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Medical research

New method developed to improve accuracy of disease diagnosis

A recently released study in the journal Statistics in Medicine describes a new method, named the Observers Needed for Evaluation of Subjective Tests (ONEST), developed to determine the optimal number of pathologists ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 hospitalization costs, outcomes in 2020 improved over time

A new study published in Advances in Therapy provides the first comprehensive analysis of the hospitalization costs for COVID-19 patients, factors associated with costs and length of stay, and the monthly trends of costs ...

Vaccination

Recommendations for promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance

Members of The Lancet's Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the U.S. have issued their recommendations for increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake, focusing on one key factor: individual intention to receive ...

Health

Using ergonomics to reduce pain from technology use

The use of smartphones, tablets and laptops has become commonplace throughout the world and has been especially prevalent among college students. Recent studies have found that college students have higher levels of screen ...

Diabetes

Researchers developing model to predict hypoglycemic events

Over 30 million people in the United States have diabetes—approximately 10.5 percent of the country's population—with 1.5 million new diagnoses made each year and an estimated annual cost exceeding $300 billion.

Biomedical technology

Alternative cell option for organs-on-chips found

Organ-on-a-chip technology has provided a push to discover new drugs for a variety of rare and ignored diseases for which current models either don't exist or lack precision. In particular, these platforms can include the ...

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