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Whole genome sequencing can improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with rare diseases

A research programme pioneering the use of whole genome sequencing in the NHS has diagnosed hundreds of patients and discovered new genetic causes of disease.

24 Jun 2020

Study: Linking hospital and other databases can predict risk of opioid overdoses

A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the odds of a fatal opioid overdose were 1.5 times higher for individuals with one to two visits to the emergency department for any medical issue than for people with no hospital visits.

24 Jun 2020

School nurses critical to safe reopening of schools

Sudden school closures in the United States were undertaken to reduce COVID-19 transmission this spring. Those closures were not typical, and how and when schools reopen will create a set of new norms, with unique stressors for students, families, school personnel, and communities.

24 Jun 2020

Tiny protein in mitochondria has a big impact on health and longevity, study shows

A new study led by researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology is the first to demonstrate that a tiny protein has a big impact on health and longevity in both animals and humans.

24 Jun 2020

ACE inhibition in kidney could influence pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2

The dynamics of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression in the kidney could have implications for the infectivity and pathogenicity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), say researchers.

24 Jun 2020

Cell signaling pathway may offer new drugs for tuberous sclerosis complex

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurological disorder causing non-cancerous tumors, called cortical tubers, to grow throughout the brain and body, as well as other conditions like epilepsy and autism.

24 Jun 2020

Tau protein modifications may be linked to heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s disease

A new study reveals a possible biological reason that Alzheimer's Disease (AD) progresses at different rates in different patients.

24 Jun 2020

Inherited mutation increases cancer risk among people of Brazilian descent

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital alongside global partners are studying a common TP53-R337H variant found among people of Brazilian descent.

24 Jun 2020

Far-UVC light can efficiently and safely kill airborne coronaviruses

More than 99.9% of seasonal coronaviruses present in airborne droplets were killed when exposed to a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe to use around humans, a new study at Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found.

24 Jun 2020

Automated classification of colorectal cancer using IR imaging

A research team from the Prodi Centre for Protein Diagnostics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum has used infrared microscopes based on quantum cascade lasers to classify tissue samples of colorectal cancer from routine clinical operations in a marker-free and automated way.

24 Jun 2020

Study ratifies the main symptoms of COVID-19

A persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to a major review of the scientific literature.

24 Jun 2020

Statin therapy linked to lower death rate in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

The use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins is associated with a lower death rate and a lower incidence of mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), researchers report June 24 in Cell Metabolism.

24 Jun 2020

Ghost bill: UVA siphons couple’s tax refund to pay 20-year-old medical debt

The notice from the Virginia tax department puzzled a Charlottesville couple last October. It said their state income tax refund had been reduced because of an outstanding medical debt to the University of Virginia Medical Center. Instead of $220, they got $110.

24 Jun 2020

Study: Migrants with psychosis are more likely to be placed under compulsory care

Migrants from Africa and the Middle East and their children are more likely to be placed under compulsory care than the Swedish-born population when admitted to hospital for psychosis for the first time.

24 Jun 2020

Wildfire smoke has immediate effects on the body's respiratory and cardiovascular systems

Exposure to wildfire smoke affects the body's respiratory and cardiovascular systems almost immediately, according to new research from the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health.

24 Jun 2020

Cannabidiol may reduce behavioral problems in children with intellectual disabilities

Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioral problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found.

24 Jun 2020

COVID pandemic jeopardizes vote on Oklahoma Medicaid expansion

Oklahoma residents going to the polls June 30 have the chance to override state leaders' decade-long refusal to expand Medicaid, which would cover more than 200,000 low-income adults and bring billions of federal dollars into the state.

24 Jun 2020

The Role of Nutrition in Recovery from COVID-19

Dr. Riccardo Caccialanza speaks to News-Medical about how implementing nutritional support can make a significant difference to COVID-19 patient recovery time.

24 Jun 2020

Evidence of link between ACE2 genotype and COVID-19 disease severity

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in June 2020 shows that variants in the ACE2 gene which encodes the enzyme receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, are linked to the risk of severe disease.

24 Jun 2020

New findings provide a glimpse of daunting experiences faced by hospitals in fight against COVID-19

Healthcare epidemiologists report using unprecedented methods in response to the unique circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

24 Jun 2020

Hospital News and Research

Whole genome sequencing can improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with rare diseases

Study: Linking hospital and other databases can predict risk of opioid overdoses

School nurses critical to safe reopening of schools

Tiny protein in mitochondria has a big impact on health and longevity, study shows

ACE inhibition in kidney could influence pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2

Cell signaling pathway may offer new drugs for tuberous sclerosis complex

Tau protein modifications may be linked to heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s disease

Inherited mutation increases cancer risk among people of Brazilian descent

Far-UVC light can efficiently and safely kill airborne coronaviruses

Automated classification of colorectal cancer using IR imaging

Study ratifies the main symptoms of COVID-19

Statin therapy linked to lower death rate in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Ghost bill: UVA siphons couple’s tax refund to pay 20-year-old medical debt

Study: Migrants with psychosis are more likely to be placed under compulsory care

Wildfire smoke has immediate effects on the body's respiratory and cardiovascular systems

Cannabidiol may reduce behavioral problems in children with intellectual disabilities

COVID pandemic jeopardizes vote on Oklahoma Medicaid expansion

The Role of Nutrition in Recovery from COVID-19

Evidence of link between ACE2 genotype and COVID-19 disease severity

New findings provide a glimpse of daunting experiences faced by hospitals in fight against COVID-19

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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