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Study shows third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is both safe and effective

A research paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine has demonstrated how a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine administered in a median period of 10.8 months after the second one bestowed 95.3% efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in comparison with two doses of the same vaccine during a median follow-up of 2.5 months.

24 Mar 2022

New project to bring high-quality fetal ultrasound to developing countries

Northwestern Medicine and Google are collaborating on a project to bring fetal ultrasound to developing countries by combining AI (artificial intelligence), low-cost hand-held ultrasound devices and a smartphone.

24 Mar 2022

Physical activity boosts cognitive performance in middle-aged and older adults, study shows

A new study by researchers at The University of California San Diego School of Medicine adds to the canon of research associating physical activity with cognitive performance, this time using 90 middle-aged and older participants who wore accelerometers while physically active and completed mobile cognitive testing from home.

24 Mar 2022

New implantable biotechnology produces and releases CAR-T cells for attacking tumors

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed an implantable biotechnology that produces and releases CAR-T cells for attacking cancerous tumors.

24 Mar 2022

Tuberculosis perturbs epigenetic processes to promote premature cellular aging

Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

24 Mar 2022

Spinal fluid sampling could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs

Treatment for glioma has long relied on MRI imaging to track tumor markers and treatment response.

24 Mar 2022

Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries

A vaccination campaign targeting 23 million children has kicked off in Malawi and neighboring countries to contain an outbreak of wild polio declared last month, the World Health Organization says.

24 Mar 2022

Short duration treatment effective in combating most childhood TB cases, study says

Short duration treatment — four months instead of the standard six — is as effective in combating most cases of childhood tuberculosis (TB), says a study carried out in India and some African countries.

24 Mar 2022

Black and Hispanic individuals less likely to receive bystander CPR for a cardiac arrest

Black and Hispanic individuals who experience a witnessed cardiac arrest at home or in public are substantially less likely than white individuals to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session.

24 Mar 2022

Programmable button technology reduces the time for heart attack diagnosis

Shaving critical minutes off the time it takes to diagnose a heart attack and begin treatment could be as simple as the push of a button.

24 Mar 2022

Blood biomarker may uniquely aid prediction of dementia in Mexican Americans

Blood levels of a biomarker called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) may uniquely aid prediction of dementia in Mexican Americans, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and collaborating institutions reported March 24.

24 Mar 2022

Discovery could help explain why certain infections are hard to get rid of

A new study led by researchers at University of Utah Health details a novel mechanism that infectious bacteria use to quickly adjust to environmental stress. The discovery could help explain why certain types of common infections - such as urinary tract and bloodstream infections like sepsis- are hard to get rid of.

24 Mar 2022

Can melatonin gummies solve family bedtime struggles? Experts advise caution

For three exhausting years, Lauren Lockwood tried to get her son Rex to sleep through the night. As an infant, he couldn't sleep without a blanket over his carrier to drown out the world around him.

24 Mar 2022

Study evaluates the prevalence of autoantibodies targeting type I interferons in critically-ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers assessed the prevalence of antibodies that neutralize the type I interferon antiviral activity and reactivate herpesviruses such as herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and/or cytomegalovirus infections in patients with critical COVID-19.

24 Mar 2022

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

For World Tuberculosis Day 2022, News Medical spoke to Dr. Maxine Caws to raise awareness of this infectious disease.

24 Mar 2022

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Michael Lauzardo

For World Tuberculosis Day 2022, News Medical spoke to Dr. Michael Lauzardo, director of the Southeastern National TB Center, to raise awareness of this infectious disease.

24 Mar 2022

Study shows prevalence and misdiagnosis of post-concussive syndrome in children after mild head injury

A new study by Tel Aviv University, Kaplan Medical Center and Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) found that one in four children (25.3%) who have been discharged from the emergency room after a mild head injury are misdiagnosed and continue to suffer from persistent post-concussion syndrome for many years.

24 Mar 2022

New pancreatic islet cryopreservation protocol could pave the way for diabetes cure

Engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Mayo Clinic have developed a new process for successfully storing specialized pancreatic islet cells at very low temperatures and rewarming them, enabling the potential for on-demand islet transplantation.

24 Mar 2022

$Metabolic-immune interaction appears to be the cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction$

Metabolic-immune interaction appears to be the cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

The dominant form of heart failure worldwide appears to be caused by a strong, bidirectional interaction between the body's response to metabolic stress and the immune system, according to a review article written by UT Southwestern researchers and colleagues.

23 Mar 2022

Niacin limits Alzheimer's disease progression in animal model

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers found that niacin limits Alzheimer's disease progression when used in models in the lab, a discovery that could potentially pave the way toward therapeutic approaches to the disease.

23 Mar 2022

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Study shows third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is both safe and effective

New project to bring high-quality fetal ultrasound to developing countries

Physical activity boosts cognitive performance in middle-aged and older adults, study shows

New implantable biotechnology produces and releases CAR-T cells for attacking tumors

Tuberculosis perturbs epigenetic processes to promote premature cellular aging

Spinal fluid sampling could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs

Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries

Short duration treatment effective in combating most childhood TB cases, study says

Black and Hispanic individuals less likely to receive bystander CPR for a cardiac arrest

Programmable button technology reduces the time for heart attack diagnosis

Blood biomarker may uniquely aid prediction of dementia in Mexican Americans

Discovery could help explain why certain infections are hard to get rid of

Can melatonin gummies solve family bedtime struggles? Experts advise caution

Study evaluates the prevalence of autoantibodies targeting type I interferons in critically-ill COVID-19 patients

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Michael Lauzardo

Study shows prevalence and misdiagnosis of post-concussive syndrome in children after mild head injury

New pancreatic islet cryopreservation protocol could pave the way for diabetes cure

Metabolic-immune interaction appears to be the cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Niacin limits Alzheimer's disease progression in animal model

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