For decades, recipients of liver transplants have been inexplicably vulnerable to MRSA infection after their lifesaving surgeries, but the molecular mechanisms underlying that risk had remained stubbornly mystifying, at least until now. In the hunt for a culprit at the…
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US medical schools are not addressing LGBTQ health disparities well
To address sexual and gender minority health disparities, American medical schools must update their data collection practices, according to new research in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. The study found 80% of medical schools are not collecting sexual orientation information…
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Major medical groups call for mandatory COVID vaccination for health workers
All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday. “Due to the recent COVID-19 surge and the availability of safe and effective vaccines, our…
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3D-printed custom medical devices: Boost performance, cut infection
Using a new 3D printing process, University of Nottingham researchers have discovered how to tailor-make artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in functionality that offers better shape and durability, while cutting the risk of bacterial infection at the…
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How do you rate your medical care? Your answer might be affected by your insurance
For patients seen at a urology clinic, patient satisfaction scores vary by insurance status—with higher scores for patients on Medicare and commercial insurance, but lower scores for those on Medicaid, reports a study in Urology Practice, an Official Journal of…
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Medical first sees CRISPR used to edit DNA inside human bodies
Gene-editing CRISPR tool is used INSIDE four blind patients’ bodies in a world-first attempt to correct their vision without transferring DNA to the lab Carlene Knight and Michael Kalberer were both born with a rare genetic eye disorder called Leber…
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Having a medical detection dog has given me and my son our lives back
Jamie and Richmond had an instant connection, completely different from his relationships with other dogs we’d tried Source: Read Full Article
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Improving equity in the physics of medical devices
Achuta Kadambi, an assistant professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, published a column in the journal Science about how medical devices can be fundamentally biased—not just in dataset representation as has been widely reported, but from a deeper…
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Fewer people sought medical help for severe asthma attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fewer patients with severe attacks were seen by their GP or admitted to hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, and fewer were admitted to hospital for pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung diseases, show findings from three papers published online in the…
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New method developed for ‘up-sizing’ mini organs used in medical research
A team of engineers and scientists has developed a method of ‘multiplying’ organoids: miniature collections of cells that mimic the behavior of various organs and are promising tools for the study of human biology and disease. The researchers, from the…
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