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Study: Personalized ovarian cancer risk prediction reduces worries among a majority of women

Offering personalised ovarian cancer risk prediction to women shows that 98 per cent of participants felt less worried after finding out their ovarian cancer risk status, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London.

19 May 2020

Mount Sinai researchers are first to use AI model to analyze COVID-19 patients

Mount Sinai researchers are the first in the country to use artificial intelligence (AI) combined with imaging, and clinical data to analyze patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

19 May 2020

Primary care-based intervention promotes parent-teen communication

A primary care-based intervention to promote parent-teen communication led to less distress and increased positive emotions among adolescents, as well as improved communication for many teens, according to a new study by researchers at the Center for Parent and Teen Communication at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

19 May 2020

Researchers identify intermediate pathway that modifies synthesis and structure of cell wall

An accumulation of an unexpected intermediate of the peptidoglycan recycling pathway that is able to modulate the synthesis and structure of the cell wall, has been found by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden.

19 May 2020

New UV disinfection technology is effective for deactivating SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces

Surfaces contaminated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, pose a grave threat to the safety of healthcare workers, patients, frontline responders, military service members, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and people everywhere.

19 May 2020

Three FDA-approved drugs can block the replication of COVID-19 virus

Three drugs that are already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other international agencies can block the production of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in human cells, according to computational and pharmaceutical studies performed by UT Southwestern scientists.

19 May 2020

CU researchers identify new way that nerve cells regenerate and repair after damage

Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified a new way that cells in the central nervous system regenerate and repair following damage.

18 May 2020

ECMO machine can be useful for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients

When COVID-19 patients are critically ill, the biggest threat to their lives is lung dysfunction. If their lungs don't work, their blood can't circulate enough oxygen to the brain, the liver and other organs.

18 May 2020

Yoga eases depressive symptoms in people with other mental health issues

Researchers have found that the practice of yoga could help those with mental health problems by easing symptoms of depression effectively. Their study titled, "Effects of yoga on depressive symptoms in people with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis," was published in the latest issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Health Education England.

18 May 2020

Scant clinical research for pregnant and lactating women with COVID-19

Pregnant and breastfeeding women have been excluded from clinical trials of drugs to treat COVID-19, and as result, there is no safety data to inform clinical decisions. Such drugs include remdesivir according to a new article in the peer-reviewed journal Breastfeeding Medicine.

18 May 2020

Global study to test whether antimalaria drug can prevent COVID-19 in health-care workers

With $9 million in philanthropic support, an international group of physicians and scientists is establishing a research network to evaluate promising therapies for COVID-19.

18 May 2020

People with Hepatitis D have up to three times the risk of developing fatal liver cancer

Of all the hepatitis viruses, D is the most poorly known. This small virus, which can only infect people already infected with Hepatitis B, has so far been little studied.

18 May 2020

Study reports on clinical course of COVID-19 and risk factors in IBD patients

In an upcoming study to be published in Gastroenterology, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine report on the clinical course of COVID-19 and risk factors for adverse outcomes in a large cohort of patients with IBD collected through an international registry.

18 May 2020

Atrial fibrillation risk not linked to the amount of body fat, study shows

In a recently published study, researchers from Aarhus University document that the risk of atrial fibrillation is not linked to the amount of body fat, but instead to large muscle mass, or more precisely, a high fat-free weight.

18 May 2020

Novel microRNA biomarker could help detect lymph node metastases in pancreatic cancer patients

For years, surgeons have operated on pancreatic cancer patients to remove what they thought was a localized tumor only to discover that the disease had spread to other, inoperable parts of the body. Now, a City of Hope molecular scientist thinks he may have found a way to prevent ineffective surgeries and prolong the lives of these patients.

18 May 2020

SMART researchers awarded NMRC funding to develop rapid paper-based COVID-19 tests

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, has received a grant from the National Medical Research Council COVID-19 Research fund for the acceleration of research and development of rapid paper-based serological and diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

18 May 2020

Medicine News and Research

Study: Personalized ovarian cancer risk prediction reduces worries among a majority of women

Mount Sinai researchers are first to use AI model to analyze COVID-19 patients

Primary care-based intervention promotes parent-teen communication

Researchers identify intermediate pathway that modifies synthesis and structure of cell wall

New UV disinfection technology is effective for deactivating SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces

Three FDA-approved drugs can block the replication of COVID-19 virus

CU researchers identify new way that nerve cells regenerate and repair after damage

ECMO machine can be useful for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients

Yoga eases depressive symptoms in people with other mental health issues

Scant clinical research for pregnant and lactating women with COVID-19

Global study to test whether antimalaria drug can prevent COVID-19 in health-care workers

People with Hepatitis D have up to three times the risk of developing fatal liver cancer

Study reports on clinical course of COVID-19 and risk factors in IBD patients

Atrial fibrillation risk not linked to the amount of body fat, study shows

Novel microRNA biomarker could help detect lymph node metastases in pancreatic cancer patients

SMART researchers awarded NMRC funding to develop rapid paper-based COVID-19 tests

A new tool to study and map the intricacies of intercellular signaling

Schools can create predictable screen-free time for children

Cancer biologists identify important drivers of tumor resistance

Cross-neutralization of SARS and COVID-19 coronaviruses by a monoclonal antibody

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Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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