Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Modeling tool helps organizations build tailored COVID-19 testing

Warehouses, manufacturing floors, offices, schools—organizations of all kinds have had to change their operations to adapt to life in a pandemic. By now, there is confidence in some ways to help mitigate COVID-19 spread: ...

Health

Larger physician bonus may improve care in chronic disease

(HealthDay)—Increased bonus size for physicians caring for patients with chronic disease is associated with improvements in care quality, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in JAMA Network Open.

Diabetes

Social determinants of health linked with youth-onset prediabetes

Food insecurity, low household income and not having private health insurance are associated with higher rates of prediabetes in adolescents, independent of race and ethnicity, according to a JAMA Network Open study by University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study finds sense of shared simultaneity increases with group size

Researchers from University of Tsukuba have found that the sense of duration of shared simultaneity increases with the size of the group in which an individual participates. This tendency is more pronounced when a person ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Cultivating spirituality can lower blood pressure

People with high blood pressure saw their systolic blood pressure drop by 7 mmHg, on average, and experienced improvements in other markers of blood vessel health after receiving daily smartphone messages designed to cultivate ...

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