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Study reports low incidence of severe COVID-19 among vaccinated and boosted individuals

A large study of COVID-19 disease following vaccination and booster, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), reports surprisingly low incidence, especially in individuals younger than 65 years of age with no high-risk conditions.

6 Oct 2022

NYU Langone Health expands outpatient network in Suffolk County with new locations, specialty services

As part of its mission to enhance access to quality healthcare where people live and work, NYU Langone Health continues to grow its outpatient network in Suffolk County on Long Island with new locations and specialty services.

6 Oct 2022

Clinical trials of novel COVID-19 vaccine developed in Brazil to begin soon

Testing on humans of a novel COVID-19 vaccine developed in Brazil will begin this year. It performed well in animal trials, as reported in an article published in August in Nature Communications.

6 Oct 2022

Researchers identify a new gene implicated in rare lysosomal storage disorder

In a rare disease called mucolipidosis type II, people’s hearts and abdomens swell, and their bones grow malformed.

6 Oct 2022

Researchers to study how pregnant women with depression respond to antidepressants

Using a combination of biomarkers and mood assessments, researchers will study how pregnant women who are experiencing depression respond to different antidepressants in a clinical trial funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health to UTHealth Houston.

5 Oct 2022

Study may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease

A new study may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn's disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease in which immune defenses meant to attack invading microbes instead mistakenly target the body's own digestive tract.

5 Oct 2022

New project secures NIH funding to tackle chronic health disparities

Chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer disproportionally affect racial and ethnic minorities.

5 Oct 2022

Star-shaped brain cells can "turn off" neurons involved in heroin relapse

Neuroscientists from the Medical University of South Carolina report in Science Advances that star-shaped brain cells known as astrocytes can "turn off" neurons involved in relapse to heroin.

5 Oct 2022

Researchers listen in on how fat cells “talk” to the brain

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Li Ye, P.h.D about his latest research which identified sensory neurons that carry a stream of messages from adipose tissue to the brain.

5 Oct 2022

Medicare eligibility associated with improvements in healthcare access among low-income adults

Medicare eligibility and enrollment are associated with decreases in the percentage of low-income adults who delay or avoid medical care due to costs, as well as in the percentage who worry about or have problems paying medical bills, according to a new study publishing on October 4th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Rishi Wadhera, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, USA, and colleagues.

5 Oct 2022

McLean Hospital-affiliated clinicians launch virtual treatment program for anxiety and OCD in children, teens

To tackle the growing mental health crisis facing children and adolescents and the difficulties families face accessing treatments for disorders such as anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), two McLean Hospital-affiliated clinicians have launched an innovative virtual treatment program called InStride Health.

4 Oct 2022

Viagra and Cialis may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, NIH DREAM study shows

Results from the National Institutes of Health's Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM) study show that sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis) may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia.

4 Oct 2022

Physician bias, discriminatory attitudes may contribute to health disparities among people with disabilities

More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), people with disabilities report having a difficult time accessing health care and often find that doctors' offices refuse to accommodate them.

3 Oct 2022

Brazilian study reveals the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the central nervous system

A Brazilian study published in the journal PNAS describes some of the effects infection by SARS-CoV-2 can have on the central nervous system.

30 Sep 2022

Patients with scleroderma have reduced levels of Cathepsin L

Much of the research on scleroderma, a connective tissue disease that causes scarring, or fibrosis, has focused on the increased number of proteins promoting fibrosis in these patients. A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) research team took a different tact and measured the levels of an antifibrotic protein, Cathepsin L, in these patients.

30 Sep 2022

Researchers discover how cancer cells can turn off the immune system to help tumors grow

When cancer arises in the body, it starts with tumor cells that rapidly grow and divide and eventually spread.

29 Sep 2022

CAR T-cell therapy produces impressive results in first clinical trial in patients with multiple myeloma

A therapy made of immune system T cells engineered to target a somewhat enigmatic cell protein called GPRC5D antigen produced impressive results in its first clinical trial in patients with multiple myeloma, researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center report in a new study published today by the New England Journal of Medicine.

29 Sep 2022

Combined oral contraceptive pills do not appear to exacerbate macromastia-related symptoms

Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) containing both estrogen and progestin do not contribute to the development of enlarged breasts (macromastia) – nor do they increase the risk of breast regrowth in adolescents and young women following breast-reduction surgery, reports a study in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

29 Sep 2022

Bionic pancreas more effective at maintaining blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes

A device known as a bionic pancreas, which uses next-generation technology to automatically deliver insulin, was more effective at maintaining blood glucose (sugar) levels within normal range than standard-of-care management among people with type 1 diabetes, a new multicenter clinical trial has found.

28 Sep 2022

Exploring biological mechanisms behind the link between obesity prior to pregnancy and elevated risk of pediatric ALL

Published in Leukemia Research, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers explored the possible biological mechanisms that could explain the association between being overweight or obese prior to pregnancy and the increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children.

28 Sep 2022

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Study reports low incidence of severe COVID-19 among vaccinated and boosted individuals

NYU Langone Health expands outpatient network in Suffolk County with new locations, specialty services

Clinical trials of novel COVID-19 vaccine developed in Brazil to begin soon

Researchers identify a new gene implicated in rare lysosomal storage disorder

Researchers to study how pregnant women with depression respond to antidepressants

Study may have solved a mystery surrounding Crohn’s disease

New project secures NIH funding to tackle chronic health disparities

Star-shaped brain cells can "turn off" neurons involved in heroin relapse

Researchers listen in on how fat cells “talk” to the brain

Medicare eligibility associated with improvements in healthcare access among low-income adults

McLean Hospital-affiliated clinicians launch virtual treatment program for anxiety and OCD in children, teens

Viagra and Cialis may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, NIH DREAM study shows

Physician bias, discriminatory attitudes may contribute to health disparities among people with disabilities

Brazilian study reveals the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the central nervous system

Patients with scleroderma have reduced levels of Cathepsin L

Researchers discover how cancer cells can turn off the immune system to help tumors grow

CAR T-cell therapy produces impressive results in first clinical trial in patients with multiple myeloma

Combined oral contraceptive pills do not appear to exacerbate macromastia-related symptoms

Bionic pancreas more effective at maintaining blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes

Exploring biological mechanisms behind the link between obesity prior to pregnancy and elevated risk of pediatric ALL

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