Oct. 21, 2020
Researchers from the University of Georgia are taking a closer look at neck gaiters — the tube-shaped face coverings that have gained a less-than-positive reputation over the past few months. […]
Oct. 20, 2020
Despite shared similarities, such as symptoms and diagnoses, health experts warn that the COVID-19 pandemic is much deadlier than the swine flu pandemic that preceded it (from 2005-2009). Richard Watkins, […]
Oct. 14, 2020
A new study published in PLOS Medicine surveyed nearly 600 people who experienced a loss of taste or smell in the previous month, then administered COVID-19 tests to 567 of […]
Oct. 12, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization for the first point-of-care antibody test for COVID-19 — the Assure COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test Device. The fingerstick […]
Oct. 9, 2020
When an individual faces a first episode of psychosis, the response is critical. A multi-disciplinary team approach taught by trainers at Northeast Ohio Medical University’s Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment […]
Oct. 7, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic claims most headlines these days, it is also having a deadly impact on an area that used to be in the spotlight: opioid overdoses. “The AMA […]
Oct. 7, 2020
Northeast Ohio Medical University’s Project ECHO® (Extensions for Community Health Outcomes) team continues to support and educate medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic by hosting online pop-up sessions. “Coping with […]
Sept. 30, 2020
Racial disparities highlighted by COVID-19 have been in the public eye, and they are an ongoing conversation being addressed through Project ECHO® at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Project ECHO programs […]
Sept. 28, 2020
While chest pain isn’t a hallmark COVID-19 symptom on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) official list, doesn’t mean the discomfort should be ruled out. “Patients ‘sometimes complain […]
Sept. 22, 2020
A recent episode of Summa Health’s “Healthy Vitals” podcast features Thomas File, M.D., a Northeast Ohio Medical University professor of internal medicine and president of the Infectious Diseases Society of […]