Wearable Sensors Reliable for Home Gait Assessment in Knee OA Wearable Sensors Reliable for Home Gait Assessment in Knee OA
Remote use of wearable gait sensors appears reliable but yields results slightly different from those achieved in the laboratory, researchers from Boston University have found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines - April 26, 2022 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
Digital CBT could help Black women with insomnia
The study out of Boston University Medical Center included 333 Black women. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Satellite Bio launches with $110M, science out of MIT, BU
Science that was fine-tuned in the labs of MIT and Boston University is forming the foundation for a new startup, Satellite Bio, which has pulled in $110 million. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news
COVID-19 Could Be Surging in the U.S. Right Now and We Might Not Even Know It
The rise of Covid cases in some regions of the U.S., just as testing efforts wane, has raised the specter that the next major wave of the virus may be difficult to detect. In fact, the country could be in the midst of a surge right now and we might not even know it.
Testing and viral sequencing are critical to responding quickly to new outbreaks of Covid. And yet, as the country tries to move on from the pandemic, demand for lab-based testing has declined and federal funding priorities have shifted. The change has forced some testing centers to shutter while others have hiked up prices in response to the end of government-...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MADISON MULLER / BLOOMBERG Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
HTN, T2DM Contribute to Brain Changes in Puerto Rican Seniors
FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 -- Hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) may contribute to brain changes in Puerto Rican older adults, according to a study published online March 30 in Neurology.
Yi Guan, from the Boston University School of Medicine,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What It ’s Like Living With Aphasia—and How to Support a Loved One With the Condition
Bruce Willis, the 67-year-old actor and star of classic action movies like Die Hard, is halting his acting career after being diagnosed with the language disorder aphasia. On March 30, his daughter Rumer, ex-wife Demi Moore, and other family members announced the diagnosis on Instagram.
“Our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” the family wrote. “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.”
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Source: TIME: Health - March 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news
Optimistic people live longer than pessimists because they have fewer stressful events to deal with
Researchers from Boston University have found that optimistic people live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, and say it's because they have fewer stressful events to deal with. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pregnancy-Related Deaths Climbed in the Pandemic ’s First Year
Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday.
Overall in 2020, there were almost 24 deaths per 100,000 births, or 861 deaths total—numbers that reflect mothers dying during pregnancy, childbirth or the year after. The rate was 20 per 100,000 in 2019.
Among Black people, there were 55 maternal deaths per 100,000 births—almost triple the rate for whites.
The report from the National Center for Health Statistics does not include reasons fo...
Source: TIME: Health - February 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsey Tanner / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate News Desk wire Source Type: news
Men who worry lots in middle age at greater risk of heart disease later in life, experts find
Boston University researchers found those who were most neurotic and worried in middle age were up to 13 per cent more likely to be at risk of cardiometabolic disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ditching cigarettes for smokeless tobacco can help cut cardiovascular risks, study finds
Regular smokers are at heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but crushing the butts in favor of a “smokeless” alternative like chewing tobacco, snuff or tobacco lozenges may go a long way toward bringing the danger down to a more normal level, a new UCLA-led study shows.The findings also indicate that the primary culprit in smokers ’ increased risk is not nicotine but other chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products contain large quantities of nicotine.The study,published today in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research, involved a team of researchers from UCLA...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
U.S. Life Expectancy Dropped Nearly 2 Years in 2020
It’s clear that 2020 was a terrible year for health in the U.S., but just how terrible is now coming into focus. New mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics finds that life expectancy dropped by 1.8 years in 2020 compared to 2019, and more than 528,800 more U.S. residents died in 2020 than in 2019. It is the largest single-year increase in annual mortality since 1933, when data for the entire country first became available.
COVID-19 is the primary reason for this shift. The virus was the cause of 10.4% of all deaths last year and became the third-most common cause of death in the country. Howeve...
Source: TIME: Health - December 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Colleges Go Back to Drawing Board —Again—to Fight COVID-19
Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, limit social gatherings and, in some cases, revert to online classes.
The threat of the omicron variant comes as a gut punch to schools that were hoping to relax safety measures this spring. Now, many are telling students to prepare for another term of masking, testing and, if cases get bad, limits around social life.
Cornell University shut down all campus activities on Tuesday and moved final exams online after more than ...
Source: TIME: Health - December 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: COLLIN BINKLEY / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Viewpoint: How universities can improve responsiveness to students' mental health issues
Rates of anxiety and depression among college students are at an all-time high and still rising, according to a 2020 study spearheaded by Boston University. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 5, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brahim S. Aswald, Carly S. Cote, Judi Alperin King and Cynthia C Lawry, Source Type: news
Understanding vaccine hesitancy through communities of place, Institute for Community Studies
This UK-US collaborative study highlights the importance of tapping into local knowledge and leadership in efforts to improve Covid-19 vaccine take-up. Produced together with the Institute for Community Research and Boston University in the United States, the study explores levels of vaccine engagement in four locations: Oldham and Tower Hamlets in the United Kingdom, and the cities of Boston and Hartford in the United States. In all four localities, the survey finds the authorities ' ' top-down ' approach to vaccine distribution and education has been ineffective, and that applying a ' community engagement approach ' inst...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Understanding vaccine hesitancy through communities of place
Institute for Community Studies - This UK-US collaborative study highlights the importance of tapping into local knowledge and leadership in efforts to improve Covid-19 vaccine take-up. Produced together with the Institute for Community Research and Boston University in the United States, the study explores levels of vaccine engagement in four locations: Oldham and Tower Hamlets in the UK, and the cities of Boston and Hartford in the US. In all four localities, the survey finds the authorities ’ ‘top-down’ approach to vaccine distribution and education has been ineffective, and that applying a ‘community enga...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - November 22, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news
