Archive: 05/08/2020

Initiative to promote a culture of mobility in hospitals yields encouraging results

A paper published today in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reported results of an initiative designed to enhance implementation of hospital mobility programs aimed at improving quality of care and outcomes ...

Aug 5, 2020

Study sheds new light on how ovarian cancer grows and evolves

In a paper published in the journal Cancer Research, professor Levi Waldron, post-doctoral fellow Ludwig Geistlinger, and colleagues at the Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) at the CUNY Graduate ...

Aug 5, 2020

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Amsterdam, Rotterdam order use of masks in busy streets

The Netherlands' two most populous cities began ordering people to wear face masks in busy streets Wednesday amid rising coronavirus infection rates, but many people in the Dutch capital's famous red-light district still ...

Aug 5, 2020

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Body weight has surprising, alarming impact on brain function

As a person's weight goes up, all regions of the brain go down in activity and blood flow, according to a new brain imaging study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Aug 5, 2020

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Virginia first to roll out pandemic app from Apple, Google

Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. state to use new pandemic technology created by Apple and Google.

Aug 5, 2020

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Lockdown reimposed in Scottish city over virus 'cluster'

Officials in Scotland ordered bars, cafes and restaurants in the city of Aberdeen to close Wednesday, reimposing anti-virus restrictions after a cluster of 54 COVID-19 cases in the area was linked to a single bar.

Aug 5, 2020

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Telemedicine provider Teledoc to spend $18.5B on Livongo

Teladoc will spend more than $18 billion to buy digital health platform operator Livongo in a deal aimed at stoking explosive growth in remote care spurred by the pandemic.

Aug 5, 2020