Effect of Eubacterium limosum on health? A special bacterium in the gut seems to reduce the risk for heart disease. The bacterium reduces the production of a substance that is related to the development of clogged arteries in combination. In a recent investigation of the Ohio State University, it was…
Couldn’t socially distance? Blame your working memory
Whether you decided to engage in social distancing in the early stages of COVID-19 depended on how much information your working memory could hold. This is the crucial finding of a research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences coauthored by Weiwei Zhang, an associate professor…
Electronic health records fail to detect many medication errors
(HealthDay)—There is wide variation in the safety performance of electronic health record (EHR) systems used in U.S. hospitals, according to a study recently published in JAMA Network Open. David C. Classen, M.D., from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and colleagues used data from the National Quality Forum…
Recurrent UTIs linked to hidden reservoir
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) frequently recur due to bacteria constructing safe havens within the host. While infection is frequently caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli that originates in the gut, little is known regarding vaginal colonization leading to recurrent UTIs. John Brannon, Ph.D., Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Ph.D., and colleagues demonstrated that UTI-causing…
Tech optimization: Fine-tuning cybersecurity defenses
Every day, there are countless cyberattacks by malicious actors on healthcare provider organizations. The goal is to either shut down access to critical systems for a ransom or get ahold of valuable protected health information. This is why healthcare CIOs and CISOs need to have their cybersecurity defenses running at…
New biomarker for dementia diagnosis
Medical researchers in the UK and Australia have identified a new marker which could support the search for novel preventative and therapeutic treatments for dementia. In an innovative new study, coordinated by Flinders University and University of Aberdeen, the researchers investigated the role of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), a blood marker…
UK's Great Ormond Street becomes the first hospital in Europe to attain Stage 6 of both EMRAM and O-EMRAM
London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) was awarded Stage 6 on the EMRAM and O-EMRAM by HIMSS this week, making it the first hospital in Europe to achieve both validations. EMRAM, or the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, measures the adoption and maturity of a health facility’s inpatient EMR capabilities…
Here’s how brain activity evolves fear into anxiety
A team of researchers has now tried to understand the brain’s response to fear, and why, in some cases, it can lead to prolonged anxiety states like post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). A University of New Mexico research team led by Elaine L. Bearer, MD, PhD, the Harvey Family Professor in…
Hong Kong to shut all schools after virus cases spike
Hong Kong will close all schools after the territory reported a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the city’s education minister said Friday. The government has ordered all schools to close from Monday, bringing forward the start of the summer holidays, Kevin Yeung said, after the city recorded an “exponential…
Covid-19: Foetal coronavirus infection is possible
A small study strengthens evidence that a pregnant woman infected with the coronavirus might be able to spread it to her foetus. Researchers from Italy said Thursday that they studied 31 women with COVID-19 who delivered babies in March and April. They found signs of the virus in several samples…