Vaccination
A new reason to swipe right? Dating apps adding vax badges
The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and "super swipes" for people who've gotten their coronavirus shots.
May 21, 2021
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News tagged with educational materials
Pediatrics
Tactile books adapted for blind children
Children's books play a key role in child development and access to culture. Books with tactile illustrations are particularly useful for understanding history. Yet it is essential that the illustrations are understood by ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 prevention top concern of home-care agencies, survey finds
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents depend on home care to support their health as they age or cope with physical challenges. That care often requires close personal contact, increasing the risk of contracting COVID-19 ...
Dec 8, 2020
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Surgery
Tailored education system to benefit kidney transplant patients
Patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease have to go to a dialysis center for hours at a time, several times a week for the rest of their lives. Patients on dialysis have strict dietary restrictions, ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Health
New approaches cut inappropriate antibiotic use by over 30%
A UC Davis study of nine emergency departments and urgent care centers in California and Colorado found educating physicians and patients about safe antibiotic use can cut overuse by one-third.
Jun 19, 2019
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Pediatrics
New study aims to improve outcomes for pregnancies impacted by opioid use disorder
A new study aims to actively involve birthing hospitals to improve health and social outcomes for the maternal infant dyads impacted by Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Findings from the study will be presented during the Pediatric ...
Apr 27, 2019
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Surgery
Video game improves doctors' recognition and triage of severe trauma patients
Playing an adventure video game featuring a fictitious, young emergency physician treating severe trauma patients was better than text-based learning at priming real doctors to quickly recognize the patients who needed higher ...
Dec 13, 2017
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Pediatrics
Two interventions help improve weight management in children with overweight or obesity
Two interventions that link clinical care with community resources helped improve key health measures in children with overweight or obesity at the outset of the study. As reported in JAMA Pediatrics, both programs - developed ...
Jun 5, 2017
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Health
Study: LGBT persons get limited educational info for assisted reproductive technology
With the recent one-year anniversary of Obergefell vs Hodges—the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage—researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have published a report that ...
Aug 16, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Greater support needed for pregnant transgender men
Many transgender men who have the capacity to bear children are faced with barriers in the healthcare system as a result of a lack of training, argue Juno Obedin-Maliver and Harvey Makadon in a commentary published in SAGE ...
Oct 29, 2015
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