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Patient underwent one surgery but was billed for two. Even after being sued, she refused to pay.

Jamie Holmes says a surgery center tried to make her pay for two operations after she underwent only one. She refused to buckle, even after a collection agency sued her last winter.

21 Aug 2024

Cautious optimism in San Francisco as new cases of HIV In Latinos decrease

For years, Latinos represented the biggest share of new HIV cases in this city, but testing data suggests the tide may be turning.

21 Aug 2024

Tea, coffee, and fruits found to be top contributors to polyphenol intake in study exploring GI inflammation in healthy adults

Researchers estimated dietary polyphenol intake in healthy adults and investigated its associations with gastrointestinal and systemic inflammation markers.

21 Aug 2024

Levels of anxiety among 9-11 year old's may instigate parental digital interruptions

Researchers examined the prospective associations between perceived parental digital interruptions and mental health symptoms in emerging adolescents.

21 Aug 2024

New compound shows promise in Alzheimer’s preclinical models

A multidisciplinary team of scientists led by Kurt Brunden, Ph.D., at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Carlo Ballatore, Ph.D., at University of California San Diego, has been awarded a $6.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to prepare a potential disease-modifying Alzheimer's treatment for future clinical trials.

21 Aug 2024

Study reveals potential benefits of naloxone in opioid-associated cardiac arrest

Patients who overdose on opioids and have a pulse are often given naloxone (Narcan) by first responders, a common life-saving measure.

21 Aug 2024

Breakthrough treatment reduces liver fibrosis in Hepatitis C patients

HCV infection is the underlying cause for chronic Hepatitis C (CHC), liver cirrhosis, and liver cancer or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In 2019, over 2,90,000 people died of HCV-related diseases. Recent medical advancement made a new breakthrough treatment available for patients with hepatitis C. DAAs that block replication of HCV has dramatically transformed the treatment approach with around 90% effective anti-viral response rates. However, it is unclear whether DAAs impact the severity of disease burden caused by liver fibrosis.

21 Aug 2024

Study reveals gaps in Alzheimer's knowledge

A new study examining older Black Americans' perceptions of Alzheimer's disease has found a lack of awareness of the devastating condition. The authors propose strategies for supporting brain health in this population.

21 Aug 2024

Improving COPD outcomes through enhanced inhaler education and technique

Inhaler misuse leading to inadequate medication delivery impacts a person's ability to manage symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and additional education about proper inhaler use is needed to improve health outcomes, according to two new articles. The articles are published in the July 2024 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal.

21 Aug 2024

Spatial transcriptomics unlocks malaria's liver stage secrets

For the malaria parasite to reach the blood of its human host, it must first enter the liver, where only a small number of parasites differentiate and replicate for upwards of seven days, making it a bottleneck in the parasite's lifecycle. This bottleneck makes the liver stage an optimal target for effective and long-lasting vaccines against the disease. Using Spatial Transcriptomics and single-cell RNA-sequencing technologies, researchers at Stockholm University have for the first time managed to create a spatio-temporal map of malaria infection in the mouse liver. A study that was recently published in Nature Communications.

21 Aug 2024

Study identifies natural molecule that reduces pain sensitivity

Rutgers researchers have found a new way to manage the receptors that control the sense of touch, which could lead to treating chronic pain more effectively.

21 Aug 2024

UQ research could lead to a more effective treatment for bladder cancer

University of Queensland research could lead to a more effective immunotherapy treatment against bladder cancer.

20 Aug 2024

New fluorescent probe offers non-invasive detection of smell loss

A new fluorescent imaging probe can for the first time objectively and non-invasively measure loss of smell, clinically known as anosmia.

20 Aug 2024

Engineered heart tissues uncover new mechanisms in lupus-related heart damage

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease in which our immune system attacks our own tissues and organs, the heart, blood, lung, joints, brain, and skin.

20 Aug 2024

UC Davis researchers unveil pathway for Salmonella's gut invasion

How do bad bacteria find entry points in the body to cause infection? This question is fundamental for infectious disease experts and people who study bacteria.

20 Aug 2024

New genomic technique tracks superbugs in hospitals for faster infection management

Researchers have developed a new genomic technique that can track the spread of multiple superbugs in a hospital simultaneously, which could help prevent and manage common hospital infections quicker and more effectively than ever before.

20 Aug 2024

Study highlights benefits of 20-minute mindful breathing for cancer patients

Twenty minutes of mindful breathing, which focuses a person's attention on their breath, can rapidly reduce the intensity and unpleasantness of cancer pain and relieve the associated anxiety, suggest the findings of a small comparative study, published online in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

20 Aug 2024