. military after the fatal crash of an early-model B17 "Flying Fortress" in the years before World War II, checklists have since become a staple for fields such as aviation, nuclear energy, and medicine.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week's worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Engineers create 3D-bioprinted blood vessel
The model blood vessel was made using 3D bioprinting to help investigate how weightlessness changes the cardiovascular systems of astronauts in orbit.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Key mechanism governing bone marrow stem cells opens door to new therapies
A key mechanism controlling how bone marrow stem cells work has been revealed in a new study, shining a light on the principles of stem cell biology and opening the door to new therapeutic pathways.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Florida limits abortion — for now
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News' weekly health policy news podcast, "What the Health?" A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book "Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z," now in its third edition.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Mayo Clinic research shows health benefits of active workstations
A recent Mayo Clinic study suggests that active workstations incorporating a walking pad, bike, stepper and/or standing desk are successful strategies for reducing sedentary time and improving mental cognition at work without reducing job performance. Extended sedentary behavior, whether at work or home, increases a person's risk of preventable chronic diseases.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Researchers explain what you know about racial inequities in health care can hurt you
A new study finds that the extent to which people understand existing racial inequities in access to health care can have an effect on how white and Black people view their own health. The finding has ramifications for how we understand self-reported health findings, and underscores the extent to which a lack of awareness regarding racial inequities can have adverse effects for both Black and white populations.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Rural pharmacists are pivotal to home-based palliative care, Australian study shows
Pharmacists are being recognized for their vital role in supporting home-based rural palliative care patients, as new research shows that they not only enable patients to choose to stay at home, but also provide significant relief, comfort, and peace of mind for patients, caregivers, and family members.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Scientists discover potential treatment approaches for polycystic kidney disease
Researchers have shown that dangerous cysts, which form over time in polycystic kidney disease (PKD), can be prevented by a single normal copy of a defective gene. This means the potential exists that scientists could one day tailor a gene therapy to treat the disease. They also discovered that a type of drug, known as a glycoside, can sidestep the effects of the defective gene in PKD. The discoveries could set the stage for new therapeutic approaches to treating PKD, which affects millions worldwide.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
SRF announces grant to support research on SynGAP-Related Disorder in adults NewsGuard 100/100 Score
The SynGAP Research Fund 501(c) today announced a grant to Dr. Danielle Andrade, Dr. Miles Thompson, Dr. Ryan Yuen, Dr. Rogier Kerssebook, and Dr. Anatoljevna Anna Kattentidt to support research on SynGAP-Related Disorder (SRD) in adults. SRD is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that causes severe intractable epilepsy, and intellectual disability, and is one of the leading genetic causes of autism.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
Study shows positive impact of medical marijuana laws on mental health NewsGuard 100/100 Score
The approval of marijuana for medical use has had little effect on the mental health of the general population in the US. But legalization for therapeutic purposes does benefit those for whom it is intended. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Basel.
April 4th, 2024 — Source
WHO launches AI-powered empathetic digital health promoter
Ahead of World Health Day, focused on 'My Health, My Right', the World Health Organization (WHO) announces the launch of S.A.R.A.H., a digital health promoter prototype with enhanced empathetic response powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI).
April 4th, 2024 — Source or Source
Health — Health Field — April 2nd, 2024
6 Important Blood Tests
Which blood tests do you really need? And how often should you get them done?
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties
Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said, but has become a growing threat.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Biosimilar biologics do not always reduce out-of-pocket costs
Biosimilar competition is not consistently associated with lower out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for commercially insured outpatients, according to a study published online March 29 in JAMA Health Forum.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut
In this interview, News Medical speaks to Isaac Chiu, Ph.D., and Daping Yang, Ph.D. of Harvard Medical School, about their latest research, revealing the surprising properties of pain.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
From lab to legislation: How research shapes health policies in Latin America
Health literacy and education are pivotal for shaping effective health policies, yet the integration of research findings into policy-making processes remains a challenge. Prior studies indicate a disconnect between academic research and its practical policy implications, underscoring the need for enhanced communication and collaboration between researchers and policy-makers.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Johns Hopkins CISO: Don't overlook the critical importance of foundational infrastructure
Darren Lacey discusses the key foundational technologies underlying healthcare's IT infrastructure, and how innovative approaches to open-source tooling and memory safe languages can help improve health systems' cybersecurity posture.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute'
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A tech-powered, faster way to diagnose the disease that causes diabetes-related blindness, and emerging research on alcohol consumption and women's risks.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System
First, her favorite doctor in Providence, Rhode Island, retired. Then her other doctor at a health center a few miles away left the practice. Now, Piedad Fred has developed a new chronic condition: distrust in the American medical system.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source or Source
New method allows miniature robots and surgical instruments to achieve precise localization inside the body
In the medicine of the future, tiny robots will navigate independently through tissue and medical instruments will indicate their position inside the body during surgery. Both require doctors to be able to localize and control the devices precisely and in real time.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Opinion: Person-centered health care means ensuring that affected communities are leaders and partners in research
Studies show that people often do not have opportunities to engage in health-related decision-making with their health-care providers.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Study underlines role of past injustices in medical mistrust
Black Americans living in Tuskegee, Alabama, closer to the location of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, were much slower to get their COVID-19 vaccines compared to white neighbors, according to a new study by University of Georgia researchersaccording to a new study by University of Georgia researchers.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Track opioid settlement payouts — to the cent — in your community
State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in settlements from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were accused of fueling the opioid crisis. More than a dozen companies will pay the money over nearly two decades. As of late February 2024, more than $4.3 billion had landed in government coffers.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
World's most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain
The world's most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on our mysterious minds—and the illnesses that haunt them.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 29th, 2024
A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox
Podcast host and physician Celine Gounder traveled to Bangladesh in 2022 to track down South Asian public health workers who were part of the battle to end smallpox nearly 50 years ago. Many of the workers are now in their 70s and 80s, and she wanted to capture their stories before they were lost to history.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
AI can help providers get better outcomes in value-based care models
An accountable care expert offers perspective on the role artificial intelligence can play in transforming risk adjustment, synthesizing quality and risk data, and helping patients more fully engage with their care.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Advancing drug discovery with AI: Introducing the KEDD framework
A study published in Health Data Science introduces an end-to-end deep learning framework, known as Knowledge-Empowered Drug Discovery (KEDD), aimed at revolutionizing the field of drug discovery. This innovative framework adeptly integrates structured and unstructured knowledge, enhancing the AI-driven exploration of molecular dynamics and interactions.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Cancer risk: What the numbers mean
Take the time to understand what cancer risk is and how it's measured. This can help you put your own cancer risk into perspective.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Chemo toxicity: A common gene test could save hundreds of lives each year
One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Doctor gets first US lung-liver transplant for advanced lung cancer
Dr. Gary Gibbon didn't have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and caused irreparable damage to his liver.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Experts call for mandatory indoor air quality standards to boost health and economy
There should be mandatory indoor air quality standards, say an international group of experts led by Professor Lidia Morawska.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
EHR deployment at Lovell FHCC is first joint DOD-VA rollout
"Beyond achieving 100 percent DoD deployment, the FHCC deployment represents a key milestone for the VA's overall EHR implementation efforts, as well as DoD-VA connectivity, driving forward their future deployment efforts," says a Leidos official.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
High-strength lidocaine skin creams can cause seizures, heart trouble, FDA warns
Some pain-relieving skin products contain potentially harmful doses of the numbing agent lidocaine and should be avoided, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Japan dietary supplement maker probes five deaths
A Japanese drugmaker said on Friday it is investigating five deaths potentially linked to dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol and apologized for the "anxiety and fear" it had caused.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Nations fail to reach pandemic accord: talks to resume April
Two years of talks aimed at striking a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics failed to seal a deal in time on Thursday, and will restart next month for one final push.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Nearly one-third of patients with TBI have marginal or inadequate health literacy
Low health literacy is a problem for a substantial proportion of people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to research published in The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR).
March 29th, 2024 — Source
New study finds a 67% increase in neurovascular imaging use for headache and dizziness in the emergency department
New research demonstrates that the use of CT angiography (CTA) for patients with headache or dizziness increased dramatically over five years in the emergency department (ED) of a large medical center. Simultaneously the rate of positive findings on those same exams decreased.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Optimizing chronic kidney disease management through a learning health system approach
A recent publication in Health Data Science offers an in-depth exploration of an innovative approach to chronic kidney disease (CKD) management through the adoption of a learning health system (LHS) model. The study underscores a transformative shift towards more responsive and efficient health care practices, especially in managing pervasive conditions like CKD.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Research suggests fine-tuning of specific excitatory synapse traits could lead to new brain disease treatments
The Synapse Diversity and Specificity Regulation Research Team at DGIST has profiled the molecular code that constitutes brain neural circuits and discovered that it regulates specific excitatory synapse characteristics that contribute to memory of new object locations. The fine-tuning of specific excitatory synapse traits could be utilized in developing treatments for related brain developmental disorders.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Research team develops soft and highly durable brain electrodes that could be used in treatment
DGIST Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering Professor Kim Sohee and her research team have developed a highly durable brain electrode technology that uses soft and flexible materials. The technology is expected to be used in various fields that require connections between the brain and machines, such as electrodes for treating brain diseases that involve long-term implantation.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Researchers demonstrate technique for identifying single cancer cells in blood for the first time
A pioneering study led by a Keele scientist has demonstrated how a single cancer cell can be identified in a sample of blood, paving the way for more personalized and targeted treatments for cancer patients.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
State Department offers $10M reward for info on BlackCat
The Rewards for Justice program seeks information leading to the identification or location of any ALPHV BlackCat-linked cyber actor. The group claimed credit for the destabilizing Feb. 21 Change Healthcare ransomware attack.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Study finds few hospitals promoting potentially predatory medical payment products
Fifty million Americans are on a financing plan to pay off medical or dental bills, with one-quarter of those bearing some interest. Increasingly, medical payment products (MPPs)—which include credit cards and loans administered by hospitals, physician practices, or third-party companies—have come under scrutiny by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and the Treasury.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Sutter Health, Abridge expand genAI platform for clinical documentation
"We want to support our clinicians so they can sustainably serve our patients," says the health system's CHIO, who sees big potential for the EHR-linked generative AI tool to reduce administrative burden and alleviate burnout.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
White House outlines new rules for AI use in federal agencies
The new Office of Management and Budget policies will require "concrete safeguards" around the transparent and responsible use of artificial intelligence across government -- including at the CDC, VA hospitals and other federal sites.
March 29th, 2024 — Source
Your doctor or your insurer? Little-known rules may ease the choice in Medicare Advantage
Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either their private, Medicare Advantage insurance plan — or their doctors at Saratoga Hospital.
March 29th, 2024 — Source or Source
Health — Health Field — March 28th, 2024
California is expanding insurance access for teenagers seeking therapy on their own
When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
COVID and Medicare payments spark remote patient BP monitoring boom
Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Doctors received approximately $12.1 billion from drug and device makers between 2013--2022, study reveals
Despite evidence that financial conflicts of interest may influence medical practice and research and may erode patient trust in medical professionals, these relationships remain pervasive. According to a new analysis of the Open Payments platform, a database that tracks payments between physicians and industry, a team led by a Penn State researcher found that doctors received approximately $12.1 billion from drug and device makers between 2013 and 2022.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
First pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person, but we're still a long way from solving organ shortages
In a world first, we heard last week that US surgeons had transplanted a kidney from a gene-edited pig into a living human. News reports said the procedure was a breakthrough in xenotransplantation—when an organ, cells or tissues are transplanted from one species to another.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
First performance standards published to measure the effectiveness of lifestyle medicine treatments
An expert panel has published the first performance measures to identify remission and evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle medicine treatments, which will allow more objective comparisons between lifestyle behavior interventions and other non-lifestyle treatments.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
How do acetylsalicylic acid and warfarin interact with various nutrients?
In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers discussed 45 drug-nutrient interactions (DNIs) that modify micro-nutritional status, particularly focusing on how acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and warfarin may affect patients through various mechanisms.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Meta and Google face claims of restricting reproductive health ads and fueling misinformation
A new report accuses the companies of misdoings in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
New imaging method illuminates oxygen's journey in the brain
The human brain consumes vast amounts of energy, which is almost exclusively generated from a form of metabolism that requires oxygen. While the efficient and timely delivery of oxygen is known to be critical to healthy brain function, the precise mechanics of this process have largely remained hidden from scientists.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
New technology could revolutionize valvular heart disease care
Roughly 25,000 Americans die each year from valvular heart disease, but researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions conclude that new technology could soon help doctors slash that number.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
New tool detects signs of motor neuron disease before symptoms begin
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and international partners, have identified a new way to detect signs of motor neuron disease (MND) in brain tissue that can pick up indicators of MND earlier and with more sensitivity than currently used tests.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
NIH selects Dr. Kathleen Neuzil as director of the Fogarty International Center and NIH associate director for international research
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., has named Kathleen M. Neuzil, M.D., as the 13th director of the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and NIH associate director for international research. Dr. Neuzil will be the first woman to hold the permanent FIC directorship since the center's founding in 1968. She is currently the Myron M. Levine M.D., D.T.P.H., Endowed Professor in Vaccinology, director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health and chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. She is expected to join NIH in early May.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
ONC drafts Federal Health IT Plan for 2024-2030, calls for public comment
The "outcomes-driven" strategy for the rest of this decade is focused on key goals: boosting access to electronic health information, improving the patient experience by prioritizing health equity and modernizing public health infrastructure.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Pandemic accord talks heading for extra time
Two years of talks aimed at striking a landmark global agreement on how to handle the next pandemics were headed for overtime Thursday, with a breakthrough still elusive.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Possible new biomarker for better detection of numerous inflammatory diseases
Tryptophan is an essential amino acid, which means that it cannot be produced by the body but must be included as part of our diet. People with chronic bowel inflammation consume significantly more tryptophan than healthy people, as shown by previous research that involved members of the Cluster of Excellence "Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation" (PMI) at Kiel University.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Proposed CISA rule would require reporting for cyber incidents and ransom payments
In healthcare, larger hospitals, all critical access hospitals, essential drug manufacturers and Class II and Class III devices would fall under the draft mandatory reporting rules, but health IT developers and others would not.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Researchers create an interpretable machine learning tool for predicting acute kidney injury requiring dialysis
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (PO-AKID) is a serious adverse event that not only affects acute morbidity and mortality but also long-term prognosis. Early diagnosis and perioperative risk management may help to reduce mortality. Previous risk prediction models for postoperative acute kidney injury (PO-AKI) following cardiac surgery have been developed using traditional regression analysis.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Researchers uncover regulatory system that regulates branching patterns in lung epithelial tissue
Branching patterns are prevalent in our natural environment and the human body, such as in the lungs and kidneys. For example, specific genes that express growth factor proteins are known to influence the development of the lungs' complex branches.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Scotland tables proposed assisted dying law
A bill to make assisted dying legal was introduced in the devolved Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thursday, with a poll suggesting overwhelming support for changing the law.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Study discovers how a magnesium cellular transport 'pump' plays a vital role in cardiac function
Magnesium is a mineral critical to a wide range of biological functions, and a new study takes aim at how it's transported to address cardiac dysfunction and other diseases, opening new possibilities for treatment.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Study examines facilities' low use of monthly injections for treating opioid addiction
Compared to taking a daily pill, a monthly dose of long-acting injectable (LAI) buprenorphine can be a simpler and more effective treatment for people with opioid use disorder. But do substance use treatment facilities in the United States take advantage of this highly effective medication?
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Synthetic material could improve ease and cut cost of gut microbiome research
A team of Penn State researchers has developed a new synthetic material that could enable scientists to more easily study how microorganisms interact with the gastrointestinal (GI) system. The material might eventually provide a cheaper, more accessible way for researchers to screen drugs that impact gut infections, metabolic disorders like obesity and diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disorders.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill
In its first abortion case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Supreme Court this week looked unlikely to uphold an appeals court ruling that would dramatically restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. But the court already has another abortion-related case teed up for April, and abortion opponents have several more challenges in mind to limit the procedure in states where it remains legal.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Too often, nearby defibrillators go unused on people in cardiac arrest
There's been a big push over the past few years to get automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed in public spaces, to help save lives threatened by cardiac arrest.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Traditional overnight pulse oximeter readings may be insufficient to predict TC-MRBs, finds study
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated the predictive power of numerous sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) parameters, namely overnight pulse oximeter readings and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) in predicting truck collisions attributed to microsleep-related behaviors at the wheel (TC-MRBs).
March 28th, 2024 — Source
UC Irvine's AI-powered conversational health agent is ready for developers
The personalized, large language model-backed framework is designed to provide support for patient needs -- whether answering urgent health questions or just lending an empathetic ear.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Which OTC Health Products Are Best? New Report Claims to Know
If you've been in a drugstore recently or shopped online, you know: The number and variety of over-the-counter health products on the market — from cough syrups to anti-wrinkle creams — can be overwhelming. Which to choose and which to bypass? Which work best?
March 28th, 2024 — Source
WHO and OHCHR launch guidance to reform legislation for ending coercive practices in mental health care
Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) are jointly launching new guidance, entitled "Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice", to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care.
March 28th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 27th, 2024
After seven decades of fighting, disabled people are still vulnerable when it comes to support
The recent Facebook announcement by Whaikaha—the Ministry of Disabled People on changes to funding for caregivers and equipment modification and services has put the media spotlight, once again, on respite care for families with disabled children.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
AI-powered method predicts protein dynamics to accelerate drug discovery NewsGuard 100/100 Score
Understanding the structure of proteins is critical for demystifying their functions and developing drugs that target them. To that end, a team of researchers at Brown University has developed a way of using machine learning to rapidly predict multiple protein configurations to advance understanding of protein dynamics and functions.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Amazon's pharmacy will offer same-day delivery in LA and NYC and plans to expand
Amazon will soon offer same-day delivery of several prescription medications in Los Angeles and New York, yet another example of the online shopping giant's bet on consumers' growing dependence on ease and speed.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Australia's potential as a global leader for surgical AI
Australia and New Zealand could become international leaders in the safe use of artificial intelligence (AI) in surgery, but first, there need to be guidelines in place to safeguard patients, according to University of Adelaide experts.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
California's expanded health coverage for immigrants collides with Medicaid reviews
Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Community mental health nurses in GP surgeries help patients well-being
Community mental health nurses based at GP surgeries can significantly improve patient outcomes, a new study shows.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Data science can be valuable tool for analyzing social determinants of health, uncovering causes of health inequities
Data science methods can help overcome challenges in measuring and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH), according to a paper published in The Lancet Digital Health, helping mitigate the root causes of health inequities that are not fully addressed through health care spending or lifestyle choices.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Exploring the impact of pancreatic enzyme therapy in pediatric pancreatitis: A leap toward personalized medicine
A research study recently published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology explains the role of pancreatic enzyme therapy (PERT) in reducing the frequency of acute pancreatitis (AP) in children suffering from acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) or chronic pancreatitis (CP). Dr. Matthew Giefer, pediatric gastroenterologist at Ochsner Children's Hospital was a contributing author for the publication.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
How Nebraska Medicine used AI to reduce first-year nurse turnover by nearly 50%
The accomplishment puts the health system in a better position to attract and retain the talent that is so critical to its ability to serve its patients, says its VP of operations.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Instructing iPS cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells to inhibit abnormal bone formation in FOP
A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Makoto Ikeya (Department of Clinical Application) has observed early signs of success from providing iPSC-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (iMSCs) instructions to produce an inhibitory molecule to suppress abnormal receptor-mediated signal activation responsible for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) pathogenesis. Their report is published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Locums and permanent GPs equally safe, study says
There is no evidence that locum doctors are less clinically competent or practice less safely than permanent doctors, a study in England led by University of Manchester researchers has shown.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Many drugs are prescribed for conditions they weren't tested for—here's what you need to know
All prescription drugs need a license from a regulator to treat a specific condition. But licensed drugs can be prescribed for conditions they haven't been tested for in a clinical trial. This is known as "off-label" prescribing—and it's very common.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Molecular discovery has potential to solve the billion-dollar global cost of poorly managed wound healing
Scientists have uncovered a key step in the wound healing process that becomes disabled in diseases like diabetes and aging, contributing to a global health care cost of managing poorly healing wounds exceeding $250 billion a year.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
MRI method purported to detect neurons' rapid impulses produces its own misleading signals instead
A new way of imaging the brain with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) does not directly detect neural activity as originally reported, according to scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute. The method, first described in 2022, generated excitement within the neuroscience community as a potentially transformative approach. But a study from the lab of McGovern associate investigator Alan Jasanoff, reported in the journal Science Advances, demonstrates that MRI signals produced by the new method are generated in large part by the imaging process itself, not neuronal activity.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Monitoring your own blood pressure can save money—and possibly your life
A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health shows that when patients regularly monitor their blood pressure outside of the clinic, they tend to have better quality of life and lower health care expenses.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
New trial highlights promising intervention to reduce sitting and improve blood pressure in older adults
A new Kaiser Permanente study found that a health coaching intervention successfully reduced sitting time for a group of older adults by just over 30 minutes a day. Study participants also showed meaningful improvements in blood pressure, comparable to the effect of other interventions focused on physical activity.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
OIG: Scheduling error in VA's EHR had dire consequences
Because a high-risk flag had been inactivated in the hospital's new Oracle electronic health record, clinicians did not evaluate a veteran's mental health and medication restart request, contributing to an overdose seven weeks after a missed appointment.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Report highlights 'extraordinary era' of AI in health care
A surge in the amount of digital data in the health sector, together with increases in compute power and the availability of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools are leading to an explosion of AI being used in health care, according to a new report from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Satisfaction with UK's NHS hits record low: Survey
Public satisfaction with the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) hit record lows in 2023, research suggested on Wednesday, with long waits for appointments a central grievance.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Scientists discover first-ever mineral-based treatment for widespread disease using the structure of crystals
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca have published the first-ever mineral-based treatment for a widespread disease.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Shared digital NHS prescribing record could avoid nearly 1 million annual drug errors
Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from being harmed and saving up to 22 lives every year, suggests a modeling study published online in BMJ Quality & Safety.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Super permeable wearable electronics developed for stable, long-term biosignal monitoring
Super wearable electronics that are lightweight, stretchable and increase sweat permeability by 400-fold have been developed by scientists at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), enabling reliable long-term monitoring of biosignals for biomedical devices.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Statistical machine learning can find unknown factors that cause disease
A new method can now find previously unknown factors that underlie disease by using statistical machine learning to sort through mountains of complex biological data.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Study finds poverty is the main reason people sell a kidney
A systematic review of 35 years of global medical literature finds a spectrum of reasons why people sell kidneys. The study, by Bijaya Shrestha of the Center for Research on Education, Health and Social Science, Kathmandu, Nepal, finds limited efforts toward mitigating the problem as well as a lack of evidence around the impact of policy and biotechnology.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Study suggests earlier puberty onset may affect adult cardiometabolic health
Experiencing puberty earlier, compared to same-age peers, may be one of the mechanisms through which childhood risk factors influence adult cardiometabolic health issues, according to a study published March 27, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Maria Bleil from the University of Washington and colleagues.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients
Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice.
March 27th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 25th, 2024
A mom's $97,000 question: How was her baby's air-ambulance ride not medically necessary?
Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn't doing well.
March 25th, 2024 — Source or Source
A paramedic was skeptical about this Rx for stopping repeat opioid overdoses. Then he saw it help.
Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the little beige house with white trim and radioed to let dispatchers know he'd arrived.
March 25th, 2024 — Source or Source
AI-generated responses to patient portal messages are feasible, usable
Physicians who utilize artificial intelligence (AI)-generated draft replies to patient portal messages find the technology easy to adopt and use and beneficial to their overall well-being, according to a study published online March 20 in JAMA Network Open.
March 25th, 2024 — Source
How RPM can scale and sustain CMS' hospital at home program
Karin Schifter-Maor discusses how remote patient monitoring can bring the Acute Hospital Care at Home program to more people, make the program affordable and use centralized patient data to improve health outcomes.
March 25th, 2024 — Source
Physicists develop modeling software to diagnose serious diseases
Researchers have recently published FreeDTS -- a shared software package designed to model and study biological membranes at the mesoscale -- the scale 'in between' the larger macro level and smaller micro level.
March 25th, 2024 — Source or Source
Health — Health Field — March 22nd, 2024
California's expanded health coverage for immigrants collides with Medicaid reviews
Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Cleveland Clinic's advice for AI success: democratizing innovation, upskilling talent and more
The health system's chief analytics officer discusses creating a rigorous data quality program for reliable and actionable insights, and the importance of developing an innovation ecosystem.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Deadline for global pandemic agreement looms
A high-powered intervention by 23 former national Presidents, 22 former Prime Ministers, a former UN General Secretary, and 3 Nobel Laureates are being made today to press for an urgent agreement from international negotiators on a Pandemic Accord under the Constitution of the World Health Organization, to bolster the world's collective preparedness and response to future pandemics.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Medicare to cover Wegovy when patients also have heart disease
Medicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, U.S. officials announced Thursday.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps, new study shows
On the surface, the movement disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and the cognitive disorder frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which underlies frontotemporal dementia, manifest in very different ways. In addition, they are known to primarily affect very different regions of the brain.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Motor skills, sensory features differ in autism with, without ADHD
Motor skills and sensory features differ for children with autism with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published online March 5 in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Natural molecule trigonelline can help to improve muscle health and function
A research consortium led by Nestle Research in Switzerland and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) made a recent discovery that the natural molecule trigonelline present in coffee, fenugreek, and also in the human body, can help to improve muscle health and function.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
New "fusion sites" enable faster and more targeted drug development
Many important medicines, such as antibiotics and anticancer drugs, are derived from natural products from Bacteria. The enzyme complexes that produce these active ingredients have a modular design that makes them ideal tools for synthetic biology.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Researchers propose a new way to identify when consciousness emerges in human infancy
Academics are proposing a new and improved way to help researchers discover when consciousness emerges in human infancy.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Study finds most new doctors face some form of sexual harassment, even after #MeToo
More than half of all new doctors face some form of sexual harassment in their first year on the job, including nearly three-quarters of all new female doctors and a third of males, a new study finds.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Tapping into the trove of standardized EMS data
Emergency medical response information isn't used enough in healthcare. Agencies are looking to align with TEFCA, seeking partners to improve interoperability with state EMS systems and to build out technical resources for bidirectional exchange.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Virtual care service expansions in Australia
Also, Canberra Antenatal Care has digitised its patient pathway for expectant parents.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 20th, 2024
A more realistic artificial skin may lead to medical advancesf Oregon
A new bioengineered skin model could improve testing of skincare products and lead to better ways to heal damaged skin.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Automating and integrating RPM boosts BP care for Prisma Health
Clinical outcomes have shown 82% of patients experienced lowered blood pressure via remote patient monitoring at the health system, with severely hypertensive patients seeing a significant decrease after 90 days on the program.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Calls to end the restraining of prisoners receiving palliative care
There are urgent calls to abandon the restraining of prisoners receiving palliative care, with the ongoing practice blamed on the Australian justice and health systems colliding.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Cellular architecture of lesions in multiple sclerosis now mapped out
Using advanced methodology, scientists in Sweden were able to reveal at the cellular level how lesions in multiple sclerosis develop. The new results are presented in the journal Cell by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Cisco completes acquisition of enterprise resilience giant Splunk for $28B
The combined software company, now one of the largest worldwide, will "use data to power and protect the AI revolution," Cisco says.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes
Shelly Olson's mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Diversified clinical workforce needed to effectively serve a growing Hispanic population in underserved areas: Study
A new study examining the impact of the 2009 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) expansion on clinical diversity has found the number of Hispanic NHSC clinicians lacking relative to the Hispanic population.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Highly adhesive, mechanically strong adhesive addresses multiple limitations in dural membrane repair
The dural membrane (dura) is the outermost of three meningeal layers that line the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the brain and spinal cord. Together, the meninges function as a shock absorber to protect the CNS against trauma, circulate nutrients throughout the CNS, and remove waste. The dura also is a critical biological barrier that contains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) surrounding all CNS tissues. Consequently, spontaneous injury, trauma, or necessary surgical procedures may cause CSF to leak, which can threaten patients' lives, neurological functions, and recovery.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
How your in-network health coverage can vanish before you know it
Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital system warned it was having trouble negotiating a pricing agreement with UnitedHealthcare, which includes Oxford Health Plans, Feldman's insurer.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Identifying risk of poor pain outcomes to steer patients to early interventions and avoid opioid overuse
For most people, recovering from an injury or surgery might require a short round of painkillers, but for about 1 in 10 people, pain can trigger protracted and escalating mental, physical and behavioral health problems.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
In sickness and in health, older couples mostly make Medicare moves together
Older Americans who enroll in Medicare or change their coverage do so as individuals, even if they're married or live with a partner. But a new study suggests the need for more efforts to help both members of a couple weigh and choose their options together.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
New analysis provides a comprehensive policy solution to bolster intensive care capacity in rural America NewsGuard 100/100 Score
A new policy analysis led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute describes the intensive care crisis in rural America and provides a comprehensive policy solution to bolster intensive care capacity.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
New framework to help prevent suicide among military veterans and serving personnel
A new report, led by academics from The Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research at Northumbria, identifies that suicide among serving military personnel and military veterans—many of whom were known to services and recipients of care—could be reduced if those that were known to be vulnerable had access to the right help and assistance, at the right time, with the right intervention, and the right level of care and support.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
New way for states to cover pricey gene therapies will start with sickle cell disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last year approved two breakthrough gene therapies for sickle cell disease patients. Now a new federal program seeks to make these life-changing treatments available to patients with low incomes—and it could be a model to help states pay for other expensive therapies.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Nuclera joins Tech Nation's Future Fifty program
Nuclera, the biotechnology company enabling rapid protein expression and purification screening through its eProtein Discovery benchtop protein platform, today announced it has been selected to join the Tech Nation Future Fifty 2024 cohort, a unique program designed for the UK's next generation of unicorn founders, recognizing the most promising late-stage technology ventures. Launched today during the official event at 10 Downing Street, hosted by the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the 2024 cohort1 consists of 25 companies with a combined £1.3 billion in funding raised.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Precision unveiled: Exploring the cutting-edge of analytical weighing with Cubis® II ultra-high resolution balances
What are the key features of Cubis® II that support compliance with global regulatory standards such as 21 CFR Part 11?
