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Released: 7-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
Infection with common cat-borne parasite associated with frailty in older adults
University of Colorado Boulder

A common, cat-borne parasite already associated with risk-taking behavior and mental illness in humans may also contribute to exhaustion, loss of muscle mass, and other signs of “frailty” in older adults, suggests a study published Nov. 6 in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Science.

Newswise: LUMC Burn Center Receives Recognition from the American Burn Association
Released: 7-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
LUMC Burn Center Receives Recognition from the American Burn Association
Loyola Medicine

The Loyola Medicine Burn Center has once again been recognized by the American Burn Association (ABA) as an officially Verified Adult and Pediatric Burn Center.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
UChicago and Pritzker School of Medicine receive three honors from the AAMC
University of Chicago Medical Center

Three members of the University of Chicago community have been recognized by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) for making significant contributions to medical education, research, clinical care, and community engagement.

Newswise: Flu Season Starting Late but Expected to Increase for the Holidays
Released: 7-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
Flu Season Starting Late but Expected to Increase for the Holidays
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The current flu season has started later and more gradually than last year, according to William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), although cases are expected to begin increasing in November before falling off in March.

Released: 7-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
ECHO Discovery Series: November Presentation on Children's Heart Health by Dr. Wei Perng
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Learn about ECHO Cohort-specific findings and funding pursuits to prevent heart issues in young people.

Newswise: Online Shopping for Tobacco Products Rises with California Flavor Restrictions
3-Nov-2023 6:00 AM EDT
Online Shopping for Tobacco Products Rises with California Flavor Restrictions
University of California San Diego

A UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science study reveals that online shopping for tobacco products increased the months following the California flavored tobacco ban and identified potential loopholes in tobacco control policies on e-commerce sales.

Released: 6-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
Learning more about how flu strains evolved may help guide future vaccine development – SFU research
Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University researchers studying the evolutionary history of flu viruses have found that a new quantitative analysis of how they evolved may help predict future strains.

6-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Key Medicare payment model fails to improve mental health
Washington University in St. Louis

A widespread Medicare program that aims to improve health care and lower costs by providing financial incentives to doctors and hospitals resulted in no improvements in mental health care, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Yale School of Public Health.

Released: 6-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Ochsner Health hospitals and partners earn national recognition from The Leapfrog Group
Ochsner Health

The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care, assigns a grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.

Newswise: Ochsner Announces Chief Community Medical Officer, Celebrates 1st Anniversary of Healthy State Advisory Board
Released: 6-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Ochsner Announces Chief Community Medical Officer, Celebrates 1st Anniversary of Healthy State Advisory Board
Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health is thrilled to announce that Yvens Laborde, MD, has been named chief community medical officer for the medical system. In this new role, Dr. Laborde is driving Ochsner’s comprehensive community strategy to promote health equity and further align initiatives under Healthy State, a collaborative effort with government, non-profit and business organizations to promote health and wellness in Louisiana.

Newswise: Global Medical Device Panel Finds Little Evidence Linking Health Technology Assessment Processes to Medical Device Purchasing Decisions
Released: 6-Nov-2023 4:05 AM EST
Global Medical Device Panel Finds Little Evidence Linking Health Technology Assessment Processes to Medical Device Purchasing Decisions
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced the publication of a systematic literature review showing that there is sparce evidence in the health research literature to link health technology assessment processes and outcomes with device purchasing decisions.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 5:00 PM EDT
AANA and APNA Issue Joint Statement on Ketamine Infusion Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) support a patient-centered, interdisciplinary approach to providing care and treatment to persons with psychiatric disorders who may benefit from ketamine infusion therapy.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Association Between Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablation and Lumbar Multifidus Dysfunction Is Not Clear
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

One approach to treating chronic low back pain is something called lumbar medial branch nerve radiofrequency ablation/neurotomy (LRFA), which targets painful facet joints. However, it has been suggested that LRFA may lead to multifidus muscle denervation, given its shared innervation from these nerves.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Study Shows Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Critical in Identifying Spinal Cord Stimulation Patients
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

Physicians from Pittsburgh, PA, wanted to determine the usefulness of MRI in determining treatment plans. MRI is expensive and requires insurance preauthorization. One hypothesis was that patients with specific characteristics might have a greater benefit from the added step.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Researchers Utilize TriNetX Research Network to Analyze Postoperative Data and Better Describe Lines of Treatment
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

It is no secret that the mainstay of postoperative analgesia is opioid based, but studies confirm that the execution of a multimodal postoperative analgesic approach to postoperative pain control can help minimize opiate side effects.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 11:15 AM EDT
Black and White Adults Have Similar Health Care Expenditure Levels in Racially and Economically Integrated Communities
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Differences in health care expenditures between Black and white adults vary substantially with the local level of racial and economic integration, and tend to be low or nonexistent in highly integrated communities, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Newswise: Making Patients Whole
Released: 3-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Making Patients Whole
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

For Gladys Tsao-Wu, MD, and Jennifer Chan, MD, reconstruction is as much about helping patients recover emotionally as it is about physical restoration. For over a decade, the two surgeons have been a team, helping breast cancer survivors in New Mexico.

