News by Subject Medicine & Health

What The Study Did: Researchers analyzed changes in filled prescriptions for naloxone (medication to reverse opioid overdoses) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and compared them with changes in opioid prescriptions and overall prescriptions.

Scientists show for the first time that the primary cilium - a sensing 'organ' of cells - helps the cells that form the lymphatic vessels of mammals to grow into a functional and locally responsive network, not only during prenatal development but also during inflammation and wound healing. This discovery, in a study by the open access publisher Frontiers, could inspire new medical therapies.

What The Study Did: This survey study estimated the number of children and adolescents in the United States who have received medical care as a result of assault, abuse or exposure to violence.

What The Study Did: Researchers describe overdose deaths in San Francisco before and after the initial COVID-19 shelter-in-place order to try to make clear whether characteristics of fatal overdoses changed during this time in an effort to guide future prevention efforts.

A new approach to road safety that relies on design and engineering principles--the "Safe System" approach--could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle-related deaths and injuries if implemented in the US.

This new scientific study shows significant benefit of the PolarCap® System in Player Recovery from Sports-Related Concussions, and paves the way for US market clearance with submission of 510(k) pre-market notification to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the PolarCap® System.

Policy makers should utilise mental health data from the aftermath of the Blitz as a means of establishing who is at the greatest risk of poor mental health following the spread of COVID-19.

Researchers have been able to reduce scarring by blocking part of the healing process in research that could make a significant difference for burns and other trauma patients.