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Older adults' input needed in transition to residential care, says study
New University of Otago research into the process of older adults transitioning to residential care calls for improved opportunities for them to be part of the decision-making process.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Q&A: A digital twin that allows tailored medication
Individual patients with autoimmune diseases can receive tailored medication by computationally treating their so-called digital twins with thousands of medications.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Research finds free, weekly fresh produce improves diet, physical activity and reduces CVD risk factors
Programs that provided free, weekly home delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms helped improve recipients' nutrition levels, physical activity levels and cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention│Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions 2024, held March 18--21, in Chicago.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Researchers develop a cost-effective method to spatially characterize and map brain epigenomes NewsGuard 100/100 Score
An estimated one in six people suffer from a brain disorder worldwide, according to the American Brain Foundation. Current research has provided some insight into cell-communication inside the brain, but there are still a lot of unknowns surrounding how this crucial organ functions. What if there was a comprehensive map that took into consideration not just the biology of the brain, but the specific location where the biology occurs?
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Social activities offer protection against cognitive decline in long-term care residents
Social activities such as interactions with others and participation in organised events can prevent cognitive decline in long-term care facility. Research from Amsterdam UMC, carried out among 3600 patients in 42 Dutch and Belgian care homes, shows that participation in social activities offers a protective effect for those with no, or little, cognitive impairment.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
SolasCure Awarded £405K Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Grant to Advance Chronic Wound Care
SOLASCURE Ltd (SolasCure), a biotechnology company developing a novel treatment to transform chronic wound care, today announced it has been awarded a highly competitive Biomedical Catalyst grant for industry-led research and development (R&D) from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
'Star Wars-style' holograms to communicate with the brain
About 20 years ago, neuroscientists, recording from electrodes implanted in the medial temporal lobe, identified human brain cells that respond only to photos of Jennifer Aniston. It was a headline-grabbing development in a long arc of achievements by scientists in their efforts to map our neural circuits.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Study finds chronic musculoskeletal pain is linked to earlier retirement
Frequent musculoskeletal pain is linked with an increased risk of exiting work and retiring earlier, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Nils Niederstrasser of the University of Portsmouth, UK, and colleagues.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Study finds non-immune brain cells can acquire immune memory, may drive CNS pathologies like multiple sclerosis
Immunological memory—the ability to respond to a previously encountered antigen or foreign substance with greater speed and intensity on re-exposure is a hallmark of adaptive immunity.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Study offers insight on how hot weather impairs the immune system
A study that looked at how the immune system reacts to hot weather offers new insight into what's happening when the mercury rises.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Sudden death in young people: Heart problems often blamed
Sudden cardiac death rarely happens in those under age 35. But those at risk can take precautions.
March 20th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 18th, 2024
A new study shows how neurochemicals affect fMRI readings
The brain is an incredibly complex and active organ that uses electricity and chemicals to transmit and receive signals between its sub-regions.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
AI-based system reduces claims denials for Community Medical Centers of Fresno
The provider saw a 22% decrease in one type of denial and an 18% decrease in another. Those improvements have resulted in more than 30 hours per week in eliminated work for follow-up staff.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
As More States Target Disavowed 'Excited Delirium' Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back
Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Biden to sign order expanding health research in women
President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on Monday that will broaden the scope of medical research in women.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Creating a remote sensor to detect health troubles
A Cornell doctoral student is building a company based on a radio-based technology that could sense cardiac and respiratory troubles for patients without the need for them to wear a bulky monitor or skin electrodes. SensVita, developed by electrical engineer Thomas Conroy, uses near-field radio frequency sensing.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
GLP-1 Drugs Are About To Unleash a Gold Rush for Cosmetic Procedures, Benefiting Evolus (EOLS), Inmode (INMD), and AbbVie (ABBV) Shares
A lot of investors missed the initial gold rush vis-a-vis the GLP-1 weight loss drugs in 2022/2023. Now, however, there is an opportunity to capture the second-order derivative tailwinds from these drugs by going long on stocks that are focused on cosmetic/aesthetic procedures, including Evolus (NASDAQ: EOLS), Inmode (NASDAQ: INMD), and AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV).
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Health insurers split with US over relief after cyberattack
Health insurers and U.S. government officials are expected to meet next week to hash out differences over how to assist cash-strapped medical practices, as a cyberattack last month continues to hold up billions of dollars in payments.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Hope for PDCD and Cure Mito Foundation unveil joint patient registry
Cure Mito Foundation and Hope for PDCD Foundation, both patient-led foundations focused on advancing research and supporting families affected by Leigh syndrome and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency (PDCD), respectively, are excited to announce a launch of a PDCD patient registry. This innovative registry will be led by the Hope for PDCD foundation and hosted on the same registry platform as the well-established Leigh Syndrome patient registry, developed by the Cure Mito Foundation.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Innovative chemical strategy targets mosquito larvae gut to combat spread of deadly diseases
Mosquito-borne illnesses remain a formidable challenge threatening millions of people each year with diseases such as malaria, dengue, zika and chikungunya.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
New strategy to facilitate muscle regeneration after injury
Muscle injuries are common in the active population, and they cause the majority of player retirements in the world of sports. Depending on the severity, recovery of muscle function is quite slow and may require surgery, medication and rehabilitation.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Nick Saban offers some valuable lessons on leadership
Transactional leaders are reactive and focused on goals. Transformational leaders are proactive and execute on a vision. One is "much more effective in this day and age than the other one," said the legendary Alabama coach at HIMSS24.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Oracle at HIMSS24: Rolling out AI, back-office fusion and simplifying data exchange
The anchor exhibitor featured performance improvements, pre-built clinical quality analytics and more to help increase reimbursement and enhance care. Oracle Health EVP Seema Verma shared insights on AI's potential, interoperability under TEFCA and more.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Scientists' discovery could reduce dependence on animals for vital anticoagulant drug
Heparin, the world's most widely used blood thinner, is used during procedures ranging from kidney dialysis to open heart surgery. Currently, heparin is derived from pig intestines, but scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered how to make it in the lab. They have also developed a path to a biomanufacturing process that could potentially revolutionize how the world gets its supply of this crucial medicine.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Studies find severe symptoms of Havana Syndrome, but no evidence of brain injury or biological abnormalities
Using advanced imaging techniques and in-depth clinical assessments, a research team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found no significant evidence of MRI-detectable brain injury, nor differences in most clinical measures compared to controls, among a group of federal employees who experienced anomalous health incidents (AHIs).
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Study finds adult acne clinic visits increase with exposure to wildfire-related air pollution
Short-term exposure to wildfire-related air pollution is associated with an increase in clinic visits for acne vulgaris among adults, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held from March 8 to 12 in San Diego.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Unlocking quinoa's power: Beyond nutrition to drug development NewsGuard 100/100 Score
In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers reviewed existing data on the bioactive constituents of quinoa and their health benefits.
March 18th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 15th, 2024
A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24
Veronica Walk, senior director analyst, healthcare and life sciences, at the consulting giant offers an end-of-the-week look at the emerging technologies at the conference that provider organization C-suite executives must grasp.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here: How will insurers handle it?
A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. But most private health insurers have yet to publish criteria for when they will cover it, according to a new analysis of insurance policies.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
A new approach to tissue engineering improves blood vessel formation in rats
Losing a large amount of soft tissue from an injury or cancer may require reconstructive surgery. These surgeries typically rely on a structural framework that holds cells or tissues together made from hydrogels or other biomaterials that provide support for new blood vessels to grow. But when these frameworks are made from bulk hydrogels, they have several limitations that can result in slow and disorganized blood vessel growth, leading to poor patient outcomes.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Eliminating socioeconomic disparities in youth physical activity could save over $15 billion, study shows
What would happen if the existing disparities in physical activity levels between youth of lower and higher socioeconomic statuses were eliminated? Previous studies have shown that those between 6–17 years of age in lower socioeconomic groups get on average 10%–15% less physical activity than those of higher socioeconomic groups.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Experts help bring first-of-its-kind drug for metabolic liver disease to the clinic
Liver disease specialists at the University of Chicago Medicine will soon begin prescribing a first-of-its-kind drug for treating advanced metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
March 14th, 2024 — Source
FDA gets granular with draft medical device premarket approval update
The agency further defines when it considers a device to be Internet-enabled, proposes to add vulnerability disclosures and makes recommendations for cyber device maintenance plans and patch timelines.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Gleneagles Hospital zeroes in on radiology AI and more briefs
Also, Bitsmedia's ex-CEO is joining telehealth company Doctor Anywhere as VP of Product.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It
Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital system warned it was having trouble negotiating a pricing agreement with UnitedHealthcare, which includes Oxford Health Plans, Feldman's insurer.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
HTI-1 final rule now in effect, with an eye on AI – and there's more to come, says ONC
"We thought if we could bring more transparency to decision support intervention, we can instill more trust and we can help optimize the use of these algorithms."
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Machine learning classifier accelerates the development of cellular immunotherapies
Making a personalized T cell therapy for cancer patients currently takes at least six months; scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the University Medical Center Mannheim have shown that the laborious first step of identifying tumor-reactive T cell receptors for patients can be replaced with a machine learning classifier that halves this time.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
New insights into genetic mechanisms could improve treatment of liver fibrosis
The liver is not only the largest internal organ but also vital for human life as a metabolic center. It also possesses remarkable self-healing powers: even when large portions are removed, such as during surgery, they quickly regenerate in healthy individuals.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
New study reveals breakthrough in understanding brain stimulation therapies
For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities showed that non-invasive brain stimulation can change a specific brain mechanism that is directly related to human behavior. This is a major step forward for discovering new therapies to treat brain disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
New study shows how the brain translates motivation into goal-oriented behavior
Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal—foraging for and finding food.
March 14th, 2024 — Source or Source
New Zealand targets National Health Data Platform deployment by June and more briefs
Also, a "baseline" API standards have been released for the New Zealand health sector.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Point-of-care therapeutics sensor could make automated dosing systems universal
Rice University synthetic biologists have found a way to piggyback on the glucose monitoring technology used in automated insulin dosing systems and make it universally applicable for the monitoring and dosing of virtually any drug.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Scientists generate new targeted protein degradation system that tunes a cell's own proteins
Researchers studying the role of proteins in health and disease use experimental tools that inactivate proteins, destroy them, or prevent them from being made in cells. In one approach, they mark targeted proteins with "destroy me" tags that work with small molecules known as molecular glues to prompt the cell's own protein-clearing machinery to gobble up the proteins. Yet, many tags used today are too large to tag the genes that encode a cell's native proteins, or they cause collateral damage, sparking destruction of proteins beyond the targeted one.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Study conducted during the pandemic reveals the perceived effectiveness of various protective measures
An article by Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri of the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento, focused on the public health guidelines adopted during the pandemic. The article, titled "Assessing the perceived effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-Cov-2 transmission risk: an experimental study in Europe," was published in Scientific Reports.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Surging nerve system disorders now top cause of illness: Study
Conditions affecting the nervous system—such as strokes, migraines and dementia—have surged past heart disease to become the leading cause of ill health worldwide, a major new analysis said on Friday.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Tech Moves: Optimize Health names new CEO; Seattle-area marketing firm makes acquisition
Optimize Health, a Seattle-based startup that sells remote patient monitoring software, announced Ryan Clark as its new CEO.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Telehealth study investigates reimbursements for rural health care delivery
A recent Mayo Clinic study published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine investigated how telehealth in palliative care may provide value for rural caregivers, health care teams and their patients. Palliative care is specialized medical care that focuses on providing relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
US approves first drug for severe form of fatty liver disease
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first medication for people with a severe type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients
In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter's prescription cystic fibrosis medication. Their payment had risen to $3,500 from the usual $30 for a month's supply.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 14th, 2024
Annual indirect economic burden of sickle cell disease over $2 million
Adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) are more likely to report employment loss, and caregivers of children with SCD report more missed days of work, according to a study published online Feb. 29 in Blood Advances.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
AstraZeneca buys French biotech firm Amolyt for $1 bn
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Thursday agreed to buy French biotech specialist Amolyt Pharma for about $1 billion, expanding further into the field of rare drugs.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Better patient care, at a lower cost? A primary care doctor is testing new models to improve health care
Christine Meyer, an independent physician in Exton, Pennsylvania, is always looking for ways to provide better care for the patients who come to her primary care practice each year.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Chronic school absenteeism 5.8 percent for 5- to 17-year-olds in 2022
In 2022, 5.8 percent of children ages 5 to 17 years experienced chronic school absenteeism for health-related reasons, according to a March data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Groundbreaking study unveils new insights into neurodegenerative disorder symptoms
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers developed a method for rapidly gathering and integrating clinical (CD) and neuropathological diagnoses (ND) data by examining medical record summaries from donors at the Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB) to detect disease trajectories.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
HIMSS24 vendor news roundup: From AI to imaging to RTLS
A selection of the announcements made in the exhibit hall this week -- from Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, CenTrak, DT Research, Innovaccer, MDClone and MedeAnalytics.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Hospital Scrubs In Apple Vision Pro For Spine Surgery, Is This The Future Of Healthcare?
As much as Apple may envision its $3,500 Vision Pro headset being adopted by consumers on a mass scale, it's priced more like a development kit or a professional tool, be it in an enterprise setting or, as is the case in the UK, a hospital. More specifically, Cromwell Hospital recently employed Apple's fancy spatial computing headset in the operating room to help fix a patient's spine.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
How to enable digital health transformation projects at a lower cost and higher quality
"As an industry, we've digitized -- for the most part -- the healthcare record. Now it's time to adopt digital health innovation to give people the experience they expect and see in other industries," says the CEO of Rhapsody.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Intensive trauma treatment relieves PTSD symptoms within eight days, finds researcher
Relieved from post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in eight days? It is possible with a highly intensive treatment method that combines trauma-focused therapies and lots of exercise. "About 80% of people no longer have a PTSD diagnosis at the end of the treatment," says Eline Voorendonk, who will receive her Ph.D. on 15 March for her research on this method.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
KIMM develops an on-site-disposal type medical waste sterilization system
A medical waste treatment system, which is capable of 99.9999 percent sterilization by using high-temperature and high-pressure steam, has been developed for the first time in the country.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Logical Biological recognized as one of 'Europe's fastest-growing companies' due to customer centric approach and quality commitment
Logical Biological, a leader in the provision of high-quality biological specimens, is delighted to announce its remarkable achievement of ranking 148th in the esteemed "FT 1000: Europe's Fastest Growing Companies" listing. This accolade is a testament to the company's steadfast commitment to customer centricity and dedication to quality.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Mayo Clinic eyes digital transformation to plan for future
The goal is not to emphasize gadgets and screens but instead to use technology to enable human, holistic experiences.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Mayo Clinic Platform launches accelerator Solutions Studio
The program is designed to accelerate digital health technologies and enable innovation to improve patient care.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Microsoft and 16 health systems debut network for responsible AI
The Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network, or TRAIN, aims to put responsible AI principles into action to enhance the quality, safety and trustworthiness of healthcare AI.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Noninvasive, smart-CKD diagnostic device for management of chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 10% of the global population, among which renal fibrosis is a progressive process that can lead to end-stage renal failure. Early diagnosis and active monitoring are particularly important.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Nuclera appoints Joseph Bertelsen as Chief Commercial Officer
Nuclera, the biotechnology company enabling rapid protein expression and purification screening through its benchtop protein platform, today announced the appointment of Joseph Bertelsen as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). With over 20 years' commercial leadership experience in the life science tools and drug development industries, Joseph brings an extensive sales record that will be instrumental to the commercial launch strategy and explosive adoption of Nuclera's eProtein Discovery™ platform.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
OCR launches HIPAA investigation into Change Healthcare breach
Meanwhile, the American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to do more in the face of a "staggering loss of revenue" for health systems.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Operating in the red: Half of rural hospitals lose money, as many cut services
In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Researchers establish India's first national benchmark for survival among hemodialysis patients
A new nationwide study has provided new information on the survival rates of patients undergoing hemodialysis across India and associated factors.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Researchers highlight the importance of feminist global health policy in tackling health inequalities
An international group of researchers including a researcher from The George Institute for Global Health, India, emphasized the critical need for a Feminist Global Health Policy (FGHP) in addressing existing power structures that hinder health equity worldwide.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Six vendors, including Epic, demonstrate how interoperability leads to reduced patient falls
A top executive at Rauland discusses the effort at HIMSS24's Interoperability Pavilion and dives into technologies and trends.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
The massive health care hack is now being investigated by the federal Office of Civil Rights
Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
VIP health system for top US officials risked jeopardizing care for soldiers, say investigators
Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
What's the 'concept car' for what digital health should be?
Improving patient care and clinical trials, driving value-based care and building trust require a confluence of data logic and innovation, health IT leaders said Wednesday at HIMSS24.
March 14th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 11th, 2024
At HIMSS24, athenahealth keeps its focus on provider experience
And patient experience too, of course, which is "so interconnected" with clinicians being satisfied with their work, says VP Jessica Sweeney-Platt. She discusses the cloud pioneer's innovative work on AI and automation, new partnerships and more.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
At HIMSS24, Meditech and the 'thirst for AI'
COO Helen Waters discusses early adopters of the company's ambient listening, search and conversational AI technologies, along with news on its latest work in precision medicine.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare episode
Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health insurance, but it's more complicated, and expensive, than many realize. And decisions seniors make when they sign up for the federal health insurance program can have huge consequences down the road.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
BigLinux makes Linux easy for anyone - and it should be way more popular
Looking for a Linux distribution that makes good on the promise of being the perfect system for those who've never used Linux? If so, BigLinux might be for you. But advanced users with love it too.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
California Attorney General boosts bill banning medical debt from credit reports
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showing up on consumer credit reports, a Democratic-led effort to offer protection to patients squeezed by health care bills.
March 11th, 2024 — Source or Source
Digitalized sexual health services wouldn't be trusted by young people, finds study
Digital services, such as anonymous apps and texting services, could change how we engage with sexual health services, but young people wouldn't trust them, according to new research by Cardiff University.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Colorado lawmakers target another $5 million for Denver Health amid fears of hospital's 'death spiral'
A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers is again moving to direct a special $5 million infusion to Denver Health amid rising concerns about the hospital's financial security and fears of a potential descent into a "death spiral."
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Fact check: Checking health care claims in Biden's State of the Union address
President Joe Biden touted his administration's accomplishments in health care in a wide-ranging State of the Union address on Thursday evening that touched on subjects such as immigration, the economy, crime, job growth, infrastructure, and the Israel-Hamas war.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Flexible AI optoelectronic sensors pave the way for standalone energy-efficient health monitoring devices
From creating images, generating text, and enabling self-driving cars, the potential uses of artificial intelligence (AI) are vast and transformative. However, all this capability comes at a very high energy cost. For instance, estimates indicate that training OPEN AI's popular GPT-3 model consumed over 1,287 MWh, enough to supply an average U.S. household for 120 years.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
France's Macron announces bill for assisted dying
French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview published by French media on Sunday.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Impact of extrahepatic organ failure characteristics on acute-on-chronic liver failure prognosis
The impact of the characteristics of extrahepatic organ failure (EHOF) including the onset time, number, type, and sequence on the prognosis of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients remains unknown. This study aimed to identify the association between the characteristics of EHOF and the prognosis of ACLF patients.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Intelichart CEO details patient engagement trends for HIMSS24 attendees
And Gary Hamilton discusses how these trends translate into technology innovations that can improve outcomes, gain efficiencies and help providers with the intricacies of value-based care.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Locating single neurons that monitor and regulate the heart and lungs
The body self-regulates in a process known as homeostasis, and the brain is responsible for this as it is constantly monitoring all of the body's vital signals. If you need more oxygen, for example, then a message is sent to the brain that then tells the body to adjust your breathing and your heart rate.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Metrion Biosciences strengthens team with three key appointments
Metrion Biosciences Limited ("Metrion"), the specialist ion channel contract research organisation (CRO) and drug discovery company, has promoted Clare Rutty to CFO and welcomes two new hires in Sue Peffer as Head of Marketing and Leanne Clarke as HR Officer. Following the recent announcement of new equity financing, these appointments strengthen the leadership team, ensuring a strong foundation as the Company sets its sights on continued growth.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
New consortium of healthcare leaders announces formation of Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN), making safe and fair AI accessible to every healthcare organization
New AI capabilities have the potential to transform the healthcare industry by enabling better care outcomes, improving efficiency and productivity, and reducing costs. From helping screen patients, to developing new treatments and drugs, to automating administrative tasks and enhancing public health, AI is creating new possibilities and opportunities for healthcare organizations and practitioners.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Penn medical students learn how to respond to bear attacks, avalanches, and dirty bombs
The nine victims were scattered across an area half the size of a football field, their bodies hurled by the force from an explosive device.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Predicting health futures: Innovative study reveals critical events in disease trajectories NewsGuard 100/100 Score
In a recent study published in npj Digital Medicine, researchers identified life-spanning trajectories and critical events that influence hospitalization and death.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Researchers identify cold-sensing protein in mammals NewsGuard 100/100 Score
University of Michigan researchers have identified the protein that enables mammals to sense cold, filling a long-standing knowledge gap in the field of sensory biology.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Researchers reveal a new mechanism that regulates intestinal stem cells
Adult stem cells have attracted great scientific interest because of their ability to self-renew and differentiate into other cell types. In an article published in Nature Communications, researchers reveal a new mechanism that regulates the proliferation and differentiation of intestinal stem cells.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Researchers uncover protein responsible for cold sensation
University of Michigan researchers have identified the protein that enables mammals to sense cold, filling a long-standing knowledge gap in the field of sensory biology.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Study offers insights into neural mechanisms involved in progression from aggressive motivation to action
The social behaviors of humans and animals often unfold over two distinct phases, namely a motivational and an action phase. The first of these phases entails instinctual and reward-seeking mental states, characterized by sexual or aggressive drives to perform specific actions. The second phase entails acting on these motivations and drives.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Study reveals the impact of olfactory disorders on personal safety and emotional well-being
More than a third of people who self-identify as having a smell disorder have had at least one gas safety scare in the last five years, according to new research.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
The Medicare Episode
Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health insurance, but it's more complicated, and expensive, than many realize. And decisions seniors make when they sign up for the federal health insurance program can have huge consequences down the road.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Ubiquigent enters agreement with Astellas subsidiary, Nanna Therapeutics
Ubiquigent Limited (Ubiquigent), a drug discovery and development company harnessing novel deubiquitinase (DUB) modulators as new therapeutics for areas of high unmet medical need, today announced an agreement with Nanna Therapeutics (Nanna).
March 11th, 2024 — Source
UH College of Pharmacy secures CPRIT funding to fight familial adenomatous polyposis
The University of Houston College of Pharmacy is included in a $68.5 million funding package from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
March 11th, 2024 — Source
UnitedHealth Group expects systems impacted by cyberattack returning by mid-March
UnitedHealth Group is reporting progress on restoring systems impacted by a cyberattack last month that snarled pharmacies and blocked claims processing at hospitals and clinics nationwide.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
When it comes to ketamine, Meta's posting policy is no party to decipher
People keep talking about ketamine. The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires, and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as a potential miracle drug for depression and other mental health conditions.
March 11th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 8th, 2024
A new model to predict brain development
From the very first weeks of life, countless connections are forged between neurons to ensure the propagation of nerve signals. These connections gradually shape the final architecture of the brain, known as the connectome. Our ability to perform complex cognitive tasks, such as spatial orientation or problem-solving, hinges on its structure. But how does it emerge during development?
March 8th, 2024 — Source
AAD: concerns noted relating to use of AI dermatology apps
There are notable concerns relating to the use of currently available artificial intelligence (AI) dermatology mobile applications (apps), according to a study published online March 7 in JAMA Dermatology to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, held from March 8 to 10 in San Diego.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable—but relief may be on the way
The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Best CPAP Alternatives
If you have sleep apnea, here's what to know about dental devices, tongue trainers, mouth tape, and more
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Change Healthcare begins to restore service after cyberattack -- as lawsuits begin
Also: The ALPHV BlackCat ransomware group may have faked a second government takedown, while the extent of the protected-data leak is still unknown.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Empowering Change: How Hologic is Shaping the Future of Women's Healthcare
In celebration of International Women's Day 2024, we're honored to host Tim Simpson and Sarah Smith from Hologic, a forefront leader in women's health. As we dive into this year's theme, "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress" and "#InspireInclusion," let's explore how Hologic's pioneering work and dedication align with these powerful calls to action.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
HIMSSCast: Web apps are ubiquitous in healthcare -- and come with vulnerabilities
Advice for healthcare CISOs, CIOs and other security leaders on how best to protect their organizations from the vulnerabilities that lie within web apps, from Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Technology Institute.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
How AI is transforming medical coding for physicians and coders
Autonomous medical coding has been viewed as the province of large academic medical centers that could afford to experiment with cutting-edge technology. Today it is starting to be viewed as a necessary tool for all health systems.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
How do we get more women into health care and medical leadership?
