Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia has secured access to Ronapreve and Pfizer's oral antiviral drug PF-07321332. Here's what we know about these drugs and how they work. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
National Guard Called Up to Ease Crowding at Minnesota Hospitals
Staffing shortages at long-term care facilities are preventing hospitals from discharging patients and admitting new ones. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Journalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America
KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed organ transplants and the covid-19 vaccine on NBC’s “NBC Now” on Oct. 8. Click here to watch Aleccia on “NBC Now“Read Aleccia’s “Organ Centers to ... [Continue Reading]
Public health interventions, more hospitals associated with reduction in COVID-19 case-fatality rates
Counties that banned in-person religious gatherings and those with a greater number of hospitals per capita were associated with a decreased case-fatality rate of COVID-19 during the pandemic’s first wave, according to a new University of Michigan ... [Continue Reading]
NYU Langone Health opens an expansive care center in Bethpage
As part of its commitment to enhance access to high-quality care, NYU Langone Health has opened NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bethpage—one of Nassau County's largest multispecialty care centers—at 185 Central Avenue. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read ... [Continue Reading]
Study finds a downward trend in buprenorphine misuse among U.S. adults with opioid use disorder
Data from a nationally representative survey indicate that in 2019, nearly three-fourths of U.S. adults reporting buprenorphine use did not misuse the medication in the past 12 months. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Identifying the risks of babies being born small
Rosie Stoke describes her work looking to identify the full range of risk factors for small babies and how care can be directed to reduce the chances of babies being born small. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Pandemic-related grief associated with lower levels of mother-infant bonding
The emotional connection between a mother and her newborn baby can lay the foundation for the child's development and the family's outcomes. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Plant-eating lizards on the cusp of tooth evolution
Researchers found that complex teeth, a hallmark of mammals, also evolved several times in reptiles, prompting the evolutionary success of plant-eating lizards. However, contrary to mammals their tooth evolution was not unidirectional. SOURCE: ... [Continue Reading]
Scientists find evidence the early solar system harbored a gap between its inner and outer regions
In the early solar system, a 'protoplanetary disk' of dust and gas rotated around the sun and eventually coalesced into the planets we know today. A new study suggests that a mysterious gap existed within this disk around 4.567 billion years ago, and ... [Continue Reading]
Misinformation on stem cell treatments for COVID-19 linked to overhyped science, researchers argue
The global race to develop new stem cell-based COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic was filled with violations of government regulations, inflated medical claims and distorted public communication, say the authors of a new perspective published ... [Continue Reading]
Takeover
On July 14, 1970, members of the Young Lords took over Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. Among their demands? Accessible, quality health care for all. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Skin stem cells get moving for enhanced skin regeneration
Although sometimes hard to accept, with aging, many things in our bodies change. One of these is the ability of the skin to regenerate. Old skin is just not as good as young skin at healing wounds. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms ... [Continue Reading]
Cómo hacer desaparecer una deuda médica: 5 consejos para usar la asistencia caritativa del hospital
¿Qué pasa si se aprueba una ley pero nadie la hace cumplir? Eso es básicamente lo que ha ocurrido con una pequeña pero útil normativa sobre los hospitales y la asistencia financiera para cubrir facturas médicas. ... [Continue Reading]
Urinary tract infections: Focus on safe medication use
By Elizabeth Si and Certina Ho Urinary Tract Infections Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which can generally be classified into several categories (Table 1), are one of the most common conditions seen in the community for which patients seek ... [Continue Reading]
Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on ... [Continue Reading]
Laser treatment shows potential to transform glaucoma management in Africa
Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions with high disease prevalence and incidence, suggests new research published in ... [Continue Reading]
Climate change action could significantly benefit human health in the future
Measures to tackle climate change could significantly benefit human health in the next few years, as well as in the long-term, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
WHO blames pandemic as tuberculosis deaths rise for first time in years
Fewer people got tested and treated for the disease because resources were diverted to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has said. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Bill Clinton Is Hospitalized for Infection, Aide Says
An aide said that Mr. Clinton had a urological infection that had developed into sepsis, although it was not considered to be acute. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
How highly processed foods harm memory in the aging brain
Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in the brains of aging rats that was accompanied by behavioral signs of memory loss, a new study has found. Researchers also found that supplementing the processed ... [Continue Reading]
The dinosaur extinction led to lots of new mammals and birds — and snakes to eat them
After the dinosaurs disappeared, the world saw an explosion of birds and mammals. But a study suggests a burst of new snakes appeared, too, with diets to match the newly expanding array of animals. SOURCE: Research News : NPR - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
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