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Study uncovers a gene that strongly associates with breast cancer patient's treatment outcomes

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente Northern California have identified the first pharmacogenomic marker for anthracyclines and HER2-targeting drugs, two commonly used breast cancer chemotherapies.

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

Researchers aim to study the underlying pathophysiology of diastolic heart failure

Of the estimated five million patients in the U.S. diagnosed with heart failure annually, nearly half will have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Also known as diastolic heart failure, HFpEF occurs when the heart's lower left chamber loses its ability to relax and fill up with enough blood in between in each heartbeat.

23 Mar 2022

Researchers find two gene variants linked to accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified variants in two genes that are associated with accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors. Their research looked at the difference between their biological age and chronological age.

23 Mar 2022

Time-varying transmission heterogeneity of two significant beta-coronavirus epidemics in Hong Kong

Researchers demonstrated the daily variations in time-varying transmission heterogeneity through three COVID-19 epidemic waves of sustained local transmission in Hong Kong.

23 Mar 2022

Novel non-extensive statistical model to study COVID-19 epidemic distribution

Researchers modified and developed a SIR model within the framework of non-extensive statistics to show the complexity of the global COVID-19 epidemic distribution.

23 Mar 2022

Oral version of remdesivir could extend its reach and benefits to COVID-19 patients

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are testing a new route for remdesivir, a pill form of the COVID-19 treatment that’s given to half of all hospitalized patients with the disease.

22 Mar 2022

Shift work linked to delayed onset of menopause

It's no secret that working nontraditional shifts can wreak havoc on lifestyle and sleep habits. Shift work has also been known to have a negative effect on workers' health.

22 Mar 2022

Study explores minimal classroom transmission of COVID-19 in a large urban university

A new study investigated the extent of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classrooms of a large urban university.

22 Mar 2022

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

People who have had Covid-19 are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is the result of a study by DDZ, DZD and IQVIA, which has now been published in Diabetologia.

21 Mar 2022

Metabolomic profiling reveals adrenal suppression due to inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma

Inhaled cortical steroids (ICS) can help patients manage asthma symptoms, and recent updates to asthma treatment guidelines have expanded recommended, low-dose treatment.

21 Mar 2022

CHOP and Penn Medicine join hands to address environmental hazards and protect vulnerable children

Children in the Greater Philadelphia area face a number of environmental threats to their health, including lead poisoning, asthma from air pollution, and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals.

21 Mar 2022

Cov2clusters: Novel method for producing stable genomic clusters of SARS-CoV-2 cases

Researchers present a novel method for producing stable genomic clustering of SARS-CoV-2 cases, Cov2clusters.

20 Mar 2022

Natural circulating antibodies last for at least seven months in children infected with COVID-19

Children previously infected with COVID-19 develop natural circulating antibodies that last for at least seven months, according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston.

18 Mar 2022

Study finds significantly poorer outcomes among the youngest patients with brain tumor

A University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher has found, through extensive data analysis, that the youngest patients with brain tumors – those ages birth to 3 months – have about half the five-year survival rate as children ages 1 to 19.

18 Mar 2022

Hispanic/Latino youth with food insecurity have worse cardiometabolic profiles, study shows

Hispanic/Latino youths with limited access to nutritionally adequate food – and especially those whose parents were foreign-born -- had worse cardiometabolic profiles than their "food secure" counterparts, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

17 Mar 2022

The Future of Tuberculosis; An Interview with the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute

We speak to Dr. Alemnew Dagnew from the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, about their tuberculosis vaccine study and the future of tuberculosis.

16 Mar 2022

Immune cells could help predict the prognosis of patients with ALS

Immune cells could help predict the prognosis of patients with the rare neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), says a study published today in eLife.

15 Mar 2022

UNC researchers offer solution to detect, issue warnings about tainted street drugs

With new grant funding, Nabarun Dasgupta '13 (Ph.D.), Gillings Innovation Fellow at the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and senior scientist at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, will work with colleagues across Carolina to develop systems to detect and issue public warnings about dangerous adulterants in street drugs.

14 Mar 2022

Rise in metastatic prostate cancer coincides with recommendations against routine screenings

A new study from Keck Medicine of USC finds that the incidence rate of metastatic prostate cancer has significantly increased for men 45 and older and coincides with recommendations against routine prostate cancer screenings.

14 Mar 2022

Epidemiology News and Research

Study uncovers a gene that strongly associates with breast cancer patient's treatment outcomes

Niacin limits Alzheimer's disease progression in animal model

Researchers aim to study the underlying pathophysiology of diastolic heart failure

Researchers find two gene variants linked to accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors

Time-varying transmission heterogeneity of two significant beta-coronavirus epidemics in Hong Kong

Novel non-extensive statistical model to study COVID-19 epidemic distribution

Oral version of remdesivir could extend its reach and benefits to COVID-19 patients

Shift work linked to delayed onset of menopause

Study explores minimal classroom transmission of COVID-19 in a large urban university

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

Metabolomic profiling reveals adrenal suppression due to inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma

CHOP and Penn Medicine join hands to address environmental hazards and protect vulnerable children

Cov2clusters: Novel method for producing stable genomic clusters of SARS-CoV-2 cases

Natural circulating antibodies last for at least seven months in children infected with COVID-19

Study finds significantly poorer outcomes among the youngest patients with brain tumor

Hispanic/Latino youth with food insecurity have worse cardiometabolic profiles, study shows

The Future of Tuberculosis; An Interview with the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute

Immune cells could help predict the prognosis of patients with ALS

UNC researchers offer solution to detect, issue warnings about tainted street drugs

Rise in metastatic prostate cancer coincides with recommendations against routine screenings

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