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Study: Transmission of protozoan parasite may cause leishmaniasis-like symptoms in people

A new study published this week online in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests that transmission of a protozoan parasite from insects may also cause leishmaniasis-like symptoms in people

1 Oct 2019

Texas Biomed researchers zeroing in on new way to target TB with $2.8 million NIH grant

Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute are zeroing in on a new way to target tuberculosis infection. The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $2.8 million grant for scientists to study the role of lung macrophages (immune cells) in metabolic and inflammation responses to TB.

1 Oct 2019

Study provides new insights on exercise limitations in patients with ventricular assist devices

Why don't patients with ventricular assist devices get better improvement in exercise tolerance? Increases in key internal heart pressures appear to be the answer, reports a study in the ASAIO Journal, official journal of ASAIO. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

1 Oct 2019

New study demonstrates benefits of omega-3 on the heart

Researchers have published results of the largest trial of omega-3 to date, demonstrating a role for omega-3 supplements in lowering the risk of heart attack and CVD.

1 Oct 2019

US Department of Defense provides support to develop AI tools for saving lives of badly injured soldiers

The US Department of Defense has awarded the Centre for Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary a $1.2 million (£976.500) grant to develop AI tools that could help save the lives of badly injured soldiers.

1 Oct 2019

Brazilian researchers identify new species of parasite in fatal case of visceral leishmaniasis

Brazilian researchers believe they have identified in patients treated at the University Hospital (HU) in Aracaju, state of Sergipe, a new species of parasite that can cause a disease similar to visceral leishmaniasis but is resistant to the treatments currently available.

1 Oct 2019

Skin-lightening cream put a woman into a coma. It could happen again.

She had been buying face cream through a friend of a friend for 12 years. This time, it was Pond's "Rejuveness," a version of the company's anti-wrinkle cream that is made and sold in Mexico.

1 Oct 2019

Research: Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm healthy gut microbiota in ICU patients

Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm the healthy gut microbiota in intensive care patients, research has found.

1 Oct 2019

Why granny’s herbs work to lower high blood pressure

A study from the University of California, Irvine, explains a hitherto unknown mechanism of action for bioactive molecules in commonly used plant-based folk medicines like fennel, camomile and lavender that are used to lower the blood pressure.

1 Oct 2019

Tiny biosensor allows accurate and real-time detection of patient’s antibiotic levels

Small, non-invasive patches worn on the skin can accurately detect the levels of medication in a patient's system, matching the accuracy of current clinical methods.

1 Oct 2019

Low-income people enrolled in expanded Medicaid program have undiagnosed chronic illness

Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study.

1 Oct 2019

New insight into cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

The nervous system is the body’s control center, which is extremely fast in decoding messages from the different nerves in the body. This network should be intact and healthy. When something is wrong with the network, it affects the brain’s main functions.

1 Oct 2019

African American women contend with superwoman persona to cope with racial discrimination

Black women in America often feel pressured to act like Superwoman to cope with the stress of race- and gender-based discrimination in their daily lives, which can have health implications, according to a new study co-led by a Michigan State University researcher.

1 Oct 2019

What are the health effects of vaping?

Vaping and its effects have gained immense popularity over the past weeks due to the emergence of a mysterious and severe lung disease. Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, also called vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, vape pens, or mods, have become very popular across the globe, especially among teens.

1 Oct 2019

Optoceutics technique opens up new horizons for regenerative medicine

Using light to facilitate the formation of new blood vessels: it is the breakthrough outcome of a research study carried out by researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Milan (Italy). The study was published in Science Advances.

30 Sep 2019

Early life racial discrimination may increase risk for depression, accelerated aging

Early life stress from racial discrimination puts African Americans at greater risk for accelerated aging, a marker for premature development of serious health problems and perhaps a shorter life expectancy, according to a study led by a Georgia State University psychology researcher.

30 Sep 2019

Blood News and Research

Study: Transmission of protozoan parasite may cause leishmaniasis-like symptoms in people

Texas Biomed researchers zeroing in on new way to target TB with $2.8 million NIH grant

Study provides new insights on exercise limitations in patients with ventricular assist devices

New study demonstrates benefits of omega-3 on the heart

US Department of Defense provides support to develop AI tools for saving lives of badly injured soldiers

Brazilian researchers identify new species of parasite in fatal case of visceral leishmaniasis

Skin-lightening cream put a woman into a coma. It could happen again.

Research: Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm healthy gut microbiota in ICU patients

Why granny’s herbs work to lower high blood pressure

Tiny biosensor allows accurate and real-time detection of patient’s antibiotic levels

Low-income people enrolled in expanded Medicaid program have undiagnosed chronic illness

New insight into cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

African American women contend with superwoman persona to cope with racial discrimination

What are the health effects of vaping?

Optoceutics technique opens up new horizons for regenerative medicine

Early life racial discrimination may increase risk for depression, accelerated aging

Analyses of two clinical trials predict response to asthma drug by COPD patients

Reducing the amount red and processed meat can have a positive effect on health

New CRISPR-Cas9 variant has potential to increase precision during gene therapy

UC experts explore if ketogenic diet could help make treatments for glioblastoma

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Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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