Anticipate a resurgence of respiratory viruses in young children
Canada should anticipate a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus as COVID-19 physical distancing measures are relaxed, authors warn in ...
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AZ heroes study awarded $15M to continue, expand evaluation of COVID-19 immunity
A University of Arizona Health Sciences study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and immunity among frontline workers has received a $15 ...
Featured articles from the journal CHEST®, July 2021
Credit: González Gutiérrez J., et al, Journal CHEST® Glenview, Ill. - Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original ...
New method predicts COVID-19 severity, could help with hospital triage
During the height of the pandemic, some hospitals were overwhelmed with patients seeking treatment for COVID-19. This situation could happen ...
City-funded housing repairs in low-income neighborhoods associated with drop in crime
Penn Medicine research suggests that investment in structurally damaged homes in low-income and minority neighborhoods are associated with reduced crime ...
Study: Long-term prognosis for some patients with severe brain injury better than expected
Surprising recoveries months later may prompt physicians to delay life-support discussions New research adds to a body of evidence indicating ...
FDA approves Octapharma’s Octagam® 10% for adult dermatomyositis
FDA approval based on positive results of international, multi-center ProDERM studyCredit: Octapharma PARAMUS, N.J. - The U.S. Food and Drug ...
Children’s National Hospital and NIAID launch study on long-term impacts of COVID-19 and MIS-C
NIH-funded multi-year study will look at impacts on children's physical health and quality of life Up to 2,000 children and ...
The journal CHEST receives Impact Factor of 9.410
Recently released in the latest Journal Citation Reports, the journal CHEST®, the official publication of the American College of Chest ...
Disparities in outpatient visit rates
What The Study Did: Researchers examined racial/ethnic disparities in outpatient visit rates to 29 physician specialties in the United States. ...
Common COVID-19 antibiotic no more effective than placebo
UCSF outpatient study found limited effect of azithromycin on progression of disease A UC San Francisco study has found that ...
Outcomes of patients treated by female vs male physicians
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether death, other hospital outcomes and processes of care differed between patients cared for ...
Exploring gap between excess mortality, COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries
What The Study Did: National health care systems have different capacities to correctly identify people who died of COVID-19. Researchers ...
The Lancet: One in two hospitalized COVID-19 patients develop a complication
Study is most comprehensive of its kind and included more than 70,000 adults in the UK hospitalised with severe COVID-19 ...
Self-inflicted firearm injuries three times more common in rural youth
Targeted interventions needed in rural areas to prevent self-harm among youth A national study published in the Journal of Pediatrics ...
On the front lines: Correctional nurses and the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 14, 2021-Firsthand reports from nurses in correctional facilities detail the ...
Association of remdesivir treatment with survival, length of hospital stay among US veterans hospitalized with COVID-19
What The Study Did: In this observational study using data from the Veterans Health Administration for 2,344 U.S. veterans hospitalized ...
New lung cancer screening course focuses on shared decision making
Glenview, IL - The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) and Thomas Jefferson University are launching a free online educational ...
CHEST releases expert guidelines for lung cancer screening
Glenview, Illinois - The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline, Screening for Lung Cancer: ...
Primary care practice characteristics make little impact on unplanned hospital admissions
Primary care variation in rates of unplanned hospitalizations, functional ability, and quality of life of older people Given the aging ...
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Experts optimistic about converting coal plants to production of clean geothermal energy
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Order up: new study reveals importance of liquid structural ordering in crystallization
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Study finds second primary lung cancer is 4 percent and as high as 8 percent among surgery patients
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United Kingdom-based smoking cessation program reports that 30 percent of support in a lung cancer screening program: the Yorkshire Enhanced Stop Smoking Study (YESS)
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NELSON trial protocol more sensitive than NLST and may increase the benefits of lung cancer screening, while reducing unnecessary follow-up procedures
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Sub-lobar surgery for peripheral non-small cell lung cancer non-inferior to lobectomy