The Sequoia Project and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association say new research shows promise for expanding an existing person matching framework to payers – boosting the prospects for more seamless interoperability as patient identification efforts gain steam in policy circles and at provider organizations. WHY IT MATTERS The new study, Person Matching for Greater Interoperability: A Case Study for […]
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The world is currently three for three on the number of COVID-19 vaccines that now look promising. Researchers from the University of Oxford in the U.K. and international drug maker AstraZeneca report their vaccine is safe, too, and that it sets off a similar type of immune response across all the people who have been inoculated with it. The study, whose results […]
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We're going to have to ask everyone to fasten their seatbelts and prepare for landing because we're approaching our destination: Black Friday 2020 aka the pinnacle of all shopping seasons. Any online shopping you've done throughout the year was child's play compared to this moment. Given that in-person shopping isn't very ideal this year, thank goodness you got some training […]
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Obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes, according to a new study from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust that demonstrates that age is no barrier to losing weight. The researchers hope that their findings will help to correct […]
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At the beginning of November, we went back into lockdown. Ok, we thought. We know how to do this. This time around we are on it with social distancing, we know about masks and hand sanitiser and queuing for the supermarket. And this time it’s shorter. Surely four weeks will feel like a breeze compared to the months of lockdown […]
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It feels like there’s no escape from the gloom and doom of living through the coronavirus pandemic. At home we feel cooped up and locked down. Outside we see face masks, closed restaurants, and worried faces. Online we doomscroll through endless updates of deaths, economy crashes, and fear. The briefest bit of good news – whether it’s the development of […]
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The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers provide further proof of this by showing that mumps IgG titers, or levels of IgG antibody, are inversely correlated with severity in recovered COVID-19 patients previously vaccinated with the MMR II […]
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A study has found that middle-aged monkeys fed a plant-based Mediterranean diet were more resilient to stress than those fed a Western diet containing a lot of animal protein, saturated fat, salt, and sugar. According to a survey by the polling organization Gallup in 2019, people living in the United States reported some of the highest levels of psychological stress […]
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At churches, on cruise ships and even in the White House, superspreading events that can sicken dozens, even hundreds, of people have illustrated the potential for the coronavirus to infect in dramatic bursts. Experts say these large clusters are more than just extreme outliers, but rather the pandemic’s likely main engine of transmission. And understanding where, when and why they […]
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Without access to the gym, it’s easy to get into a panic when your progress is interrupted. Strong Women trainer Alice Miller explains why you shouldn’t be too concerned about losing muscle mass during lockdown. As we endure a second lockdown and daydream about our beloved gym studios (we’ll never take that expansive weights section for granted again), it’s hard […]
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