Medical economics
Study provides rural perspective on COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Health initiatives in rural areas need to be geographically tailored, culturally anchored, and locally driven, academics argue.
Mar 4, 2024
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Attention deficit disorders
Early vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition
Early language development is an important predictor of children's later language, reading and learning skills. Moreover, language learning difficulties are related to neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity ...
Mar 1, 2024
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UK's General Medical Council urged to revise terminology for international medical graduates
The General Medical Council (GMC) should revise its terminology regarding international medical graduates (IMGs) in the UK, argues a new commentary published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM).
Feb 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Uptick in behavioral disorders reported in children following prenatal exposure to anesthesia
Children prenatally exposed to anesthesia for maternal surgery during pregnancy were significantly more likely than unexposed children to receive a diagnosis of a disruptive or internalizing behavioral disorder, including ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Medical economics
What motivates high-quality medical care: Is it all about money?
In many economics sectors, financial incentives are considered an effective means of motivating both employees and managers to deliver top performance. Incentives—and their counterpart, financial disincentives, in particular—are ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Newly discovered mechanism explains heightened risk for suicidal behavior among some contraceptive users
The use of oral contraception containing a synthetic form of progesterone (progestogen) may lead to an increased risk of suicidal behavior for women with depression and suicidal ideations. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin: AI may offer a solution
When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient's skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from MIT researchers.
Feb 5, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High-frequency jet ventilation seems safe for lung ablation
For percutaneous lung ablation, high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) under general anesthesia seems as safe as spontaneous respiration (SR) under moderate sedation, with longer room time for HFJV, according to a study published ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infants born to COVID-infected mothers found to have triple the risk of developing respiratory distress
New UCLA-led research finds that infants born full term to mothers who were infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy had three times the risk of having respiratory distress compared with unexposed infants, even though they ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New study assesses long-term risk of invasive breast cancer after pre-invasive disease
Women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) outside the NHS breast screening program are around four times as likely to develop invasive breast cancer and to die from breast cancer than women in the general ...
Jan 24, 2024
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