Medical research
Can we make bones heal faster?
A new paper in Science Advances describes for the first time how minerals come together at the molecular level to form bones and other hard tissues, like teeth and enamel.
Dec 03, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Addressing self-neglect: New tool helps caseworkers tackle elder mistreatment, improve case management
Adults at risk for self-neglect are often placed on Adult Protective Services' (APS) radar by neighbors who notice environmental issues, such as increasing amounts of insects or trash.
Jun 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long-term care facilities need staff, fast—an algorithm could provide a solution
Long-term care facilities have become a flashpoint in the COVID-19 pandemic, with high infection rates and low staffing exacerbated by the demands of the pandemic. Facilities with COVID-19 patients have been struggling even ...
May 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care
In just under two weeks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with engineers, nurses and other health care professionals, have developed a design informed by clinical feedback for protective plastic face ...
Apr 04, 2020
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Medications
A new system to measure pain more accurately could help fight the opioid addiction crisis
Inside a labor room at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, nurses and physicians monitored Yingzi Lin's vitals, checking on her over the course of three days, and asking how much pain she was feeling. It was 2011, and ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Medical economics
Restructuring Medicare Shared Savings Program can yield 40% savings in health costs
More than a trillion dollars was spent on healthcare in the United States in 2018, with Medicare and Medicaid accounting for some 37% of those expenditures. With healthcare costs expected to continue to rise by roughly 5% ...
Aug 08, 2019
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Health
Juul users are inhaling chemicals not listed on the label
When it comes to e-cigarettes, the ingredients listed are not all that users are consuming. Yale researchers found that chemical reactions in flavored liquids of the popular Juul e-cigarette create unexpected chemicals that ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Medical research
A revolution in regenerative medicine
Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people learn that the pain in their knee or shoulder is a soft tissue that needs repair or replacement.
Jun 07, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Older adults can be safely discharged from nursing homes if proper networks are in place
It could be your grandmother who fell and broke her hip and is in a nursing home receiving therapy to get her balance and strength back. Or it could be your father who became ill, but was well enough to be discharged from ...
May 29, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers may have discovered why some tumors grow back aggressively after radiation, chemotherapy
Many of the commonly used cancer treatments, such as radiation or chemotherapy, kill tumor cells. But sometimes, after those cells have died and been cleared away, a tumor will respond by growing faster and more aggressively. ...
Feb 25, 2019
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