Released: 3-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EDT
UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss the Intersection of AI and Public Health
University at Albany, State University of New York

Researchers at the University at Albany’s School of Public Health are actively exploring ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning can be applied to public health, to enhance health outcomes for patients while prioritizing patient safety and data security.

Newswise: Attorney turned author pens an epilepsy-focused novel: Sara Staggs
Released: 3-Nov-2023 7:30 AM EDT
Attorney turned author pens an epilepsy-focused novel: Sara Staggs
International League Against Epilepsy

Sara Staggs was a civil rights attorney when her doctors told her to stop practicing law: her seizures had become too frequent. Staggs' new novel, "Uncontrollable," fictionalizes her experience and explores the impact of epilepsy.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Dexamethasone Implants Could Preserve Vision Longer for Diabetic Macular Edema Patients
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a significant complication of diabetes, often leading to vision loss. A recent review paper published in the journal Pharmaceutics provides evidence-based recommendations on using intravitreal dexamethasone implants (DEX) for treating DME.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month; Indiana University experts available for interviews
Indiana University

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center’s scientists, physician-scientists, and staff are available to offer expertise in treatment innovations, the biology of lung cancers, research initiatives, and tips for smoking cessation.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Final 2024 Medicare Physician Payment Rule Negatively Impacts Anesthesia Groups, Harms Patient Access to Surgical Care
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) calls on Congress to block a 3.27% Medicare payment cut to anesthesiologists and other physicians included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule released today.

Newswise: Infirmary Health partners with Ochsner Accountable Care Network to improve health outcomes for seniors across the Gulf Coast
Released: 2-Nov-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Infirmary Health partners with Ochsner Accountable Care Network to improve health outcomes for seniors across the Gulf Coast
Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health and Infirmary Health announce a landmark partnership with Ochsner Accountable Care Network, a top-performing accountable care organization (ACO) in both clinical performance and healthcare savings for the Medicare population.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Receives 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Recognition
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai receives award honoring health organizations that use information technology to enhance health care and outcomes

Newswise: NIH grants support UCLA and Charles Drew University researchers' efforts to end HIV epidemic
Released: 2-Nov-2023 6:00 AM EDT
NIH grants support UCLA and Charles Drew University researchers' efforts to end HIV epidemic
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $2.1 million to UCLA’s Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) and the UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) to support four research projects and an implementation science consultation hub.

Newswise:Video Embedded what-happens-when-we-pass-out-researchers-id-new-brain-and-heart-connections
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Released: 1-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT
What Happens When We Pass Out? Researchers ID New Brain and Heart Connections
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego researchers have for the first time identified the genetic pathway between the heart and brain tied to fainting. In a new study published in the journal Nature, they found that vagal sensory neurons trigger fainting, laying a foundation for addressing fainting-related disorders.

   
Newswise: Stigma felt by opioid-dependent moms impacts the health care received by their babies
Released: 1-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Stigma felt by opioid-dependent moms impacts the health care received by their babies
University of Missouri, Columbia

The rate of opioid use among pregnant women in the United States quadrupled between 1999 and 2014 and continues to rise — an alarming trend that researchers from the University of Missouri and University of Iowa say has exposed the stigma felt by opioid-dependent mothers and how their shame has negatively impacted the health care received by their infants.

27-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Does Your Neighborhood Affect Your Care After a Stroke?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who live in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to receive clot-busting medications or undergo clot-removing procedures after they have a stroke than people who live in neighborhoods with higher socioeconomic status, according to a study published in the November 1, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 1-Nov-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System hospitals named in Newsweek’s Best in State Hospitals 2024
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Hospital has been named No. 1 in New York State by Newsweek/Statista “America’s Best In-State-Hospitals” list for 2024 and the Mount Sinai Morningside ranked No. 15 on the same list.

Newswise: The Two-Way Relationship Between Nutrition and Aging
Released: 1-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EDT
The Two-Way Relationship Between Nutrition and Aging
Tufts University

What we eat affects how we age; aging affects our nutritional needs. Understanding how is key to better health as we get older, say Tufts University experts.

   
Released: 1-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Launches $100 Million Philanthropic Campaign for Research
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, the academic core of Advocate Health, are launching their largest campaign for research. Designed with health equity at the forefront, funds raised in this campaign will transform health care for patients, communities and the next generation of health care leaders by integrating research with clinical care while enhancing the speed with which new ideas move from research labs to patients' bedsides and beyond.

