Medical economics

Major financial pain follows major injury, study shows

Long after the bleeding has stopped, the wounds have healed and the pain has eased, people who survive serious traumatic injuries face a lasting scar on their financial health, a new study finds.

Diabetes

Early control of blood sugar key for gestational diabetes

Pregnant patients treated for gestational diabetes had better birth outcomes if they rapidly improved their blood sugar levels soon after diagnosis rather than having slow or no improvement, according to new research from ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New test can ID patients at risk of severe COVID-19, study finds

A genomic test being developed by a Charlottesville, Va., company can predict a patient's risk of developing severe COVID-19, new research from UVA Health suggests. That information could help doctors identify patients at ...

Medical research

New treatment could result in more donor lungs

A large number of donated lungs cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study, bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used ...

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