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NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) launched the first-ever national registry for patients at all stages of kidney disease, the NKF Patient Network. This powerful research tool can improve the lives of people with kidney disease by better informing research, clinical care, drug development, and health policy decisions, as well as giving kidney patients the tools they need to stay educated and healthy.
Today the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) launched the first-ever national registry for patients at all stages of kidney disease, the NKF Patient Network. This powerful research tool can improve the lives of people with kidney disease by better informing research, clinical care, drug development, and health policy decisions, as well as giving kidney patients the tools they need to stay educated and healthy. To join the NKF Patient Network, go to NKFPatientNetwork.org.
The National Kidney Foundation Launches the First-Ever National Registry for All Stages of Kidney Disease
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Local students studying for careers in health care are finding themselves on the front lines of the pandemic before they even have a degree.
University of Scranton and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students are joining their peers around the region to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
âA lot of us 100% wanted to help the second we could,â said Katherine Snyder, a fourth-year medical school student from Dallas. âWe wanted to be involved in whatever way we could. We want to serve our community, we want to serve the patients who are at risk.â
Since January, medical and nursing students, under the supervision of their professors and licensed professionals, have been volunteering to give COVID-19 vaccines at nursing homes and at vaccine clinics around the region. University of Scranton students helped vaccinate those in the 1A category at the Throop Civic Center last month; medical school students administered vaccines to Geisinger health care work
For a second year, a ceremony was held in Scranton to honor Black History Month. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 6:45 PM EST February 6, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. For the second year, a ceremony was held in Scranton to honor Black History Month.
Dozens gathered at City Hall on Saturday to reflect and celebrate the role Black American s have played in shaping the city, the nation s identity, and culture. It s amazing, you know, it s a pandemic so we all have to take calculated risks, so I m excited that a lot of people took the time to come out and solidarity and show their support despite the pandemic, despite the cold. It s really great to see a lot of diverse faces out here today, said Glynis Johns with the Black Scranton Project.
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DANVILLE, Pa. and GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Researchers have discovered a strong link between genetic changes known to cause neurodevelopmental disabilities and cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy affects movement and posture and often co-occurs with other neurodevelopmental disorders, including intellectual disability, epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder. Individual cases of cerebral palsy are often attributed to birth asphyxia, although recent studies indicate that asphyxia accounts for less than 10% of cases. A growing body of research indicates that cerebral palsy may be caused by genetic changes, as is the case in other neurodevelopmental disorders.
The research team, which included investigators from Geisinger and GeneDx Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioReference Laboratories Inc., an OPKO Health company and global leader in genetic diagnostics, studied the DNA sequence of 1,526 children and adults with cerebral palsy. The team found disease-causing changes in 229 gen
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