Patients prefer their consent to share their data and to manage it digitally
Credit: Dovetail/WMG, University of Warwick A group of patients with diabetes were surveyed on their understanding of the consent process ...
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Skilled partners in the conduct of HIV prevention trials join COVID-19 response
Investigator-driven networks enter COVID-19 research spaceCredit: HVTN design: Lisa Donohue SEATTLE, MAY 14, 2020 - The NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials ...
Alberta researchers, Tonix Pharmaceuticals race to develop candidate vaccines for COVID-19
Partnerships like this one can dramatically accelerate efforts to move research from lab to community, says virologist.Credit: Melissa Fabrizio University ...
FDA grants emergency approval to simpler ventilator design
UMass Amherst physicist, global team advance practical device for COVID-19Credit: MVM care AMHERST, Mass. - The U.S. Food and Drug ...
Infecting the mind: Burnout in health care workers during COVID-19
Texas A&M researchers, alongside the Houston Methodist Research Insitute and Houston Methodist Hospital system, assessed how front-line health care workers ...
A new tool to predict delays in post-surgical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Medical University of South Carolina researchers have developed and validated prediction tools, known as nomograms, that could be used to ...
Strong relationships promote physical activity in older adults
Credit: Dr. Alban Ylli Relationships are key to influencing positive health behaviors and should not be forgotten during social distancing ...
American Journal of Preventive Medicine focuses on critical public health aspects of COVID-19
Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, May 13, 2020 -- New research and guidance in the American Journal ...
In victory over polio, hope for the battle against COVID-19
Credit: Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications For much of the 20th century, summer was considered "polio season," and people were ...
COVID-19 disease map: LCSB researchers coordinate international effort
COVID-19 Disease Map: A comprehensive repository incorporating all current knowledge on the virus-host interaction mechanismsCredit: Credits_scienceRELATIONS In the fight against ...
New map reveals distrust in health expertise is winning hearts and minds online
Researchers warn scientists are fighting health misinformation in the wrong placeCredit: Neil Johnson WASHINGTON (May 13, 2020)--Communities on Facebook that ...
Effects of internet CBT for health anxiety on par with face-to-face treatment
Credit: Karolinska Institutet Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have compared two ways of delivering cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT, to ...
A CNIO-led European study confirms diabetes type 3c as an early manifestation of pancreatic cancer
Credit: CNIO As biomedical sciences incorporate increasingly sophisticated methodologies and technologies, our understanding of diseases improves. Diabetes is a clear ...
Tiny RNA that should attack coronavirus diminish with age, disease
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A group of tiny RNA that should attack the virus causing COVID-19 when ...
COVID-19’s silent spread: Princeton study explores role of symptomless transmission
Asymptomatic spread can be a successful evolutionary strategyCredit: Chadi Saad-Roy, Princeton University COVID-19's rapid spread throughout the world has been ...
Health inequities magnified during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 12, 2020--The impact of COVID-19 on underserved and vulnerable populations, ...
Using a smartphone to diagnose COVID-19 at home
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (May 12, 2020) ... In Pennsylvania and other U.S. states, one of the keys to ...
COVID-19: Discovery spurs clinical trial of antidepressant
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An antidepressant medication is being tested as a potential treatment for COVID-19 after University ...
Child’s play ‘lost’ in pandemic fear
Safe interactions are important to wellbeing: ExpertsCredit: Flinders University Social and community disruptions caused by the COVID-19 restrictions could have ...
Illuminating the impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and health systems
A comparative study of revenue and utilizationCredit: www.fairhealth.org NEW YORK, NY--May 12, 2020--In the third week of March 2020, as ...
