Electroconvulsive therapy linked to longer hospital stays, increased costs
(Penn State) Electroconvulsive therapy, which may be effective at lowering long-term risks of suicide and death among patients with certain mood disorders, may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They said delivering the therapy in outpatient settings may make the treatment more cost-effective. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Community health workers identify health-related social needs in patients
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Addressing patients' health-related social needs, like housing and food security, is integral to patient care. Federally Qualified Health Centers are leaders in screening for and addressing patients' health-related social needs. However, screening practices vary. This variation is relatively unexplored, particularly with regards to organizational and state policy influences. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Virtual care: Choosing the right tool, at the right time
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Kumara Raja Sundar, MD, a family physician at Kaiser Permanente of Washington, uses two media synchronicity theory principles - conveyance and convergence - as a framework for choosing the right medium of care for his patients. In this essay, Sundar discusses how operating within this framework changed his own practice and decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with the use of telemedicine versus in-person clinic visits. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Deep Longevity releases psychological aging clocks and announces Scientific Advisory Board
(Deep Longevity Ltd) Deep Longevity Limited has announced today the members of its Scientific Advisory Board. It contains world-class experts in longevity research. Under their supervision, the company is planning to adapr the aging clock technology for commercial use. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Behavioral health integration helps practices address patients' socioeconomic needs
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Lessons from primary care and behavioral health integration should inform health care practices to identify and address patients' social, economic needs (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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New spray could someday help heal damage after a heart attack
(American Chemical Society) Heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although modern surgical techniques, diagnostics and medications have greatly improved early survival from these events, many patients struggle with the long-term effects of permanently damaged tissue, and the 5-year mortality rate remains high. Now, researchers reporting inACS Nano have developed a minimally invasive exosome spray that helped repair rat hearts after myocardial infarction. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Yale School of Public Health partners with Tevogen Bio on expansion of regulatory sciences program
(Yale School of Public Health) The Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) is partnering with Tevogen Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company, on a major expansion of the school's regulatory sciences program. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Chinese health insurance achieves success decreasing diabetes medication usage, costs
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Approximately 642 million people are expected to be diagnosed with diabetes by 2040, with Asians representing more than 55% of cases. Researchers conducted the first large-scale study since the implementation of medical insurance in China to evaluate the complexity and cost of drug therapy for Asian people with diabetes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Primary care practice characteristics make little impact on unplanned hospital admissions
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Given the aging world population, there is international interest in helping older people live longer and healthier lives. Avoiding unplanned hospital admissions is an important aspect of care for older people. Palapar et al focused on the way primary care practice characteristics influence outcomes such as unplanned hospitalizations, function and well-being. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Minority physicians experience more diversity, less burnout in family medicine practice
This study examined a nationally-representative sample of family physicians to determine whether physician race-ethnicity was associated with burnout among a nationally-representative sample of family physicians. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Integration of social care into health care: Our collective path ahead
(American Academy of Family Physicians) Drs. Alicia Cohen and Emilia De Marchis provide commentary on three articles in this issue of Annals of Family Medicine, specifically Greenwood-Ericksen et al's research on Michigan's Federally Qualified Health Centers; Hoeft et al's special report about translating lessons learned from behavioral health integration into the social care realm; and Fessler et al's narrative about how they as medical students stepped away from their medical clerkships to act as community volunteers for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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ISSRDC to feature in-space production applications and its impact on the space economy
(International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory) International Space Station Research and Development Conference brings the science taking place on humankind's greatest technical and research platform to your virtual office. Including sessions on how the orbiting laboratory is furthering in-space production efforts to improve life terrestrially and drive a market in low Earth orbit. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Scientists identify new gut-liver drug recycling process
(University of Houston) A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting a newly recognized process of drug metabolism in the intestines - followed by recycling through the liver - that could have important implications for developing treatments for intestinal diseases and for taking multiple medications at the same time. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Adult children with college degrees influence parents' health in later life
(University at Buffalo) Having no children who completed college is negatively associated with parents' self-rated health and positively associated with depressive symptoms. Additionally, among parents with the highest propensity for having no children who complete college, the consequences on depressive symptoms are greatest. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Virtual schooling exposes digital challenges for Black families, MU study finds
(University of Missouri-Columbia) A new study from the University of Missouri found the unanticipated transitions to virtual schooling due to COVID-19 exposed the lack of digital resources among Black families in the United States, including access to Wi-Fi and technological savviness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news