2nd bone density test doesn ’t help gauge fracture risk in postmenopausal women
FINDINGSFor postmenopausal women who have undergone an initial bone mineral density test, having a standard second assessment three years after the first does not improve physicians ’ ability to determine their risk of osteoporosis-related hip, spine, forearm and shoulder fractures, a study has found.In addition, the study authors say, the initial testis more predictive of fracture risk than the second test, regardless of race, ethnicity and age.BACKGROUNDPhysicians routinely perform afollow-upbone density tests in postmenopausalwomen approximately three years after the first test todetect any loss in bone mass and thus ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 28, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
The Coronavirus Seems to Spare Most Kids From Illness, but Its Effect on Their Mental Health Is Deepening
Pandemics can be indiscriminate, with viruses making no distinctions among the victims they attack and those they spare. If you’re human, you’ll do. COVID-19 has been different, particularly when it comes to age. The disease has shown a special animus for older people, with those 65-plus considered at especially high risk for hospitalization and death, and those 18 and below catching a semblance of an epidemiological break. Though a small share of adolescents have suffered severe cases, most who contract the disease in that age cohort are likelier to experience milder symptoms or none at all.
But if COVID-19 is...
Source: TIME: Health - July 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Magazine Source Type: news
Research brief: Researchers 3D print a working heart pump with real human cells
(University of Minnesota) In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have 3D printed a functioning centimeter-scale human heart pump in the lab. The discovery could have major implications for studying heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States killing more than 600,000 people a year. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
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A University of Minnesota professor tells CNN's Anderson Cooper about the "emerging evidence" that the coronavirus can be spread through airborne transmission. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Pandemic ’s Big Mystery: How Deadly Is the Coronavirus?
Even with more than 500,000 dead worldwide, scientists are struggling to learn how often the virus kills. Here ’s why. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald G. McNeil Jr. Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Influenza Epidemic (1918-19) Coronavirus Reopenings Deaths (Fatalities) Third World and Developing Countries Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization University of Minnesota Source Type: news
In reversal, U of M tells students to wear masks
The University of Minnesota will require faces masks in most indoor areas and public spaces, a tougher stance than the college took just weeks ago when it laid out plans to restart in-person classes later this summer.
The Star Tribune reports on the announcement by the U of M, which told students and faculty of the rule on Monday. Visitors to campus will also be required to wear masks. The few exceptions include students while they're in assigned apartments or dorms, alone in an office or study… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 30, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Mark Reilly Source Type: news
Research shows quality of prostate MRI is highly variable among institutions
(University of Minnesota Medical School) A recent multi-site study published in Radiology was designed to gauge the difference in imaging quality for prostate MRI by looking retrospectively at performance across 26 institutions and found that the positive predictive value of the test for prostate cancer was highly variable at different sites. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Gilead ’s $2,340 Price for Coronavirus Drug Remdesivir Draws Criticism
The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries.
Gilead Sciences announced the price Monday for remdesivir, and said the price would be $3,120 for patients with private insurance. The amount that patients pay out of pocket depends on insurance, income and other factors.
“We’re in uncharted territory with pricing a new medicine, a novel medicine, in a pandemic,” Gilead’s chief executive, Dan O’Day, tol...
Source: TIME: Science - June 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: MARILYNN MARCHIONE / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News News Desk Source Type: news
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) invites scholars from diverse backgrounds to apply for their Rural Health Equity Postdoctoral Fellowship. One scholar will receive the opportunity to co-lead, with RHRC faculty or staff, a one-year rural health focused project specified by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, as well as lead an additional one-year project in their second year. Applications are due by July 20, 2020. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - June 29, 2020 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Excessive sugar intake linked with unhealthy fat deposits
(European Society of Cardiology) Sugar consumption is linked with larger fat deposits around the heart and in the abdomen, which are risky for health. That's the finding of a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). " When we consume too much sugar the excess is converted to fat and stored, " said study author Ms. So Yun Yi, a PhD student at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
University of Minnesota Medical School finds promising treatment to slow kidney disease doesn't prove out in clinical trial
(University of Minnesota Medical School) A new study from the University of Minnesota Medical School found that allopurinol, an inexpensive generic drug that reduces uric acid levels, did not show benefits in protecting from loss of filtering function in the kidney. The findings were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Common medication may protect diabetic women from coronavirus
In one of the world's largest coronavirus studies to-date, University of Minnesota researchers found that metformin may stem inflammation for diabetic and obese women to lower their death risks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Middle-Income and Rural Families Disproportionately Grapple with Child-care Deserts, New Analysis Shows
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Center for American Progress (CAP) have released an interactive map showing areas considered to be child care deserts, or locations where the demand for child care is greater than the availability of child care. Discusses the impact that COVID-19 has had on child care facilities and potential funding to help with the burden. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - June 22, 2020 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
UMN report shows sexually transmitted infections continue to rise among MN youth
(University of Minnesota Medical School) The 2020 Minnesota Adolescent Sexual Health Report from the University of Minnesota Medical School's Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center (HYD-PRC) reports that while pregnancy and birth rates continue to decline to historic lows for 15 to 19-year-olds, Minnesota youth are contracting sexually transmitted infections (STI) at alarmingly high rates. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Public Health Experts Reject President ’s View of Fading Pandemic
Contrary to Trump ’s recent comments, specialists say, recent increases are real, and the virus is like a “forest fire” that will burn as long as there is fuel. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Gorman Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Coronavirus Reopenings Masks Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Homeland Security Department University of Minnesota Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Gottlieb, Scott (1972- ) Trump, Donald J W Source Type: news