Women continue to be under-represented in health care and medical leadership in Australia, with experts labeling the disparity an issue of "equity and social justice."
March 8th, 2024 — Source
How should health systems put ethical AI into practice?
Dr. Brian Anderson, the newly-announced CEO of the Coalition for Health AI, offers some insights in a preview of his HIMSS24 panel discussion on the quest for responsible and transparent models.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
INTEGRA supports the next generation of synthetic biologists
INTEGRA Biosciences awarded 3 PIPETBOY acu 2 serological pipette controllers to the 2023 iGEM Competition team at Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU_BS) to aid their pioneering research into lithium therapy toxicity testing. The pipette controllers enhanced the team's pipetting precision and streamlined the multiple liquid handling tasks involved in this exciting project, helping them to achieve their project goals.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Medicaid eligibility during pandemic led to increased postpartum coverage, study suggests
Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. are increasing and considered high compared to other wealthy nations. And Medicaid coverage plays a large role in maternal health, as it funds nearly half of all the births in the country.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
New England Biolabs® Launches NEBNext® Enzymatic 5hmC-seq Kit, for enzyme-based 5hmC detection at single-base resolution
New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced the launch of the NEBNext Enzymatic 5hmC-seq Kit (E5hmC-seq™), a novel enzyme-based method for the specific detection of 5hmC sites. The gentle, enzyme-based approach enables high yields and high-quality data, with an input range of 100 pg to 200 ng.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Senate passes bill to compensate more Americans exposed to radiation
More Americans exposed to radiation caused by the government would be compensated under a bill that passed the U.S. Senate Thursday.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Tattoo regret? How to choose a removal service
About one in four people regret at least one of their tattoos. Almost half of those go on to have their unwanted tattoo removed or camouflaged with a new one.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
The brain builds emotions regardless of the senses, neuroscientists find
How much do our emotions depend on our senses? Does our brain and body react in the same way when we hear a fearful scream, see an eerie shadow, or smell a sinister odor? And does hearing upbeat music or seeing a colorful landscape bring the same joy?
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Treatment of parathyroid disease at Mayo Clinic
Travis J. McKenzie, M.D., Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery: Here at the Mayo Clinic in Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, we treat the full spectrum of parathyroid problems and that ranges from the simplest primary hyperparathyroidism to the most complex cases.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
UnitedHealth brings some Change Healthcare pharmacy services back online
Optum's Change Healthcare has started to bring systems back online after suffering a crippling BlackCat ransomware attack last month that led to widespread disruption to the US healthcare system.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Video consults for chronic knee pain as effective as in-person care, study shows
Australians experiencing chronic knee pain achieve similar pain reduction whether they consult with physiotherapists via video or attend in-person physiotherapy sessions, new research shows, expanding the scope of treatment possibilities, particularly for people in regional and remote locations.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers
Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators.
March 8th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 6th, 2024
AAAAI: Nasal delivery of epinephrine safe, effective for anaphylaxis
Nasal powder formulations of epinephrine are effective and show superior stability to EpiPens, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, held from Feb. 23 to 26 in Washington, D.C.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs.
If you went "anywhere in the world," you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Big Pharma is "coming to the table" on price negotiations as it loses in court
Negotiating prices is not a "gun to the head," judge rules.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Death doulas: Helping people at the end of their life
You may have heard of a birth doula—someone who provides non-medical support and advocacy throughout pregnancy, birth and after the baby has been born. More recently, so-called death doulas—people who assist at the other end of the lifespan—have been growing in popularity.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Examining the value of online health checks for medical info
Research in the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing introduces a new model aimed at assessing the credibility and relevance of online health care information. With the proliferation of online health advice, the challenge of distinguishing trustworthy sources from false information has become increasingly important for patients and their caregivers.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
For the vision impaired, this AI robot aims to replace canes and guide dogs
This unassuming mobility aid - the Glide resembles a mini vacuum cleaner - has a lofty goal: Transform lives of the visually impaired by providing smart assistance for navigating the world.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
How the Change Healthcare cyberattack is straining providers, and what the government can do
The reach of the cyberattack is a looming crisis for providers' financial stability, particularly in rural areas, and could soon impact patient care, said Ted Okon of the Community Oncology Alliance.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Is the Faith in Aspirin to Prevent Cardiac Events Warranted?
There's a widespread -- and long-held -- belief that swallowing a low-dose aspirin pill every day can help protect you from heart attacks and strokes.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Lit from within: How tiny wireless bulbs could revolutionize clinical health care
Researchers from the University of St Andrews and the University of Cologne have developed a new device platform that allows for smaller wireless light sources to be placed within the human body.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Long-acting opioids may be unnecessary in study of total knee replacement
In a new study, researchers have found that replacing long-acting with immediate-release opioids after total knee replacement surgery resulted in comparable pain management but less nausea-medication usage and less need for residential rehabilitation after hospital discharge.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Many can't access mental health services that save money, keep people out of jail
When it comes to giving at-risk Americans access to the mental health services they need, prevention is far better than detention, new research confirms.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Medical malpractice incidents are more severe during daylight saving time, new study finds
Medical malpractice incidents are more severe during the months of the year when daylight saving time is observed in the U.S., according to a new study that examined three decades of malpractice claims.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor
The massive public health system now has wait times down to 10 minutes, has decreased low-acuity visits going to valuable office or emergency room slots -- and now boasts a net promoter score of 87 for virtual care.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
New microscopy tech answers fundamental questions in neuroscience
The mammalian brain is a web of densely interconnected neurons, yet one of the mysteries in neuroscience is how tools that capture relatively few components of brain activity have allowed scientists to predict behavior in mice. It is hard to believe that much of the brain's complexity is irrelevant background noise.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
New project aims to shed light on real-world eating behaviors using AI-enabled wearable technology
A pedometer measures your steps, but what if you had a similar automated device to measure your eating behavior? Evidence from nutritional studies has long shown that the speed, timing and duration of an individual's eating behavior are strongly related to obesity and other health issues. While eating behaviors can be accurately measured in a controlled laboratory setting, a blind spot exists when researchers attempt to study how participants actually eat "in the wild."
March 6th, 2024 — Source
NIH study reveals elevated cholesterol levels among American Indian youth
More than 70% of American Indian young adults aged 20-39 and 50% of American Indian teens have cholesterol levels or elevated fat in the blood that put them at risk for cardiovascular disease, suggests a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. In some cases, these levels -; specifically high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, often thought of as "bad cholesterol," -; were linked to plaque buildup and cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Novel device for stomach complaints is successful in human trial
An endoscopic mapping device, developed over the course of a decade by scientists at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, consists of an inflatable sphere covered in sensors, delivered down the esophagus and able to measure electrical activity in the gut.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Regularly stimulated axons do not pass on increases in performance to their neighbors, shows hearing study
A complex network of nerve fibers and synapses in the brain is responsible for transmission of information. When a nerve cell is stimulated, it generates signals in the form of electrochemical impulses, which propagate along the membrane of long nerve cell projections called axons. How quickly the information is transmitted depends on various factors such as the diameter of the axon.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Research Forum Episode 2: Transforming health care and the natural sciences, AI and society, and the evolution of foundational AI technologies
Research advances are driving real-world impact faster than ever. Recent developments in AI are reshaping the way people live, work, and think. In the latest episode of Microsoft Research Foru, we explore how AI is transforming health care and the natural sciences, the intersection of AI and society, and the continuing evolution of foundational AI technologies.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Researchers evaluate accuracy of online health news using easily accessible AI
It can be challenging to gauge the quality of online news—questioning whether it is real or fake. When it comes to health news and press releases about medical treatments and procedures, the issue can be even more complex, especially if the story is not complete and still doesn't necessarily fall into the category of fake news.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Researchers investigate archaea to discover how proteins determine cell shape and function
Originally discovered in extreme environments such as hydrothermal vents, archaea, a single-celled microorganism, can also be found in the digestive systems of animals, including humans in which they play a key role in gut health. Yet, little is known about the function of these cells or how they form the distinct shapes they assume to match their environments.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Study examines delayed pediatric diagnoses in emergency departments
Emergency departments (EDs) that see fewer pediatric patients are more likely to give delayed diagnoses for serious medical conditions compared to those who see pediatric patients more often, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Study in mice reveals how the body copes with airway closure
There is perhaps no bodily function more essential for humans and other mammals than breathing. With each breath, we suffuse our bodies with oxygen-rich air that keeps our organs and tissues healthy and working properly—and without oxygen, we can survive mere minutes.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Surgical methods and outcomes of anterolateral augmentation for skeletally immature patients
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries have increased in recent decades among children. Because re-injuries after ACL reconstruction are higher in children compared with adults, anterolateral augmentation procedures may reduce re-injury rates after ACL reconstruction in youth.
March 6th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 4th, 2024
AI and predictive medicine: Recent advances
In a recent review published in the Journal of Human Genetics, a group of authors explored the potential of deep learning (DL), particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), in enhancing predictive modeling for omics data analysis, addressing challenges and future research directions.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Adipose tissue dysbiosis exacerbates postnatal growth retardation in piglets, study finds
Postnatal growth retardation (PGR) is characterized by poor production performance, low feed conversion rate, and a high mortality rate, the metabolic basis of which in piglets is unclear.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
America Worries About Health Costs — And Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans
President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Big companies like Nestle are funding health research in South Africa—why this is wrong
In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed to the board of the transnational food corporation Nestle.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Dancing cells show how the brain awakens from anesthesia
According to a Mayo Clinic study published in Nature Neuroscience, the cells that act as the central nervous system's first line of defense against harm also play a role in helping the brain awaken from anesthesia. This discovery could help pave the way for innovative methods that address post-anesthesia complications.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Discovery of 'molecular machine' brings new immune therapies a step closer
Yale scientists have discovered a family of immune proteins, which they describe as a "massive molecular machine," that could affect the way our bodies fight infection.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Hits a New All-Time High as the Craze for GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Goes Global
The soaring demand for GLP-1 weight loss drugs is no longer just an American or European phenomenon. As these drugs proliferate through an ever-increasing segment of the globe's obese population, the GLP-1 heavyweights such as Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk continue to reap outsized rewards.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Hacking at UnitedHealth unit cripples a swath of the US health system: What to know
Early in the morning of Feb. 21, Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that plays a huge role in the U.S. health system, issued a brief statement saying some of its applications were "currently unavailable."
March 4th, 2024 — Source
How NCH Healthcare reduced alert burden with more meaningful CDS
"We saw a 16.6% to 37.5% reduction in the optimized alerts per week being achieved while adding more meaningful guidance for clinicians," says the health system's CMIO in a preview of his HIMSS24 clinical decision support presentation.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
New AI model draws maps to diagnose disease
Medical diagnostics expert, doctor's assistant, and cartographer are all fair titles for an artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
New AI smartphone tool accurately diagnoses ear infections
A new cellphone app developed by physician-scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately diagnose ear infections, or acute otitis media (AOM), could help decrease unnecessary antibiotic use in young children, according to new research published in JAMA Pediatrics.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
New guidance approves AI-derived software for stroke assessments
Two cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools used to assist the diagnosis of strokes have been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The team of national experts, which includes researchers from the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Sheffield, have given the green light to AI-derived software solutions e-Stroke and RapidAI. These technologies are poised to transform the landscape of stroke diagnosis and treatment in the National Health Service (NHS).
March 4th, 2024 — Source
New method revolutionizes in vivo brain imaging in awake mice
The human brain has billions of neurons. Working together, they enable higher-order brain functions such as cognition and complex behaviors. To study these higher-order brain functions, it is important to understand how neural activity is coordinated across various brain regions.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
New research urges for policy changes in antipsychotic medication management
Researchers from the University of Liverpool are calling for policy reform in the management of antipsychotic medication (APM) to support both patients and health care professionals.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
No-prescription birth control pills soon available in US pharmacies
Prescription-free birth control pills will be available across the United States later this month, widening access to contraception at a time when abortion rights have been drastically curtailed.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Rethinking drug efficacy: Research aims to improve drug development
ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellow Catherine Leasure is the co-author of a comment article published this month in Nature Reviews Bioengineering addressing the pressing obstacle faced by modern drug development: worryingly poor success rates of pharmaceuticals progressing to clinical phases.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Robotic hip exoskeleton shows promise for helping stroke patients regain their stride
More than 80% of stroke survivors experience walking difficulty, significantly impacting their daily lives, independence, and overall quality of life. Now, new research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst pushes forward the bounds of stroke recovery with a unique robotic hip exoskeleton designed as a training tool to improve walking function.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Scientists have used cells from fluid drawn during pregnancy to grow mini lungs and other organs
Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb—an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Supply chain assessment and management, optimizing pharmaceutical supply chains
In this interview, News Med talks to Joseph P. Ivan about the Comprehensive Assessment and Management Approach to Optimizing Pharmaceutical Supply Chains.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from Feb. 12 to 16 in San Francisco and attracted approximately 30,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions, with presentations focusing on joint fractures, osteoarthritis, other musculoskeletal injuries, and factors impacting the outcomes of joint replacement procedures.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Tools underestimate cardiovascular event risk in people with HIV
NIH trial reveals need for more accurate screening in Black people and cisgender women.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Using simulations in nursing education to optimize learning outcomes
It's not just about practicing a lot, but also about practicing correctly. This is shown by new research from the University of Agder.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Virtual reality simulation improves PICU nurses' recognition of impending respiratory failure
A virtual reality (VR) curriculum at an Ohio children's hospital helped new nurses hone their ability to recognize when critically ill pediatric patients are showing signs of impending respiratory failure, according to a study
WebMD acquires Healthwise to bolster patient engagement and growth
By adding the content-as-a-service platform and other evidence-based patient education tools to its Ignite portfolio, WebMD will support 650+ healthcare organizations -- including more than 50% of U.S. hospitals and several major payers, the company said.
March 4th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 2nd, 2024
Food or medicine? Stark choice for sick Argentines
In pharmacies in crisis-riddled Argentina, people look at the prices on medicine containers, then put them down again.
March 2nd, 2024 — Source
Without Medicare Part B's shield, patient's family owes $81,000 for a single air-ambulance flight
Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. "She was the kind of person who didn't go to the doctor for anything."
March 2nd, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — March 1st, 2024
A large US health care tech company was hacked. It's leading to billing delays and security concerns
Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive U.S. health care technology company that has threatened the security of patients' information and is delaying some prescriptions and paychecks for medical workers.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
At HIMSS24, perspective on safeguarding ePHI and restricting unauthorized access
Deploying a HIPAA-compliant approach to endpoint devices was part of the Alliance Clinical Network's larger IT strategy, explains Michael Trzcinski, its vice president of IT, cybersecurity and facility operations, ahead of his presentation.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
At the AI In Healthcare Forum, a chance to compare notes and learn from peers
How can artificial intelligence improve care delivery, and how can it be used safely and effectively? We're all figuring it out together. At HIMSS24, a chance to get lessons and insights from folks who are exploring in earnest.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
California hospitals, advocates seek stable funding to retain behavioral health navigators
Health providers and addiction experts warn the funding structure is unstable for a California initiative that steers patients with substance use disorder into long-term treatment after they are discharged from emergency rooms, which has already led some critical employees to leave their jobs.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Can a purposeful walk intervention and an activity monitor improve hip replacement patients' daily fitness?
A research paper by scientists at Bournemouth University proposed a randomized pilot trial, which aimed to determine the effect of an intervention where outdoor walking distance is used as a goal to increase the daily activity of older adults using a commercial activity monitor at 3 to 6 months post total hip replacement (THR).
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Can intergenerational mentorship programs reduce ageism in medicine?
Ageism is a problem in health care, and the World Health Organization Global Report on Ageism points to factors such as increased human life expectancy, declines in birthrates, and the lack of investment to address health inequities among older people as reasons for strategies to eliminate ageism.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Doctors prescribing app, with walking steps targets for patients
A pilot scheme is effectively seeing doctors prescribe an app -- specifically one which measures the number of steps patients walk, with each person being prescribed a personal target.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Highmark works with Epic and Google to boost payer-provider data exchange
The health plan will host Epic's Payer Platform on Google Cloud with an eye toward building "an intelligence system equipped with AI to deliver valuable analytics and insights to healthcare workers, patients, and members."
March 1st, 2024 — Source
How a Friend's Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists
Gavinn McKinney loved Nike shoes, fireworks, and sushi. He was studying Potawatomi, one of the languages of his Native American heritage. He loved holding his niece and smelling her baby smell. On his 15th birthday, the Durango, Colorado, teen spent a cold December afternoon chopping wood to help neighbors who couldn't afford to heat their homes.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
How AI can boost clinical decision support in emergency medicine
Scott Levin of Beckman Coulter and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine gives a preview of his HIMSS24 session, where he will discuss the AHRQ systems engineering success phases and mitigating bias in AI.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Making sense of Mendelian randomization
Mendelian randomization, a powerful tool in medical research, helps us understand whether certain factors truly cause disease. This technique uses genetic variations as "natural experiments" to reveal cause-and-effect relationships. However, choosing the proper genetic variations is crucial for accurate results.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Professor studies link between adversity, psychiatric and cognitive decline
Saint Louis University associate professor of health management and policy in the College for Public Health and Social Justice, SangNam Ahn, Ph.D., recently published a paper in Journal of Clinical Psychology that examines the relationship between childhood adversity, and psychiatric decline as well as adult adversity and psychiatric and cognitive decline.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Report shows score comparability in-person, remote proctoring
Residents taking the 2020 Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) performed similarly across in-person and remote proctoring—providing evidence of score comparability, according to an American College of Physicians (ACP) research report, "A Comparison of Remote versus In-Person Proctored In-Training Examination Administration for Internal Medicine", published in Academic Medicine.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Repurposed credit card-sized technology improves and broadens use of diagnostic stool tests
A patient with gastrointestinal problems pays his doctor a visit. The doctor orders a stool test that will measure fecal bile acids, compounds made by the liver that can also be modified by the intestinal microbiome and are known for facilitating digestion and absorption of lipids or fats in the small intestine.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Study paves the way for better diagnosis and treatment of endocrine diseases
A new Danish study may be the first step towards a much faster and more accurate diagnosis of a wide range of conditions that require regulation of the body's stress hormone, cortisol.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
Tetanus vaccine may be in short supply after company stops production
In an effort to prevent a shortage, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising doctors to conserve the tetanus vaccine because one manufacturer is stopping production.
March 1st, 2024 — Source
With medical debt burdening millions, a financial regulator steps in to help
When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency had one priority: "looking out for people, not big banks, not lenders, not investment houses."
March 1st, 2024 — Source or Source
Health — Health Field — February 28th, 2024
AIIMS Delhi unveils new oncology AI for early cancer detection and more AI briefs from India
Also, Aster CMI Hospital's Neurology Department has developed a new AI solution for detecting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
An Arm and a Leg: Wait, is Insulin cheaper now?
Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture insulin made headlines last year when they voluntarily agreed to provide discount cards that lower the monthly cost of insulin for many people to $35.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Are There Exercises That Benefit Women More Than Men?
We know that we have to exercise. It boosts our cardiovascular health, strengthens muscles, and ultimately contributes to our longevity and quality of life. But according to new research, women may benefit more from physical activity than men do. Does that mean there should be sex-based guidelines around exercise?
February 28th, 2024 — Source
California lawsuit spotlights broad legal attack on anti-bias training in health care
Los Angeles anesthesiologist Marilyn Singleton was outraged about a California requirement that every continuing medical education course include training in implicit bias — the ways in which physicians' unconscious attitudes might contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Developing artificial intelligence technology to improve treatment of rare diseases
An international team of scientists has developed a technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) for the study of minority diseases and has successfully applied it to identify the possible causes of the appearance of what is known as myasthenic-congenital syndromes, a group of rare inherited disorders that limit the ability to move and cause varying degrees of muscle weakness in patients.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Honda built a powered chair to zoom around theme parks while wearing an AR headset
It's demonstrating the UNI-ONE at SXSW.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Hours on hold, limited appointments: Why California babies aren't going to the doctor
Maria Mercado's 5- and 7-year-old daughters haven't been to the doctor for a check-up in two years. And it's not for lack of trying.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Investigating the ethical landscape of brain organoid research
With advances in neuroscience and the development of new technologies, new ethical considerations have emerged. This is particularly true for human brain organoids, which are three-dimensional tissues grown from stem cells that partially replicate the characteristics of the human brain.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Molecular clusters on glial cells show they are more than our brain's 'glue'
Neuroscientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have found that an often-overlooked type of brain cell called glia has more of a role in brain function than previously thought.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
More than just neurons: Scientists create new model for studying human brain inflammation
The brain is typically depicted as a complex web of neurons sending and receiving messages. But neurons only make up half of the human brain. The other half—roughly 85 billion cells—are non-neuronal cells called glia.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Neuroscientists uncover surprising role of glia in regulating neuronal responses in the brain
Neuroscientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have found that an often-overlooked type of brain cell called glia has more of a role in brain function than previously thought.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
New tech harvests both magnetic and ultrasound energy to safely power medical implants
The promise of implantable medical devices transforming healthcare has long been tempered by practical power limitations. Bulky batteries demand frequent charging or replacement surgery risking complications. These outcomes cause substantial cost, morbidity and frustration while stymying further miniaturization advances.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Prevalence of uncorrected refractive error 14.6 percent in Black Americans, finds study
Overall, 14.6 percent of African Americans aged 40 years and older have uncorrected refractive error (UCRE), according to a study published online Feb. 22 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Researchers model blood-brain barrier using 'Tissue-in-a-CUBE' system
A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has succeeded in establishing a model of the blood-brain barrier using modularized tissue derived from human cells. The "Tissue-in-a-CUBE" is a small cubic structure that could provide a boost in the drug discovery field and be used as an alternative to animal models in pre-clinical studies.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Review discusses metabolic reprogramming of T cells
When foreign antigens trigger an immune response, T cells respond by proliferating and differentiating into two groups—effector and memory cells. Epigenetic and transcriptional pathways mediate this response, but the cells also undergo metabolic reprogramming to meet the dynamic biosynthetic demands of proliferation and differentiation.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Risk of hospital readmission after surgery found to be high for older Americans
A new Yale study finds an increased risk of hospital readmission for older Americans within 180 days of undergoing major surgery—a risk that is particularly acute for individuals who are frail or have dementia.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Wait, Is Insulin Cheaper Now
Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture insulin made headlines last year when they voluntarily agreed to provide discount cards that lower the monthly cost of insulin for many people to $35.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Why low-intensity exercise is the key to getting fit in 2024 — get back on track with your goals
How to get fit by taking things easier.
February 28th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 27th, 2024
Aston University and PDA collaboration to examine pharmacists' expanded duties in healthcare
A partnership between Aston University and the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) is to examine the feasibility of extending pharmacists' duties to include more healthcare interventions, such as blood pressure checks and cholesterol screening.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
Change Healthcare cyberattack still impacting pharmacies, as H-ISAC issues alert
"More organizations will be compromised," said the info sharing group as it urged updates to ScreenConnect software. The AHA said health systems should assess the effects of staying disconnected from nonimpacted Optum and United Health network services.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
California Hospitals, Advocates Seek Stable Funding to Retain Behavioral Health Navigators
CA Bridge is a multilayered program aimed at expanding the use of medications, such as buprenorphine, for substance use disorders in emergency rooms. The program's reliance on one-time funding, however, has made it hard for hospitals to retain behavioral health navigators
February 27th, 2024 — Source
Eye ointments sold at Walmart, CVS recalled due to infection risk
Eye ointment products made in India and sold in the United States at Walmart, CVS and other retailers are being recalled due to a danger of infection.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
How applied economics maximizes kidney transplants
In the year 2000, there were 13,600 kidney transplants in the United States. Just 22 years later, that number topped 25,000—in part because of some creative thinking from Dr. Al Roth, an economist and Stanford University professor, and his colleagues.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
Notorious ransomware group launched cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group
A ransomware group known as Blackcat was responsible for launching a cyberattack last week at UnitedHealth Group that resulted in nationwide disruption of prescription orders, Reuters reported Feb. 26.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
Optibrium launches a metabolism prediction software platform tailored to DMPK scientists
Optibrium, a leading developer of software and AI solutions for drug discovery, today announced the launch of Semeta™, a metabolism prediction platform tailored specifically for drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) scientists.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
The science behind why we snack, and how to do it better
From boredom to corporate marketing, there are a lot of reasons people snack. And not all snacks are the same. Some can boost your diet, while others can leave you feeling bloated and tired. In America, many snackers are having more of the latter.
February 27th, 2024 — Source
Without Medicare Part B's shield, patient's family owes $81,000 for a single air-ambulance flight
Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. "She was the kind of person who didn't go to the doctor for anything."
February 27th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 26th, 2024
A capsule with antiviral drugs grown in space returns to earth
On Wednesday, February 21st, at 01:40 p.m. PST (04:40 p.m. EST), an interesting package returned to Earth from space. This was the capsule from the W-1 mission, an orbital platform manufactured by California-based Varda Space Industries, which landed at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). E
February 26th, 2024 — Source
AI deep learning model diagnoses symptoms of joint diseases early and with high accuracy, say researchers
Scientists say they have developed an artificial intelligence deep learning model with the ability to detect the early signs of degenerative joint diseases with a high degree of accuracy.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
AI tools reveal knowledge gaps in addiction treatment
Turning to the internet for health-related information has become commonplace—from using search engines to uncover possible diagnoses based on symptoms to asking for advice on social media when dealing with health issues.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
AI-powered surgical training program provides real-time feedback and instruction
Practice makes perfect, and a new system is being tested and perfected that enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time, all through a new artificial intelligence program.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
ASUS MH Series Clinical Displays Listed as Class 1 Devices by US FDA
ASUS today announced that the latest ASUS MH series clinical displays have been listed as Class 1 Devices by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These models include the 32-inch 8-megapixel MH3281A, the 27-inch 4-megapixel MH2741A, and the 23.8-inch MH2441A. All three displays are designed for radiology, as well as Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) use.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
California Gov. Newsom wants voters to approve billions more to help the homeless. Will it help?
