Medical News

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) Rates of prolonged visits for pediatric mental health emergency department (ED) visits increased over a decade, in contrast to non-mental health visits for which vis...

(Stanford University) Researchers tracked 20,000 cells to find out what made each one unique and to learn how the cells coordinate to build a leaf. Collaboration with a visual artist added additional dimensions to the wo...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) New research suggests anxiety among men transitioning into parenthood is significantly higher than reported by the global World Health Organization (WHO) regional prevalen...

(Syracuse University) Emergency medical service (EMS) workers face triple the risk for significant mental health problems such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder compared to the general population, according...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) The nation has been coping with the pandemic for more than a year, and in this time, researchers have learned a great deal about how to treat COVID-19. Yet they have also ...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) People with ovarian cancer frequently receive aggressive end-of-life care despite industry guidelines that emphasize quality of life for those with advanced disease, according...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) This study is the first to report the national prevalence of personal, civic and economic achievements among people in addiction recovery. The majority of Americans who have resolved an a...

(Temple University Health System) Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, in collaboration with scientists at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals ...

(Virginia Tech) Researching social media misinformation influence on people's intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, especially those within the Appalachian region.

(JAMA Network) The 30-day incidence of outpatient and hospital-associated blood clots following SARS-CoV-2 testing among adults in a large health system was examined in this study.

(Duke University) A devastating itching of the skin driven by severe liver disease turns out to have a surprising cause. Its discovery points toward possible new therapies for itching, and shows that the outer layer of t...

(George Mason University) Edward Maibach, Director, Center for Climate Change Communication; University Professor, Communication, and Mona Sarfaty, Director, Climate and Health, Center for Climate Change Communication, C...

(University of Colorado Denver) Researchers found nearly half of those who share explicit images of others without permission feel remorse after the fact and 24% try to deflect blame onto victims. The stud takes a deeper...

(Regenstrief Institute) New studies from Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute focus on POLST, a medical order form widely used in nursing homes that documents what life-sustaining treatments a person prefers to r...

(JAMA Network) Electronic health record data were used to examine whether the transition to remote cardiology clinic visits during COVID-19 is associated with disparities in patient use of care, diagnostic test ordering ...

(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Do you have regrets about what you did the last time you had the option of a one-night stand? You probably have not learned anything that will help you next time.

(Walter Reed Army Institute of Research) A unique vaccine to protect against COVID-19 begins clinical testing Tuesday, 6 April, at WRAIR. Scientists developed a nanoparticle vaccine, based on a ferritin platform, which o...

(RAND Corporation) A new study finds that public trust in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fallen during the coronavirus pandemic, with the decline bringing overall population-level trust in the...

(Drexel University) A new report by AARP Pennsylvania and Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions highlights how geographic, racial/ethnic and economic factors are combining to restrict access to he...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty member, Sandra Looby-Gordon MD, has been chosen as the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award presented by the A...

(University of Virginia Health System) A new analysis of the entire genetic makeup of more than 53,000 people offers a bonanza of valuable insights into heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, paving the way for new and ...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed DeepTCR, a software package that employs deep-learning algorithms t...