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A wrenching farewell: Bidding adieu to my primary care doctor after nearly 30 years

I hadn't expected the tears. My primary care doctor and I were saying goodbye after nearly 30 years together.

12 Oct 2021

Drug developed at Duke is approved by FDA as only therapy for congenital athymia

The phone rang into the pediatric unit that Louise Markert, M.D., Ph.D., was staffing as a junior faculty member in 1991. Had she not answered, there would have been little hope for the more than one hundred patients who were subsequently treated.

11 Oct 2021

Study shows sleep loss does not interfere with ability to evaluate emotional situations

It's no secret that going without sleep can affect people's mood, but a new study shows it does not interfere with their ability to evaluate emotional situations.

11 Oct 2021

Mortality among people with mental health conditions amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic

The greater number of deaths amongst those with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities has been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study based on more than 160,000 patients has revealed.

11 Oct 2021

Prenatal maternal distress during COVID linked to alterations in infant brain development

A new study discusses the effects of stress during pregnancy in the pandemic on the developing brain of the infant.

10 Oct 2021

Experts address questions on psoriasis patients’ true needs and wellbeing

Almirall S.A., a global biopharmaceutical company focused on skin health, has hosted a scientific session during the 30th EADV Congress which addressed the need and importance to focus on patient wellbeing in real-life clinical practice.

8 Oct 2021

Additional health care support needed to improve medication adherence among people with hypertension

People with hypertension, or high blood pressure, play a key role in whether they use medication appropriately to manage their blood pressure.

7 Oct 2021

New film campaign encourages people to get free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab

Those eligible for the free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab are being urged to book their appointments as soon as possible in a new film campaign launched today [Friday 8 October] aiming to help people give themselves and their loved ones the best possible protection this winter.

7 Oct 2021

Teen’s mysterious condition spurs the opening of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic

Thirteen-year-old Gregory Rhoden's condition has been a mystery his entire life. He was born prematurely and his lungs seemed underdeveloped.

7 Oct 2021

Heroin overdose deaths more likely to occur shortly after hospital discharge

Drug-related deaths are four times more likely to occur in the two days after hospital discharge than at any other time among users of opioids such as heroin, according to research led by UCL, Public Health England (PHE) and King's College London.

6 Oct 2021

HPV vaccine hesitancy has now stabilized or increased in some ethnic and age groups

A study that tracked parental opinion about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine showed that after hesitancy decreased for several years, hesitancy has now either stabilized or increased in some ethnic and age groups, according to results presented at the virtual 14th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held October 6-8, 2021.

6 Oct 2021

Elevated allostatic load may impact treatment completion and breast cancer survival outcomes

Elevated allostatic load was associated with a lower likelihood of completing chemotherapy and a lower overall survival rate in patients with lymph node-positive or high-risk lymph node-negative HER2-negative breast cancer, according to results presented at the 14th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held online October 6-8, 2021.

6 Oct 2021

Thrombolytic therapy may be safe for people with ischemic stroke and unruptured aneurysms

Clot-busting drugs are the main treatment for stroke, but they have often not been recommended for people who have an aneurysm in their brains that has not ruptured. An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain.

6 Oct 2021

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Dementia

News-Medical speaks to Dr. Yana Vinogradova about her latest research into menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and its unassociated risk to dementia.

6 Oct 2021

Therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier for older people to manage long-term pain

Long-term pain is perhaps the single most important factor that reduces quality of life for older people. New technology based on therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier to manage pain.

5 Oct 2021

CAR-T cells require an abundance of antigens to efficiently kill solid tumors

Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight disease, is gaining huge traction in treating cancer.

5 Oct 2021

Scientists analyze if T-cell tests can be used to determine whether people had COVID-19

Can T-cell tests be used to determine whether people have had COVID-19? Scientists at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet have jointly analysed this issue under the aegis of the COMMUNITY study at Danderyd Hospital. Their study is published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

4 Oct 2021

Early intervention to delay the onset of hypertension may help prevent dementia

Individuals who are diagnosed with high blood pressure at ages 35-44 had smaller brain size and were more likely to develop dementia compared to people who had normal blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

4 Oct 2021

Youthful advisers help shape a mental health program for their peers

Phebe Cox grew up in what might seem an unlikely mental health danger zone for a kid: tony Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

4 Oct 2021

Study provides insights on kidney transplant recipients’ immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection

New research provides insights on the immune responses of kidney transplant recipients following infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. The study, which is published in JASN, may help explain why these individuals face a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than others in the general population.

4 Oct 2021

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A wrenching farewell: Bidding adieu to my primary care doctor after nearly 30 years

Drug developed at Duke is approved by FDA as only therapy for congenital athymia

Study shows sleep loss does not interfere with ability to evaluate emotional situations

Mortality among people with mental health conditions amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic

Prenatal maternal distress during COVID linked to alterations in infant brain development

Experts address questions on psoriasis patients’ true needs and wellbeing

Additional health care support needed to improve medication adherence among people with hypertension

New film campaign encourages people to get free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab

Teen’s mysterious condition spurs the opening of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic

Heroin overdose deaths more likely to occur shortly after hospital discharge

HPV vaccine hesitancy has now stabilized or increased in some ethnic and age groups

Elevated allostatic load may impact treatment completion and breast cancer survival outcomes

Thrombolytic therapy may be safe for people with ischemic stroke and unruptured aneurysms

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Dementia

Therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier for older people to manage long-term pain

CAR-T cells require an abundance of antigens to efficiently kill solid tumors

Scientists analyze if T-cell tests can be used to determine whether people had COVID-19

Early intervention to delay the onset of hypertension may help prevent dementia

Youthful advisers help shape a mental health program for their peers

Study provides insights on kidney transplant recipients’ immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection

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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