Surgeons at Henry Ford Health System's Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) performed what is believed to be the first precision prostatectomy through the bladder using a single port robotic surgical system. Precision prostatectomy is a novel surgical approach that allows removal of the cancer while preserving a portion of the prostate capsule in select men in […]
New results from a long-term epidemiologic study reveal that one of the oldest racially based diagnostic formulas in medicine is no better than a race-neutral equation, which suggests the formula used to diagnose lung disease should be changed. The study, led by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, was published Dec. […]
The Philippines said Wednesday it has detected its first cases of the omicron strain in two travelers who arrived recently from Japan and Nigeria. The Department of Health said the omicron variant was detected in a Filipino man, who flew back home from Japan on a Philippine Airlines flight on Dec. 1. The second case […]
New Curtin research has revealed a positive aspect to the COVID pandemic, with families found to benefit from the extra time together during lockdowns and mobile devices proving useful for helping them stay in touch with extended family and friends and for activities such as online classes. However, the research also found lockdowns and other […]
Health technology investment is a standout in fundraising so far this year, raking in $23.8 billion across 556 completed deals through the third quarter, according to Deloitte’s Road to Next report. “Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, dealmaking at the expansion stage rose to new heights in 2020 and 2021 to date,” wrote report authors Heather […]
A new technology developed at Tel Aviv University will make it possible, using artificial intelligence, to identify patients who are at risk of serious illness as a result of blood infections. The researchers trained the AI program to study the electronic medical records of about 8,000 patients at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital who were found […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A raft of new studies released overnight that looked at the ability of Omicron to evade an array of currently available vaccines, suggest a substantial loss of protection against the highly mutated variant. The new studies, from teams of researchers in […]
The COVID warrior smites himself Laura Ingraham says Biden’s failed COVID response will be his undoing Omicron and delta variants of COVID-19 have researchers investigating the effectiveness of existing vaccinations and boosters against emerging new strains of SARS-CoV-2. One protection against the quickly mutating novel coronavirus may potentially be through nasal vaccines, according to researchers […]
Q: My children are too young to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Is it safe to get together with our extended family for Christmas? A: For many families, the holidays are about getting together with relatives and friends, but children younger than 5 years old are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. And, even though […]
A team of researchers from the University of Washington recently investigated the transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 SARS-CoV-2 variants and reported that the variants showed consistent differences in their transmission rates. Study: SARS-CoV-2 variant dynamics across US states show consistent differences in effective reproduction numbers. Image Credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock This work is posted […]
