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Study provides comprehensive update on ACE2 enzyme with key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers at Uppsala University have described the presence, throughout the human body, of the enzyme ACE2.

5 Aug 2020

$Lung-related factors may help predict smoker's fracture risk$

Lung-related factors may help predict smoker's fracture risk

Smoking has been linked to a higher risk of bone fractures. Researchers have now identified certain lung-related factors that may help to predict an individual smoker's fracture risk.

5 Aug 2020

Consumption of inorganic arsenic bearing rice associated with elevated cardiovascular mortality

Rice is the most widely consumed staple food source for a large part of the world's population. It has now been confirmed that rice can contribute to prolonged low-level arsenic exposure leading to thousands of avoidable premature deaths per year.

4 Aug 2020

Estrogen modestly protective against COVID-19?

Almost from the beginning, scientists have been struck by the disproportionately higher numbers of men and older adults who have developed severe COVID-19 disease compared to younger individuals and women. Prior research has shown that in 37 of the 38 countries from which sex-stratified data was available, males were at a higher risk of death. Also, post-menopausal women are at increased risk of severe COVID-19. However, the biological underpinnings of this have been less visible.

4 Aug 2020

Insights into prevalence, incidence, and impact of COPD in older adults

"Recognizing and Treating COPD in Older Adults," the latest issue of the What's Hot newsletter from The Gerontological Society of America, addresses what is known about the prevalence, incidence, and impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older adults.

3 Aug 2020

Screening for pancreatic cancer using artificial intelligence

Dr. Ananya Malhotra speaks to News-Medical about her research into how pancreatic cancer prognosis could be improved by using artificial intelligence.

3 Aug 2020

40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by modifying 12 risk factors

Modifying 12 risk factors over a lifetime could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to an updated report by the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference.

30 Jul 2020

Group-based smoking cessation treatment helps incarcerated smokers quit tobacco

Behavioral and nicotine replacement therapies offered together can help people who are incarcerated quit smoking, according to Rutgers researchers.

30 Jul 2020

Smoking worsens COVID-19 severity, warn researchers

A study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, suggests that smoking increases the risk of more severe lung disease in cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

30 Jul 2020

Anti-inflammatory Tetracycline activity may modulate COVID-19 severity

The current COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), seems to attack the human airway epithelium primarily. In severely affected patients, the illness progresses to hypoxemic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The latter is treatable mainly by supportive management.

30 Jul 2020

Study shows chemical exposure may disrupt sleep in menopausal women

For menopausal women who have difficulty sleeping, it might be because of chemicals in the environment.A new study based on data from the Midlife Women's Health Study suggests that exposure to various chemicals, such as phthalates, found in hundreds of products used daily, is associated with sleep disruptions in midlife women

29 Jul 2020

Lower BMI does not protect smokers from fat-associated health risks, shows study

Some smokers might rationalize continuing to smoke because of lower body weight often associated with the habit.

28 Jul 2020

$Study seeks to explain the decrease in incidence of hip fractures$

Study seeks to explain the decrease in incidence of hip fractures

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine today, researchers showed how analysis of data from the multigenerational Framingham Osteoporosis Study may in part explain why the incidence of hip fracture in the U.S. has declined during the last two decades.

27 Jul 2020

$Study finds link between fewer hip fractures and decreases in smoking, heavy drinking$

Smoking News and Research

Study provides comprehensive update on ACE2 enzyme with key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Lung-related factors may help predict smoker's fracture risk

Consumption of inorganic arsenic bearing rice associated with elevated cardiovascular mortality

Estrogen modestly protective against COVID-19?

Insights into prevalence, incidence, and impact of COPD in older adults

Screening for pancreatic cancer using artificial intelligence

40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by modifying 12 risk factors

Group-based smoking cessation treatment helps incarcerated smokers quit tobacco

Smoking worsens COVID-19 severity, warn researchers

Anti-inflammatory Tetracycline activity may modulate COVID-19 severity

Study shows chemical exposure may disrupt sleep in menopausal women

Lower BMI does not protect smokers from fat-associated health risks, shows study

Study seeks to explain the decrease in incidence of hip fractures

Study finds link between fewer hip fractures and decreases in smoking, heavy drinking

NAU researcher is studying respiratory mechanics in adult survivors of preterm birth

Working men with higher incomes are more likely to develop high blood pressure

ASCRS releases updated recommendations for surgery in patients with Crohn's disease

Prednisone, Hydroxychloroquine best among COVID-19 treatments, claims large Spanish study

Good mental health is associated with longer life, shows study

New studies indicate the presence of cerebrovascular-neurological dysfunction in COVID-19 patients

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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