Understanding the effect of wildfires on air quality: a NASA initiative
Wildfires, characterized by unplanned, uncontrolled, and unpredictable fires erupting in areas such as forests, grasslands, and prairies, have recently grown ...
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Growing numbers of Native American households in Nevada face plumbing poverty, water quality problems
A growing number of Native American households in Nevada have no access to indoor plumbing, a condition known as “plumbing ...
No harmful effects of donor iron deficiency on blood quality or donor wellbeing
(Washington, Sept. 7) – Most of the U.S. blood supply comes from about 5 million altruistic volunteers who donate blood ...
Recent advances in air quality research
A deep breath of fresh air can feel restorative. However, if the air is polluted by airborne particles or volatile ...
New cardiac rehabilitation guideline for women designed to improve their longevity and quality of life
Philadelphia, August 31, 2022 – Across the globe, women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) generally experience worse outcomes and are less ...
Costlier Medicare Advantage plans do not always offer better quality
Enrolling in a higher-cost Medicare Advantage plan may not always get seniors better quality health care, according to a new ...
Association of Medicare advantage premiums with measures of quality, patient experience
About The Study: The findings of this analysis suggest that although there were modest improvements in the average quality of care ...
Transplant candidates’ thoughts about tradeoffs of shorter wait time for lower quality kidneys
Highlight In a choice-based study of patients who were waiting for or had received a kidney transplant, the average respondent ...
Climate change threatens food supply chains with cascading impacts on diet quality, income – new modelling shows
New University of Sydney research published in Nature Food today has modelled the wide-ranging impacts of climate change and extreme ...
Quality Improvement Program increases pneumococcal vaccination in adults with advanced kidney disease
In this study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), a quality improvement program that utilized electronic best practice ...
Aries Systems and Ripeta partner to increase the quality of research reporting
Aries Systems Corporation, a leading technology workflow solutions provider for the scholarly publishing community, and Ripeta, a part of Digital ...
Can water quality trading effectively reduce water pollution?
Water quality trading has been proposed as a way to address water pollution, where one source of pollution is allowed ...
Dearth of high quality monkeypox guidelines may be hampering care globally
A dearth of high quality, up to date clinical guidance on monkeypox may be hampering effective and safe treatment of ...
Quality of life with multiple sclerosis may depend on several factors
MINNEAPOLIS – Quality of life is a measure of a person’s level of comfort, health and happiness. For people with ...
Robotic-assisted lobectomy for early-stage lung cancer provides better patient-reported quality of life compared to video-assisted lobectomy
Robotic-Assisted Lobectomy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Provides Better Patient-Reported Quality of Life Compared to Video-Assisted Lobectomy (Vienna—August 9, 2022 10:10 ...
Study examines older adults’ quality of life before and after starting dialysis
Highlight Among older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease, mental and physical health-related quality of life worsened in the year ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research | Rigor and Transparency Index: Large Scale Analysis of Scientific Reporting Quality
JMIR Publications recently published “Establishing Institutional Scores With the Rigor and Transparency Index: Large-scale Analysis of Scientific Reporting Quality” in ...
Aussies living remotely lack access to quality drinking water
Australians in more than 400 remote or regional communities lack access to good-quality drinking water, while about eight per cent ...
“Buen Aire Para Todos” project will create a new air quality monitoring system for Latinx community in East Las Vegas
Latinx communities in East Las Vegas will soon have access to an improved air quality monitoring program, thanks to a ...
New research from Dignity Health on improving quality of life for LVAD patients
Sacramento, Calif. (July 14, 2022) – A study at Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital showed that use of a special ...