Newswise: Dermatology Club shares message about sun safety
Released: 1-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Dermatology Club shares message about sun safety
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Members of PCOM South Georgia’s Dermatology Club are on a mission to inform people in the Sunbelt about the importance of protecting their skin from sun damage. That’s why they started by educating some of the area’s youngest residents at the Boys & Girls Club of Moultrie/Colquitt County.

Newswise: News Tip: November Is National Diabetes Month; Johns Hopkins Experts Available for Interviews
Released: 1-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EDT
News Tip: November Is National Diabetes Month; Johns Hopkins Experts Available for Interviews
Johns Hopkins Medicine

With so many people in the U.S. at risk of developing diabetes, it is critical for the general public to understand that they can take action to prevent it, such as being more active and making small changes in their diet. Diabetes experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine are available to be interviewed throughout November about this important topic and to clear up common misconceptions surrounding this condition.

Newswise: How Scientists Are Solving the Mystery of Aging
Released: 31-Oct-2023 2:20 PM EDT
How Scientists Are Solving the Mystery of Aging
Tufts University

Researchers at Tufts University are studying why we get older, and how to stay healthy as we do--looking at everything from heart and dental health to the relationship between healthy aging and nutrition.

Newswise: 5 things to know about health insurance right now
Released: 31-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
5 things to know about health insurance right now
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Open enrollment season for Medicare, Healthcare.gov Obamacare plans, work-related insurance is here – and Medicaid enrollment renewal is due for many.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Studies illustrate moderate awareness—and room for growth—with new 988 lifeline
New York University

Public survey and social media analysis provide insight into knowledge and use of the lifeline

Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
COVID vaccination in female, male partners does not increase risk of miscarriage
Boston University School of Public Health

Multiple studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines do not lead to infertility or pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, but many people are still wary of adverse effects from the vaccine on pregnancy.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
New tool makes it easier to diagnose tuberculosis in children
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich)

Around 240,000 children worldwide die of tuberculosis every year. The disease is among the top ten causes of death in children under the age of five.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine-led study links long-term air pollution exposure to postpartum depression in SoCal
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 31, 2023 — Long-term maternal exposure to common air pollutants, both before and after childbirth, has been linked to increased risk of postpartum depression for mothers – with symptoms ranging from anxiety and irritability to suicide – and may lead to cognitive, emotional, psychological and behavioral impairments in their infants, according to research led by the University of California, Irvine.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Basser Center for BRCA Awards 2023 Basser Global Prize to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Basser Center for BRCA at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, the world’s first comprehensive center aimed at advancing research, treatment, and prevention of BRCA-related cancers, has announced Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as the recipient of the 2023 Basser Global Prize.

Newswise: Outlook on exercise may curb aging anxiety
Released: 31-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Outlook on exercise may curb aging anxiety
Iowa State University

A positive attitude about physical activity may be related to lower anxiety about aging. Researchers who analyzed results from a multi-state survey say gender, age, marital status and income affect perspectives on exercise and aging but that reframing messages about both can lead to healthy behaviors.

Newswise: Vicki Good appointed AACN Chief Clinical Officer
Released: 31-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Vicki Good appointed AACN Chief Clinical Officer
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

Vicki Good, DNP, RN, CENP, CPPS, CPHQ, becomes chief clinical officer (CCO) of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Nationally known for her patient safety expertise, Good previously served in leadership roles for several health systems.

Released: 31-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
American Thyroid Association® Announces New Board of Directors
American Thyroid Association

Michael McDermott, MD Installed as President Christopher McCabe, PhD Installed as Secretary

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Released: 30-Oct-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Strategies Behind Near-Zero COVID-19 Incidence in NBA “Bubble” Published in ADLM’s The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

A report published today in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s (formerly AACC’s) The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine describes the strategies used by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to limit COVID-19 exposure among the individuals who participated in the 2019–2020 season. The success of the NBA’s approach demonstrates that strict adherence to certain protocols can be highly effective in preventing disease outbreaks in a self-contained environment and serves as a model for future pandemic management.

Released: 30-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Heat-related cardiovascular deaths in the U.S. may more than double within decades
American Heart Association (AHA)

ardiovascular deaths from extreme heat in the U.S. may more than double by the middle of the century. Without reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, that number could even triple, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

Released: 30-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Positive messages can mitigate harm from objectified fitness posts
Washington State University

A few words of body appreciation can help counter the negative impact of viewing objectified images of female fitness influencers, according to a Washington State University study.

Newswise: Specific gut bacteria increase risk of severe malaria
Released: 30-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Specific gut bacteria increase risk of severe malaria
Indiana University

Researchers have identified multiple species of bacteria that, when present in the gut, are linked to an increased risk of developing severe malaria in humans and mice. Their findings could lead to the development of new approaches targeting gut bacteria to prevent severe malaria and associated deaths.



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