Despite seeing gains in insurance coverage for preventive health services under the Affordable Care Act, the US has seen a declining rate of primary care visits over the past fifteen years. Are fewer individuals seeing primary care physicians? The authors of this study compared two factors that contribute to that decline to determine whether it…
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Patients are sometimes asked to share their personal health information for research purposes. Informed consent and trust are critical components in a patient’s decision to participate in research. Researchers at the University of Florida conducted a three-arm randomized controlled trial to compare the effects on patient experiences of three electronic consent (e-consent) designs that asked…
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Harmful medical practices, like inappropriate prescribing of opioids and racial and income-based discrimination in clinical settings, can vary across medical practices and individuals. Patients may find that even common primary care health services, like getting a chest x-rays or a referral to a heart or lung specialist, can differ widely depending on your doctor or…
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Join us for a unique virtual conference experience! Press registration is now open for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual conference, March 13-16, 2021, to be held virtually. Get great story ideas and connect with neuroscientists, presenting some of the latest research on neurotechnology, memory, mental health, aging, and learning. Highlights will include: Keynote address by…
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A team of HIV researchers, cellular biologists, and biophysicists who banded together to support COVID-19 science determined the atomic structure of a coronavirus protein thought to help the pathogen evade and dampen response from human immune cells. The structural map – which is now published in the journal PNAS, but has been open-access for the…
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A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found a 25% increase in food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic. Food insufficiency, the most extreme form of food insecurity, occurs when families do not have enough food to eat. Among the nationally representative sample of 63,674 adults in the US, Black and Latino…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients in respiratory distress is that the pressure used to inflate the lungs is likely to cause further lung damage. In a new study, scientists identified a molecule that is produced by immune cells during mechanical ventilation to…
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The Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn will take a deep dive into olive oil, with an online talk as to how it’s made, how to taste it, buy it and use it. It will also address the issue of fraud in the industry. Lorenzo Caponetti, a Tuscan producer; and Skyler Mapes and Giuseppe…
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Plenty of alluring plates of food for cold months are what the cooking teacher Susan Herrmann Loomis, who is based in France, provides in her new book, “Plat du Jour.” The seasonally focused recipes are mostly center-of-the-plate fare, including chicken braised in wine with leeks and cream, scallops with celery root purée, classic beef bourguignon,…
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For the first time, Juliana’s — opened by Patsy Grimaldi and his late wife, Carol, when he came out of retirement in 2012 — is offering refrigerated pizzas parbaked in the company’s ancient coal-fired ovens in Dumbo, Brooklyn, and ready to finish baking at home. (Mr. Grimaldi is now pushing 90 and has a partner…
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