Archive: 09/03/2020

Mathematical model could lead to better treatment for diabetes

One promising new strategy to treat diabetes is to give patients insulin that circulates in their bloodstream, staying dormant until activated by rising blood sugar levels. However, no glucose-responsive insulins (GRIs) have ...

Mar 9, 2020

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Learning empathy as a care giver takes more than experience

Poverty takes a toll on health in many ways. It often causes malnutrition and hunger, creates barriers to access basic resources, and can also impact well-being in more subtle ways linked to social discrimination and exclusion. ...

Mar 9, 2020

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Adding smoking cessation to lung cancer screening can reduce mortality by 14%

Including smoking cessation with existing lung cancer screening efforts would reduce lung cancer mortality by 14 percent and increase life-years gained by 81 percent compared with screening alone, according to a study from ...

Mar 9, 2020

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Two weeks after sports-related concussion, most patients have not recovered

Less than half of patients with sports-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) achieve clinical recovery within two weeks after injury, reports a study in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

Mar 9, 2020

Amid virus crisis, officials announce health care tech rules

With coronavirus topping Americans' concerns, senior Trump administration officials tried to switch subjects Monday by announcing final rules aimed at delivering on the unfulfilled promise of electronic health records.

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Virus-hit cruise ship prepares to dock in California

Thousands of people stranded on a cruise ship off California due to a coronavirus outbreak were to start disembarking Monday in what officials said would be an "unprecedented and difficult" landing.

Mar 9, 2020

'Primitive' stem cells shown to regenerate blood vessels in the eye

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to revert to a primitive state, and unlocking their potential to replace and ...

Mar 9, 2020

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Alcohol marketing and underage drinking

A new study by a research team including scientists from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation provides a systematic review of research that examines relationships between exposure ...

Mar 9, 2020

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Rejuvenating the immune system supports brain repair after injury

Researchers have identified a major shift in how to treat brain injuries, after rejuvenating immune cells to support the repair process.

Mar 9, 2020

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Effects of the proposed SNAP eligibility changes

Proposed changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may result in as many as one in ten U.S. families losing SNAP benefits, and potential impacts are unknown. A new study led by the Harvard Pilgrim ...

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Archive: 09/03/2020

Mathematical model could lead to better treatment for diabetes

Learning empathy as a care giver takes more than experience

Adding smoking cessation to lung cancer screening can reduce mortality by 14%

Two weeks after sports-related concussion, most patients have not recovered

Amid virus crisis, officials announce health care tech rules

Virus-hit cruise ship prepares to dock in California

'Primitive' stem cells shown to regenerate blood vessels in the eye

Alcohol marketing and underage drinking

Rejuvenating the immune system supports brain repair after injury

Effects of the proposed SNAP eligibility changes

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