California voters will decide March 5 whether to pump billions more dollars into combating the nation's worst homelessness crisis, an investment Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom argues will finally provide the housing and treatment so badly needed by tens of thousands of homeless people.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Controlling the microenvironment to promote wound healing and regeneration
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has unveiled a new principle for controlling the microenvironment of biological tissues to promote wound healing and regeneration. This discovery holds significant promise for the development of wound healing medication as well as research on fibrotic diseases and cancer.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Dissecting the roles for excitatory and inhibitory neurons in STXBP1 encephalopathy
A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has discovered that inhibitory and excitatory neurons play distinct roles in the pathogenesis of STXBP1 encephalopathy, one of the top five causes of pediatric epilepsies and among the most frequent causes of neurodevelopmental disorders. This early-onset disorder is caused by spontaneous mutations in the syntaxin-binding protein 1 (STXBP1) gene.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals at work influencing social behavior
In a study in Nature Human Behavior, scientists delve into the world of chemical neuromodulators in the human brain, specifically dopamine and serotonin, to reveal their role in social behavior.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Generative AI to bring 'transformative change,' says Froedtert/Inception Health CTO
Dr. Melek Somai discusses the most promising use cases for artificial intelligence, and describes how his health system has made it an "integral component" of its information ecosystem.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Health care AI: The potential and pitfalls of diagnosis by app
If health is a fundamental human right, health-care delivery must be improved globally to achieve universal access. However, the limited number of practitioners creates a barrier for all health-care systems.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Insights into gut plasticity mechanisms unveiled through fruit fly research
One of the most striking examples of gut plasticity can be observed in animals that are exposed to prolonged periods of fasting, such as hibernating animals or phyton snakes that goes for months without eating, where the gut shrinks with as much as 50%, but recovers in size following a few days of re-feeding.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
New drugs cross blood-brain barrier to slow progression and even reverse symptoms of Huntington's disease
Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the effects of Huntington's, which is incurable.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Overcoming dental fear with the tap of an app
Does the idea of sitting in a dental chair make your palms sweat? Or do you simply avoid making appointments altogether? You're not alone. Research shows that 30% of people fear going to the dentist, including more than 20% who have had an appointment recently, according to an NYU study.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Raising the bar for medical AI
From the invention of the wheel to the advent of the printing press to the splitting of the atom, history is replete with cautionary tales of new technologies emerging before humanity was ready to cope with them.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Recommendations to better meet the health care and social needs of unhoused populations
Policy action is needed to better meet the unique health challenges of persons experiencing homelessness and housing instability, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new policy paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Research examines chronic sinusitis
According to the National Institutes for Health, chronic sinusitis, also known as chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), affects approximately 14.6% of the United States population and is currently the fifth most common condition treated with antibiotics, accounting for up to 22 million physician visits and costing as much as $5 billion annually.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Research identifies nerve endings that shed light on gut-brain communication
The mechanisms by which antidepressants and other emotion-focused medications work could be reconsidered due to an advance in the understanding of how the gut communicates with the brain.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Researchers identify potential new subtype of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease defined by abnormal tau protein accumulating in a particular pattern in specific regions of the brain.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Researchers reveal human brain mechanisms for subconscious collision detection
A research team has revealed the human subcortical neural pathway underlying the automatic detection of collision trajectories, even in the absence of attention and awareness. The work was published in PLOS Biology.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Simple measurement can predict risk of worsening of widespread kidney disease
About ten percent of the Danish population suffers from chronic kidney disease, and some individuals experience rapid deterioration after the diagnosis is made.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Solving the Digital Health Dilemma: Samsung's Vision for an Intelligent Health Platform
Today, more than ever, people are defining their own wellness goals. From looking to stay fit or gaining more muscle mass, achieving better sleep, or caring for personal or family physical and mental health issues, everyone's goals for better health look different. But one thing is common, the daily management and path towards these goals can be complicated and challenging, and most importantly, it is defined by you.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Study finds SNAP benefits may improve medication adherence among food-insecure individuals
A recent study published in JAMA network evaluated whether receipt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can modify the consequences of food insecurity on nonadherence to antihypertensive medications.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Study looks at ways to sustain public health programs
State tobacco control programs that used a new training model were better able to sustain operations, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Virtual dissection fleshes out instruction in animal science anatomy lab
In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as they examined how the colon, stomach, and gallbladder nestle together.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Virtual staining of unlabeled autopsy tissue using AI
Autopsy has a central role in shedding light on diseases, helping to uncover the cause of death. Tissue samples from various organs are sampled, stained, and examined under a light microscope to evaluate their histological characteristics.
February 26th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 23rd, 2024
25m Health taps Clearwater for scalable cyber compliance program
Deployed across venture platform 25madison's health tech innovator, the new program establishes baseline target profiles for health tech portfolio companies with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the 405(d) Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
California Lawsuit Spotlights Broad Legal Attack on Anti-Bias Training in Health Care
Los Angeles anesthesiologist Marilyn Singleton was outraged about a California requirement that every continuing medical education course include training in implicit bias — the ways in which physicians' unconscious attitudes might contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Children's Nebraska boosts provider experience with workforce management tools
The health system's CMIO says technology has enabled an array of operational efficiencies with quicker, automated schedule generation -- and happier doctors.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Expanding federal programs may help to increase the behavioral health workforce
The U.S. is facing a severe shortage of behavioral health providers —those who care for people with mental health or substance use issues. In recent years, demand for behavioral health treatment has grown, and this shortage is now dire.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Having a 'regular doctor' can significantly reduce GP workload, study finds
If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving patient health, a study suggests.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Helping clinicians embrace family-centered rounds
If you've ever been hospitalized, you may have experienced this: groups of doctors coming in and talking about you like you're not there or addressing you in a perfunctory manner, using medical jargon you don't understand.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
HIMSSCast: Patient experience in 2024: What's next?
Chrissy Daniels, chief experience officer at Press Ganey, says this year the patient experience needs to explore innovative approaches to patient engagement and education, and emphasize the importance of integrating cutting-edge technologies.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Italian researchers unveil new robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs
TWIN is the name of the new robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs, designed and developed by Rehab Technologies IIT—INAIL, the joint laboratory between the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and the Prosthetic Center of INAIL (the prosthetic unit of the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work), which will allow patients to wear it more easily.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Predicting optimal medical interventions
Welcome to the world of modern medicine. Computer vision tools can accurately detect suspicious skin lesions or predict coronary artery disease from scans. Data-driven robots are guiding minimally invasive surgery.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Researcher develops bilingual health care app
With hospital emergency departments overwhelmed and Canadians feeling frustrated by a lack of primary care access, a free webapp developed at the University of Ottawa is providing trusted information about preventative health care to empower the public to take control of their own health.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Study shows glucagon is key for kidney health
Glucagon, a hormone best known for promoting blood sugar production in the liver, also appears to play a key role in maintaining kidney health. When UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers removed receptors for this hormone from mouse kidneys, the animals developed symptoms akin to chronic kidney disease (CKD).
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Study suggests people in urban areas with more green space have better mental health
A new study from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health suggests that city dwellers who have more exposure to urban green spaces require fewer mental health services.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Transmembrane protein variants found to cause a new developmental disorder
A recent study has discovered a biological role of a specific transmembrane protein called TMEM208. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that a majority of fruit flies lacking this gene do not survive, and the few that do survive have many developmental defects.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 21st, 2024
A pharmacologist explains the controversy and addictive potential of the herbal substance kratom
The herbal substance kratom, derived from the leaves of a Southeast Asian tree, is used by or nearly 2 million people in the United States annually. It can be easily purchased at gas stations and convenience stores, smoke shops and online, and is marketed as an "herbal supplement."
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Designing trust into genAI to maximize benefits for healthcare organizations
Srini Iyer, CTO at Leidos Health & Civil Sector, previews his HIMSS24 session by discussing the potential of domain-specific AI to revolutionize healthcare by delivering more accurate, efficient and cost-effective care.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants
Implantable biomedical devices—like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators—are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation implants. A new wireless charging device developed by Penn State scientists could dramatically improve powering capability for implants while still being safe for our bodies, the researchers said.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
eClinicalWorks showcases how AI streamlines workflows in 30+ integrations at HIMSS24
The EHR vendor says it's been rapidly integrating artificial intelligence across all its offerings over the past year to automate healthcare workflows and hone in on better provider and patient experiences.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Elon Musk says first human Neuralink implantee can now move a mouse around 'just by thinking'
Subject has made a full medical recovery after the implant.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Machine learning can help optimize medical resource sharing in a crisis
Addressing supply shortages in an organization can be like hitting a moving target—the problem may shift along with immediate supply and demand as the situation evolves.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
New approach to real-time monitoring after pancreatic surgery
Complications after pancreatic surgery are common and can be life-threatening. One of the most serious yet common complications is postoperative pancreatic fistula. This condition is diagnosed based on increased concentrations of the pancreatic enzyme alpha-amylase in drainage secretions.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
NIH launches research network to evaluate emerging cancer screening technologies
Clinical trials will assess multi-cancer detection tests, among others.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Physicians report 15 hours of 'pajama time'
While 93% of physicians said that they feel burned out in athenahealth's third Physician Sentiment Survey, conducted by the Harris Poll, 83% said that AI had the potential to reduce administrative burdens.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Research reveals disparities in workplace experiences for minority ethnic NHS staff during the pandemic
Minority ethnic NHS staff were more likely to face workplace harassment, discrimination, and unavailability of personal protective equipment (PPE) than their White British colleagues during the pandemic, reveals research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
February 21st, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 19th, 2024
AI-generated disproportioned rat genitalia makes its way into peer-reviewed journal
The editors at the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology have retracted a paper after it was pointed out to them by readers that supporting images had been generated improperly by an AI image generator. In their retraction, the editors report that the reason for the retraction was that "concerns were raised regarding the nature of its AI-generated figures."
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Cellectricon's expertise in pain research recognized by second EU research grant
Cellectricon, a services provider dedicated to advancing neuroscience drug discovery, has received follow-on funding for bone pain research as part of the BonePainIII research network.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Chemists produce all eight possible variants of polypropionate building blocks from one starting material
To synthesize potential drugs or natural products, you need natural substances in specific mirror-image variants and with a high degree of purity. For the first time, chemists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in producing all eight possible variants of polypropionate building blocks from a single starting material in a relatively straightforward process. Their work has now been published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
FDA approves Eohilia for eosinophilic esophagitis
The oral corticosteroid therapy is approved for individuals aged 11 years and older and will be available in 2mg/10mL single-dose stick packs by the end of February. The approval calls for twice-daily use for 12 weeks of treatment.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
FDA expands use of asthma med Xolair to treat food allergies
People threatened by accidental exposure to foods they're allergic to may have a new weapon of defense: On Feb. 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of the asthma drug Xolair to help prevent anaphylactic reactions.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Ethical burden, restricted resources and poor management cause home care workers to leave their jobs: Study
Many of Finland's newly established well-being services counties are looking to cut costs in eldercare services, especially in round-the-clock care and home care. At the same time, the sector suffers from a significant shortage of workforce, which means that a growing number of older adults, many with high needs for support, have to manage in their own homes without adequate help.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Medicaid 'unwinding' could lead to eviction crisis, new public policy research suggests
The United States may be in for a significant wave of evictions in a year or so, the unintended consequence of work to trim Medicaid rolls expanded during the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to new research from Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Microsoft life sciences leader on what makes for successful disruptors
Market forces shape health tech innovation, but the most transformative startups have a keen understanding of adoption patterns and change management at the organizational level, says Sally Ann Frank in advance of her HIMSS24 presentation.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
New approaches to live-track the production of different types of blood cells in mice
Scientists have found a way to monitor in real time how bone marrow stem cells produce the different types of cells in the blood—a process called hematopoiesis.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
New eligibility rules are a financial salve for nearly 2 million on Medi-Cal
Millions of Medi-Cal beneficiaries can now save for a rainy day, keep an inheritance, or hold on to a modest nest egg, without losing coverage, thanks to an eligibility change phased in over the past year and a half. It also has opened the door for thousands who previously did not qualify for Medi-Cal, the health insurance program for low-income residents that covers over one-third of California's population.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
One step closer to reversing liver failure: Study shows how liver is triggered to regrow when damaged
Researchers at Peter Mac have made a key discovery in liver regeneration that may have important implications for liver cancer. Joint research by Associate Professor Andrew Cox and Professor Mark Dawson, published Feb. 15 in Developmental Cell, has identified how the liver is triggered to regrow when damaged.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
One step forward, no steps back: New study advances understanding of dopamine's role in movement
Dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain, is mostly known for its role in how we experience pleasure and reward. However, new research from the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) shifts the spotlight toward dopamine's critical involvement in movement, with implications for our understanding and treatment of symptoms in Parkinson's Disease (PD).
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Patients see first savings from Biden's drug price push, as pharma lines up its lawyers
Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat his multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2010.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Researchers demonstrate clinical benefits of schema therapy for inpatient treatment
Schema therapy is increasingly being used as a psychotherapeutic method. The focus here is on early childhood experiences and emotions that contribute to current symptoms and mental disorders. So far, the effectiveness of schema therapy for depression has been examined only in outpatient settings.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
RPM strategies for moving from discharge to hospital-at-home care
Cindy Gaines, RN, chief clinical transformation officer at Lumeon, explains why making the home another part of the care continuum is so crucial -- and discusses the technologies that can make it happen.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Study identifies factors driving home care workers to quit their jobs
Many of Finland's newly established wellbeing services counties are looking to cut costs in eldercare services, especially in round-the-clock care and home care. At the same time, the sector suffers from a significant shortage of workforce, which means that a growing number of older adults, many with high needs for support, have to manage in their own homes without adequate help.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Unveiling uremic toxins linked to itching in hemodialysis patients
Hemodialysis patients commonly experience itching on a daily basis, which is distributed throughout their bodies. A research team led by Dr. Yamamoto has found several uremic toxins that cause itching in hemodialysis patients. They developed a "PBUT score" based on highly protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUT) that increase in the body with end-stage kidney disease. The PBUT score was associated with itching in hemodialysis patients.
February 19th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 14th, 2024
AI tool predicts function of unknown proteins
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that draws logical inferences about the function of unknown proteins promises to help scientists unravel the inner workings of the cell.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Bioinks with improved electromechanical properties for 3D printing of cardiac BioRings
Scientists at the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, affiliated with Universite de Montreal, have developed a device that accurately simulates the electrical activity, mechanics and physiology of a human heart.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Children's Hospital LA launches AI-driven ER patient app
The artificial intelligence-powered app gives families real-time updates on wait times, labs and imaging results, and tracks progress toward discharge during pediatric emergency visits.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn
Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children's hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Epic to showcase new evidence-based medicine tool, EHR improvements at HIMSS24
The health IT giant also will be highlighting its recent success with generative AI and discussing more than 60 other projects in the pipeline using artificial intelligence -- with use cases from the exam room to the back office and beyond.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
For the Love of Health Care and Health Policy
Nothing melts our hearts like a health policy valentine. Readers made us swoon this season, writing poetic lines about prescription drug pricing, medical debt, primary care shortages, and more.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
New Eligibility Rules Are a Financial Salve for Nearly 2 Million on Medi-Cal
Millions of Medi-Cal beneficiaries can now save for a rainy day, keep an inheritance, or hold on to a modest nest egg, without losing coverage, thanks to an eligibility change phased in over the past year and a half. It also has opened the door for thousands who previously did not qualify for Medi-Cal, the health insurance program for low-income residents that covers over one-third of California's population.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
New review finds Indigenous people more likely to have a stroke
Indigenous people may be more likely to have a stroke than non-Indigenous people, according to a systematic review that looked at populations around the world. The review is published in Neurology.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Research reveals dramatic implications with using the tibia loading model to treat osteoporosis
Research by Ph.D. student Saira Farage-O'Reilly highlights how the direction of applying external force to the bone dramatically affects the strength of mouse tibia.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Routine change of gloves and instruments is cost-effective and reduces surgical site infections
Surgeons who routinely change surgical gloves and instruments are incurring similar costs to those using the same equipment, a new study has found.
February 14th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 12th, 2024
AI-supported image analysis: How metrics determine quality
More and more areas of medicine are relying on support from artificial intelligence (AI). This is particularly true for the wide range of questions based on the evaluation of image data: for example, doctors search mammograms for the tiny foci of cancer or calculate the volume of a brain tumor based on the tomographic images from an MRI.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
ARRALYZE® launches CellShepherd®: A fully autonomous single-cell platform for real-time monitoring of functional assays
ARRALYZE®, the Life Science arm of LPKF Laser & Electronics SE, proudly announces the commercial availability of the CellShepherd®. After a successful beta-testing phase in 2023, this groundbreaking platform is now ready to revolutionize cell-based research and development across biomedical and various life science fields.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
'Clean' Beauty: What to Know
If the labels on your cosmetics and skin care products don't include these descriptors, you're not looking as great as you could and perhaps even jeopardizing your health.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
CMS clarifies rules for HIPAA compliance when texting patient data
Texting of patient orders among members by healthcare teams is now permissible at hospitals and critical access hospitals when done through a HIPAA-compliant secure platform in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation rules, the agency says.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
DirectTrust working on new faxing standard for secure interoperability
The nonprofit group's Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Consensus Body aims to add cross-platform identity assurance, standards-based metadata exchange and new federated security standards to facsimile exchange.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
GoFundMe has become a health care utility
GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting "ideas and dreams," and, as GoFundMe's co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, "for life's important moments." In the early years, it funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now GoFundMe has become a go-to platform for patients trying to escape medical billing nightmares.
February 12th, 2024 — Source or Source
Groundbreaking study shows monocytes migrate to brain's emotional centers during stress
In a recent study published in Nature, researchers report a mechanism wherein peripheral immune factors could impact central nervous system (CNS) function and behavior under stress.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Halfway through 'unwinding,' Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million
Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid beneficiaries in a one-year span, enrollment in the government-run health insurance program is on track to return to roughly pre-pandemic levels.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
HILDA data show psychological distress rising, loneliness highest among young Australians
Younger Australians are experiencing higher psychological distress and more loneliness compared to older age groups, according to the latest HILDA data.
February 12th, 2024 — Source or Source
Is housing health care? State Medicaid programs increasingly say 'yes'
States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that's exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Machine learning promises to accelerate metabolism research
A new study shows that it is possible to use machine learning and statistics to address a problem that has long hindered the field of metabolomics: large variations in the data collected at different sites.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
New study proves the efficacy of telepsychiatry for anxiety and depression
A strong therapeutic alliance can be created virtually -- most critically, telepsychiatry helps patients feeling the serious effects of a mental health issue get better quickly, notes the CMO of the company behind the peer-reviewed research.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Programmable hydrogels could herald a new era in wound care
Hydrogels are engineered materials that absorb and retain water and are currently used in various medical treatments, including dressing wounds. The problem with current hydrogels is that they adhere indiscriminately to all surfaces, which means that wound dressing can potentially damage delicate tissue as it is healing.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
PulmoBioMed raises £1.4m for innovative lung test commercialization
PulmoBioMed - a Northumbria University spin-out which has developed a new lung test that could lead to earlier diagnosis of asthma and other conditions - has raised £1.4m to help commercialize its technology.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Researchers find response to ketamine depends on opioid pathways, but varies by sex
Ketamine, increasingly popular as a treatment for depression and pain, is often prescribed as an alternative to addictive opioids. But the data has been mixed on whether ketamine's effects rely on similar brain pathways as opioids. New research by Stanford Medicine scientists suggests that the confusion may have to do with an overlooked factor—sex.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Researchers identify brain hub with key role in learned response to direct and indirect threats
NIH-supported study in mice could inform treatments of trauma- and stress-related psychiatric conditions.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Researchers uncover new mechanism of action between nutrient adaptation of intestinal stem cells and aging
The capacity of intestinal stem cells to maintain cellular balance in the gut decreases upon aging. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a new mechanism of action between the nutrient adaptation of intestinal stem cells and aging. The finding may make a difference when seeking ways to maintain the functional capacity of the aging gut.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
States target health insurers' 'prior authorization' red tape
Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his average blood sugar reading decreased significantly and that keeping it within target range took less insulin than before.
February 12th, 2024 — Source or Source
Stronger international laws needed to prevent 'parallel pandemic of human rights,' say experts
You could say we got off easy this time around. While COVID-19 has killed almost 7 million people globally and caused widespread economic distress, it wasn't the worst pandemic the world could face.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Study could lead to non-invasive, light-based techniques for early detection of skin conditions
A study conducted by Aston University researchers has demonstrated that the appearance of aging skin looks noticeably different compared to younger skin, when examined under polarized laser light.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Study uncovers missing piece in the complex nerve-network needed for left-right turns
Have you ever wondered what happens in the brain when we move to the right or left? Most people don't; they just do it without thinking about it. But this simple movement is actually controlled by a complex process.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Te Whatu Ora Waikato deploys new attendant solution and more briefs
Also, the NSW government has expanded statewide the implementation of its virtual urgent care service for children.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Using 3D ice printing to create structures that resemble blood vessels
Over 100,000 individuals in the United States are currently in need of organ transplants. The demand for organs, such as hearts, kidneys, and livers, far exceeds the available supply and people sometimes wait years to receive a donated organ. Approximately 6,000 Americans die while waiting each year.
February 12th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 9th, 2024
AiSee is a Discreet Wearable That Tells Blind People What They're Holding
Developed by researchers at the University of Singapore, AiSee is a discreet wearable that combines a 13-megapixel camera with a bone conductive speaker that is able to identify objects a wearer is holding and is meant to be especially useful for blind grocery shoppers.
February 9th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video
Alaska Provider Network achieving value-based care success with SDOH and claims data
With customized EHR dashboards, the health system identifies metrics critical for accountable care so it can support all its providers -- it's seen 200% growth in the past three years -- with a tailored approach to caring for their patients.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Aspen Biosciences launches Pipeline, the program management software platform specifically for drug discovery. The groundbreaking 'Pipeline' Platform is now available for therapeutics development teams
Aspen Biosciences, a leading provider of custom software, and integrations for drug discovery companies, is excited to announce the launch of Pipeline, the drug discovery program management software platform.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Discover the BIOne 250: A Budget Friendly Bioprocess Control Station for Microbial Applications
Distek, Inc., a leader in laboratory pharmaceutical instruments for over 48 years, proudly presents the BIOne 250 Bioprocess Controller, designed for microbial applications. This latest model is a process optimized design of our well-established BIOne 1250 benchtop bioreactor system, offering an approachable solution to meet the nuanced requirements of advanced microbial bioprocessing.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Fecal microbiota transplants: Past, present and future
The premise of fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) is, admittedly, not the most pleasant. The process involves transferring donor stool (or derivatives thereof) to a recipient for a therapeutic purpose—namely, to restore the microbiota to a state capable of resisting the gut pathogen Clostridioides difficile.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Low pay is driving primary-care doctors from New Jersey, endangering state residents
A shortage of primary-care doctors endangers United States residents in general and New Jerseyans in particular, according to a report co-authored by Alfred Tallia, chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
LSHTM researchers receive £2m funding to develop novel vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have been awarded £2m funding through the UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund, to develop novel vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Older Asian Americans hesitant to participate in MRI research, study finds
Asian Americans are less likely than their white peers to participate in health research involving MRIs and addressing this hesitancy could improve research, according to a Rutgers Health-led study.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Samsung gets FDA nod for smartwatch sleep apnea detection
Samsung this morning announced that the Galaxy Watch line has received FDA approval for sleep apnea detection. The move is a big one for the smartwatch category, where health and fitness now comprise a majority of new features. For the last several years, the industry has focused on heart monitoring and blood oxygen detection, as it's looked for the next big thing.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Study argues that large language models can reveal breakthroughs in neuroscience that humans alone cannot
The past year has seen major advances in large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. The ability of these models to interpret and produce human text sources (and other sequence data) has implications for people in many areas of human activity.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Study explores adverse effects associated with psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a key evidence-based method of treatment and rehabilitation for various mental health disorders, in addition to pharmacotherapy. Psychotherapy is often discussed with a focus on its benefits, while the systematic monitoring, identification and prevention of its adverse effects is not as rigorous as the monitoring of adverse effects in pharmacotherapy, for example.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Temperature-sensitive prosthetic limb improves amputee dexterity and feelings of human connection
Sensory feedback is important for amputees to be able to explore and interact with their environment. Now, researchers have developed a device that allows amputees to sense and respond to temperature by delivering thermal information from the prosthesis' fingertip to the amputee's residual limb.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
The humble bandage gets a smartphone-powered electronic upgrade
For millions suffering from chronic lesions, burns and post-surgical complications, their wounds can mean persistent pain, risk of infection, and reduced quality of life. And while modern medicine has tremendously expanded treatment options, there has been minimal innovation in one ubiquitous remedy -- the humble bandage.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of internal organs, could help identify early signs of acute liver failure
MIT engineers have developed a small ultrasound sticker that can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sticker, about the size of a postage stamp, can be worn on the skin and is designed to pick up on signs of disease, such as liver and kidney failure and the progression of solid tumors.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
US regulators crack down on AI playing doctor in healthcare
Code might get things wrong for patients but we must think of the corporate profits
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Vendor Notebook: Clearwater, BreachLock launch new cyber threat hunting services
Also: Akamai releases a new tool that monitors website visitor behavior and helps detect malicious scraper bots looking to steal data.
February 9th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 7th, 2024
Absorbance 96 Automate revealed: The world's first on-deck plate reader for laboratory automation
Byonoy proudly launches the world's first on-deck plate reader, the Absorbance 96 Automate to revolutionize automated laboratory workflows with integrated microplate reading. This groundbreaking instrument merges a sleek, compact design with a lightweight build and z-axis serviceability, positioning it as the ultimate platform-agnostic solution for effortless integration.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Bruker Acquires Spectral Instruments Imaging, the Performance Leader in Preclinical In-Vivo Optical Imaging Systems
Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired Spectral Instruments Imaging LLC, a leader in preclinical in-vivo optical imaging systems. This acquisition fills a gap in the technology and product portfolio of the Bruker BioSpin Preclinical Imaging (PCI) division, broadening its range of preclinical solutions for disease research.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Cell Microsystems and OMNI Life Science Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Innovative Cellular Analysis Solutions to North America
Cell Microsystems, a leading provider of advanced tools for cell biology, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with OMNI Life Science (OLS), a renowned German cell biology company. This collaboration aims to introduce three revolutionary products - the CERO, CASY, and TIGR - to the United States and Canadian markets, marking a significant step in advancing life science research in North America.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Creating a toolkit of yeast strains that over-produce key cellular building blocks
Microbes such as bacteria and yeast are increasingly being used to produce components of medicines, biofuels, and food. Indeed, baker's yeast, also known as brewer's yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is responsible for the fermentation process used in making beer or bread, but it is also used at scale to produce other molecules of value for industry.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Creating filters for the medical images of the future
A suite of filters that can be applied to medical images to help health care professionals with analysis and diagnosis has been developed by an international team of researchers.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
FDA Move to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late
In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the chemical in hair-straightening products.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Luminescence 96 Automate unveiled: Transforming luminescence analysis with automation
Byonoy, an emerging company redefining the landscape of measurement technologies, proudly introduces another innovative on-deck plate reader, the Luminescence 96 Automate. It is the automated version of the earlier launched benchtop microplate luminometer, Luminescence 96.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Montefiore settles with OCR for $4.75M over stolen ePHI
A decade ago, malicious insiders sold patient health data to an identity theft crime ring and put the nonprofit provider into a HIPAA investigation. OCR reminds health systems that they have a giant target -- no matter their size or stature.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
New data show a third of states restrict access to lifesaving medicine for opioid use disorder
Amid an overdose crisis that claimed more than 100,000 lives last year alone, newly released data show that laws in more than one-third of states restrict access to buprenorphine, a lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD).
February 7th, 2024 — Source
New direct links discovered between the brain and its surrounding environment
NIH collaboration has implications for neural-immune system responses and aging.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
New insight into how experiences and features of neurodiversity vary among UK adults
A new study has provided insight into how experiences and features of neurodiversity vary amongst adults in the UK.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
New study sheds light on sex differences in allergic airway inflammation
In a recent study published in Physiological Genomics, a group of researchers explored how sex hormones and chromosomes influence allergic inflammation and gene expression in four-core genotype (FCG) mice exposed to house dust mites (HDMs).
