Health
LSU Health’s Bailey to receive prestigious national award
New Orleans, LA – The American Psychiatric Association (APA) Foundation has selected Rahn Baily, MD, DLFAPA, ACP, Professor and Chair...
Significant “post-COVID” resurgence in invasive meningococcal disease
A team of scientists from the Institut Pasteur has used the database of the National Reference Center for Meningococci to...
Cheap medicines prevented migraine as well as expensive ones
Migraine is more than just a headache. Often the pain is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, light sensitivity, and sound sensitivity....
Consumption of antibiotics in the community back to pre-pandemic levels in the European Union and European Economic Area
This year’s European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) focuses on the targets outlined in the 2023 Council Recommendation to step up...
First human clinical trial for pill-sized device that monitors breathing from the gut
Scientists have developed an ingestible device that can safely monitor vital signs like breathing and heart rate from inside humans....
Ingestible electronic device detects breathing depression in patients
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Diagnosing sleep disorders such as sleep apnea usually requires a patient to spend the night in a...
UK’s Rural Physician Leadership Program, Anthem Medicaid announce new rural medicine scholarships
MOREHEAD, Ky. (Nov. 17, 2023) — In celebration of National Rural Health Day, yesterday the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and Anthem Blue Cross...
Azerbaijan women behind global average for thalassemia screening and genetic counselling | BGI Insight
5.2% of the global population carry hemoglobin abnormalities, resulting in 300,000 to 400,000 children born with severe hemoglobinopathies annually. Thalassemia, a hereditary...
Highlights from the journal CHEST®, November 2023
Glenview, Illinois – Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and...
Growing income inequities in the utilization of healthcare resources, Swedish study finds
Swedish people with the lowest incomes utilize primary and outpatient care on par with those with the highest incomes despite...
Drug manufacturers use FDA, patent strategies to keep insulin prices high
Over the last four decades, insulin manufacturers have extended their periods of market exclusivity on brand-name insulin products by employing...
USF researchers help reduce lead levels in Madagascar drinking water
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2023) -- A team of engineers and public health experts from the University of South Florida is...
First-of-their-kind wearables capture body sounds to continuously monitor health
During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies — air moving in and out...
IVI signs MOU with University of Cambridge, University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club to establish the Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute
November 16, 2023, Republic of Korea — The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization with a mission to discover, develop,...
Bear genes show circadian rhythms even during hibernation
PULLMAN, Wash. – The internal clocks of grizzly bears appear to keep ticking through hibernation, according to a genetic study....
Why it’s important to improve communication of unanticipated genomic findings to patients with late-stage cancer
FINDINGS Cancer genomics experts at City of Hope®, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United...
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics researchers awarded $31M in grants for medical artificial intelligence innovation research
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston reached a funding landmark with 15 faculty members awarded 16 different grants totaling more...
Microorganisms living in gastrointestinal tracts may foretell diagnoses of debilitating diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Nov. 15, 2023Credit: UMass Lowell courtesy photo Nov. 15, 2023 Media Contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations Nancy Cicco,...
UTHealth Houston researcher receives NIH subcontract to study effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia
A five-year, $3.9 million grant to study the effects of integrated palliative care on health service outcomes and disparities in...
UMass Lowell researchers are developing pancreas-like tissue to help people with diabetes
Media contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations, [email protected] Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations, [email protected]: UMass Lowell courtesy...
