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Build back better: US pharma and the future of healthcare

Jul 30, 2021

America’s biopharmaceutical industry says it is “ready to do its part” in building a stronger, more resilient, affordable, and equitable health care system for all. COVID-19 highlighted both the challenges of the US healthcare system and the huge change potential of the country’s pharmaceutical industry. Now, as vaccination continues at pace, the sector has pledged to help “build back better”, by...

Your View: How smaller families can benefit our country

Jul 27, 2021

All across America, millions of women and couples are deciding to have smaller families . The birth rate across the Lehigh Valley has also declined over the past two years. This need not be cause for alarm. This represents an extraordinary opportunity. We can downshift and focus on creating a greater society — as opposed to a larger one. Yet alarms are being...

More Hospitals Are Requiring Workers to Get Covid Vaccines

Jul 22, 2021

With some health care workers still refusing to be immunized, medical centers around the country are requiring shots as cases climb once again. More and more hospitals and major health systems are requiring employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine, citing rising caseloads fueled by the Delta variant and stubbornly low vaccination rates in their communities and even within their work force. Many hospitals say their efforts to immunize...

Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America

Jul 20, 2021

Brandon Will had a life plan: go to grad school for creative writing in New York City and eventually get a job in publishing. But then his mother, Janice, came to visit. She had lost a “startling” amount of weight, he said. At 62, she wanted to take cabs for short distances. He noticed a stiffness in her facial muscles that made it difficult for her to express emotion. “I’d be taking selfies and she couldn’t...

Antibiotic use linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer

Jul 13, 2021

The use of antibiotics has increased dramatically in recent years. New research indicates that increased use of antibiotics is linked to a greater risk of colon cancer, particularly in people under the age of 50 years. The new data reinforce the need to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics, which can put individuals at further risk of health problems. Antibiotics are extremely helpful in the treatment...

Treatments targeting the liver could treat type 2 diabetes

Jul 08, 2021

Researchers have investigated the link between fatty liver disease and key markers of type 2 diabetes in mice. The results suggest that reducing production of the neurotransmitter GABA in the liver could normalize blood glucose levels, decrease appetite, and lead to weight loss. The researchers say that the treatment pathway may exclusively work among people with obesity. Type 2 diabetes is...

Biden: US 'Coming Back Together,' but COVID Not Yet Finished

Jul 06, 2021

President Joe Biden celebrated the second July Fourth holiday of the coronavirus pandemic by declaring that “America is coming back together.”. WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling a vaccination “the most patriotic thing you can do,” President Joe Biden on Sunday mixed the nation’s birthday party with a celebration of freedom from the worst of the pandemic. He tempered the strides against COVID-19 with a...

Can airborne pollen help spread SARS-CoV-2?

Jul 01, 2021

There appears to be a correlation between high concentrations of airborne pollen and high rates of infection with SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. A new computer model suggests that tree pollen could facilitate the transmission of the virus in a crowd of people gathered outdoors. The model assumes that the virus can hitch a ride on pollen grains, though there is currently no direct evidence that this can...

We cannot cheat aging and death, study indicates

Jun 29, 2021

A study led by Fernando Colchero, University of Southern Denmark and Susan Alberts, Duke University, North Carolina, that included researchers from 42 institutions across 14 countries, provides new insights into the aging theory "the invariant rate of ageing hypothesis," which states that every species has a relatively fixed rate of aging. "Human death is inevitable. No matter how many vitamins we take, how healthy our environment is or...

6 ways design can supercharge innovation in health sciences and medical education

Jun 24, 2021

It might sound radical, but the best way to achieve better collaboration is by eliminating traditional operational silos and the resulting departments. We’re heading straight for a significant healthcare worker shortage—and fast. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges , by 2033, the U.S. could experience a shortage of anywhere from 54,000 to 140,000 physicians. By just 2025, the consulting firm ...

The Role of Medical Technologists in Improving the Quality of Healthcare

Jun 22, 2021

Medical technology involves everything that is used in the medical field. This includes diagnostic, and clinical procedures such as mammography, x-ray, MRIs, CT scans, blood tests, and the like. It also encompasses treatments, equipment, medical machinery, medicines, and preventive and curative measures for health disorders. The term itself can be broadened to include many of the technological advances in modern medicine that...

Many U.S. Mass Shooters Had Untreated Mental Illness: Study

Jun 18, 2021

"Without losing sight of the larger perspective that most who are violent are not mentally ill, and most of the mentally ill are not violent, our message is that mental health providers, lawyers and the public should be made aware that some unmedicated patients do pose an increased risk of violence," wrote researchers led by Dr. Ira Glick, from Stanford University's School of Medicine. Glick's team studied 35 mass shooting cases...

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