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Odors stimulate specific brain cells involved in rapid decision making
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that odors stimulate specific brain cells that may play a role in rapid `go, no-go' decision making.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Preventable hospitalizations and 'deaths of despair' associated with income inequality
Canada's growing income inequality is having an impact on Canadians' mental and physical health, according to public health researchers at the University of Alberta.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Rigaku Announces Grant Assistance Program to Help Support Illicit Narcotics Interdiction
Rigaku Analytical Devices today announced the launch of its new narcotics identification grant assistance program in partnership with Lexipol's PoliceGrantsHelp.com. Rigaku's new service is designed to provide law enforcement departments and agencies that qualify for Rigaku devices, but may not have the funding, with the resources required to successfully identify and apply for federal, state, corporate, and private grants to purchase these critical tools.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Rigaku Launches New Handheld Analyzer to Combat the Dangerous Illicit Drug Supply Market
Rigaku Analytical Devices announces the launch of the handheld CQL Narc-ID 1064 nm Raman analyzer for the presumptive identification of narcotics, precursor chemicals, and cutting agents—even in non-visible amounts with the optional QuickDetect feature.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Scientists develop low-cost device to make cell therapy safer
A tiny device built by scientists at MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology could be used to improve the safety and effectiveness of cell therapy treatments for patients suffering from spinal cord injuries.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
SLAS23 new product award winner: Absorbance 96 Automate wins the spotlight
Byonoy is thrilled to share that on a momentous occasion at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Annual Conference (SLAS23), the Absorbance 96 Automate has been honored with the highly coveted SLAS23 New Product Award. The prestigious award recognizes its exceptional contribution to accelerating laboratory automation workflows.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
SPOC Proteomics announces new product launch at SLAS2024
SPOC Proteomics, Inc, a deep-tech life sciences company based out of Scottsdale Arizona (HQ) and Menlo Park California, announced the commercial launch of their customizable sensor-integrated proteome on chip (SPOC®) biosensors for limited beta testing at SLAS2024. This comes following the company's unveiling of plans for SPOC protein-biosensor chip catalog products at the Precision Medicine World Conference in Silicon Valley from Jan 24-26, 2024.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Study finds repetitive high concentration capsaicin patch applications beneficial for nerve pain
Capsaicin, derived from hot chili pepper plants, has been used to treat various types of pain, and a high concentration capsaicin patch (HCCP) is approved for the treatment of nerve (or neuropathic) pain.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
'Suspended animation' drug could aid organ transplantation and survival from traumatic injury
Researchers have shown that a non-addictive pain relief drug could be used to preserve cells and organs quickly and safely for transplantation, removing the need for static cold storage.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
UK boosts dentists with cash to ease shortage
Dentists in England will receive cash to accept new patients amid a critical shortage of state-funded dental care, the UK's public health authority said on Wednesday.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Why healthcare LLMs should address clinical quality measures
Large language models can provide a big boost here for providers, says the CEO of Medicomp. But algorithms should be trained on hierarchical condition categories for risk adjustment -- and challenges with data quality and bias need addressing.
February 7th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 5th, 2024
A Chicago children's hospital has taken its networks offline after a cyberattack
A Chicago children's hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication by phone or email since the middle of last week.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Arvensis B-Frame BIOCOMPOSITE PCR plates receive ACT label certification
Arvensis is proud to announce our B-Frame BIOCOMPOSITE PCR plates have been certified with the ACT Label from My Green Lab.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Arvensis releases A-Frame® ReLoad PCR product range
Arvensis is delighted to announce its all-new A-Frame ReLoad PCR product range, consisting of both fully skirted and semi-skirted A-Frame ReLoad PCR Tube Strip Plates and the ReLoad tool.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Chemical and computational advances enable 2D proteomics measurements of spatial signals
Human tissue is composed of distinct cell types arranged in complex structures that send protein signals both within a single cell and between cells. In standard proteomics measurements, these cell structures mix to blend this network of signals together.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin: AI may offer a solution
When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient's skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from MIT researchers.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Europe-wide study finds gut microbiota predict severity of acute pancreatitis
In a Europe-wide study involving 15 pancreas centers, researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have discovered that the microbial composition of the gut, the gut microbiome, influences the course of severe acute pancreatitis. Based on the changes in the gut microbiome, a model was developed to predict the severity of pancreatitis.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Festo Showcases Its New Flexible Pipetting Solution at SLAS 2024
In a hands-on demonstration of flexibility, the same pipette dispenses from 20 microliters up to 20 milliliters.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Green Farmacy Garden carries on legacy of teaching healing through plants
For nearly three decades, The Green Farmacy Garden in Fulton, Maryland, has served as a sanctuary for those interested in learning how to use plants for healing.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Hamamatsu introduces the New FDSS-GX: the highest-performance kinetic plate imager in the FDSS series
Hamamatsu Photonics announces the release of a new high-speed kinetic plate imager, the FDSS-GX, ideal for kinetic cell-based assay development, including GPCR / ion channel research and screening for drug discovery, and drug safety. It offers reliable and stable high-throughput screening (HTS), facilitating whole microplate imaging using the Hamamatsu qCMOS camera for both fluorescence and luminescence detection.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada's health care system
Billions of Canadian tax dollars have been funneled to private companies to develop proprietary medical software. More tax dollars were then paid to the same companies to use the software to run our medical system.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Minimally invasive brain-computer interface may help those with tetraplegia restore hand functions
An implanted brain-computer interface (BCI) can assist severely disabled persons with communication and active rehabilitation. Sustainable BCI implants require minimal invasiveness.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
New approach to treating neuropathic pain offers the possibility of non-opioid pain relief for millions
In a recent study published in PNAS, researchers investigated the selective activity of sigmoid 2 receptor (σ2R) or transmembrane protein 97 (TMEM97) ligands on murine neuropathic pain models, their effects on nociceptive neurons and the mechanism of action after 24 hours.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
New study lists potentially dangerous drugs in Australian health care
Researchers have developed an Australian-first list of 16 potentially dangerous medications used in health care and their safer alternatives.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Pilot program to aid gravely disabled residents could improve housing, hospitalization rates
An evaluation of Los Angeles County's pilot program aimed at bolstering aid to gravely disabled homeless residents found the initiative could offer a promising framework to improve housing and health outcomes for this vulnerable population while also relieving overburdened psychiatric hospitals.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Pulmonary rehabilitation is difficult for millions of Americans to access, says new study
Pulmonary rehabilitation, an essential component of care for patients with chronic respiratory conditions, is difficult for millions of Americans to access, a new Yale-led study reveals. The findings, researchers say, reveal geographic regions where this type of care is most lacking and illustrate the potential for telemedicine in helping to bridge this gap.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Researchers develop rapid test for detecting fentanyl
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind, handheld electrochemical sensor that can accurately detect fentanyl in urine within seconds.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
SCIEX expands high-throughput screening solutions with Echoâ MS+ system
The Echo® MS+ system unlocks enhanced high-throughput screening capability by bringing acoustic ejection mass spectrometry (AEMS) approaches to the SCIEX ZenoTOF 7600 system.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
SLAS 2024 press release from Veranex
Veranex provider of the first purpose-built, global service platform for the medtech industry, today announced that it has acquired T3 Labs, a highly reputable preclinical laboratory located in Atlanta, Georgia. This acquisition solidifies Veranex's commitment to expanding its preclinical footprint in North America, deepening its therapeutic expertise, and providing customers with enhanced flexibility.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Study: Most new prescription drugs sold first in the U.S.
Most new prescription drugs are sold first in the United States before they reach other nations, but ultimately important medications are sold across most wealthy nations within about a year of first sale, according to a new RAND report.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Targeted lung health strategies needed in the Top End in Australia
New research published in the Medical Journal of Australia has investigated the burden of the chronic lung disease bronchiectasis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in the Northern Territory Top End for the first time.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Telepsychiatry will continue to grow -- and become the house call of yesteryear
And this year there will be a focus on continuing access to medications for mental health because mental health is a critical part of overall health, predicts a psychiatrist who practices telehealth.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
With much of its IT workforce retiring, NIH sees need to replace EHR
The National Institutes of Health may seek as much as $200 million to acquire a new electronic health record that does not depend on institutional knowledge to maintain -- and can handle continuous machine learning validation.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 5th, 2024
Discngine to release its Assay Catalog at SLAS 2024 - A New Step in Advanced Data Annotation for Drug Discovery
During the upcoming SLAS 2024 event, Discngine, a software solutions provider for the pharmaceutical industry, is set to announce the launch of its Assay Catalog. This new addition to the Discngine Assay suite is also available as an independent module designed to integrate into any Research IT ecosystem.
February 5th, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — February 2nd, 2024
3 areas where AI can help staff-strapped infusion centers
Artificial intelligence can help infusion centers lower patient wait times and reduce staff overtime, while supporting growth, says Ashley Joseph, vice president of infusion centers client services at LeanTaaS.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
AI helps turn radiology reports around 82% faster at one outpatient imaging site
And the tool deployed at Arizona-based SimonMed, which complements the work of subspecialty-trained radiologists, has a 96.9% to 100% sensitivity range per bone, research shows.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Americans have mixed feelings on tech, AI in health care, says poll
Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the health care they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Can Smart Technology Really Improve Your Sleep?
Andisheh Nouraee was having trouble sleeping.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Data show clinical trials are becoming more inclusive
Clinical trials and medical research have been historically lacking in diversity among all groups. But recent trends have been turning the tide at least a little bit toward equity and inclusivity, according to a new meta-analysis published in Global Epidemiology by a team of investigators from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) and the Hackensack Meridian Health Research Institute (HMHRI).
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
How to save a life donating your blood stem cells
Some cancer patients need blood stem cells to rebuild their immune systems. These cells can usually be collected from your blood. Sometimes, they're drawn from bone marrow donation.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Medsense Health, which sells sensors for remote medication management, raises $500K
Seattle-area startup Medsense Health raised $500,000 in new investment to fuel growth of its tech aimed at helping patients and providers with remote medication monitoring.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain: What could possibly go wrong?
Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, had implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company's PRIME study, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last year, is testing a brain implant for "people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts."
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
New therapeutic strategy for metastatic prostate cancer patients resistant to standard treatment
In this study, published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology, they propose a new treatment based on a combination of kinase inhibitors in patients who inevitably stop responding to docetaxel.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Q&A: How California is taking on inequity for Black patients during pregnancy, childbirth
Across the United States, Black women are three to four times as likely as their white peers to experience life-threatening pregnancy complications or die giving birth. Given that the U.S. maternal mortality rate of 32 deaths per 100,000 live births is 10 times higher than that in countries with the lowest rates of maternal death, the inequity is setting off public health alarms.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Sensors stimulate sensation in prosthetic limbs
Technology that enables amputees to feel wetness through a prosthesis has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Southampton and at EPFL, one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Vending machines help Brits self-test for STIs
Vending machines dispensing self-test kits for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are an effective and acceptable means of reaching people who rarely or never get tested, find the results of a year-long pilot, published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Yokogawa introduces CellVoyager High-Content Analysis System CQ3000
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) today announced the introduction of the CQ3000, a high-content analysis system for capturing high-definition 3D microscopic images of live cell cultures. Expanding the company's CellVoyager™ family of products, the CQ3000 will be launched commercially later in 2024.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Why choose Mayo Clinic for head and neck cancers
Daniel Ma, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic: All the things that we think of give us personality and individuality in life really reside in the head and neck. There have actually been studies done looking at patients who get treated at centers who do a high volume of head and neck cases. Patients who go to physicians who do this as a dedicated specialty tend to do better.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 31st, 2024
A prescription for improving medical communication
As we approach the four-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, health misinformation continues to be pervasive and negatively impact public health. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2022, the amount of health misinformation present on social media reached as high as 51% on posts associated with vaccines, COVID-19, and emerging infectious diseases.
January 31, 2024 — Source
AI tool developed to help grade cancer based on cell divisions
Ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, scientists are revealing a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to help grade cancer, by analyzing cell division.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Backlash to transgender health care isn't new, but faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times
In the past century, there have been three waves of opposition to transgender health care.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Bronchoscopy skills of medics may improve with video gaming, says study
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Japan investigated the effect of video gaming on bronchoscopy skills among medical students and residents.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Coverage and determinants of postnatal care in Nigeria: A pediatric investigation study
Neonatal deaths are a serious issue in Nigeria. More than a quarter million infants die every year and 700 infants every day in Nigeria. Most of the infant deaths are known to occur during the early neonatal period (first week of life). Some of the major causes behind such high mortality include preterm births, infections, and congenital diseases.
January 31, 2024 — Source
First Mental Health Metaphor Dictionary to raise awareness of disorders
Metaphors are not just literary devices for writers to embellish their texts. They are linguistic tools used in everyday life, in most cases with the aim of better understanding and conveying the reality of the world around us.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Healthcare should broaden efforts to scale genAI, say IT leaders
There's too little focus on governance, patient preferences and workforce needs among leaders seeking to implement generative AI, according to a new Deloitte survey of 60 healthcare executives.
January 31, 2024 — Source
How one triage center delivers more culturally sensitive mental health and addiction care
At HIMSS24, a clinician will show how the community provider's more enlightened, person-centered approach for its Native American and POC patients has helped reduce the number of custody holds for drug and alcohol emergencies by more than 90%.
January 31, 2024 — Source
LISTEN: On the Path to Housing Stability, LA Woman Works With Occupational Therapist
Carla Brown moved into her one-bedroom apartment in Hollywood last summer. She loved having a place to decorate for the holidays, but after years of bouncing between shelters and the streets, keeping up with housekeeping has made the transition hard.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Molecule can quickly, and briefly, boost white blood cell counts
Treatment with a molecule known as A485 can quickly and temporarily increase levels of white blood cells, a critical part of the body's immune system, an effect that is difficult to deliver with currently available pharmaceuticals, a new Yale study finds.
January 31, 2024 — Source
New paper calls for patient-first regulation of AI in health care
Ever wonder if the latest and greatest artificial intelligence (AI) tool you read about in the morning paper is going to save your life? A new study published in JAMA and led by John W. Ayers, Ph.D., of the Qualcomm Institute within the University of California San Diego, finds that question can be difficult to answer since AI products in health care do not universally undergo any externally evaluated approval process assessing how it might benefit patient outcomes before coming to market.
January 31, 2024 — Source
New AI technique significantly boosts Medicare fraud detection
Medicare is sporadically compromised by fraudulent insurance claims. These illicit activities often go undetected, allowing full-time criminals and unscrupulous health providers to exploit weaknesses in the system. Last year, the estimated annual fraud topped $100 billion, according to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, but it is likely much higher.
January 31, 2024 — Source
NIH analysis reveals a significant rise in use of complementary health approaches, especially for pain management
An analysis conducted by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) reveals a substantial increase in the overall use of complementary health approaches by American adults from 2002 to 2022.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Pioneering link between census data and electronic mental health records
King's College London researchers are the first research team in England, to link electronic mental health care records to census data, at an individual level.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Powerful video amplifies end-of-life patient voices
The End-of-Life Essentials team at Flinders University—part of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences—created The Patient's Perspective video to emphasize that patient input is needed to improve health care, patient and family understanding of end-of-life care.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Researchers find enzyme plays much larger role in preventing neurodegenerative diseases
Indiana University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences in Bloomington have identified a missing link that can help protect the brain from aging.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Researchers identify new biomarker in quality of blood donations
A collaborative cohort of researchers, led by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus professor Angelo D'Alessandro, has identified kynurenine as a critical new biomarker in the quality of stored red blood cells (RBCs), a crucial step in the development of more personalized transfusions.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Study reveals the economic burden for patients with vitiligo in the US is significant
A novel study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, shows that patients with vitiligo incur significantly higher health care costs than people without this skin condition. The findings reveal an unmet need for cost-effective treatments and highlight the importance of fully identifying the drivers of economic burden for patients with vitiligo.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Study shows higher mortality rates for patients on respiratory support in rural intermediate care units
A new study finds that patients receiving ventilator life support in the intermediate care units—a potentially less costly alternative for people not sick enough for the intensive care units (ICUs) but too ill for the general ward—of rural hospitals had significantly higher death rates than patients in the same type of unit at urban hospitals.
January 31, 2024 — Source
The FTC is attacking drugmakers' 'patent thickets'
The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, focusing on devices used to deliver medicines, like inhalers and autoinjectors, in an effort to increase competition and potentially lower some prices.
January 31, 2024 — Source or Source
Whole blood transfusion improves survival during traumatic bleeding
Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the transfusion of whole blood (blood that is not separated into parts) is associated with a survival benefit compared to the traditional use of blood component transfusion (red blood cells, plasma, and platelets) in these patients.
January 31, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 29th, 2024
Asimov launches LV Edge Packaging System to optimize lentivirus production
Asimov, the synthetic biology company advancing the design and manufacture of therapeutics, today announced the launch of their LV Edge Packaging System, which improves the cost efficiency and reduces the supply chain risk of lentiviral production. The ready-to-transfer system minimizes GMP plasmid cost, process complexity, and supply chain risk by stably integrating viral genes into the host cell.
January 29, 2024 — Source
High-frequency jet ventilation seems safe for lung ablation
For percutaneous lung ablation, high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) under general anesthesia seems as safe as spontaneous respiration (SR) under moderate sedation, with longer room time for HFJV, according to a study published
Henry Ford Health and MSU continue groundbreaking medical research initiative
Michiganders will continue to have the opportunity to advance medical research aimed at advancing individualized health care through a renewed award to Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program. The award includes $18.3 million in initial funding to support a consortium of 8 health care provider organizations with a presence in 16 states.
January 29, 2024 — Source
How Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024
Rates of routine childhood vaccination hit a 10-year low in 2023. That, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, puts about 250,000 kindergartners at risk for measles, which often leads to hospitalization and can cause death. In recent weeks, an infant and two young children have been hospitalized amid an ongoing measles outbreak in Philadelphia that spread to a day care center.
January 29, 2024 — Source
How virtual sitter services saved St. Luke's $1.5M in 2023
The nursing-oriented remote patient monitoring approach also prevents more than 500 falls each month at the Minnesota health system. And it's improved staffing ratios -- sometimes dramatically, depending on patient acuity.
January 29, 2024 — Source
Improving the diagnosis of disease with the help of AI
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed a more trustworthy method to diagnose diseases such as COVID-19, pneumonia, and melanoma using artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
January 29, 2024 — Source
New York joins local governments in erasing billions in medical debt
New York City pledged last week to pay down $2 billion worth of residents' medical debt. In doing so, it has come around to an innovation, started in the Midwest, that's ridding millions of Americans of health care debt.
January 29, 2024 — Source
Pennsylvania HIEs work with Findhelp to build SDOH navigator
PA Navigate will refer patients to services in their communities that address their gaps in social determinants of health, including food, shelter and transportation.
January 29, 2024 — Source
Readers Weigh Downsides of Medicare Advantage and Stick Up for Mary Lou Retton
In response to Sarah Jane Tribble's report about growing enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans — and the growing concerns — a senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation weighed in on X, formerly known as Twitter:
January 29, 2024 — Source
Researchers: Sport and physical activity alone can't tackle health inequities in Indigenous communities
Organized sport is often positioned as a remedy for the many health issues that Indigenous Peoples face. While there are many benefits to sports participation, overstating those benefits risks obscuring the systemic problems they endure in trying to create their own visions for health.
January 29, 2024 — Source
Scientists discover key pathway linking brain's habit center and motor learning region
In a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, a group of researchers explored how the cerebellum directly affects dopamine release in the substantia nigra compacta (SNc).
January 29, 2024 — Source
Visible wants to track your illness, more than your fitness
Finally, a tool for tracking long COVID, chronic fatigue and cancer recovery
January 29, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 26th, 2024
A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites
Dog bites led to about 48,600 California emergency room visits in 2022, the highest in at least 18 years. There were about 125 ER visits for dog bites per 100,000 California residents in 2022, about 70% higher than 2005.
January 26, 2024 — Source
App enhances nurses' care coordination competency for critically ill patients
To improve the care coordination competency of nurses involved in the management of critically ill patients on life support, an electronic app—NCCCS—was developed by Associate Professor Chie Takiguchi of Toho University and Professor Tomoko Inoue of International University of Health and Welfare.
January 26, 2024 — Source
AI is coming for big pharma
And it might wind up designing the next wonder cure.
January 26, 2024 — Source
EHR-integrated AI assistant boosts revenue by $7M at Penn Highlands
It's also helped decrease the amount of time spent documenting care by about two hours per provider each day, the health system's medical director reports.
January 26, 2024 — Source
HIMSS to showcase new modernized INFRAM at global conference
The new Infrastructure Adoption Model is designed to help health systems link their IT deployments to their clinical and business goals and help them reduce costs, mitigate cyber risk and boost outcomes for both patients and clinicians.
January 26, 2024 — Source
HIMSSCast: Managing critical patient feedback in real time
In a short time online, organizations can capture more patient concerns, reduce more open cases and improve staff experiences, say Alpa Vyas of Stanford Healthcare and Dr. Adrienne Boissy of Qualtrics and The Cleveland Clinic
January 26, 2024 — Source
Neural network enables objective assessment of breast symmetry
A newly developed neural network is highly accurate in identifying key landmarks important in breast surgery—opening the potential for objective assessment of breast symmetry, suggests a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
January 26, 2024 — Source
Ouch. That 'free' annual checkup might cost you. Here's why.
When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in Washington state last year, she assumed she would not incur a bill because the test is one of the many preventive measures guaranteed to be free to patients under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The ACA's provision made medical and economic sense, encouraging Americans to use screening tools that could nip medical problems in the bud and keep patients healthy.
January 26, 2024 — Source or Source
Race and ethnicity may affect whether and where hospitals transfer patients
Black patients in Florida are transferred to public hospitals more often than white patients, even when comparing patients from the same hospital with similar health conditions and the same insurance, according to new research led by Charleen Hsuan, assistant professor of health policy and administration at Penn State.
January 26, 2024 — Source
Senate probes the cost of assisted living and its burden on American families
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday launched an examination of assisted living, holding its first hearing in two decades on the industry as leaders of both parties expressed concern about the high cost and mixed quality of the long-term care facilities.
January 26, 2024 — Source
Shortened antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU patients just as effective as standard course
Less is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses of antibiotics are as effective as longer prescriptions of the drug to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia.
January 26, 2024 — Source
St Vincent's says no sensitive data stolen after IT breach and more briefs
Also, eHealth NSW has finally hired a new CTO.
January 26, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 24th, 2024
988-hotline counselors air concerns: More training needed to juggle a mix of calls
In the year and a half since its launch, 988 — the country's easy-to-remember, three-digit suicide and crisis hotline — has received about 8.1 million calls, texts, and chats. While much attention has been focused on who is reaching out and whether the shortened number has accomplished its goal of making services more accessible to people in emotional distress, curiosity is growing about the people taking those calls.
January 24, 2024 — Source
AI Therapy companion 'replika' gains traction among lonely students
In a recent study published in the journal Mental Health Research, researchers investigated the young adult mental health outcomes of using a GPT3-enabled chatbot.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Brain study unlocks secrets of strong drug memories
Researchers from the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have identified a novel mechanism by which the brain produces powerful lasting memories that drive ill-advised actions
January 24, 2024 — Source
Could this traditional Thai medicine have wound healing abilities?
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the wound healing and photoprotective properties of Acanthus ebracteatus extracts.
January 24, 2024 — Source
EHR migration pays big dividends for Oak Orchard Health
The provider group acquired a practice with a different electronic health record. Today, everyone "speaks the same language," staff satisfaction is way up, operational costs are down -- and it's launching new services such as self-check-in.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Finding the right diagnosis with liver biopsy
The popularity of noninvasive options to diagnose liver disease has been growing, but are there times when more traditional methods like liver biopsy are still needed for a precise diagnosis?
January 24, 2024 — Source
Fix daily irritants to reduce clinician burnout, KLAS says
Arch Collaborative researchers say organizations can keep post-pandemic burnout from worsening, if they intervene early on and don't dismiss clinical staffs' "small concerns."
January 24, 2024 — Source
In Los Angeles, occupational therapists tapped to help homeless stay housed
Carla Brown waits on an air mattress, eager for her occupational therapist to arrive at her apartment next to the Hollywood Freeway, mere blocks from where she once camped on the sidewalk.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Medical student with inflammatory bowel disease helps pediatricians understand the power of their words
Catalina Berenblum Tobi had her first colonoscopy when she was just 10 years old. For more than a year she had been suffering from severe abdominal pain and diarrhea for which there was no apparent cause. While terrified and confused, Berenblum Tobi was ready for an answer. The diagnostic test confirmed she had Crohn's disease, an autoimmune condition that would require lifelong management.
January 24, 2024 — Source
New methodological approach allows more precise summary of study results
Before new drugs are launched on the market they are tested in clinical studies in which one group of study participants often receives the new treatment and another group receives the current standard treatment.
January 24, 2024 — Source
New research shows mosquitoes can spread the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer from possums to humans
Each year, more and more Victorians become sick with a flesh-eating bacteria known as Buruli ulcer. Last year, 363 people presented with the infection, the highest number since 2004.
January 24, 2024 — Source
No knowledge gap here: Medical students who were taught remotely achieve good exam results during the pandemic
From March 2020 to the beginning of 2022, medical students were taught theoretical subjects digitally, to a large extent. The question was whether four exams in physiology during this period would show that students had gaps in their knowledge and achieved poorer results than those who studied medicine before the pandemic.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Peer counseling programs found to positively impact rates of breastfeeding among rural WIC participants
A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, published in Women's Health Issues, is the first of its kind to assess whether Minnesota's peer breastfeeding support program directly causes increases in breastfeeding and by how much.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Post-hysterectomy care: Sugammadex's role in reducing urinary retention
A study titled "Sugammadex and urinary retention after hysterectomy: A propensity-matched cohort study," conducted by Mariana L. De Lima Laporta Miranda and colleagues from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, U.S., addresses a common postoperative challenge: postoperative urinary retention (POUR)
January 24, 2024 — Source
Predicting brace adherence could change the game in scoliosis treatment
When it comes to preventing scoliosis progression, is it possible to make bracing more effective? For decades, spine specialists focused on improving the braces themselves, making them lighter, less obtrusive, and easier to put on and take off. (The Boston Brace, developed at Boston Children's Hospital in the early 1970s, is one example.)
January 24, 2024 — Source
Red Cross cross repeats call for blood donors as shortage continues
Reiterating a plea it made earlier this month, the American Red Cross is urging people to roll up their sleeves and give blood.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Researchers suggest changing gold standard of spine surgery from operative microscope to 3D exoscope
While surgeons have more commonly used the exoscope in various intracranial procedures, its use in spinal surgery has been underreported.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Study finds mortality rates among rural US residents vary based on race, ethnicity, region
Rural Black residents of the South have higher mortality, or death, rates than rural Black residents elsewhere, and so did Hispanic residents of the rural South and West, according to a new study by two researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Study finds that 2015 to 2021 saw an increase in gabapentinoid use
Use of gabapentinoids has increased since 2015, particularly for chronic pain, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Study finds women farm owners more apt to binge drink
A study from the University of Georgia reveals a concerning pattern of binge drinking among women who own or manage farms.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Study in mice uncovers new protective benefit of breast milk
An immune component of breast milk known as the complement system shapes the gut environment of infant mice in ways that make them less susceptible to certain disease-causing bacteria, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Study looks at ways to predict when a migraine attack will occur
Migraine is often under-diagnosed and untreated, and even when it is treated, it can be difficult to treat early enough as well as find strategies to prevent attacks. A new study looks at ways to more accurately predict when a migraine will occur—through the use of mobile apps to track sleep, energy, emotions and stress—to enhance the ability to prevent attacks.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Study: This protein may be the 'glue' that helps COVID virus stick
When SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body, the virus' spike protein binds to a cell, allowing the virus to infiltrate and begin replicating.
January 24, 2024 — Source
The power of marketing in health care: A way to narrow the disparities in health outcomes for First Nations communities
Researchers from Wiradjuri Land, Edith Cowan University, University of Wollongong, University of Melbourne, University of Tasmania, and University of South Australia published a Journal of Marketing study that explores the role of marketing in decolonizing health care by examining the "Birthing on Country" policy, an initiative led by First Nations Australians that encourages women to give birth on their ancestral lands by adopting traditional birthing practices.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Veganuary's impact has been huge: Here are the stats to prove it
Since launching in 2014, Veganuary has boasted increasing sign-ups year on year. But what's the evidence that the campaign that encourages people to adopt a vegan diet during January is really taking a bite out of the meat market?
