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Micro-Hospitals: Transforming Healthcare in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Two Southeastern Pennsylvania health systems, ChristianaCare and Lehigh Valley Health Network, are launching a new era of health care with their opening of “micro-hospitals” that provide 24/7 emergency care with limited inpatient beds.
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Mpox patients gain days of clarity, as Harborview Medical Center clinicians became adept at early identification

Recent research findings, authored in part by UW Medicine, showed that during western Washington’s 2022 mpox outbreak, emergency response teams were highly accurate at identifying suspected mpox and providing same-day care.
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Screening Newborns for Jaundice Using Smartphone Cameras

Intermountain Health and Picterus AS, a Norwegian health technology company, are building an application using the smartphone’s camera that can determine bilirubin levels in infants accurately at home.
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‘We can complete that puzzle’: MU Health Care taps new diagnostic to improve lung disease treatment

MU Health Care is just the second hospital in the U.S. to perform lung scans using xenon MRI, a groundbreaking technology that promises to greatly improve providers’ abilities to evaluate lung diseases like cystic fibrosis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
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Mat-Su Regional Medical Center “spreads the love” with key food bank staple

Peanut butter has long been a sought-after item for food pantries, thanks to its long shelf life and nutritional value. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center sees it as a critical tool in the fight against hunger within the community, in which an estimated 20% of residents experience food insecurity.
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Thank your active mom for your healthy heart, say researchers investigating impact of pregnancy exercise

Heart health starts in the womb, according to researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, who found that babies had better heart health after birth when their mothers exercised, even moderately, throughout pregnancy.
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‘Beautiful’ new facility greats first patients at new Intermountain Primary Children’s campus

The February 2024 opening of Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Campus in Lehi, Utah, marks the most significant boost in children’s health care delivery in the Intermountain West in more than 100 years. Intermountain's new pediatrics campus in Lehi, Utah, marks the most significant boost in children’s health care delivery in the region in a century.
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Texas Children's Brain Tumor Research for Dogs Could Teach News Tricks for Treating Humans

In a pioneering study, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) uncovered extreme genetic similarities between brain tumors in humans and dogs. Published in the Acta Neuropathologica journal, the research could help uncover effective new treatments for both humans and canines.
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Covering eastern Idaho’s ‘uncovered gap’ in teen mental health services

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center's new intensive outpatient program is designed to support young people dealing with issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and suicidal ideation that impact their school, relationships, family and/or community.