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A new pilot study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University examined how medically supervised cannabis use in a residential recovery home may support people in treatment for substance use challenges.Saturday, April 5, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
In a federally funded study, researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) found that 7% of Medicare patients cross state borders for cancer care, and rates were nearly double for those who lived in rural...Saturday, April 5, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic and outbreaks of H1N1, SARS, Ebola, Zika, and H5N1 (bird flu) viruses-all of which have had significant global...Saturday, April 5, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
A new study – just published in Nursing Research – has uncovered concerning disparities in patient outcomes, specifically related to nursing care, within hospitals that predominantly serve Black communities.Saturday, April 5, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
Chromatin remodeling plays a vital role in gene regulation, affecting how DNA is accessed. Disruptions in this process can also lead to cancer and other diseases.Saturday, April 5, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a series of mysteries about what happens to our bones over time.Saturday, April 5, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
New research could aid in improving whooping cough vaccines to once again push this disease toward eradication by targeting two key weaknesses in the infection.Saturday, April 5, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Low vaccination rates for influenza viruses and the lack of an HSV vaccine underscore the need for a new approach to reduce viral transmission. Researchers have now used a clinical-grade antiviral chewing gum to substantially reduce...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Home Health Care News
Jessica Dueitt, Registered Nurse (RN) at Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., has been named a 2024 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Home Health Care News
In the latest development in the overhaul of New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), the New York State Association of Health Care Providers penned a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul and members of the state...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Home Health Care News
Senate Republicans released text for a budget resolution Thursday that, if enacted, could substantially alter the home-based care industry. The budget framework directs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the committee with...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A cohort study was conducted in Spain to compare the health and environmental benefits of the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) and the Mediterranean Diet. Compared to participants with low adherence, higher adherence to both diets was...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to eliminate damaged genetic material.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Collaborative research defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The method, called 'Perturb-multiome,' uses CRISPR...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Home Health Care News
DispatchHealth and Medically Home — two of the most prominent companies in the hospital-at-home space — recently announced plans to become one organization. Separately, Medically Home and DispatchHealth have each played significant roles...Friday, April 4, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
Recognizing and detecting the signs that commonly precede sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) may help to prevent premature deaths, according to research presented today at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025, a scientific congress of the...Friday, April 4, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
Women who have experienced pre-eclampsia have accelerated accumulation of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors compared with women who had pregnancies without pre-eclampsia according to research presented today at ESC Preventive Cardiology...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A retrospective observational study found that 22% of cases of sudden cardiac death were due to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). Syncope, seizure-like episodes and changes in electrocardiograms were common signs that preceded...Friday, April 4, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This was found in a pilot study conducted at the University of Gothenburg.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have unveiled innovative, label-free ratiometric fluorosensor designed for the selective and sensitive detection of enteroviral RNA. The research promises to deliver even more advanced and effective detection methods,...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for children, could be established as an additional test for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults living with HIV.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A novel cell therapy approach using cord blood-derived natural killer (NK) cells pre-complexed with AFM13, or acimtamig, a CD30/CD16A bispecific antibody, was safe and generated strong response rates for patients with refractory...Friday, April 4, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
Polymer-coated nanoparticles loaded with therapeutic drugs show significant promise for cancer treatment, including ovarian cancer.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the mechanism of how bacteria build up...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers from chemistry, biology, and medicine are increasingly turning to AI models to develop new hypotheses. However, it is often unclear on which basis the algorithms come to their conclusions and to what extent they can be...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
The fear of rejection -- familiar to many children and adults -- can significantly impact how kids behave in their peer groups, according to new research.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A study followed the development of children's motor skills over a three-year period, from early childhood education to school age. The study showed that independent outdoor time and multisport activities support the development of motor...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Do physicians or artificial intelligence (AI) offer better treatment recommendations for patients examined through a virtual urgent care setting? A new study shows physicians and AI models have distinct strengths. The study compared...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign virus, influencing its ability to...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke was associated with increased visits to emergency departments (ED) for mental health conditions, according to a new study.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C. diff can spread covertly from surface to surface...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic 'marks' in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a temporary 'memory' of those cancer-linked...Friday, April 4, 2025 from THE MEDICAL NEWS
The issue of intestinal bacteria is a complex one. On the one hand, we are dependent on the microorganisms because they are the ones that digest the food in our intestine.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Kaiser Health News - Aging
Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Medical Daily
After being diagnosed at 41, an Australian dad is raising awareness that Alzheimer's isn't just a disease of old age.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Retired adults who habitually exercised outperformed sedentary adults in physical and cognitive tests.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Engineers have created new technology that can move cells without touching them, enabling critical tasks that currently require large pieces of lab equipment to be carried out on a benchtop device.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report. The aptamers -- short...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Home Health Care News
Dr. Mehmet Oz will lead the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate on Thursday. At CMS, Oz will oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the home health industry’s biggest payers. The...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Home Health Care News
The owner of a ComForCare franchise location identified the “perfect segue” into a new market with the purchase of an independent living facility. Nikhil Mehrotra, owner of a ComForCare franchise in Farmington Hills, Michigan, purchased...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Early administration of the drug Fosdenopterin/rcPMP improves the chances of survival of infants with MoCD type A and promotes the development of brain functions.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers developed a manufacturing technique that rapidly generates large quantities of nanoparticles coated with drug-delivering polymers, which hold great potential for treating cancer. The particles can be targeted directly to...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A global study establishes long-term risk of stroke. Findings shows one in five people who experience a minor stroke or TIA will have another stroke within 10 years.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a new treatment for allergies.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonization of the intestine by harmless microorganisms. This approach could potentially mark a turning point in the antibiotics crisis.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A team of researchers has uncovered a key cellular mechanism that affects the function of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Their study provides the first comprehensive understanding of how mRNA vaccines are delivered, processed, and...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
A powerful new software platform is set to transform biomedical research by allowing scientists to conduct complex and customized data analyses without advanced programming skills. The web-based platform enables scientists to analyze and...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy technique based on ultrasound to reveal capillaries and...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the cells' developmental journey and...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily
New research shows that Sat Nav systems are helping keep older drivers on the roads for longer. The study reveals that over 65s with a poorer sense of direction rely more on help from GPS navigation systems such as Sat Nav or smartphone...