Category: Public Health

Public Health

Real-Time Oxygen Delivery to the Brain

Engineers have combined light and sound imaging methods to observe how blood vessels supply oxygen to active brain neurons in awake animal models.

Public Health

Pre-Surgery Mental Health Support Improved Recovery

Providing mental health coaching and optimizing high-risk medications before surgery reduces post-operative anxiety and depression in older surgical patients.

Public Health

High-performance ICUs Had Lower Pandemic Mortality Rates

ICU mortality rates during the pandemic were significantly lower in ICUs that exhibited high efficiency, pre-COVID-19.

Pediatrics

FDA Early Alert for Draeger Breathing Circuit

Draeger issued a letter to affected customers recommending certain VentStar Resus Neo hoses be removed from where they are used or sold, according to an FDA early alert.

Smoking

Youth Vaping Increases Long-term Nicotine Seeking

Early exposure to e-cigarette vapor may alter the brain’s reward system well into adulthood, according to new research.

Healthcare & Policy

IDSA Concerned Over Federal Plan to Overhaul Infectious Disease Research

Leading medical societies warn that proposed changes and funding delays at the National Institutes of Health could disrupt active studies and patient care.