Evelyne Ender – Senior Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature – delves into Persuasion, through which Austen provides a line-up of characters who are forced by circumstances or illness to watch and experience life from the sidelines. Visit www.jhu.edu/hopkinsathome to see more lectures and mini-courses.
Month: June 2020
FDA has approved Ancora Heart’s IDE application for the CorCinch-HF pivotal study. The Santa Clara, CA-based company said the study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). During the AccuCinch procedure, an implant is placed into the mid-left
Our annual INVEST conference will be held as a virtual event this year. We will highlight the seismic changes in healthcare from July 20-24 and spotlight top startups and growth stage companies and how healthcare innovation is contending with the coronavirus public health crisis. Check out the agenda here and register today. Earlybird Registration for MedCity Invest 2020 is available now
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jun 30 2020 Several U.S. cities may be at increased risk of surges in COVID-19 cases as they reopen their economies because their residents are unwilling to follow practices that reduce the spread of the disease, according to Penn State researchers. Dr. Robert Lennon, an associate professor of family and community
Surgical implant maker Xenco Medical continues to flex is innovation muscles, most recently with the launch of an injection-molded titanium foam implant that comes pre-attached to a disposable delivery device. “Optimized for energy absorption and bone in-growth, the interconnected network of pores that permeate each CancelleX porous titanium implant serve to achieve bone-like mechanical properties,” said Xenco
Qure.ai said it has received FDA clearance for its first head CT scan product. The San Mateo, CA-based company’s technology is called qER and can be used to triage radiology scans with intracranial bleeds, mass effect, midline shift, and cranial fractures. Two of these capabilities – cranial fractures and midline shift – are exclusive to
COVID-19 has hit the U.S. healthcare industry like a category five hurricane—an unexpected, widespread disaster that has taken lives and drained critical resources. One area hit particularly hard is the supply chain, with healthcare institutions scrambling to secure the supplies their providers need to protect themselves and their patients from this rapidly spreading illness. Personal
One Medical went public on January 31, with its stock listed on Nasdaq as “ONEM.” During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, health systems experienced a great shift, shutting down services for elective procedures and other clinical activities to create capacity for patients affected by the novel coronavirus. They also adopted telemedicine, which had been
June 30th, 2020 Medgadget Editors Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine Philips won FDA approval for its HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The HeartStart FR3 is an advanced device intended for use by medical professionals, including paramedics, and features such capabilities as “quick shock” to minimize hands-off time, and military-level ruggedness, ECG
To study the complex functionality of groups of cells, and to one day build replacement tissues, researchers have been trying to find a way to generate artificial vascular networks capable of supplying oxygen and nutrients to thousands of cells. Extrusion 3D printing, in which a liquefied material is layered down and allowed to harden, has
Join Leonardo Proietti, lecturer in the Italian Language and Culture department of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, on an exploration of some of the mayor factors that contributed to the rise of the Made in Italy as iconic design all around the world. Visit https://www.jhu.edu/hopkinsathome to learn more.
Join KT Ramesh, founding director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), on a visual exploration of the story of shocks in materials and in systems. We study impact craters, earthquakes, nuclear events, and the life and death of asteroids. Finally, we explore creative extensions into the visual arts, the collapse of societies, and even
Latest Coronavirus News By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) COVID-19 is being diagnosed in Hispanic communities at a disproportionately high rate, a new study of the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area shows. Researchers found that among nearly 38,000 patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 at Johns Hopkins Health System, 16% were positive for the virus
Latest Coronavirus News By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters MONDAY, June 29, 2020 As the worldwide coronavirus case count passed 10 million and the death toll topped 500,000 on Sunday, 36 U.S. states continued to struggle with alarming spikes in COVID-19 infections. Experts cautioned that Florida could become the next epicenter for infections while
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, June 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Actual coronavirus infection rates in many areas of the United States are more than 10 times higher than reported rates, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study suggests. That difference was highest in Missouri. As of April 26, about 2.6% of people (6,800)
Women are significantly more likely to receive prescriptions of opioid analgesics. Read the study, which was performed in a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S., in Journal of Women’s Health. Researchers from University of California Davis School of Medicine identified three main factors driving this discrepancy. These included lower, more adverse socio-economic status
A new study from Stanford researchers shows that a rise in air pollution is associated with increased mortality rates among infants. This new article and its results were published today in the latest issue of the journal Nature Sustainability. Researchers said that dust and changes in climate could be responsible for the rise in infant
Fluidigm’s mass cytometry technology and its Maxpar Direct Immune Profiling Assay are being used in a prospective observational cohort surveillance study of up to 2,000 adult participants hospitalized with COVID-19. The study, which is titled Immunophenotyping Assessment in a COVID-19 Cohort (IMPACC), is being conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy
Level Ex makes games to help interventional cardiologists and other specialists brush up on their skills. Photo credit: Level Ex With Akili’s recent FDA clearance, healthcare video games have been making headlines. A Munich-based medical technology company recently acquired a different kind of game — one designed to help physicians brush up on their decision-making
Retinal prostheses promise the restoration of vision to people with age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and other conditions that lead to the loss of functional photoreceptors. A number of technologies are already in existence that mimic the functionality of the retina by stimulating the inner retinal network, but most of these rely on wearable cameras,
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