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Betting on ‘golden age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs

Mariel needed a new gastroenterologist. Having just moved back to San Antonio, the 30-something searched for a doctor to manage her Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel condition that is successfully managed with medications and lifelong monitoring — including regular colonoscopies.

27 May 2022

Burned out by covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many as 80 hours a week in the ICU.

27 May 2022

Nexus Medical Labs receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 test using the RHINOstic™ Automated Nasal Swab from Rhinostics

Rhinostics Inc. and Nexus Medical Labs recently received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a molecular SARS-CoV-2 test enabling unsupervised self-collection.

From Rhinostics 27 May 2022

Stressful work environment and unemployment linked to opioid misuse among U.S. adults

Two linked studies led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers have found strong associations between drug misuse generally and opioid misuse specifically among unemployed Americans, who were found to have a 40% higher likelihood to misuse opioids than those working 35-40 hours per week.

24 May 2022

New training scheme for convolutional neural networks automates cell segmentation and counting

The use of machine learning to perform blood cell counts for diagnosis of disease instead of expensive and often less accurate cell analyzer machines has nevertheless been very labor-intensive as it takes an enormous amount of manual annotation work by humans in the training of the machine learning model.

20 May 2022

States have yet to spend hundreds of millions of federal dollars to tackle covid health disparities

The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to help underserved communities hardest hit by the virus.

16 May 2022

Study examines the causal effect of high fertility on late-life cognition

A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and the Robert Butler Columbia Aging Center and Université Paris-Dauphine – PSL, found that having three or more versus two children has a negative effect on late-life cognition.

12 May 2022

Research may lead to more effective interventions for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

One of the most common causes of disability or death in newborns is a lack of oxygen or blood flow in the brain during labor or delivery.

11 May 2022

Study assesses the effect of extreme heat on workforce health

Working outdoors during periods of extreme heat can cause discomfort, heat stress, or heat illnesses – all growing concerns for people who live and work in Southwestern cities like Las Vegas, where summer temperatures creep higher each year.

11 May 2022

3D simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern and cognitive skills

Childbirth in humans is much more complex and painful than in great apes. It was long believed that this was a result of humans’ larger brains and the narrow dimensions of the mother’s pelvis.

10 May 2022

California's cap on noneconomic losses may be associated with increase in malpractice cases

A new analysis suggests California's cap on noneconomic losses in malpractice cases has fallen far behind present-day values, and may even be associated with an increase in malpractice cases over the past five decades.

9 May 2022

Understanding the impact of paid family leave mandates on labor supply after spousal health shocks

The 2022 Economic Report of the President cited Associate Professor of Health Administration and Policy Priyanka Anand's research on the impact of paid family leave mandates on labor supply and caregiving decisions following a spousal disability or health shock.

6 May 2022

nTIDE report: Post-pandemic economic recovery of people with disabilities continues at historic highs

The post-pandemic economic recovery of people with disabilities remained strong in April and continued at historic highs, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).

6 May 2022

States watching as Massachusetts takes aim at hospital building boom and costs

A Massachusetts health cost watchdog agency and a broad coalition including consumers, health systems, and insurers helped block the state's largest — and most expensive — hospital system in April from expanding into the Boston suburbs.

3 May 2022

New smartphone-powered microchip opens the door for faster, cheaper at-home medical testing

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The innovation opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing.

3 May 2022

Labor News and Research

Betting on ‘golden age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs

Burned out by covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

Nexus Medical Labs receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 test using the RHINOstic™ Automated Nasal Swab from Rhinostics

Stressful work environment and unemployment linked to opioid misuse among U.S. adults

New training scheme for convolutional neural networks automates cell segmentation and counting

States have yet to spend hundreds of millions of federal dollars to tackle covid health disparities

Study examines the causal effect of high fertility on late-life cognition

Research may lead to more effective interventions for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Study assesses the effect of extreme heat on workforce health

3D simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern and cognitive skills

California's cap on noneconomic losses may be associated with increase in malpractice cases

Understanding the impact of paid family leave mandates on labor supply after spousal health shocks

nTIDE report: Post-pandemic economic recovery of people with disabilities continues at historic highs

States watching as Massachusetts takes aim at hospital building boom and costs

New smartphone-powered microchip opens the door for faster, cheaper at-home medical testing

California opens Medicaid to older unauthorized immigrants

Lower COVID-19 mortality among physically active individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa

UrFU sociologists identify digital fears among young people

Sen. Orrin Hatch’s legacy tracks the GOP’s evolution on health

How severity and progression of COVID-19 affect cytokine profiles in pregnant women

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging

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