Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have launched two vital ...

COVID-19: Australian research offers hope as world struggles with ventilator shortage

Credit: Monash University Researchers from The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, have achieved a ...

Ocular scientists advise contact lens & spectacles wearers during COVID-19 pandemic

New findings published in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye provide evidence-based guidance for practitioners and patients, including 5 important facts ...

Mathematical modeling draws more accurate picture of coronavirus cases

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Mathematical modeling can take what information is reported about the coronavirus, including the ...

UofL researchers describe possible mechanism for link between obesity and breast cancer

Researchers publish theory that specific protein from adipose tissue promotes breast cancer developmentCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - It ...

AGA releases official guidance for patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic

Many patients with IBD who develop COVID-19 should stop their medicationCredit: American Gastroenterology Association Bethesda, Maryland (April 10, 2020) -- ...

COVID-19 response plan addresses unique challenges for rural hospitals and health systems

Surgeons develop a strategy that expands use of telehealth and streamlines systemwide staff communicationCredit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (April ...

Computer model predicts how drugs affect heart rhythm

UC Davis researchers develop an easy pre-clinical test of cardiac safetyCredit: Copyright UC Regents UC Davis Health researchers have developed ...

Inequalities in Swedish care for bipolar disorder

Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg In Sweden, care for bipolar disorder shows inequalities. They are associated both with socioeconomic ...

A remote military medical team can offer insights to US hospitals preparing for COVID-19

A surgical team was converted into a pandemic response team to offer care to an isolated population during the COVID-19 ...

UM School of Medicine launches new large scale COVID-19 testing initiative

Enhanced testing capability could help ensure sustained COVID-19 surveillance across the state of maryland after lifting of restrictionsCredit: University of ...

Self-powered X-ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine, security and research

2D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental ...

Should infants be separated from COVID-19-positive mothers?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020--In a new commentary, Alison Stuebe, MD, President of ...

FDA approves COVID-19 innovations; Ohio State Medical Center to share nationwide

Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center The Food and Drug Administration has approved solutions created by scientists at ...

Surgeons develop operation-triage plan to reduce OR volume during COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of the American College of Surgeons article describes 'early and aggressive' actions that were taken to ensure enough hospital ...

Call to action: Traditional, complementary and integrative health COVID-19 support registry

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020--The new, global Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Health and ...

New study shows how oxygen transfer is altered in diseased lung tissue

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at ...

UPMC led global trial fast tracks testing of hydroxychloroquine, other COVID-19 therapies

Credit: Elena Gialamas Cerri/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2020 - A novel clinical trial developed by researchers at the ...

Identical mice, different gut bacteria, different levels of cancer

U-M study offers new clues about how the composition of the gut microbiome may contribute to the development of colorectal ...

Optical imaging technology may help surgeons better treat cancer, brain diseases