Cart is empty A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health describes a process-improvement study undertaken to improve documentation consistency and increase the capture of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) (i.e., stress, pain, anxiety, and coping) within the UH Connor Whole Health music therapy team.
Study explores anxiety, concerns of families with children with neurodevelopmental conditions during COVID-19 pandemic
A study published in the Journal of Global Health has analyzed data from more than 6,600 families with a child with a neurodevelopmental condition (NDC)—autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, developmental language disorder, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and intellectual disability—from 70 countries, including the United States.
Q&A: What’s in store for the upcoming respiratory virus season?
Last year’s “tripledemic” of flu, COVID-19 and RSV left many of us wary of what the coming respiratory virus season might bring. But this year’s landscape is already different, with new vaccines and treatments, like the game-changing antibody that protects kids from RSV, offering new ways to tamp down infections and transmission.
‘Eggsplosions’ and eyes don’t mix
Putting a hard-boiled egg in the microwave is making users popular on TikTok, but that fame could come with a hefty price.
Head to heart: Linking Alzheimer’s disease to heart failure
The passing of June’s summer solstice, the longest day of the year, prompts reflection on all of the ways people work to shine a light in the darkness. June is also Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, a time in which we strive to fight back the darkness of dementia. In a world with an aging population, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an ever-present and ever-growing shadow.
Scrambler therapy may offer lasting relief for chronic pain, review paper suggests
A new review paper co-authored by two Johns Hopkins pain experts suggests that scrambler therapy, a non-invasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for approximately 80%–90% of patients with chronic pain, and it may be more effective than another non-invasive therapy: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). The write-up was published online July 13 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Study: Human senescent fibroblasts cause lung fibrosis in mice
A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging, titled “Human senescent fibroblasts trigger progressive lung fibrosis in mice.”
Two subtypes of HPV-associated head and neck cancers predict treatment outcomes, new study reveals
Cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers of the head and neck, known as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), are rapidly increasing throughout the United States. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about the factors that contribute to these tumors and what makes some tumors more aggressive and treatment-resistant than others.
Study raises possibility of immunotherapy treatment for ALS
New research reveals a type of monoclonal antibody already tested in certain forms of cancer may be a promising treatment in stopping the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
School meals would be even healthier if compliant with US nutrition standards, study finds
Today’s school meals are much healthier than they were for the parents of American kids, but still 1 in 4 school meals are of poor nutritional quality. The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), in place for 2020-25, call for meals with less sugar and salt and with more whole grains.