January 24, 2024 — Source
WHO says AI risks in global health 'must be accounted for'
Health care providers need to be aware of the risks of using AI—especially in low- and middle-income countries—the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
January 24, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 22nd, 2024
Expand your Apple Health data with these smart blood pressure monitors
Over the years, Apple has vastly expanded the Health app on iPhone with ways to track weight, fitness, and much more. Earlier this year, we broke down the best smart scales for syncing weight with an iPhone. And with iPadOS 17, the Health app is also now on iPad.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements
Some members of Congress are demanding federal oversight of billions of dollars in opioid settlements, which state and local governments began spending over the past two years — with some using it to plug budget holes rather than fight the addiction crisis.
January 22, 2024 — Source
HealthLink absorbs Telstra's eReferrals, healthcare messaging biz
The acquisition comes as HealthLink is supporting statewide rollouts of eReferrals in Australia.
January 22, 2024 — Source
In one Oklahoma town, most everyone knows someone who has been sued by the hospital
It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Lack of fluoridated water a health risk for disadvantaged Queenslanders
Researchers have found Queenslanders from lower socio-economic areas are at higher risk of dental disease due to a lack of fluoridated water.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Low-frequency ultrasound influences blood parameters, reserach shows
Research conducted by a team of scientists from Kaunas University, Lithuania, revealed that low-frequency ultrasound influences blood parameters. The findings suggest that ultrasound's effect on hemoglobin can improve oxygen's transfer from the lungs to bodily tissues.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Miniature VR goggles for mice could advance neuroscience research
Mice are among the animal species most employed in neuroscience studies, as they are mammals (i.e., their brain is in some ways similar to the human brain) and their genetics or behaviors can be easily manipulated in experimental settings. While training mice to complete specific tasks is straightforward, reliably examining their brain processes when they are outside of laboratory environments is challenging, due to the inability to bring imaging technologies outdoors, the risk that the mice will escape, and/or other complications.
January 22, 2024 — Source
New reagent improves process of making sulfur-containing compounds that may be used in medicines
During the past decade, there has been significant development of new sulfur containing compounds that are used in various industries, including pharmaceuticals and agricultural products. Sulfoximines, sulfonimidoyl fluorides and sulfonimidamides are types of sulfur-containing chemical compounds that have wide-ranging potential as therapeutic drugs.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Penicillin allergy? Maybe not
Penicillin belongs to a group of antibiotics used by health care professionals to combat a wide array of bacterial infections, including strep throat, ear infections and pneumonia. Penicillin, one of the most widely prescribed antibiotics, is also one of the most frequently reported medication allergies.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Report shows more than half of mental health care visits conducted via video-based telemedicine
An analysis of clinical outpatient data found that telemedicine rates remain high following the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of mental health care visits being conducted remotely via video conferencing.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Scientists increase the solubility of an effective antidepressant by a factor of 1,600
The anti-anxiety drug diazepam causes side effects: drowsiness, confusion, and nausea. The same applies to the antidepressant amitriptyline. A possible solution to the problem could be a new compound, GML-3. It simultaneously exhibits the anti-anxiety activity of diazepam and the antidepressant activity of amitriptyline.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Sequoia Project tackles TEFCA under FHIR
The project's recognized coordinating entity has released a series of draft materials to support wider use of the HL7 spec, aiming to address standard operating procedures for electronic case reporting and improve the framework more generally.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Study finds racial disparities exist in restraint utilization at minority-serving safety hospital
A new study that contributes additional data to a growing body of evidence demonstrating disparities in restraint use in the emergency department (ED) has been published in Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM),. The study, titled "Disparities in use of physical restraints at an urban, minority-serving hospital emergency department" evaluates the association between race/ethnicity and the use of restraints in an ED population at a minority-serving, safety-net institution.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Study shows how social media fuels unhappiness and materialism
You won't find another place that makes it as easy to compare yourself with others as social media. That's not good for you.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Tailoring a computerized decision support system to the ICU environment improves patient safety
A recent multicentre study led by Amsterdam UMC and conducted in nine Dutch Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has shown that tailoring a computerized decision support system (CDSS) to the ICU environment significantly reduced the number of high-risk drug combinations administered to ICU patients. It also improved monitoring ICU patients when avoiding such combinations was not possible, and reduced the length of patients' stay in the ICU.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Team develops bioengineered material to rapidly stop bleeding in patients on blood thinners
More than 11 million people in the United States take anticoagulation or antiplatelet medications, such as heparin or aspirin, to treat serious conditions like heart attack and stroke. However, these medications also put patients at risk of life-threatening bleeding in the case of injury or during surgery.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Top Harvard cancer researchers accused of scientific fraud; 37 studies affected
Researchers accused of manipulating data images with copy-and-paste.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Vibrating belt that treats low bone density gets FDA approval
The device is the first of its kind to provide a medication-free treatment option for post-menopausal women that have weakened bones.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Yonsei University Hospital System kicks off DTx ecosystem
More hospitals are coming into the fold in the coming months.
January 22, 2024 — Source
You can now order all kinds of medical tests online: Research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea
Many of us have done countless rapid antigen tests (RATs) over the course of the pandemic. Testing ourselves at home has become second nature.
January 22, 2024 — Source
WFIRM leads $40M regenerative medicine initiative for the wounded and beyond
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, part of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has been selected to lead the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) Consortium. The project - a $40 million, five year-long award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) - will focus on taking regenerative medicine solutions for battlefield injuries to the next level, and ultimately to the general public.
January 22, 2024 — Source
What should parents know before heading to the emergency department
Sooner or later, you will find yourself taking your child to the emergency department—it's bound to happen. Nearly 30 million children visit the ED each year in the United States.
January 22, 2024 — Source
What the Health Care Sector Was Selling at the J.P. Morgan Confab
Every year, thousands of bankers, venture capitalists, private equity investors, and other moneybags flock to San Francisco's Union Square to pursue deals. Scores of security guards keep the homeless, the snoops, and the patent-stealers at bay, while the dealmakers pack into the cramped Westin St. Francis hotel and its surrounds to meet with cash-hungry executives from biotech and other health care companies. After a few years of pandemic slack, the 2024 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference regained its full vigor, drawing 8,304 attendees in early January to talk science, medicine, and, especially, money.
January 22, 2024 — Source
When private equity comes to town, hospitals can see cutbacks, closures
Peggy Malone walks the quiet halls of Crozer-Chester Medical Center, the Pennsylvania hospital where she's worked as a registered nurse for the past 35 years, with the feeling she's drifting through a ghost town.
January 22, 2024 — Source
WHO chief warns pandemic accord hangs in the balance
The World Health Organization chief fears plans for a global pandemic preparedness agreement will fall apart amid wrangling and disinformation, warning on Monday that future generations "may not forgive us".
January 22, 2024 — Source
Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis, find studies
Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born.
January 22, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 19th, 2024
A California panel is holding up studies on psychedelics: Some researchers want it gone
At the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, scientists are eager to explore whether a psychedelic chemical found in a toad could help people whose depression has not eased with typical treatments. Patients regularly call or send emails about joining clinical trials to test that and other compounds, but the research center is turning them away.
January 19, 2024 — Source
CPSI builds a 'Dream Factory,' and gets results from its employees and clients
The IT vendor's chief technology and innovation officer gives a detailed look at the company-wide innovation project, and describes the products and features that resulted -- including a support ticketing system that uses generative AI.
January 19, 2024 — Source
E-scooter injuries rack up big medical bills
Orthopedic treatment for 82 patients injured in e-scooter wrecks averaged more than $28,400 per person, as doctors labored to mend broken bones and dislocated joints.
January 19, 2024 — Source
Indiana Senate committee passes medical psilocybin research bill
An Indiana Senate bill seeking funding for research into medical applications of psilocybin was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services on Wednesday.
January 19, 2024 — Source
Michigan disbands racial equity group as tension mounts over opioid settlement money
An advisory group formed to help Michigan tackle high rates of opioid overdoses in communities of color has been disbanded by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration, leading to hard feelings among some members who say their work is being buried.
January 19, 2024 — Source
Nuance AI copilot now fully embedded in Epic EHR
More than 150 hospitals and health systems currently use the DAX Copilot in their Epic electronic health record workflows to draft clinical notes and record patient visits, the company says.
January 19, 2024 — Source
ONC seeks comments on Draft USCDI Version 5
The latest update of standards for interoperable health information exchange includes data elements that promote health equity, reduce disparities and support underserved communities.
January 19, 2024 — Source
Public release of AI to estimate biological sex from fundus images
The Japanese Ophthalmological Society and the National Institute of Informatics have developed and public-released an AI model to estimate an individual's sex from fundus images, using data collected by the Japan Ocular Imaging Registry (JOIR), a national ophthalmological database established with support from the Japanese Agency for Medical and Health Sciences (AMED).
January 19, 2024 — Source
Robotic surgery trickles down to India's public health sector
The local robotic surgery market is expected to boom as demands fly and options expand and become cheaper.
January 19, 2024 — Source
UK research captures harrowing testimonies from care staff on the impact of the pandemic
As the public inquiry into the UK's response to COVID-19 continues, new research led by Northumbria University academics shines a light on the impact of moving patients from hospitals to care homes in England during the pandemic.
January 19, 2024 — Source
When are opioid prescription limits effective in reducing prescription duration?
Many states have passed new laws that place restrictions on the duration of first-time opioid prescriptions to help address the opioid epidemic.
January 19, 2024 — Source
Who is most efficient in health care? Study finds, surprisingly, it's the VA
Private-sector hospitals, clinics, and insurers are bloated, bureaucratic nightmares compared to efficiently run Veterans Health Administration facilities that put care over profits, a new study reveals.
January 19, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 16th, 2024
Amnesia caused by head injury reversed in early mouse study
A mouse study designed to shed light on memory loss in people who experience repeated head impacts, such as athletes, suggests the condition could potentially be reversed. The research in mice finds that amnesia and poor memory following head injury are due to inadequate reactivation of neurons involved in forming memories.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Banner Health reduces generalized anxiety with digital therapeutics
The health system's behavioral health team is measuring a 40% order-to-enrollment rate, with many patients using the digital tools for more than two hours.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Count of neurosurgeon density reflects global unmet needs
How many neurosurgeons are needed worldwide? Recent reports have suggested that a neurosurgeon ratio of approximately 1 neurosurgeon per 65,000 individuals may not be adequate.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Delays in state contracts leave Montana health providers strapped
Montana health organizations say a state government backlog in paying its contractors has hindered their ability to provide care, and they worry the bottleneck's ripple effects will be felt long after the money comes through.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Elucidating the biosynthetic mechanism for protoberberine alkaloids from Coptis chinensis
Protoberberine alkaloids are a group of tetracyclic isoquinoline compounds known for their well-established antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Although protoberberine alkaloids are broadly found in various plant families such as Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae, Berberidaceae, Menispermaceae and Rutaceae, the species of Coptis genus appears to be outstanding producers of protoberberine alkaloids in terms of quantity and diversity.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Exposure to AI models may improve clinical efficiency and care
What if just observing Artificial Intelligence (AI) could make a clinician more efficient at their job and improve care outcomes for patients?
January 16, 2024 — Source
Federal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels 'Growing Pains'
Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital.
January 16, 2024 — Source
For personalized treatment of inflammation, sensitivity to hypoxia must be considered: Study
If the oxygen level in organs and tissues falls below normal, hypoxia occurs. Then the body launches defensive responses. In many ways, they coincide and overlap with the response to inflammation, because this process is accompanied by local hypoxia.
January 16, 2024 — Source
GHDDI and Microsoft Research use AI technology to achieve significant progress in discovering new drugs to treat global infectious diseases
Working in close collaboration, the joint team successfully used generative AI and foundation models to design several small molecule inhibitors for essential target proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and coronaviruses. These new inhibitors show outstanding bioactivities, comparable to or surpassing the best-known lead compounds.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Google AI chatbot more empathetic than real doctors in tests
No, that does not mean machines can replace primary care physicians
January 16, 2024 — Source
HHS Secretary names first Chief Competition Officer
Stacy Sanders will be tasked with supporting competition that can help lower healthcare and prescription drug costs and will coordinate with the FTC and DOJ to address anticompetitive healthcare technology data practices.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute'
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Workers in smoky casinos say they shouldn't have to gamble with their health on the job, and some Medicare Advantage enrollees feel trapped in their plans as they get older and sicker.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Novel MRI technique found to improve the lasting effects of treatment for severe depressionNovel MRI technique found to improve the lasting effects of treatment for severe depression
A major clinical trial has shown that by using MRI and tracking to guide the delivery of magnetic stimulation to the brains of people with severe depression, patients will see their symptoms ease for at least six months, which could vastly improve their quality of life.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Study of palliative care demonstrates scalable strategy to increase support for seriously ill patients in hospital
Ordering a palliative care consultation by "default"—via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose—is an effective strategy to give more hospitalized patients the opportunity to benefit from palliative care, and sooner, according to a new study led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Research aims to unlock secrets of how neuronal variability is controlled by dendrites
The inner workings of the human brain are a gradually unraveling mystery and Dr. Richard Naud of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has led a highly compelling new study that brings us closer to answering these big questions.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Research demonstrates that killer T cells can support tissue regeneration
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT) have demonstrated that killer T cells of the immune system not only eliminate pathologically altered cells, but also promote the subsequent tissue wound healing process.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Researchers examine accuracy of adult body weight estimates in the emergency department
Knowing a patient's weight is necessary for many weight-based medications such as thrombolytics, anticoagulants and numerous cardiovascular medications. Scaling drugs to a patient's weight prevents adverse events from overtreatment and treatment failure due to underdosing. Inaccurate weight estimations may lead to inaccurate drug doses, which could cause patient harm.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Researchers find that using patients' own blood, rather than saline, helps preserve veins in coronary bypass grafts
In a collaboration between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Carilion Clinic, researchers have learned that by preserving large superficial leg veins intended for coronary bypass grafting in a mixture of the anticoagulant heparin and blood, rather than heparin and saline, the veins were better protected from cell and tissue damage.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants
"Soft robots," medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism—thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Study finds cost of employer-sponsored health insurance is flattening worker wages, contributing to income inequality
The rising cost of health insurance is an ongoing concern in the United States. New research shows that increasing health insurance costs are eating up a growing proportion of worker's compensation, and have been a major factor in both flattening wages and increasing income inequality over the past 30 years.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Study unveils synaptic-like transmission mechanism driving neurovascular coupling
The activity of neurons in the mammalian brain has been found to be linked with various physiological processes, including the flow of blood that provides them with the energy required to function (i.e., cerebral blood flow). This close relationship between brain cells and blood vessels is known as neurovascular coupling (NVC).
January 16, 2024 — Source
Study reveals key factors in surgeons' opioid prescribing patterns
Researchers revealed new insights into the patterns and predictors of opioid prescribing after surgery in a comprehensive county-level study across the United States. The research results, which offer a detailed look at how various social and health care factors influence opioid prescribing, are published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
January 16, 2024 — Source
Use of metaphors enables patients and caregivers to communicate experiences of living with long-term conditions
It is estimated that 15 million people in England—a quarter of the population—live with a long-term condition and 14.2 million people (one in four adults) are face the presence of more than two long-term conditions. These can broadly be defined as illnesses that cannot be cured and which may require treatment and/or therapies to manage their symptoms and underlying disease processes that are co-occurring or ongoing conditions.
January 16, 2024 — Source
What do Threads, Mastodon, and hospital records have in common?
"Federated learning" keeps patient data at hospitals while training AIs.
January 16, 2024 — Source
What would a second Trump presidency look like for health care?
On the presidential campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is, once again, promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — a nebulous goal that became one of his administration's splashiest policy failures.
January 16, 2024 — Source or Source
Health — Health Field — January 15th, 2024
Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning
Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Bypassing doctors and getting health care from online services? Most older adults aren't buying it
Online-only health care services have become a trendy way for people to receive low-cost medical attention.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Delicate labor-industry deal in flux as Newsom revisits $25 minimum health wage
Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California's phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the face of a projected $38 billion deficit, less than three months after he approved the measure. But renegotiating wages could threaten a delicate compromise between unions and the health industry.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Evaluate, a Norstella company, announces acquisition of J+D Forecasting
J+D Forecasting, a leading provider of forecasting solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, is excited to officially share the news of our acquisition by Evaluate, a distinguished member of the Norstella family. This monumental development, disclosed on January 10, 2024, marks a significant chapter in our company's journey.
January 15, 2024 — Source
FDA review supports reclassifying marijuana as less risky drug
Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conclude in newly released documents that marijuana has less potential for abuse than other drugs with the same restrictions and it should be reclassified as a less dangerous drug.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Georgia expanding innovative refugee mental health program
Although they experience significantly higher rates of depression, post-traumatic stress and anxiety than their U.S.-born neighbors, refugees have largely not been able to see mental health providers. Transportation, cost, and language barriers all stood in the way of care.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Google is working to develop an AI-based diagnostic dialogue tool as part of a medical interview system
A team of AI researchers at Google Research and Google DeepMind has developed the rudiments of an AI-based diagnostic dialogue system to conduct medical interviews. The group has published a paper describing their research on the arXiv preprint server.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Metrohm helps pharma to bring their USP methods up to date
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has modernized a substantial number of existing monographs to include ion chromatography (IC) methods for numerous pharmaceutical assays of APIs as well as analysis of impurities and excipients. Metrohm has cooperated with USP in this project as a partner and several of these monographs have been validated with Metrohm instruments and columns.
January 15, 2024 — Source
New online study explores link between healthy brains and bodies
So little is understood about the dialogue between the body and the brain. It might seem obvious that our physical state can affect our ability to think, but there are many fundamental questions neuroscientists would still like to answer—with your help.
January 15, 2024 — Source
New poll finds few older adults use direct-to-consumer health services
Only a small percentage of older Americans have jumped on the rising trend of getting health care services and prescriptions directly from an online-only company, rather than seeing their usual health care providers in person or via telehealth, a new poll finds.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Next UK government must have health equity at its heart, argues professor
With an election looming, the next government must have health equity at its heart to avoid more devastating and avoidable loss of lives, argues Professor Sir Michael Marmot in The BMJ today.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Optofluidic hematology analyzer enables home monitoring of health status
The deviations in blood cell concentration beyond reasonable ranges may indicate the presence of certain diseases within the body. For example, infections, inflammatory, malignant blood diseases, and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) can cause abnormalities in the concentration of leukocytes. Therefore, the detection of blood cell concentration contributes to the diagnosis, treatment, and prognostic management of certain diseases.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Researchers propose revised scoring system for recognizing outstanding NHS clinicians
A team of researchers has developed a new scoring system for a nationwide scheme, overseen by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA), to recognize and reward senior doctors and dentists in England and Wales.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Revolutionary transparent graphene microelectrodes enhance brain imaging and stimulation
In a recent study published in Nature Nanotechnology, a group of researchers developed high-density, ultrasmall, transparent graphene microelectrodes for enhanced spatial resolution in brain surface electrophysiological recordings and calcium imaging, enabling the decoding of single-cell and average neural activities from surface potentials.
January 15, 2024 — Source
WHO seeks $1.5 bn for urgent health aid in 2024
The UN health agency on Monday said it needed $1.5 billion in 2024 for life-saving aid to tens of millions of people trapped in health emergencies, including in Ukraine and Gaza.
January 15, 2024 — Source
WHO sends Zambia first batch of cholera vaccines as cases rise
Zambia said Monday it had received a first batch of more than a million oral doses of cholera vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) to fight a dangerous outbreak.
January 15, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 13th, 2024
CDC brief finds 5.7 percent of adults lacked reliable transportation in 2022
In 2022, 5.7 percent of adults reported lacking reliable transportation for daily living, according to a January data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.
January 13, 2024 — Source
Could an already approved drug cut down on opioid use after surgery?
Researchers in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have found that an FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery. In the pilot study published in Pain Management, spinal surgery patients who received N-acetylcysteine (NAC) during surgery in addition to standard pain control treatments reported lower pain scores and requested fewer opioids after surgery than patients given a placebo.
January 13, 2024 — Source
MHRA unveils roadmap for new medical device regulations in the UK
Today, a clear path ahead has been set out for the development of new and robust regulations for medical devices in the UK. The new regulations will put patient safety first and help to ensure that patients continue to have access without delay to the devices they need, whilst enhancing the UK's position as a world-leading environment for medical technology innovators.
January 13, 2024 — Source
Scotland's NHS Golden Jubilee heart transplant unit expands to support more patients
Scotland's only heart transplant center at NHS Golden Jubilee, is expanding to support more patients across Scotland than ever before.
January 13, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 12th, 2024
12.8 percent of unique prescribers prescribed topical antifungals in 2021
In 2021, 12.8 percent of unique prescribers in Medicare Part D prescribed topical antifungals, with about 6.5 million topical antifungal prescriptions filled, at a total cost of $231 million, according to research published in the Jan. 11 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
January 12, 2024 — Source
AI algorithm may better support clinical care and research by identifying patients with adverse social determinants of health
Health involves the wellbeing of the physical, emotional, mental, and intellectual domains of man. These are deeply impacted by social factors, often termed the social determinants of health (SDoH). However, these are not documented clearly or adequately in electronic health records (EHRs).
January 12, 2024 — Source
Australia's digital health pipeline in 10 years
The government is doubling down on modernising My Health Record and building a framework for national health information sharing.
January 12, 2024 — Source
China emphasises digital tech development for its ageing population
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a work plan for all IT and communications stakeholders to promote the development of digital technology for the elderly.
January 12, 2024 — Source
BrainSwarming, blockchain, and bioethics: Applying engineering techniques to problems in health care and biomedicineBrainSwarming, blockchain, and bioethics: Applying engineering techniques to problems in health care and biomedicine
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the University of Oxford have successfully demonstrated how problem-solving techniques used in engineering, known as Innovation Enhancing Techniques, can be adapted and used to improve creativity in problem-solving when it comes to abstract problems faced in health care and biomedicine.
January 12, 2024 — Source
How integrating AI and clinical decision support systems can help in the ER
A Yale University School of Medicine ER clinical informatics expert offers a deep dive preview of his HIMSS24 educational session that will show how artificial intelligence and CDS can boost emergency care.
January 12, 2024 — Source
Neuroscientists identify 'chemical imprint of desire'
Hop in the car to meet your lover for dinner and a flood of dopamine— the same hormone underlying cravings for sugar, nicotine and cocaine—likely infuses your brain's reward center, motivating you to brave the traffic to keep that unique bond alive.
January 12, 2024 — Source
New research provides a molecular look at the mechanisms behind pigmentation variation
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color variations among African populations. Their findings, published in Nature Genetics, broaden the understanding of human evolution and the genetics underpinning contemporary human skin color diversity.
January 12, 2024 — Source
Pay-for-performance programs may only exacerbate pre-existing disparities, analysis finds
Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States experience higher rates of chronic disease and premature death compared to their white counterparts. For example, Black individuals in the U.S. experience worse health outcomes for acute medical conditions, in part because the care of Black adults is highly concentrated at a limited set of U.S. hospitals, which tend to be under-resourced and operate on thin financial margins.
January 12, 2024 — Source
Predicting correct dosage may improve success of drug repurposing
Before a drug can be used to treat a disease, it must go through a lengthy and expensive trial process to prove both safety and effectiveness. By repurposing already-approved drugs, researchers can cut out the time and expense of the former step—sometimes.
January 12, 2024 — Source
Psychotherapy found to be effective in treating PTSD following multiple traumatic events
Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to multiple traumatic events. This is the conclusion arrived at by an international team of researchers led by psychologists Dr. Thole Hoppen and Prof Nexhmedin Morina from the Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Münster.
January 12, 2024 — Source
Rural Hospitals Are Caught in an Aging-Infrastructure Conundrum
Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colorado, is facing a classic Catch-22: He could boost his rural hospital's revenues by offering hip replacements and shoulder surgeries, but the 64-year-old hospital needs more money to be able to expand its operating room to do those procedures.
January 12, 2024 — Source
The FDA has reportedly approved an AI product that predicts cognitive decline
BrainSee assigns a score forecasting the advancement of memory loss within five years.
January 12, 2024 — Source
Trump official who OK'd drugs from Canada chairs company behind Florida's import plan
The Food and Drug Administration's unprecedented approval of Florida's plan to import drugs from Canada was made possible only after Alex Azar, as the Trump administration's Health and Human Services secretary, certified that bringing medicines over the border could be done safely.
January 12, 2024 — Source or Source
Want safer prescribing? Provide doctors with a plan for helping patients in pain, says study
Physicians who are notified that a patient has died of a drug overdose are more judicious in issuing controlled substances if the notification includes a plan for what to do during subsequent patient visits, according to a study published today in Nature Communications.
January 12, 2024 — Source
What would a Nikki Haley presidency look like for health care?
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley will learn how her campaign is resonating with voters after the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, the first presidential nominating contest of this election year.
January 12, 2024 — Source or Source
When mass spectrometry redefines the pharma industry
What are some important lessons you have learned in your career, and are there any important people that have helped you along the way?
January 12, 2024 — Source
Your pacemaker should be running open source software
Using embedded medical technology, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, or insulin pump? What's running inside is a complete mystery
January 12, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 11th, 2024
Bioinformatics: Researchers develop a new machine learning approach
To combat viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, synthetic biology offers new technological approaches whose performance is being validated in experiments. Researchers from the Würzburg Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research and the Helmholtz AI Cooperative applied data integration and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a machine learning approach that can predict the efficacy of CRISPR technologies more accurately than before.
January 11, 2024 — Source
California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can't find abortion training
Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community—including access to abortion care.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Doctors are as vulnerable to addiction as anyone: California grapples with a response
As addiction and overdose deaths command headlines across the nation, the Medical Board of California, which licenses MDs, is developing a new program to treat and monitor doctors with alcohol and drug problems. But a fault line has appeared over whether those who join the new program without being ordered to by the board should be subject to public disclosure.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Down syndrome and joint replacement: Risks for post-surgical complications
One of the largest studies to date on post-operative outcomes for patients with Down syndrome following total knee replacement and total hip replacement surgeries was recently published by Yale researchers.
January 11, 2024 — Source
FDA to import syphilis drug from France amid shortage
Amid an ongoing shortage of the first-line treatment for syphilis in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow the importation of a different syphilis drug from a French drugmaker.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Geisinger gets USDA rural development grant for inpatient virtual nursing
Nearly $950,000 in new funding will help the Pennsylvania health system expand the 24/7 virtual care center it launched this past year, with new technologies for Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Generative artificial intelligence models effectively highlight social determinants of health in doctors' notes
Where we live and work, our age, and the conditions we grew up in can influence our health and lead to disparities, but these factors can be difficult for clinicians and researchers to capture and address.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Key mechanisms in the synapses of the cerebellum unraveled
Whether picking up a small object like a pen or coordinating different body parts, the cerebellum in the brain performs essential functions for controlling our movement. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) investigated how a crucial set of synapses between neurons within it functions and develops. Their findings have now been published in the journal Neuron.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Lab-grown retinas explain why people see colors dogs can't
With human retinas grown in a petri dish, researchers discovered how an offshoot of vitamin A generates the specialized cells that enable people to see millions of colors, an ability that dogs, cats, and other mammals do not possess.
January 11, 2024 — Source
ONC should tailor info blocking disincentives to provider types, groups say
EHRA, HIMSS and others cite regulatory variability and redundancy, as well as costs, as roadblocks to interoperable health information exchange, while ACR stresses investigatory protections for physicians.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Producing tears in a dish: Researchers develop first model of human conjunctiva
The Organoid group at the Hubrecht Institute produced the first organoid model of the human conjunctiva. These organoids mimic the function of the actual human conjunctiva, a tissue involved in tear production. Using their new model, the researchers discovered a new cell type in this tissue: tuft cells.
