Health informatics
Americans have mixed feelings on tech, AI in health care, says poll
Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the health care they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds.
Feb 2, 2024
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Health
24/7 driverless junk food delivery is coming and health experts are worried
The ice cream truck of the future could be driverless and operate 24/7, encouraging consumption of junk food and alcohol, while delivery bots could clog up footpaths, unless governments step in, according to new research ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Medical economics
High injury rate in food delivery cyclists is under-reported, says new report
Food delivery cyclists are being injured at much higher numbers than official reports show, according to a new study that used hospital records to try to uncover the real extent of delivery-related cycling injuries in these ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 outcomes not consistently explained by race, social vulnerability
The COVID-19 pandemic has afforded researchers a unique lens through which to study racial inequities in health care delivery and outcomes in the U.S. And according to a paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
Apr 14, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Simple fetal heartbeat monitoring still best to reduce unnecessary cesarean sections
Newer is not always better; a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) led by researchers at the University of Warwick shows that simple fetal heartbeat monitoring is still the best method for determining whether ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Health
COVID-19 pandemic worsened pregnancy outcomes for women and babies worldwide
Pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, a review of data from 40 studies representing 17 countries published today in The Lancet Global Health journal has revealed.
Apr 1, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Cesarean deliveries in India: Too many and yet too few
Has India fallen prey to the epidemic of cesarean currently affecting many countries in the world? Thanks to the data issued from the latest National Family and Health Survey, Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Alexandre Dumont, ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Bringing delivery forward to collect the 'baby cheque' posed a risk to babies
A study by Libertad González, professor with the Department of Economics and Business at UPF, Cristina Borra (University of Seville) and Almudena Sevilla (University College, London), reports that children born prematurely ...
Feb 20, 2019
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Pediatrics
New study is a smoking gun, shows vaping is no deterrent to teen tobacco use
Kids who experiment with e-cigarettes end up smoking tobacco about as much as teen smokers who never used the devices, according to a USC study in the Nov. 5 journal Pediatrics.
Nov 5, 2018
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Health
Study analyzes health care quality, IT, reimbursements
Management of health care quality and costs has become a prominent topic of debate and research in the last decade in the United States. A new study from The University of Texas at Dallas examines the relationship between ...
Apr 28, 2017
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