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Study: High percentage of chlamydia and gonorrhea patients not receiving CDC recommended treatment

Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the two most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States, impacting 2.4 million in 2021, and the number is rising.

25 Apr 2024

Study finds rise in volumes and survival after hematopoietic cell transplants among racial/ethnic minorities

The volume of hematopoietic cell transplants rose among all racial/ethnic groups, but grew faster among African Americans and Hispanics compared with Non-Hispanic white individuals, mirroring changes in population growth rates.

25 Apr 2024

Insilico Medicine's AI-designed drug ISM3412 receives FDA IND approval

Clinical stage artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company Insilico Medicine announces that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Investigational New Drug application for ISM3412, a small molecule inhibitor of MAT2A for the potential treatment of MTAP deleted cancers designed with Insilico's generative AI platform.

25 Apr 2024

Study illuminates the interplay between health care technologies and essence of compassionate care

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., a pioneering force in tech-driven workforce solutions and advisory services, in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, released its latest research findings in the fourth annual installment of the Future of Nursing Survey: "Embracing Technology While Preserving Humanity."

25 Apr 2024

Study uncovers hormone-affecting chemicals in plastic packaging

Plastic is a very complex material that can contain many different chemicals, some of which can be harmful. This is also true for plastic food packaging.

25 Apr 2024

Advancing medical treatment with causal machine learning

Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but also to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make therapies safer, more efficient, and more individualized.

25 Apr 2024

Imaging using fundus autofluorescence can facilitate the diagnosis and monitoring of rare eye diseases

Uveitis is a rare inflammatory eye disease. Posterior and panuveitis in particular are associated with a poor prognosis and a protracted course of the disease. Diagnosis and monitoring can be challenging for healthcare professionals.

25 Apr 2024

Genetic variants linked to Parkinson's risk from pesticide exposure

A new UCLA Health study found certain genetic variants could help explain how long-term pesticide exposure could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease.

25 Apr 2024

Putting genomic surveillance of pathogens at the forefront of future pandemic preparedness

The Covid-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. In fighting it, one of our most important weapons was genomic surveillance, based on whole genome sequencing, which collects all the genetic data of a given microorganism.

25 Apr 2024

Research reveals undertreatment of women with heart disease

Women with heart disease are less often treated with cholesterol-lowering drugs than men, according to research presented today at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

25 Apr 2024

PhRMA Foundation awards grants to fight health disparities with digital health tools

The PhRMA Foundation (PhF) awarded $500,000 grants to David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, of the University of Southern California and Nino Isakadze, MD, MHS, of Johns Hopkins University to conduct research using digital health technologies (DHTs) to improve health equity and health outcomes for patients.

25 Apr 2024

Maternal grandmothers play crucial role in buffering grandchildren's adversity

A study conducted at the University of Turku in Finland shows that investment by maternal grandmothers can improve the well-being of grandchildren who have faced adversities in life.

25 Apr 2024

Public funding for single embryo transfer cuts multifetal pregnancy rates in IVF

In the era after the introduction of publicly funded in vitro fertilization (IVF) mandating elective single embryo transfer, the multifetal pregnancy rate decreased significantly for IVF, but the contribution of ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (OI/IUI) to multifetal pregnancy still needs attention, according to a new study from ICES and Queen's University.

25 Apr 2024

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosts immunity but needs to be updated

A major bivalent COVID-19 vaccine induces production of neutralizing antibodies against the coronavirus that circulated at the start of the pandemic as well as subvariants of omicron, albeit less abundantly, according to a Brazilian study reported in the Journal of Medical Virology.

25 Apr 2024

Machine learning system offers new hope for diagnosis of rare genetic disorders

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Study: High percentage of chlamydia and gonorrhea patients not receiving CDC recommended treatment

Study finds rise in volumes and survival after hematopoietic cell transplants among racial/ethnic minorities

Insilico Medicine's AI-designed drug ISM3412 receives FDA IND approval

Study illuminates the interplay between health care technologies and essence of compassionate care

Study uncovers hormone-affecting chemicals in plastic packaging

Advancing medical treatment with causal machine learning

Imaging using fundus autofluorescence can facilitate the diagnosis and monitoring of rare eye diseases

Genetic variants linked to Parkinson's risk from pesticide exposure

Putting genomic surveillance of pathogens at the forefront of future pandemic preparedness

Research reveals undertreatment of women with heart disease

PhRMA Foundation awards grants to fight health disparities with digital health tools

Maternal grandmothers play crucial role in buffering grandchildren's adversity

Public funding for single embryo transfer cuts multifetal pregnancy rates in IVF

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosts immunity but needs to be updated

Machine learning system offers new hope for diagnosis of rare genetic disorders

154 million lives saved: Landmark study highlights power of vaccination

High BMI associated with changes in physiological brain pulsations

Owlstone Medical secures $6.5 million to support development of breath-based diagnostics for infectious disease

Does reproduction influence epigenetic aging in younger women?

DELiVR's virtual reality training speeds up cell detection in complex brain datasets

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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