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Researchers from the Department of Cardiology and Macrovascular Disease, Beijing Tiantan Cardiovascular Hospital in  Beijing, China found that patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) had significantly worse outcomes. They published their findings in a study titled, “An Acute Respiratory Infection Runs Into the Most Common Non-communicable Epidemic— COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Diseases,” in the latest issue of...

According to the Office of Minority Health African Americans and Hispanics have the highest prevalence of diabetes. African Americans are 60% are more likely than Non Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician. Furthermore, the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma is two to three times higher in patients with diabetes. A study performed...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes that the need for ventilators, ventilator accessories, and other respiratory devices may outpace the supply available to health care facilities during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. On March 22, 2020, the FDA issued an immediately in effect guidance outlining a policy intended to help increase availability...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes the need for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as medical gloves, may outpace the supply available to health care organizations during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. This Letter to Health Care Providers refers specifically to potential shortages relating to surgeons’ gloves and patient examination gloves. The...

A 2018 study from the American Journal of Men’s Health took a look at published peer-reviewed studies that address prostate cancer (PCa) in different regions of the world. These studies were evaluated to get a better understanding of how PCa incidence, prevalence, detection, and mortality are influenced by race, ethnicity, and geography. A secondary goal...

According to The Daily, Case Western Reserve University researchers revealed cellular distinctions between black and white patients with prostate cancer, using artificial intelligence. The team reported in a recent study that AI analysis of digitized images of cancer tissues show critical variations between black and white male prostate cancer patients. The findings indicate that the...

According to ParkinsonNewsToday.com, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) revamped the Fox Trial Finder, a tool that matches Parkinson’s patients and healthy volunteers with clinical trial studies. “At the Foundation, our single urgent goal is to eliminate Parkinson’s disease,” Sohini Chowdhury, MJFF’s deputy CEO, said in a press release. “It will take...

Per a study by Leapcure, a tech-focused clinical trial organization, recruiting with health influencers more than doubles the reach to patients. The company launched a pilot program in 2019 that measured how effective health influencers are to recruitment. It concluded that tapping health influencers costs significantly less than traditional advertising methods but packs a way...

A retrospective study recently published in Cancer Medicine states that use of statins as monotherapy or with metformin is linked with lower mortality among men with high-risk prostate cancer. “Both metformin and statins have been associated with longer life [among men with] prostate cancer, yet because they are commonly prescribed together, no study we know...