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Patient Safety Movement Foundation Calls For Action In Advance Of Second Annual #Uniteforsafecare Event
The second annual #UniteForSafeCare event is scheduled for Friday, September 17th in conjunction with World Patient Safety Day. The event is hosted by the Patient Safety Movem...Full Article
What You Need To Know About The Delta Variant
For more than 40 years, UCI infectious disease researcher Michael Buchmeier has studied coronaviruses, and he’s one of the leading experts on SARS-CoV-2, the version of the vi...Full Article
International Experts Outline Diabetes Remission Diagnosis Criteria
People with type 2 diabetes should be considered in remission after sustaining normal blood sugar levels for three months or more, according to a new consensus statement from ...Full Article
Full-Dose Blood Thinners Reduce The Need For Organ Support In Moderately Ill Covid-19 Patients, But Not In Critically Ill Patients
A large clinical trial conducted worldwide shows that treating moderately ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients with a full-dose blood thinner reduced their need for organ suppor...Full Article
Contact Events in Rugby Union Linked to Reduced Blood Flow to The Brain, Impacting Brain Function
Repetitive contact events incurred over a single season resulted in professional rugby union players having a reduced ability to regulate blood flow to the brain, which is ess...Full Article
Antacids May Improve Blood Sugar Control In People With Diabetes
Antacids improved blood sugar control in people with diabetes but had no effect on reducing the risk of diabetes in the general population, according to a new meta-analysis pu...Full Article
Survivors Of Trauma Struggle To Move On From The Loss Of Loved Ones
Among individuals who survive a trauma that resulted in the loss of a close friend or loved one, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief – a s...Full Article
Ohio State Surgeons Use Novel Heart Transplant Monitoring System
Heart surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are the first in central Ohio to use a novel organ monitoring system that preserves hearts donated for transp...Full Article
Potential Marker For Success of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Lung Cancer
Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and treatment options are extremely limited, especially for patients with oncogenic mutations in the KRAS gene. A gr...Full Article
Full-Dose Blood Thinners Reduce The Need For Organ Support In Moderately Ill Covid-19 Patients, But Not In Critically Ill Patients
A large clinical trial conducted worldwide shows that treating moderately ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients with a full-dose blood thinner reduced their need for organ suppor...Full Article
First Long COVID Guidance Statement on Fatigue Released By American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) released the first in a series of peer-reviewed guidance statements to help physicians make clinical decisions con...Full Article
Emergency Department-Administered, High-Dose Buprenorphine May Enhance Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcome
High-dose buprenorphine therapy, provided under emergency department care, is safe and well tolerated in people with opioid use disorder experiencing opioid withdrawal symptom...Full Article
New AAD Survey: Only a Third of Americans are Concerned about Skin Cancer Despite Nearly 70% Having at Least One Risk Factor
An American Academy of Dermatology survey shows that despite skin cancer being the most common cancer in the U.S., only about one-third of adults are concerned about developin...Full Article
Guiding Principles for Work Shift Duration Published by American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Sleep Research Society (SRS) have published evidence-based guiding principles to help employers determine optimal work shift ...Full Article
Survey: Only One Quarter Of Nursing Homes Confident They Will Make It Through to Next Year
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes, assisted living communities, and other l...Full Article
PFF Update on COVID-19 and Lung Fibrosis
Individuals who have been newly diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) following SARS-CoV-2 infection should be informed on how a PF diagnosis is made and what is still unknow...Full Article
Scientists Discover A New Genetic Form Of ALS In Children
In a study of 11 medical-mystery patients, an international team of researchers led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and the Uniformed Services University (U...Full Article
Antidepressants May Improve Outcomes In People With Diabetes And Depression
People with diabetes and depression who take antidepressants may have a lower risk of death and of serious diabetes complications, according to a new study published in the En...Full Article
The Effect Of Acute Exercise In Humans On Cancer Cell Growth
New research presented at The Physiological Society’s Annual Conference Physiology 2021 shows that molecules released into the bloodstream during exercise (such as small prote...Full Article
New Research Identifies Cancer Types With Little Survival Improvements In Adolescents And Young Adults
Survival rates for adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer have varied considerably depending on cancer type. A new study indicates that survival for multiple cance...Full Article
‘Ghosted’ Long COVID Patients Validated by America’s Top Physicians in New Book
Doctors reveal the truth behind the terrible post-COVID epidemic now striking millions of parents and children Award-winning medical journalist Michael Bowker interviews phy...Full Article
About Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
Information about the characteristics of these variants is rapidly emerging. Scientists are working to learn more about how easily they spread, whether they could cause more s...Full Article
Tailored, Earlier Cardiac Rehab Program Shows Physical, Emotional Benefits For Heart Failure Patients
NIH-funded clinical trial improved frailty, depression and overall quality of life. An innovative cardiac rehabilitation intervention started earlier and more custom-tailored...Full Article
Study Links Structural Brain Changes To Behavioral Problems In Children Who Snore
A large study of children has uncovered evidence that behavioral problems in children who snore may be associated with changes in the structure of their brain’s frontal lobe. ...Full Article
NIH Launches Clinical Trial Of Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate
A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational nanoparticle influenza vaccine designed to provide long-lasting protection agains...Full Article
