Clinical

Delays for Autism Diagnosis and Treatment Grew Even Longer During the Pandemic

Apr 04, 2022 at 04:25 pm by Staff

By Andy Miller and Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  Wylie James Prescott, 3, had to wait more than a year after his autism diagnosis to begin behavioral th.... Read More

Vanderbilt Researchers Seek Best Way to Place Patients on Breathing Machines

Apr 04, 2022 at 01:06 am by Staff

The procedure to place a severely ill patient on a breathing machine (intubation), can be high-risk. One in four severely ill patients undergoing intubation in the Emergency D.... Read More

Study Finds 10-Second Videos Predict Blood Cancer Relapse

Mar 28, 2022 at 01:44 pm by Staff

  In a new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 10-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature greatly improved the predict.... Read More

Climate Change May Push the US Toward the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for West Nile Virus

Mar 28, 2022 at 12:57 pm by Staff

By Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado, was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He’d.... Read More

Senators Ask GAO to Examine Medicaid’s Low Covid Vaccination Rates

Mar 25, 2022 at 09:16 pm by Staff

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Two prominent Democratic senators have requested a Government Accountability Office study of why covid vaccination rates remai.... Read More

Health Officials See Bright Future in Poop Surveillance

Mar 25, 2022 at 08:29 pm by Staff

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kaiser Health News MODESTO, Calif. — One of Patrick Green’s first orders of business each day is to open a tap and fill a bottle.... Read More

Researchers Identify Gene That Predicts Breast Cancer Patients’ Treatment Outcomes

Mar 24, 2022 at 05:33 pm by Staff

Newly discovered genetic marker identifies patients who will best respond to specific chemotherapies Roswell Park-Kaiser Permanente team analyzed breast cancer patients&rsq.... Read More

Virtual Stroke Rehab Study Finds Video Game-based Therapy Helps Stroke Patients Improve Motor Skills

Mar 21, 2022 at 06:22 pm by Staff

After a stroke, patients may lose feeling in an arm or experience weakness and reduced movement that limits their ability to complete basic daily activities. Traditional rehab.... Read More

HCA Healthcare Offers Residency Positions to 1,867 Medical School Graduates to Help Address National Physician Shortage

Mar 21, 2022 at 05:04 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 21, 2022 –HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced that it offered.... Read More

ACS Committee on Trauma Releases New Standards for Care of the Injured Patient

Mar 21, 2022 at 04:45 pm by Staff

  New Resources Manual reflects significant updates to standards last released in 2014.   CHICAGO (March 21, 2022): The American College of Surgeons Committee on.... Read More