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Released: 7-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
Recommendations for Better Pandemic Preparedness
Universite de Montreal

Health Canada has released a report from a panel of experts, including Éric A. Cohen, on how to improve Canada’s preparedness for the next pandemic.

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Released: 7-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
Children's Hospitals Share Innovative Ways to Advance Nutrition Security at Lurie Children's Convening
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Key highlights from the event, which included two panel discussions with nutrition experts from across the country, included:...

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Newswise: Gaming the News: How Interactive Journalism Is Changing How We Tell Stories to the Next Gen
Released: 6-Nov-2024 5:20 PM EST
Gaming the News: How Interactive Journalism Is Changing How We Tell Stories to the Next Gen
University of South Australia

Journalists have long used newspapers, radio, television, magazines and, more recently, the internet to inform the public. But what if there’s a richer and more compelling way to share and address real world issues? University of South Australia's Dr Ben Stubbs explains how video games are being developed in journalism as a more interactive way to engage younger audiences and tell impactful stories.

Newswise: ISPOR Releases Emerging Good Practices Guidance on Quantifying Specialized Knowledge in Healthcare
Released: 6-Nov-2024 4:05 AM EST
ISPOR Releases Emerging Good Practices Guidance on Quantifying Specialized Knowledge in Healthcare
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR announced the publication of an ISPOR Good Practices Report that identifies existing structured expert elicitation protocols that can support healthcare decision making and provides important insights on how to choose which protocols may be the most appropriate for different scenarios, such as time-constrained decisions, early-stage technology assessments, and public health policies.

Newswise: Discovery of Rapid COVID-19 Replication Mechanism and Expanded Treatment Options
Released: 6-Nov-2024 12:00 AM EST
Discovery of Rapid COVID-19 Replication Mechanism and Expanded Treatment Options
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Seong-Jun Kim’s team from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) recently reported in a research paper that the rapid proliferation of COVID-19 is due to altered roles of mitochondria (responsible for energy production in human cells) and EGFR (responsible for growth signal transmission in cells).

Released: 5-Nov-2024 11:20 PM EST
Rutgers Study Reveals Vaccination Patterns Among LGBTQ+ Adults in New Jersey and New York
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A new study led by Rutgers Health researchers has uncovered important insights into vaccination patterns among LGBTQ+ adults in New Jersey and New York. The findings, published in the journal Vaccine, shed light on disparities in vaccine uptake within this diverse population.

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Newswise: Meal Timing May Be Crucial for Night Shift Workers’ Health
Released: 4-Nov-2024 8:25 PM EST
Meal Timing May Be Crucial for Night Shift Workers’ Health
University of South Australia

A new Australian study published in Diabetologia this week has found that overnight eating may be putting night shift workers at higher risk of chronic health conditions.

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Released: 4-Nov-2024 5:45 PM EST
Out of Africa: UT Southwestern Cardiologist Gets to the Heart of Zambia’s No. 1 Health Threat
UT Southwestern Medical Center

On a Thursday morning in Dallas, Fiona Strasserking, M.D., chats with her UT Southwestern colleague while internal medicine residents from the University of Zambia log on to their Zoom call. Rafic Berbarie, M.D., Associate Professor in UTSW’s Division of Cardiology, is today’s guest lecturer and the topic is “Evaluation of Chest Pain.”

Released: 4-Nov-2024 11:00 AM EST
What You Need to Know About Lung Cancer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA Health experts Amy Cummings, MD, PhD, and Sha'Shonda Revels, MD, address frequently asked questions about the disease.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group Welcomes Dr. Mahmood Karimi, Dr. Nina Cheung, and Jaclyn Ulzheimer, APN
Released: 4-Nov-2024 10:15 AM EST
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Group Welcomes Dr. Mahmood Karimi, Dr. Nina Cheung, and Jaclyn Ulzheimer, APN
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center

Pascack Valley Medical Group proudly announces the addition of three distinguished healthcare providers: Mahmood Karimi, M.D., Nina Cheung, M.D., and Jaclyn Ulzheimer, APN. Each of these providers brings a unique blend of experience and approaches to delivering high-quality, compassionate patient care.

Released: 1-Nov-2024 5:40 PM EDT
American Academy of Dermatology Association Statement on Final 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
American Academy of Dermatology

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) again finalized cuts to the physician fee schedule for 2025 for the fifth consecutive year, further hindering patient access to care as practice expenses increase and payments decrease. Medicare finalized a cut of nearly 2.83% in payment for physician services in 2025.

Newswise: New Senior Associate Dean Joins Leadership Team at FSU College of Medicine
Released: 1-Nov-2024 3:10 PM EDT
New Senior Associate Dean Joins Leadership Team at FSU College of Medicine
Florida State University

Xian Jin Xie, a distinguished educator and researcher whose work has advanced fields across the health care spectrum including biomedicine, nursing, dentistry, public health and data science, has joined the FSU College of Medicine faculty as senior associate dean for research and graduate programs.

Released: 1-Nov-2024 1:00 PM EDT
Researchers Develop High-Tech Methods to Stem the Flow of Fentanyl
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists are developing ways to detect and identify not only new, previously unseen forms of fentanyl but also newer and more dangerous synthetic opioids known as nitazenes.

Newswise: COVID-19 Sharply Boosts Risk for Blood-Fat Disorders
Released: 1-Nov-2024 9:40 AM EDT
COVID-19 Sharply Boosts Risk for Blood-Fat Disorders
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

A new study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine involving more than 200,000 adults found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 29% increase in risk for developing dyslipidemia, a condition involving abnormal lipid (fat) levels in the blood. Seniors and people with type 2 diabetes were even more strongly affected, experiencing an approximately two-fold increased risk for developing dyslipidemia, which is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke. The research was published today in the print edition of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.



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