January 11, 2024 — Source
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Streamlined Laboratory Integration With INTEGRA's Electronic and Automated Liquid Handling Solutions
January 11, 2024 — Source
Study finds hospital surfaces can harbor harmful microbes even after routine disinfection
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Study reveals new connection between impaired autophagy and heart failure
A new study sheds light on how autophagy, the body's process for removing damaged cell parts, when impaired, can play a role in causing heart failure.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Study reveals wastewater surveillance is key tool in keeping schools open during public health emergencies
Wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings, according to a groundbreaking study led by epidemiologist David Larsen from Syracuse University.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Two common biomarkers can predict heart risk in asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors
Data from the St. Jude lifetime cohort study (St. Jude LIFE) have revealed that two common biomarkers of cardiac function and damage could better predict cardiomyopathy within five years than routine clinical evaluations in high-risk, asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors. Early detection through screening using these two biomarkers may lead to earlier treatment to prevent and protect against further heart damage.
January 11, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 10th, 2024
Exploring clonal hematopoiesis and its impact on aging, cancer, and patient care
A new editorial paper titled "Exploring clonal hematopoiesis and its impact on aging, cancer, and patient care" has been published in Aging.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Hearing the voices of Indigenous people with neurodevelopmental disabilities
Indigenous Peoples with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) and mental health challenges are among the most marginalized groups in the country. NDDs include things like autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
January 10, 2024 — Source
Mayo Clinic taps AI start-up to unlock data
The health system has partnered with Cerebras to develop artificial intelligence models based on decades of anonymized medical records.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Medical students with disabilities are at higher risk of burnout than peers
Medical students with co-occurring disabilities are more likely than their peers to experience burnout, a new Yale study finds. That risk increases if the student identifies as Asian or in a racial or ethnic group typically underrepresented in the medical fields. The findings, say the researchers, highlight the importance of reducing stigma and addressing the needs of students with disabilities.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Q&A: How gaps in scientific data lead to gaps in care for aging women
Menopause, the time that marks the end of a female's menstrual cycles, is a significant transition that comes with aging. This change has health effects, but researchers don't properly consider it in 99% of studies of the biology of aging, as highlighted in a recent perspective in Nature Aging.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Scientists discover how a subset of neurons allows eyes to detect motion
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified how a subset of neurons enables the eyes to perceive motion, according to a study published in Nature Communications, a discovery that reveals previously hidden complexities of how vision functions in mammals.
January 10, 2024 — Source
States begin tapping Medicaid dollars to combat gun violence
To tackle America's gun problem, a growing number of states are using Medicaid dollars to pay for community-based programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which have been overwhelmed in some cities by a spike in violent crime since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Study investigates the unresolved palliative care needs of elderly, homebound noncancer patients
In Japan, approximately 70% of deaths occur among noncancer patients who often experience more frequent and varied distressing symptoms than patients with cancer. Recognizing the need for high-quality palliative care for this demographic, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends enhancing global awareness and the provision of palliative care for noncancer patients.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Virtual group therapy enables Geisinger to treat more patients and maintain care continuity
With waits for individual psychotherapy as long as several months and several thousand outstanding orders, the mostly rural health system needed a solution. Combining group therapy and telemedicine was the answer.
January 10, 2024 — Source
YouTube searches for first aid will now automatically show verified medical tutorials
Find step-by-step tutorials given the official stamp of approval.
January 10, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 9th, 2024
Access to residential addiction treatment centers for U. S. adolescents is limited and costly
Access to residential addiction treatment centers caring for U.S. adolescents under 18 years old in the United States is limited and costly, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. Researchers found that only about half (54%) of the residential addiction treatment facilities that they contacted had a bed immediately available, and for those that had a waitlist, the average estimated time before a bed opened was 28 days.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Acute hospital at home model shows promise for boosting patient satisfaction and outcomes
Since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) Waiver in 2020, thousands of patients from across 300 hospitals in 37 states have been treated in their homes. Yet little is understood about these patients' outcomes on a national level, and the waiver will end in December 2024 unless there is an act from Congress.
January 9, 2024 — Source
American Red Cross issues urgent plea for blood donations
The American Red Cross has declared a national blood shortage emergency as donations plummet to the lowest levels seen in 20 years.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Building momentum toward neural prostheses
It's estimated that 42 million people in the U.S. live with some form of movement disorder springing from a neurological issue, according to the National Institutes of Health, and that number is projected to rise further as life expectancy increases.
January 9, 2024 — Source
California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can't Find Abortion Training
Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Cellular Origins, a TTP Company, establishes Advisory Board of global industry leaders
Cellular Origins, a TTP Company focused on enabling scalable, cost-effective and efficient manufacture of cell and gene therapies (CGTs), has today announced the formation of its Advisory Board with the appointment of four globally recognised leaders across the cell and gene therapy (CGT) and robotics sectors — Professor John Campbell, Dr Matthew Li, Dr Paul Roberts, and Geoffrey Hodge. The newly formed Advisory Board will provide a diverse range of scientific, technical and strategic insights to support Cellular Origins' growth as it continues to develop its robotic platform for the scalable and cost-effective manufacture of advanced therapies, Constellation™.
January 9, 2024 — Source
China doubles down on smart medicine
A newly established research centre is building a chronic disease management system to enable access to comprehensive patient data.
January 9, 2024 — Source
FDA grants real-time liver ablation AI clearance
Techsomed's ultrasound-based liver ablation software can eliminate the guesswork typically associated with thermal ablation therapy.
January 9, 2024 — Source
GSK buys asthma drug developer for up to $1.4 bn
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday agreed to buy Aiolos Bio for up to $1.4 billion, with focus on an asthma medication still at the testing stage.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Indonesia expands robotic telesurgery project with Iran
The expansion aims to connect the western and eastern islands at a distance of 3,500 kilometres.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute'
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: A national shortage of Adderall leaves people with narcolepsy struggling to live normal lives. and researchers find little evidence that mental health courts are keeping those who need them most out of lockup.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Liver transplantation becomes a 9-to-5 operation thanks to perfusion machine
Since early 2023, it has become standard practice at Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG) to perform virtually all hour-long liver transplants during daytime. This is possible because donor livers can be preserved for a much longer time in a special perfusion machine at the UMCG, without compromising donor liver quality.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Marking a vital milestone for Vertex and Charles River
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. today announced an important milestone in their strategic collaboration to manufacture CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel [exa-cel]). CASGEVY is approved in some countries for certain eligible patients.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Mass General Brigham CMIO on AI: 'exciting, but a little anxiety-provoking'
For the newest in our interview series with IT leaders about artificial intelligence's potential, Dr. Rebecca Mishuris shows where MGB is getting results, from clinician burnout to patient experience -- and she stresses the need for responsible AI.
January 9, 2024 — Source
New health care education program improves communication between clinicians, Aboriginal patients
A new health care education program developed in rural Western Australia is breaking down communication barriers between clinicians and Aboriginal patients.
January 9, 2024 — Source
New insights into obsessive-compulsive disorder: Understanding the role of insight in treatment and neuroimaging
Marking a substantial advancement in understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine have revealed key connections between clinical characteristics, neuroimaging and treatment, heralding new opportunities for improved diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
January 9, 2024 — Source
New research shows mobile methadone units are most impactful in rural areas
While mobile methadone units make a difference in expanding methadone use for patients with opioid addictions, they are likely to be most impactful in rural areas, according to new research.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Nitrous oxide effects are reversible with early treatment: Case study
Nitrous oxide is readily accessible to those who want to use it recreationally for the high it can provide. With just a few clicks, it can easily be bought online. But despite its availability, using the drug—commonly referred to as "whippets" (or "whippits"), "laughing gas," or "hippie crack"—can have sobering consequences, including permanent, full, or partial paralysis.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Older Americans say they feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans
In 2016, Richard Timmins went to a free informational seminar to learn more about Medicare coverage.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Overhaul epidemic modeling to include social networks, says new research
Models used by scientists to predict how epidemics will spread have a major flaw since they do not take into account the structure of the networks underlying transmission.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Panel advocates for increased adoption of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in peripheral vascular interventions
Proceedings from an expert consensus roundtable that discussed the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in lower extremity revascularization procedures were released today in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI), Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), and Journal of Vascular Surgery—Vascular Insights.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Physician survey shows lack of understanding of the FDA's approval process
Many physicians are unfamiliar with how the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulates new drugs and medical devices, and they may be under the impression that the data supporting these approvals are more rigorous than they are, according to a national survey of physicians conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF).
January 9, 2024 — Source
QIAGEN receives FDA clearance of NeuMoDx CT/NG Assay for use on both NeuMoDx 96 and 288 Molecular Systems
QIAGEN today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the NeuMoDx CT/NG Assay 2.0, growing its test menu for its integrated PCR-based clinical molecular testing systems NeuMoDx 96 and 288 in the United States.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Research discovers innate immune cells are more adaptable than previously thought
Natural killer (NK) cells, part of the innate immune system, can permanently remain in infected tissue and thus contribute to immunological memory, researchers at the University of Würzburg have discovered.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Researchers develop tool to identify dust lung disease risk
A new dust testing methodology developed by University of Queensland researchers offers workers better protection from diseases such as black lung and silicosis. The research is published in the journal Minerals.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Researchers uncover blood flow regulation of brain pericyte development
In a study published online in Cell Reports researchers create a zebrafish model for in vivo labeling of brain pericytes, and systematically explored the developmental dynamics of brain pericytes during the early embryonic stage.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Rising malpractice premiums price small clinics out of gender-affirming care for minors
After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an LGBTQ+ health clinic located just across the state line in Moline, Illinois, decided to start offering that care.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Scientists provide new insight into a molecular target of alcohol
Ethanol—the compound found in alcoholic beverages—interferes with the normal functioning of a long list of biological molecules, but how each of these interactions contributes to the behavioral effects of alcohol is not fully understood.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Social media leaves clues to mental health
Researchers are working on a way to better support people living with mental health concerns by analyzing their social media posts.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Study uncovers new biological marker for scleroderma
A cross-disciplinary University of Alberta research team has uncovered a biological marker for scleroderma that can predict which patients will develop severe disease and could also lead to new treatments.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Survey finds many US health care workers face harassment, burnout
Health workers are experiencing ever-increasing levels of harassment and burnout in the wake of the pandemic, a new federal survey has found.
January 9, 2024 — Source
The equity imperative: A roundtable on transforming healthcare
In the Roundtable titled "A Glimpse at How Stakeholders Are Working Towards Achieving Health Equity," published in the peer-reviewed journal Health Equity, two expert panel discussions examine efforts to achieve maternal health equity and changes that health systems can make to operationalize health equity.
January 9, 2024 — Source
The secret to better rural health care: Pay doctors to travel from urban to rural areas
Researchers from University of Oxford, Arizona State University, and University of Iowa have published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines how paying doctors to visit rural areas is a cost-effective way to provide reasonable access and effective care to most rural communities.
January 9, 2024 — Source
These Patients Had to Lobby for Correct Diabetes Diagnoses. Was Their Race a Reason?
When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, she recalled, while the other had pictures of seniors.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Using AI to identify high risk patients with asthma and COPD
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two of the most common lung diseases worldwide, and exacerbation of these conditions can negatively impact health and increase health care costs. A new study shows that deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses large amounts of data to process information, can improve detection of patients with these diseases who are at increased risk for multiple hospitalizations.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Using the body's own cells to treat traumatic brain injury
Scientists have created a new treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) that shrank brain lesions by 56% and significantly reduced local inflammation levels in pigs. The new approach leverages macrophages, a type of white blood cell that can dial inflammation up or down in the body in response to infection and injury.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Women's health company Heranova Lifesciences launches with $13.5M
The company offers diagnostic tests and therapeutics to detect and treat endometriosis, female fertility and bacterial vaginosis.
January 9, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 8th, 2024
Amazon's new initiative aims to help people discover digital health benefits to manage chronic conditions
Amazon announced today that it's launching Health Condition Programs, a new initiative that aims to make it easier for people to discover digital health benefits to help manage chronic conditions like prediabetes, diabetes and high blood pressure. Digital health company Omada Health is Amazon's launch partner for the new initiative.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Bridging the digital divide: Can better internet access improve mental healthcare in the U.S.?
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Mental Health, researchers examine the relationship between broadband internet access and mental health resource availability across United States counties, considering social determinants like urbanicity and poverty and identifying geographical patterns in this association.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Can family doctors deliver rural America from its maternal health crisis?
Zita Magloire carefully adjusted a soft measuring tape across Kenadie Evans' pregnant belly. Determining a baby's size during a 28-week obstetrical visit is routine. But Magloire, a family physician trained in obstetrics, knows that finding the mother's uterus and, thus, checking the baby, can be tricky for inexperienced doctors.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Emergency medicine residencies more likely to go unfilled at for-profit and newly accredited programs, finds study
The number of unfilled positions in emergency medicine residency programs surged in 2022 and 2023, with the trend most pronounced at programs that were recently accredited or under for-profit ownership. That's the key finding of my team's recent study of the past two match cycles.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Hospitals dealing with increasingly complex patients, analysis reveals
Hospitalized patients are more complex than they used to be. That's the finding of a newly published UBC study which set out to measure something researchers have been hearing anecdotally from hospital-based health care workers over the past two decades.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Introducing Teledyne LABS
A new brand and website for several well-known laboratory instrument brands.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Lung transplant discovery could improve survival rates
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential way to improve the survival rate of lung transplant patients.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Machine learning can make medical images more reliable
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers great opportunities when it comes to diagnosing cancer. However, the scanning procedure is extremely sensitive. One of the many problems occurs if the patient moves ever so slightly during the scan, resulting in a blurry image. This makes it more difficult to accurately determine the size and position of the cancer tumor
January 8, 2024 — Source
Methods for bypassing and treating spinal cord injury
Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch and their research team have been breaking new ground in the treatment of neurological disorders for over a decade. Here's a look at some of the promising new therapies they've developed.
January 8, 2024 — Source
New research identifies high rates and common causes of diagnostic errors in hospitals across the nation
A new study from researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California San Francisco, has shed light on the rate and impact of diagnostic errors in hospital settings.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Opinion: Literature inspired my medical career—why the humanities are needed in health care
While there is a long history of doctor-poets—one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician—few people seem to know this or understand the power of combining the humanities and medicine.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Research reveals age significantly impacts the diagnosis of a common blood disorder
New research by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences published in the Blood Journal has revealed that the age at which individuals are tested for von Willebrand disease (VWD), a common bleeding disorder, significantly affects their diagnosis. This could be key in addressing current challenges in misdiagnosis and treatment of patients, potentially reducing the risk of bleeding complications during surgery and childbirth.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Study finds residential addiction treatment for US teens is scarce, expensive
Despite an alarming increase in overdose deaths among young people nationwide, a new "secret shopper"-style study led by Oregon Health & Science University researchers finds that access to residential addiction treatment centers for adolescents in the United States is limited and costly.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Study highlights barriers to contraceptive access for disabled Medicare enrollees
Contraceptive use is low among reproductive-aged people with disabilities who are enrolled in Medicare, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh that highlights how lack of contraceptive coverage by Medicare may prevent disabled enrollees from accessing contraception.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Study of national data demonstrates the value of acute hospital care at home
Since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) Waiver in 2020, thousands of patients from across 300 hospitals in 37 states have been treated in their homes. Yet little is understood about these patients' outcomes on a national level, and the waiver will end in December 2024 unless there is an act from Congress.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Telehealth offers advantages for treating children with feeding disorders
One professional's shift to virtual care showed improved results for children learning to eat in their own homes with their parents, rather than in provider settings – and she's since made the shift to 100% virtual.
January 8, 2024 — Source
This 'MagicMirror' Analyzes Facial Blood Flow to Monitor Vital Signs
NuraLogix this week unveiled the Anura MagicMirror, a new health product that is designed to use a combination of sensors and artificial intelligence to check vital signs and provide disease risk assessments.
January 8, 2024 — Source or Watch Video
UpDoc to develop conversational, assistant-directed AI providers
Microsoft, Google, the Santa Clara County Independent Physician Association, UCSF Health, Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association are partnering with the company to put clinically managed artificial intelligence providers in patient homes.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Using spectroscopy to measure visual recognition
The brain is not only the most complex organ of the human body, but also one of the most difficult to study. To understand the roles of different regions of the human brain and how they interact, it is crucial to measure neuronal activity with subjects who are awake while they perform controlled tasks.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Vanderbilt piloting Nuance DAX Copilot, testing other genAI use cases
The projects mark a "significant step in VUMC's exploration of AI's potential in streamlining clinician workflows and enhancing medical record-keeping while reducing time spent on documentation," said the health system's CMIO.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 8th, 2024
Galaxy Watch's Advanced Sensor Tech Paves Way for Greater Preventive Healthcare Solutions
Samsung's Privileged Health SDK partnerships elevate remote patient monitoring, XR-based therapy and stress management, as well as sleep technology.
January 8, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 7th, 2024
Dlung: A novel method for lung image registration
Research published in Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science) has proposed a new method for lung image registration named Dlung. Dlung is an unsupervised few-shot learning-based diffeomorphic lung image registration, which can help construct respiratory motion models based on limited data with both high speed and high accuracy, offering a more efficient method for respiratory motion modeling.
January 7, 2024 — Source
UC Davis Health creates road map to diversify health care workforce
How can health care systems increase diversity and inclusion in their workforce?
January 7, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 6th, 2024
Florida gains FDA approval to import drugs from Canada
US regulators on Friday approved Florida's plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, making it the first state to win such authorization, in a bid to lower costs for American consumers.
January 6, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field — January 5th, 2024
Precision surgery, powered by prediction: Optimizing patient care with the best risk scores
Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Risk prediction models are an important part of assessing operative mortality and postoperative complication rates in current cardiac surgery practice.
January 5, 2024 — Source
UC Davis Health develops a road map to diversify the health care workforce
How can healthcare systems increase diversity and inclusion in their workforce?
January 5, 2024 — Source
Using static electricity to enhance biomedical implant durability
Medical technology innovations achieved by integrating science and medicine have improved the quality of life for patients. Especially noteworthy is the emergence of electronic devices implanted in the body, such as in the heart or brain, which enable real-time measurement and regulation of physiological signals, presenting new solutions for challenging conditions like Parkinson's disease.
January 5, 2024 — Source
Health — Health Field December 29th, 2023
Biomarker legislation could improve patient access in 2024
A new law passed in New York and legislation introduced in Ohio are just two of the latest examples of a legislative push to expand insurance coverage for biomarker testing.
December 29, 2023 — Source
Bold changes are in store for Medi-Cal in 2024, but will patients benefit?
California's safety-net health program, Medi-Cal, is on the cusp of major changes that could rectify long-standing problems and improve health care for the state's low-income population.
December 29, 2023 — Source
MRI can differentiate Meniere disease from Menieriform diseases
Jinye Li, from Shandong University in Jinan, China, and colleagues examined the differences of imaging findings and features between MD and other menieriform diseases via intravenous gadolinium-enhanced MRI. MR images were analyzed from 426 patients with menieriform symptoms, including MD, vestibular migraine (VM), and vestibular schwannoma (VS).
December 29, 2023 — Source
New perspectives on treating gallbladder inflammation
Ischemic cholecystitis is a form of gallbladder inflammation that occurs without gallstones or another form of external compression. It is caused by poor perfusion to the gallbladder tissue.
December 29, 2023 — Source
New robotic single-port platform for transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
Transvaginal NOTES, introduced in 2012, has gained popularity for its integration of vaginal surgery fundamentals. The approach combines the natural orifice entry of the vagina with the manual extension of laparoscopic instruments, offering enhanced visualization of the surgical field.
December 29, 2023 — Source
Prone positioning does not cut time to weaning in ARDS with VV-ECMO
For patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) undergoing venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO), prone positioning does not decrease the time to successful weaning compared with supine positioning, according to a study published in the Dec. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
December 29, 2023 — Source
The care home sector got £2.1 billion in government COVID aid, but care workers themselves got little support
The coronavirus public inquiry has made public all manner of decisions taken by the UK government, during the pandemic, that have shocked the nation.
December 29, 2023 — Source
The impact of nurse practitioner placement in Japanese nursing homes
The global demographic shift marked by a decline in birth rates and an increase in aging populations has posed a significant strain on health care resources. Recognizing the need for better health care, researchers have proposed innovative measures, including the integration of nurses into roles traditionally held by physicians.
December 29, 2023 — Source
The technologies set to drive medtech innovation in 2024
From AI to virtual hospitals
December 29, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field December 28th, 2023
FDA would like to stop finding Viagra in supplements sold on Amazon
"Big Guys Male Energy Supplement" turns out to be a vehicle for prescription drugs.
December 28, 2023 — Source
It's time FDA and CISA update their medical device agreement, says GAO
The watchdog agency said that it found the existing coordination agreement does not reflect "organizational and procedural changes," including the FDA's authority to find that medical devices in use violate federal law.
December 28, 2023 — Source
New method designs high-affinity, orally bioavailable peptides
For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various diseases, have remained elusive to oral drug therapy. Traditional small molecules often struggle to bind to proteins with flat surfaces or require specificity for particular protein homologs. Typically, larger biologics that can target these proteins demand injection, limiting patient convenience and accessibility.
December 28, 2023 — Source
NewYork-Presbyterian pays $300K to settle NY pixel tracking case
The hospital "failed to handle its patients' health information with care," said Attorney General Letitia James. It has pledged to update its policies on third-party tools, ensure deletion of PHI gathered by those tools and boost its privacy safeguards.
December 28, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field December 27th, 2023
Bad prescription? Strategies to improve racial health disparities can backfire
Strategies used by doctors to increase patient engagement with health information may work with white Americans, but can backfire with Black Americans.
December 27, 2023 — Source
High probability reported that balanced crystalloids in ICU cut mortality
For adults in the intensive care unit (ICU), there is a high probability that use of balanced crystalloids decreases in-hospital mortality compared with saline, according to a review published online Nov. 30 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Importance of physician-led team-based care underscored in new ACP policy
Team-based care is associated with better patient outcomes and lower burnout for physicians, but despite these benefits barriers remain to its adoption, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new policy paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. "Principles for the Physician-Led Patient-Centered Medical Home and Other Approaches to Team-Based Care" makes recommendations on professionalism, payment models, training, licensure, and research to support the expansion of dynamic clinical care teams.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Increasing levels of 'hype' language in grant applications and publications
The success of scientific endeavors often depends on support from public research grants. Successful applicants increasingly describe their proposed research using promotional language ("hype"); however, it remains unclear whether they use hype in their subsequent research publications.
December 27, 2023 — Source
JAMA research: AI model explanations don't meaningfully mitigate against bias
A randomized clinical vignette survey across more than a dozen states, with hospitalists, NPs and PAs taking part, evaluated systematically biased algorithms and how clinicians make decisions with image-based AI guides.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Milestone rating system improved residency knowledge ratings bias
Adoption of the Milestone ratings system in 2014 was associated with improvement in internal medicine (IM) residency knowledge ratings bias in Black or Latino residents, who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM), and Asian residents, according to a study published online Dec. 25 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
December 27, 2023 — Source
More than half of US medical interns experience sexual harassment
More than half of U.S. medical interns report experiencing sexual harassment, according to a research letter published online Dec. 26 in JAMA Network Open.
December 27, 2023 — Source
New method of cultivating human norovirus using zebrafish embryo
Food virologists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully propagated the human norovirus using zebrafish embryos, providing a valuable platform to assess the effectiveness of virus inactivation for the water treatment and food industries.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Researchers explore relation between sleep quality and various physical health parameters
Researchers conducted a comprehensive study involving 100 adults aged 30–59 years by employing electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements to assess sleep quality for five nights at the participants' homes. Additionally, detailed health examinations were conducted at a health care facility in Tokyo. The objective was to explore the relationship between sleep quality and various physical health parameters.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Study of cognitive fatigue across different tasks and populations provides new insights
In an innovative study, researchers at Kessler Foundation have conducted the first systematic investigation of the effects of cognitive fatigue by using two different tasks across three distinct populations: multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, and controls.
December 27, 2023 — Source
The first 'multiome' atlas of cell development in the human cerebral cortex from before birth to adulthood
A team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale University School of Medicine has created the first "multiome" atlas of brain cell development in the human cerebral cortex across six broad developmental time points from fetal development into adulthood, shedding new light on their roles during brain development and disease.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Understanding the neuroendocrine basis for social anxiety–like behavior in male mice
Estradiol (E2), a sex steroid hormone, plays an essential role in social behavior, including regulating social anxiety, which is anxiety experienced when unknown individuals are encountered. In males, testosterone secreted by the testes is converted to E2 in the brain, and the E2 binds to two types of estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ, to regulate social behavior. However, its neuroendocrine basis has not been understood.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Updated guidelines issued for management of anaphylaxis
In a practice parameter update published online Dec. 17 in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, new guidelines are presented for the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Virtual care works best when patients see their own family doctor, study finds
Compared to patients who had a virtual visit with their own family doctor, those who received virtual care from a doctor outside of their family care team were 66% more likely to visit the emergency department within seven days, according to new research.
December 27, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field December 26th, 2023, 2023
FirstHealth of the Carolinas solves access problem with Virtual Provider program
The time for patients coming out of the ER or a convenience clinic to see a primary care provider has gone from weeks to just hours. Virtual care has helped the health system achieve a 72% completion rate of Medicare annual wellness visits.
December 26, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 22nd, 2023
3 innovative ways edge computing and 5G are transforming health care
Edge computing and 5G can provide hospitals and medical staff with necessary tools for the best patient care, especially when time is of the essence. Meanwhile, cybersecurity concerns are also being addressed.
December 22, 2023 — Source
3D-printed bone: Biomimetic scaffolds offer hope for cranial defect repair
The cranial bone in the human body performs very important functions, such as protecting the brain and enabling the passage of the cranial nerves that are essential to physiological functioning. Critical-sized cranial defects can disrupt both the physical and psychological well-being of patients. Restoration of critical-sized cranial defects by cranioplasty is challenging for reconstructive surgeons, who prefer to use autologous bone grafts.
December 22, 2023 — Source or Source
AI tool aids in screening ultrasound videos for carpal tunnel syndrome
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Aster-CMI Hospital, have developed an AI tool that can identify the median nerve in ultrasound videos and detect carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The study was published in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control.
December 22, 2023 — Source
AI-powered attacks, AI potential and tailored cloud -- healthcare tech predictions for 2024
Technologies like AI are set to impact on many industries but perhaps more than most on healthcare. This is also an industry that's uniquely attractive to hackers thanks to the mix of personal and scientific information that it holds.
December 22, 2023 — Source
'AGGA' Inventor Testifies His Dental Device Was Not Meant for TMJ or Sleep Apnea
A Tennessee dentist who has been sued by multiple TMJ and sleep apnea patients over an unproven dental device he invented has said under oath that he never taught dentists to use the device for those ailments — contradicting video footage of him telling dentists how to use it.
December 22, 2023 — Source
Bold Changes Are in Store for Medi-Cal in 2024, but Will Patients Benefit?
California's safety-net health program, Medi-Cal, is on the cusp of major changes that could rectify long-standing problems and improve health care for the state's low-income population.
December 22, 2023 — Source
Microglia act as a 'facilitator and stabilizer' for anesthesia, finds study
Though it may be a surprise to the millions of people who undergo general anesthesia every year for medical procedures, the biological mechanism for how different anesthetics block consciousness is still not fully understood. However, researchers may be one step closer after uncovering how small immune cells in the brain called microglia are impacted by general anesthesia.
