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Intramuscular tranexamic acid injection could mean more patients treated in the 'golden hour' TXA, a drug that prevents severe bleeding after injury by inhibiting blood clot breakdown, is most effective when given soon after injury. Every…

Focused on advancing and strengthening primary care in Canada and across the globeCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (September 30, 2020) - Research has shown the strongest evidence for improving health outcomes in the population is…

Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Certain changes in a person's heart and breathing rates could precede symptoms of COVID-19, an increasing number of studies suggests. Purdue University…

Creating "work bubbles" during the COVID-19 pandemic can help reduce the risk of company-wide outbreaks while helping essential businesses continue to function, as the example of Bombardier Aviation demonstrates in an analysis published…

British Columbia found that BC was better prepared for the pandemic and responded in a more coordinated and decisive manner, leading to far fewer deaths than in Ontario. The article is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association…

What The Study Did: In this randomized clinical trial, daily hydroxychloroquine didn't prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection among hospital-based health care workers, although the trial was terminated early. Authors: Ravi K. Amaravadi, M.D., of…

Researchers also find that superspreading is common; 70% of COVID-19 infected patients do not infect any of their contacts. COVID-19 mortality is higher in the 40-69 year age group in India than in other countries A team of investigators…

A new analysis of data from researchers at King's College London using information from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London, has shown that delirium - a state of acute confusion associated…

Bridging the age gapCredit: Professor Lynda Wyld Women with breast cancer who are aged older than 70 years are sometimes not offered surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy because doctors believe their patients will not be able…

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Hollings Cancer Center explore remote methods for conducting smoking cessation clinical trialsCredit: Medical University of South Carolina Many of South Carolina's nicotine…

Researchers linked an outbreak to a source patient who spread the virus New research from the University of Georgia supports growing evidence for airborne transmission of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces. Researchers were able to link a…

Startup gifts launch program for innovations in cancer care HANOVER, N.H. - September 29, 2020 - Five Dartmouth College alumni and health care investors have committed a total of $1.4 million in gifts to launch the Dartmouth Innovations…

Credit: West Virginia University About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency contraception. But even though the Food and Drug Administration approved levonorgestrel--more commonly known as Plan…

Systematic assessment of safety-related outcomes has been lacking, researchers find Approvals of prescription opioids by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over more than two decades have been based on evaluations in narrowly defined…

A George Mason University study of US veterans found that while social determinants of health can predict suicide, they are not the cause of it -- mental illness isCredit: George Mason University Suicide is the tenth leading…

Yet there is ambivalence in many publics over developments in AI, workplace automation, food science WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 29, 2020) - As publics around the world look to scientists and the research and development process to bring new…

Suspensions disproportionately affect low income, Black and Hispanic families and may severely limit access to employment and healthcare Philadelphia, September 29, 2020 - A study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital of…

TGen subsidiary offers genomic diagnostics in support of veterinary oncologists and pet parents treating canine cancerCredit: TGen PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Sept. (28), 2020 -- After more than a decade of pioneering the study of naturally…

Joint statement on health, sustainability, and digitization In the run-up to the summit of the G20 countries in November 2020 to be held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), the science academies of these countries have presented their joint…

Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of age into infants' diets could prevent them from developing coeliac disease, a study has found. These results from the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) Study, published today in JAMA…