ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 21 -- Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center issued the following news release: Despite its proven effectiveness as a treatment for opioid use disorders (OUD), buprenorphine is not reaching patients in central Appalachia, the epicenter of the opioid crisis in the United States, according to investigators from the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: Widespread layoffs amid the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to cut off millions of people from their employer-sponsored health insurance plans. But the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will protect many of these people and their families from losing coverage, according to a new study. The Perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine, co-authored by Harvard University Ph  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 21 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Southern California research scientists report that while atypical femur fracture risk is rare, it does increase with longer use of bisphosphonate to treat osteoporosis, especially after 5 years. Asian women had approximately 5 times the risk of these fractures with prolonged bisphosphonate use compared to white women. "Atypical f  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 21 -- The Minnesota Medical Association issued the following news: National experts Uche Blackstock, MD, Esther Choo, MD, MPH, and Jane van Dis, MD, will examine common barriers to addressing equity in healthcare and provide a series of compelling arguments for enacting true and measurable changes during the MMA's Annual Conference closing session from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 26. Blackstock is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, which partner  more

PARIS, France, Aug. 21 -- The National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment issued the following news release: Ivermectin is a drug that is widely used to treat parasitic diseases. Initially developed during the 1980s for veterinary use, it was then adapted to deal with human parasites in tropical countries. Considered to be safe in humans, it is now used to treat scabies and head lice. INRAE scientists working with clinicians and biologists at Toulouse and Montpellier U  more

STANFORD, California, Aug. 21 -- Stanford University Law School issued the following news: In a recent perspective published by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Stanford Law student Alexandra Daniels analyzed a growing body of federal litigation brought by prisoners with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) who are seeking access to treatment for their condition. Another public health crisis in prisons With co-author and mentor, Professor David Studdert, Daniels documented the dire public h  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- Western New England University issued the following news release: PeoplesBank and the Western New England University College of Business's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) are working together to help students expand their entrepreneurship education beyond the classroom. The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Western New England University works to develop students' entrepreneurial mindset. Through cocurricular efforts, such as   more