December 22, 2023 — Source
Record number of Americans choose Obamacare
Over 15 million Americans have signed up for health insurance using the Affordable Care Act's federal marketplace, a 33% increase from the year before, preliminary government data shows.
December 22, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 21st, 2023
At Geisinger, DME ordering automation pays off with big dividends
The health system and health plan has seen a 4-times ROI from its durable medical equipment technology work with its healthcare at home program. What's more, Geisinger has reduced overall turnaround time by 83%.
December 21, 2023 — Source
Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records
Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream.
December 21, 2023 — Source or Source
FDA approves first test to spot folks at high risk of opioid use disorder
A newly approved test can determine whether a person has a genetically driven risk of becoming addicted to opioids.
December 21, 2023 — Source
GPCR structure: Research reveals molecular origins of function for a key drug target
Through an international collaboration, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have leveraged data science, pharmacology and structural information to conduct an atomic-level investigation into how each amino acid in the receptor that binds adrenaline contributes to receptor activity in the presence of this natural ligand.
December 21, 2023 — Source
How to implement healthcare cyber insurance
The HHS 405(d) program has new resources to help small to large healthcare organizations navigate what's important when implementing cyber insurance.
December 21, 2023 — Source
Medical Delivery by Drone Is Happening. How Good Is It?
In 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes to make a bold announcement: In 5 years, Amazon customers would be getting deliveries by drones. People could receive just about any item they wanted in only 30 minutes.
December 21, 2023 — Source
MHRA provides 5 festive top tips for people taking medicines or using medical devices
Christmas and New Year is a time when we particularly want to keep well and stay safe. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has set out 5 festive top tips for people taking medicines or using medical devices.
December 21, 2023 — Source
No improvement noted in Black-white kidney transplant rate ratios
For patients with kidney failure, there appears to be no substantial improvement over time in the observed or adjusted Black-white mean living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) rate ratios (RRs), according to a study published online on Dec. 15 in JAMA Network Open.
December 21, 2023 — Source
Palliative care is underused for patients with malignant urinary obstruction, say researchers
Less than half of patients with malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO)—a serious complication of advanced cancer, with a poor prognosis—receive palliative care (PC) for their condition, reports a paper in the January issue of Urology Practice.
December 21, 2023 — Source
Risk for vitiligo increased for transplant recipients
Transplant recipients, especially those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), have an increased risk for vitiligo, according to a brief report published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Dermatology.
December 21, 2023 — Source
The Year in Opioid Settlements: 5 Things You Need to Know
This year, about $1.5 billion has landed in state and local government coffers from court settlements made with more than a dozen companies that manufactured, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were sued for their role in fueling the opioid crisis.
December 21, 2023 — Source or Source
Urology treatment studies show increased reporting of harmful effects
In recent years, clinical trial reports in major urology journals have been more likely to include data on harmful effects of treatments, reports a study in the January issue of The Journal of Urology.
December 21, 2023 — Source
Using mathematics to enhance kidney exchange programs
Danny Blom researched advanced models and their impact on the practice of kidney exchange.
December 21, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 19th, 2023
2024 outlook: AI focus will shift to specialized machine learning that addresses specific business problems
Maxime Vermeir, senior director of AI strategy at ABBYY, an intelligent automation company, offers an in-depth analysis of an AI boom he sees coming in the year ahead.
December 19, 2023 — Source
AI in medical research: Promise and challenges
In an editorial published in PNAS Nexus, Monica M. Bertagnolli assesses the promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to study and improve health. The editorial was written by Dr. Bertagnolli in her capacity as director of the National Cancer Institute. AI/ML offers powerful new tools to analyze highly complex datasets, and researchers across biomedicine are taking advantage.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Bridging ideas to IND: Nona Biosciences' year of impact in biotechnology
Amidst a backdrop of industry-wide hurdles like inflation, talent scarcities, and stringent regulatory landscapes, Nona Biosciences is showing great promise as an emerging global leader in biotechnology. On November 28th, the Cambridge, Massachusetts company celebrated 'Nona Innovation Day', marking an impressive first year of pioneering advancements and growth.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Computer simulations reveal best placement areas for bleeding control kits in public spaces
Where should bleeding control equipment be located to save as many lives as possible? Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden, in collaboration with U.S. researchers, have found the answer to this through computer simulations of a bomb exploding in a shopping center. One of the most important conclusions: Bleeding control kits should not be located at entrances.
December 19, 2023 — Source
New bioengineered scaffold may help large deep burn wounds heal faster
A team of UC Davis researchers led by bioengineer Aijun Wang has designed and tested a supportive structure, called a scaffold, that can help large deep burn wounds heal faster. The promising new treatment was found to promote the formation of new blood vessels and reduce complications linked to open burn wounds. It may also reduce the need for skin grafting in patients with significant burns over their body.
December 19, 2023 — Source
New tool assesses role of 'embeddedness' in learning health systems
Learning health systems (LHS) is a multidisciplinary research field that seeks to improve clinical decision-making, promote personalized medicine, and identify best practices to optimize patient outcomes. By creating a feedback loop between real-time research and practitioners in the field, LHS aims to improve information access for scholars and accelerate the translation of knowledge into tangible improvements in patient care.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Patient-specific muscle models pave way for personalized neuromuscular therapies
Scientists have so far identified around 800 different neuromuscular diseases. These conditions are caused by problems in the way muscle cells, motor neurons and peripheral cells interact. These disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy, lead to muscle weakness, paralysis, and in some cases death.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Research finds animated short videos are effective in sharing environmental health information
Air pollution is a major health risk that is only getting worse due to climate change. However, many health professionals feel they are not equipped to sufficiently address these impacts.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Sphere Fluidics appoints Dr. Graeme Daniels as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Sphere Fluidics, a leading provider of innovative microfluidics-based solutions for single-cell analysis and isolation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Graeme Daniels, PhD, as the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his role within the senior leadership team, Graeme will lead the international sales and marketing strategy, building on the rapid growth and market presence gained from the Company's rebrand and extensive state-of-the-art facility expansion earlier this year.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Study finds that nearly 30% of caregivers for severe stroke survivors experience psychological distress
Stroke is an abrupt, devastating disease that instantly changes a person's life and has the potentially to cause lasting disability or death. However, the condition also has profound effects on the patient's loved ones—who are often called to make difficult decisions quickly.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Technological advances in out-of-hospital care: Digital solutions, Asia Pacific experiences, and inherent challenges
The health care systems in the Asia-Pacific region are under the threat of an aging population and the growing demands for medical services. In response to these challenges, out-of-hospital care bolstered by digital medical technologies has been identified as a feasible solution.
December 19, 2023 — Source
'They will come at me': Study investigates fear of retaliation in America's nursing homes
While highly prevalent and pervasive, the fear of retaliation has largely been overlooked in policy and research. A new study seeks to improve understanding of this phenomenon.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Treating opioid disorder without meds is more harmful than no treatment at all, finds study
In cases of opioid use disorder, short-term medically managed withdrawal (commonly known as detox) and long-term rehabilitation treatments that don't incorporate continued use of buprenorphine or methadone are no more effective at preventing overdose deaths than no treatment at all, a new Yale-led study reveals.
December 19, 2023 — Source
When a Quick Telehealth Visit Yields Multiple Surprises Beyond a Big Bill
In September 2022, Elyse Greenblatt of Queens returned home from a trip to Rwanda with a rather unwelcome-back gift: persistent congestion.
December 19, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 18th, 2023
EQT Private Equity to acquire Zeus, a global leader in advanced polymer components used in life-saving medical procedures
The EQT X fund (“EQT”) and Zeus Company, Inc., today jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement for EQT to acquire Zeus Company Inc (“Zeus” or the “Company”) from the Tourville family. Founded in 1966, Zeus is a pioneer in the design, development, and extrusion of fluoropolymer tubing for medical devices and select industrial applications. EQT also announced that John Groetelaars, former CEO of Hillrom and EQT Industrial Advisor, will serve as Zeus' Executive Chairman upon closing of the transaction.
December 18, 2023 — Source
Female researchers receive only one-third of NIH R01 grants, research finds
From 2012 to 2022, female researchers were awarded only one-third of National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants (R01 grants), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held from Dec. 9 to 12 in San Diego.
December 18, 2023 — Source
Nurse aide turnover linked to scheduling decisions
Long-term care facilities that scheduled part-time Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) with more hours and more consistently with the same co-workers had reduced turnover, according to research led by Washington State University. The findings could help address staffing challenges that affect millions of patients at long-term care facilities nationwide.
December 18, 2023 — Source
Only 1 in 18 people with opioid use disorder get effective treatment after overdose
In the week following any hospital visit for an overdose, only 1 in 18 people with opioid use disorder begin a treatment known to be highly effective in reducing illness and deaths, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
December 18, 2023 — Source
Racial and ethnic disparities seen in use of hospice
Racial and ethnic disparities are seen in use of hospice among Medicaid recipients, according to a study published online Dec. 8 in JAMA Health Forum.
December 18, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 15th, 2023
2024 outlook: Traditional care and faxes on the way out; retail care executes its plans
A provider's digital transformation expert and consultant shows how regular care paradigms will continue to erode, the big four retail healthcare players will begin to execute their plans, and the fax machine will at long last (gulp) die.
December 15, 2023 — Source
Blueprint Medicines announces approval of AYVAKYT for treatment of ISM patients in Europe
Blueprint Medicines Corporation today announced the European Commission has approved AYVAKYT® (avapritinib) for the treatment of adult patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) with moderate to severe symptoms inadequately controlled on symptomatic treatment. AYVAKYT is the first and only approved therapy for people living with ISM in Europe.
December 15, 2023 — Source
'Financial Ruin Is Baked Into the System': Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care
Thousands of readers reacted to the articles in the “Dying Broke” series about the financial burden of long-term care in the United States. They offered their assessments for the government and market failures that have drained the lifetime savings of so many American families. And some offered possible solutions.
December 15, 2023 — Source or Source
HIMSSCast: How CIOs and IT teams should prepare for a fast-evolving future in health IT
William Lewkowski, vice president of HCTec, a healthcare consulting firm, discusses a distributed landscape for healthcare and health IT and new technologies leaders at provider organizations must consider.
December 15, 2023 — Source
'Until it is fixed': Congress ramps up action on Social Security clawbacks
The Senate Finance Committee is ramping up oversight of Social Security's overpayment problem and plans to meet with the agency every month "until it is fixed."
December 15, 2023 — Source
Where AI innovation has taken one EHR vendor in 2023
"AI can fundamentally change the physician experience with an EHR by making it an intelligent partner for the clinician," says Paul Brient, chief product officer of athenahealth.
December 15, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 14th, 2023
Are hospitals and health systems today relying more on the skills of IT vendors?
One industry observer notes the massive digital transformation in how care is accessed and the historic increases in cyberattacks have been pushing more provider organizations to expect much more from their IT vendors.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Australian patients missing out on private health benefits, new report shows
The Australian Medical Association has released its 2023 Private Health Insurance Report Card (PDF), which shows that the rebates for identical procedures still vary wildly between insurers.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Biology, anatomy, and finance? More med students want business degrees too
Jasen Gundersen never considered a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a rural primary care doctor.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Brain imaging technique allows researchers to achieve more with less data
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses magnetic fields to create images of the body that allow doctors to diagnose injury or illness more accurately. Susceptibility tensor imaging (STI), a specialized MRI technique, measures the magnetic susceptibility of different tissues in the brain by quantifying how they become magnetized when exposed to the MRI scanner's magnetic field. Researchers and physicians can use such information to better understand, diagnose, and monitor neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Common oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban linked to highest risk of bleeding complications
When diagnosed with a blood clot or atrial fibrillation, patients are often prescribed anticoagulants, or blood thinners, to prevent a future clot.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Here are some of the biggest medical advances in 2023
New treatments include the first CRISPR gene-editing therapy, an Alzheimer's drug and RSV vaccines
December 14, 2023 — Source
HHS releases national data strategy to achieve better health outcomes
The agency said the new strategy is critical to achieving its goal of reducing cancer deaths by 50% and improving the burdens of cancer treatments on patients and families.
December 14, 2023 — Source
New app to bridge information gap between hospitals, nursing homes and offer better care for patients
Approximately one in five older adults in the U.S. is transferred to a nursing home following a hospital stay. For many of these patients, an accessible medical record does not accompany them, often negatively affecting the care they receive at the nursing home. This poor information sharing is a significant problem contributing to the adverse events within 45 days of hospital discharge experienced by nearly 40 percent of nursing home residents.
December 14, 2023 — Source
ONC inks final health IT certification rule
Despite broad concern by health IT developers and owners, some deadlines have been pushed out in HTI-1, the new federal rule governing certification, AI transparency and other standards, while those for decision support algorithms have not.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Popular blood thinner associated with higher risk of bleeding complications
When diagnosed with a blood clot or atrial fibrillation, patients are often prescribed anticoagulants, or blood thinners, to prevent a future clot.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Researchers seek to revolutionize health care waiting rooms for underserved communities
Researchers from Florida State University have examined how a doctor's office waiting room design can impact health outcomes for women.
December 14, 2023 — Source
Researchers turn mathematical models into health care solutions
Two Leiden researchers have demonstrated how mathematics can improve our health care. Daniel Gomon has developed a model that contributes to the quality of care in hospitals. Marta Spreafico works on an app that helps physicians make well-informed decisions about the treatment of a certain type of cancer. "It's great when statistical models can be applied to medical problems."
December 14, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 12th, 2023
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants
Lawmakers want HHS to revise health privacy law to require warrants.
December 12, 2023 — Source
From complexity to simplicity: The new era of plate readers
In this interview with NewsMedical, Dr. Yousef Nazirizadeh offers insights into the advanced functionalities and diverse types of Byonoy's plate readers, underscoring their significance in the industry.
December 12, 2023 — Source
Jena scientist receives grant for research on mitochondrial and neurodegenerative disease treatments
Dr. Kanstantsin Siniuk, postdoctoral researcher in the project group of Dr. Helmut Pospiech at the Leibniz Institute on Aging — Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) Jena, has secured a 96,000 euro grant from the BMBF's GO-Bio initial program for his pioneering project on mitochondrial and neurodegenerative disease treatments.
December 12, 2023 — Source
Caregiving can be stressful, but it could also lower risk of depression: Study
Becoming a caregiver to an aging parent or spouse can be stressful, but a new study from a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin is questioning the idea that family caregiving is also a risk factor for depression.
December 12, 2023 — Source
Listen: What Our 2-Year-Long Investigation Into Medical Debt Reveals
Across the country, Americans are losing their homes, emptying their retirement accounts, and struggling to feed and clothe their families because of medical debt. For two years, KFF Health News and NPR have been investigating this crisis through the “Diagnosis: Debt” project.
December 12, 2023 — Source
New computer tools can reconstruct 3D brain from biobank photos
Researchers have developed a suite of free tools for analyzing vast amounts of brain dissection photographs at brain banks worldwide to enhance understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.
December 12, 2023 — Source
New test predicts risk of cognitive dysfunction in older surgery patients
Identifying an older patient who is at risk for post-operative cognitive dysfunction might be done in the blink of an eye—literally.
December 12, 2023 — Source
People With Disabilities Hope Autonomous Vehicles Deliver Independence
Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving.
December 12, 2023 — Source or Source
Pfizer expects to complete purchase of Seagen on Thursday
Pfizer announced Tuesday that it expects to complete this week its $43 billion acquisition of cancer-focused biotech company Seagen after clearing key regulatory hurdles.
December 12, 2023 — Source
States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people
Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question, "Do you have naloxone that I can pick up today?"
December 12, 2023 — Source
Study: Tat-heat shock protein 10 ameliorates age-related phenotypes in the hippocampus
A new research paper, titled "Tat-heat shock protein 10 ameliorates age-related phenotypes by facilitating neuronal plasticity and reducing age-related genes in the hippocampus," was published in the journal Aging.
December 12, 2023 — Source
Surgery does not result in better outcomes for pituitary apoplexy
Three-month outcomes are similar with medical and surgical management of pituitary apoplexy (PA), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
December 12, 2023 — Source
TEFCA is live and ready to exchange data, says HHS
Five QHINs have completed the onboarding process, according to ONC, and will now drive higher levels of healthcare information interoperability across the U.S.
December 12, 2023 — Source
The intersection of telehealth and AI: How can they reinforce each other?
Now that telemedicine is mainstream, artificial intelligence is helping healthcare providers with imperatives such as patient triage. Early results are promising.
December 12, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — December 11th, 2023
6 med tech innovations from 2023 that could improve our lives
A flying hospital, for starters.
December 11, 2023 — Source
AI trained on X-rays can diagnose medical issues as accurately as doctors, finds study
A collaborative study among Warwick, King's College London and several NHS sites has demonstrated how AI can analyze X-rays and diagnose medical issues just as accurately or more accurately than doctors.
December 11, 2023 — Source
Biology, Anatomy, and Finance? More Med Students Want Business Degrees Too
Jasen Gundersen never considered a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a rural primary care doctor.
December 11, 2023 — Source
Cybercriminals seek to extort Fred Hutch patients for about $2M
"Your data has been stolen and will soon be sold to various data brokers and black markets to be used in fraud and other criminals," the alleged attackers say in an email sent directly to one patient.
December 11, 2023 — Source
Doctors on (video) call: Rural medics get long-distance help in treating man gored by bison
Rural medics who rescued rancher Jim Lutter after he was gored by a bison didn't have much experience handling such severe wounds.
December 11, 2023 — Source
New treatment options for advanced myelofibrosis and other blood malignancies show promise
Few standard treatments have been available for advanced myelofibrosis, a bone marrow disorder characterized by excessive scar tissue that disrupts the normal production of blood cells
December 11, 2023 — Source
Plant-Based Soft Medical Robots
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed plant-based microrobots that are intended to pave the way for medical robots that can enter the body and perform tasks, such as obtaining a biopsy or performing a surgical procedure. The robots consist of a hydrogel material that is biocompatible and the composite contains cellulose nanoparticles derived from plants.
December 11, 2023 — Source
Soybean oil production residue can be used to make product that treats symptoms of menopause
Consuming soy foods is often said to be good for women's health, and much research has been conducted in recent decades to find out whether it can explain why Asian women, whose diet contains plenty of soy foods, have few or none of the usual symptoms of menopause reported by women in the West, such as hot flushes, insomnia, irritability, and depression.
December 11, 2023 — Source
To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet
Compudopt enables millions of households to participate in telemedicine – and its community portal offers free tech support, resources and low-cost services for food, housing and more.
December 11, 2023 — Source
Trust issues prevent sharing of vital health and welfare data in Australia, finds study
A lack of trust between institutions in Australia is a bigger hurdle to the easy sharing of health and social welfare data than perceived state legislation obstacles—which researchers say largely don't have a detrimental effect in Australia.
December 11, 2023 — Source
These programs put unused prescription drugs in the hands of patients in need
On a recent November evening, Angie Phoenix waited at a pharmacy here in Colorado's second-largest city to pick up prescription drugs to treat her high blood pressure and arm seizures.
December 11, 2023 — Source
Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
Sharon Woodward used to travel the country as a medical technician. She made good money and prided herself on her skills.
December 11, 2023 — Source or Watch Video
Health — Health Field — December 8th, 2023
£1.9 million funding supports research on drivers of health disparities and infection risk across England
Dr Rosalind Eggo, an Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has been awarded over £1.9 million funding to lead research into drivers of health disparities and associated infectious disease burden across England.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Being Black and pregnant in the deep South can be a dangerous combination
O'laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors.
December 08, 2023 — Source
CDC: Chronic fatigue syndrome prevalence 1.3 percent in 2021 to 2022
The prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in the United States in 2021 to 2022 was 1.3 percent, according to a December data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Gyros Protein Technologies and Biotage partner to advance peptide purification efficiency with new automated solution
Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents and a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays, and Biotage, a global life sciences company, providing high-quality purification and sample preparation solutions, today announced a partnership to offer Biotage® PeptiPEC, based on Gyros' PurePep® EasyClean (PEC™) catch and release technology, on Biotage® Extrahera™ automated sample preparation system.
December 08, 2023 — Source
High pressure competitive environment impacts performance of top esports players, new study shows
Elite esports gamers contend with pressures that significantly impact their performance, as revealed in a recent study conducted by the University of Chichester.
December 08, 2023 — Source
HIMSSCast: CDC's new outbreak and disease modeling network, and its promise for public health
The new public-private collaboration Insight Net is using advanced biosurveillance to respond to outbreaks and prevent future pandemics. Dylan George, director of the CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, explains more.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Jewish General uses self-service platform, synthetic data to democratize analytics
Operational staff are focused on improving efficiency and reducing delays, while clinical teams are looking at quality improvement projects. A thriving research community, meanwhile, is digging deep into data for many different use cases.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Mexico City Policy on global aid curtailed family planning services in Africa, study finds
A new study has found that the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, formerly known as the Mexico City Policy, reduced the provision and use of contraceptives, as well as community health volunteer services, in African countries.
December 08, 2023 — Source
New research paints a dynamic picture of how we respond to high or low oxygen levels
It only takes holding your breath for slightly too long to understand that too little oxygen is bad for you. But can you also have too much? Indeed, breathing air with a higher oxygen level than your body needs can cause health problems or even death.
December 08, 2023 — Source
OCR settles phishing attack investigation, with provider paying $480,000
This agency's first data breach settlement under HIPAA for a phishing attack involved the alleged failure to conduct a risk analysis to identify potential ePHI threats or vulnerabilities across the Lafourche Medical Group network.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Rare pre- and post-operative recordings show what happens after the brain loses a hub
A University of Iowa-led team of international neuroscientists have obtained the first direct recordings of the human brain in the minutes before and after a brain hub crucial for language meaning was surgically disconnected. The results reveal the importance of brain hubs in neural networks and the remarkable way in which the human brain attempts to compensate when a hub is lost, with immediacy not previously observed.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Recommendations for fatigue management in inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
Fatigue is common in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). The causes of fatigue are not well understood, and it is likely that they vary between people and over time. From a patient perspective, fatigue has a significant and detrimental impact on daily life, and it is a priority to address.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Shaping tobacco control messages for the Chinese lunar new year through effective short videos
China is the largest tobacco producer and consumer in the world. However, these is still a serious lack of public awareness of the hazards of smoking and second-hand smoke exposure in China. Furthermore, despite efforts by the government in tobacco control, challenges persist. For example, harmful behaviors, such as gifting cigarettes, are still prevalent, and legal restrictions on smoking in designated areas have not yet translated into completely smoke-free environments.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Study finds social factors drive use of scented menstrual products tied to health risks
New research finds that Black Americans and people with less formal education are more likely to use scented and scent-altering menstrual and intimate care products than other groups. Ingredients used in these products have been linked to allergies, asthma, cancer, endocrine disruption, and poor pregnancy outcomes.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Thawing 'Fire-Ice' in Oceans Could Worsen Climate Change
This material is 13% methane, which is 25 times worse for the atmosphere than carbon dioxide
December 08, 2023 — Source
Updated systemic lupus erythematosus management recommendations
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous disease, which can cause many different manifestations and symptoms, and traditionally did not have many treatment options. However, the picture is changing, and clinical practice must change accordingly, to keep up with modern treatment options and to make the most of new drugs that can target key pathophysiological pathways. In line with this, EULAR has updated its recommendations for managing SLE.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Virtual avatars want you to tell them about your pain. Is that the future of health care?
Venkata Leelakrishna Kodipunjula was dealing with a loss.
December 08, 2023 — Source
Health — Health Field — Alternative Medicine
6 easy to use criteria for evaluating and comparing nutritional supplements
Presents 6 criteria which consumers can use to evaluate and compare nutritional supplements.
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Alternative Medicine
The Healing Directory, is an online directory of Alternative Physicians and Practitioners in the New York Tri-State. the site also includes reviews of practitioners, natural products.
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Body Cleansing Products
A Major Difference is a Colorado based corporation dedicated to the alternative healing arts. we provide our customers with the most technologically advanced .
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Flaxseed Oil Side Effects
While most people do not have problems while taking flaxseed oil, side effects are possible, especially when you take the product in high doses. If you take more than two tablespoonfuls of flaxseed oil a day, you may experience diarrhea or loose stools. Certain side effects of flaxseed oil are potentially dangerous and require medical attention, such as any signs of bleeding or an allergic reaction.
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HarmonicInnerprizes
Buy Food Supplement products Bath salts seaweed Calcium supplements for a healthy living helps to get rid of all health related problems.
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Omega 3 fatty acids, fish oil, alpha-linolenic acid
Dietary sources of omega 3 fatty acids include fish oil and certain plant/nut oils. Fish oil contains both docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), while some nuts (English walnuts) and vegetable oils (canola, soybean, flaxseed/linseed, olive) contain alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).
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pH Balance your Body: Alkaline Supplements & pH Test Strips
To pH Balance your body, use pHion pH test strips and alkaline supplements. pHion's alkalizing supplements range from alkaline water, prebiotics to colloidal silver.
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Womens alternative health products
Women's alternative health products.
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Health — Health Field — Consumer Information
Buying Medical Products Online
tips and warnings for consumers buying prescription and over-the-counter drugs on the Web. from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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HEALTHmap
Global disease alert mapping system.
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RXList
The internet drug index.
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WorstPills.org
your expert, independent source for prescription drug information.
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YAI Network
Since 1957, we have been providing hope and opportunity to people of all ages with disabilities and their families. Our organization includes more than 450 programs and services and serves more than 20,000 people every day!
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Health — Health Field — Legal Information
California Bone Injury Lawyers — Broken Bone law Firm — Demas & Rosenthal.
California Bone Injury Lawyers — Demas & Rosenthal — bone injury attorneys experienced in bone fracture injuries and broken bone cases. Aggressive Sacramento lawyers experienced in recovering maximum results.
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Health — Health Field — Miscellaneous
AARP
Guide to the new Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage.
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AccuCare Insurance Quotes
Offers long term care quotes from competitive insurance providers.
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Affordable Long Term Care Information
Sites offers information on long term care insurance, as well as a quote request form.
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Allhealth Insurance Services
Online health insurance portal for individuals and small groups. we also offer dental, life and travel insurance for all 50 U.S. states
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American Health Value
One of the first providers of MSAs, now offering investment options and a PPO medical provider network. Useful information and links for all MSA shoppers.
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Benefit House
Get health insurance, life insurance, travel insurance quotes.
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Benefit Select, Inc.
Offers long-term care, vision, dental, and chiropractic insurance.
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Besthealthplans.com
Specializing in small group employee benefit plans.
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Blue Cross Tonik Health Insurance
Blue Cross Tonik. 3 simple Health Field plans for ages 0-64. Easy online applications.
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Blue Shield of California
MSA-qualified Preferred Savings Plan, available through any Blue Shield of California agent. Offered in CA only.
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California health insurance quotes.
Instant pricing. Online quotes.
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CE Marking of Medical Devices
We are REGULATORY SPECIALISTS. a team qualified and experienced in Medical Device, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Food and Nutraceutical regulatory practice, working across the America, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Despite the reach and capabilities of our offices, we are large enough to guide fortune 500 companies and small enough to guide individually owned companies, making us one of the most accepted regulatory specialists.
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Dental America.com
Dental discount plan with no pre-determinations.
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eHealthInsurance.com
Quotes for major medical health insurance. Includes a glossary and FAQ.
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Find Health Insurance
Instant health insurance quotes in 26 states including glossary and links.
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Health Symphony
Offering health insurance quotes, news, information and assistance.
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HealthAxis.com
Electronic provider of health insurance for individuals.
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HealthPlansOnline.com
Quotes for individual and group health, long term care, disability, life insurance, and Medicare supplement.
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