by Yale University | Sep 23, 2020 | Hospitals, News
Doctors at Yale New Haven Hospital used a more aggressive selection process to more than quadruple the number of heart transplants performed there while maintaining positive patient outcomes, according to a new study. Researchers The findings suggest that a more...
by medicalxpress | Sep 22, 2020 | Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News
(HealthDay)—Yet another rapid COVID-19 test has proven its mettle in spotting infection with the new coronavirus, this time in a British study. The lab-in-a-cartridge testing device—which can be performed at bedside, doesn’t require a laboratory, and can be...
by Robin Foster and E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporters | Sep 21, 2020 | Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News, Pharmaceutical
New details surfaced on Thursday on an unexplained neurological condition that struck a volunteer who was participating in AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trial. In an internal safety report obtained by CNN, company officials describe how a healthy 37-year-old...
by Tina Reed | Sep 18, 2020 | Health Insurance, Hospitals, News, Overview
Image source: Carly Helfand Canopy Health is an integrated, accountable care network of providers and health systems in the Bay Area. UnitedHealthcare and accountable care network Canopy Health are expanding their shared portfolio with a new health plan for consumers...
by Kristen Jordan Shamus | Sep 15, 2020 | Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News
Richard Beckerson will never know whether it was convalescent plasma that made the lifesaving difference—or whether it was the antiviral drug remdesivir or a combination of both. To him, it doesn’t really matter. All that matters is that he survived 122 days of...
by Robin Foster and E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporters | Sep 14, 2020 | Covid-19 / Coronavirus, News
New research suggests that COVID -19 is far from benign when it strikes young adults: Once they are hospitalized, 1 in 5 wind up in the ICU and many need ongoing medical care even after they are free of the virus, scientists report. The Harvard University doctors...
