Injections are two-and-a-half times safer when nurses use revamped guidelines
Credit: Gustavo Fring The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections ...
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Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
Rabies is preventable. Inequality has kept it a threat.Credit: © Ravi Ruparel. In the US, dying from rabies is virtually ...
Good news and bad news: Changing trends in cardiovascular disease in Canada
Analysis of ten years of inpatient records published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology yields important insights into the changing ...
Timing of SNAP benefits can reduce childhood injuries
Credit: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. - A new study published recently in "BMC Pediatrics" shows a connection between the time ...
The COVID-19 Kidney / Transplant Listening & Resource Center
New call center to answer questions, educate, and support the dialysis and transplant community.Credit: Coral Von Zumwalt The Transplant Research ...
NIH funds centers to improve the role of genomics in assessing and managing disease risk
eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five yearsCredit: Ernesto del Aguila ...
About half of people use health technology to communicate with their health providers
Statewide study reflects nationwide trendsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- New research shows that 47 percent of people are using technology ...
Study gauges how Kansans get information on COVID-19, which sources they trust
Survey finds social media least trusted source, health officials mostCredit: Mugur Geana LAWRENCE -- New information emerges about the novel ...
NUS research team develops portable COVID-19 diagnostic system for rapid on-site testing
With Epidax, COVID-19 testing can be done at the point of care, and diagnosis -- from sample collection to result ...
Rapid genomic profiling of colon cancers can improve therapy selection for patients
Multicenter study led by Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center shows vastly improved turnaround time to get results from ...
FCC grant to expand UVA Health’s COVID-19 telehealth care
More than $750,000 to support remote patient monitoring, virtual urgent careCredit: UVA Health The Federal Communications Commission awarded UVA Health ...
Nationwide EMS calls have dropped 26% since the start of the pandemic
Credit: ©2020 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine BUFFALO, N.Y. - Since early March and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Race, rurality play prominently in Georgia areas hardest hit by COVID-19
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University While counties in populous metropolitan Atlanta had the highest number of COVID-19 cases ...
How can a radiologist confront COVID-19?
Credit: CDT As it is known from the international experience with COVID-19 diagnostics, the PCR test has quite limited accuracy ...
A shorter IQ test for children with special needs
MU researchers reduce IQ exam length while maintaining accuracyCredit: MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders COLUMBIA, Mo. - ...
COVID-READY helps hotels during and after the pandemic
KIT Spin-off offers software and certification for hygiene and protective measuresCredit: Photo: Hotel Resilient With hotels reopening after the corona ...
Focused ultrasound shows promise against deadliest brain tumor
Credit: UVA Health An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is ...
Boston partnership leverages local manufacturing to quickly produce reusable face shields
Credit: Dr. James Rathmell Researchers at a major Boston academic medical center designed, fabricated, tested, and implemented a reusable face ...
COVID-19 collaboration reduces infections in long-term care facilities
Credit: UVA Health A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is ...
9 in 10 Americans concerned pharma will use COVID-19 pandemic to raise drug prices
Fears abound of COVID-19 crisis worsening affordability challenges of US healthcare systemCredit: Gallup-West Health Cost of Healthcare Study, May 2020 ...
