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Long or irregular menstrual cycles may be linked with increased risk of NAFLD

Women with long or irregular periods are known to have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but researchers found these women may also be at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

3 Mar 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A health-heavy State of the Union

Russia's attacks on Ukraine took the headlines for President Joe Biden's first official State of the Union address, but Biden made a point to highlight several of the administration's high-priority health issues, including covid, mental health, nursing home regulation, and ailments among military personnel from toxic burn pits.

3 Mar 2022

Theoretical biologists capture the mechanisms underlying evolvability

All life evolves: microorganisms can become resistant to drugs, viruses evade our vaccines, and species may adapt to climate change.

3 Mar 2022

Study provides insight into what causes therapy failure in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that treatment resistance in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is caused by two distinct classes of stem cells and identified possible therapeutic approaches that target these cells.

3 Mar 2022

$The benefits of using fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines$

The benefits of using fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines

A new study published in PNAS assessed the benefits of using fractional doses for curbing the current COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Mar 2022

First dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccination coverage among younger children in America

Researchers recently investigated the differences in first dose coverage of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination among children aged five to 11 years in the United States.

3 Mar 2022

World's first Microhub makes spatial context accessible for all

New Mica imaging platform from Leica Microsystems brings previously inaccessible experiments to all life science researchers

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 3 Mar 2022

Additional doses of covid-19 vaccine recommended for immunocompromised patients

Additional doses of covid-19 vaccine are recommended for immunocompromised patients, especially for organ transplant recipients who are least able to make antibodies to fight off coronavirus, say experts in The BMJ today.

3 Mar 2022

WHO experts suggest antiviral drug for patients with non-severe covid-19 at highest risk of hospitalization

The antiviral drug molnupiravir is conditionally recommended for patients with non-severe covid-19 who are at highest risk of hospitalization, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ today.

3 Mar 2022

Higher education and advanced language skills may protect against dementia

New research has found that people with mild cognitive impairment may not inevitably develop dementia and, in fact, having higher education and advanced language skills more than doubles their chances of returning to normal.

3 Mar 2022

Whole-genome sequencing project sheds new light on the diversity of Candida glabrata

New research from the University of Exeter reports the largest ever whole-genome sequencing project for the potentially fatal yeast infection Candida glabrata from hospitals across Scotland.

3 Mar 2022

Study illustrates the link between e-cigarette use and increased odds of prediabetes

An analysis of data from a large, nationally representative survey of the US population shows that e-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prediabetes.

3 Mar 2022

Calls to overhaul methadone distribution intensify, but clinics resist

Days typically start early for patients undergoing opioid addiction treatment at Denver Recovery Group's six methadone clinics in Colorado.

3 Mar 2022

Novel approach to generate reliable breast tumor models may pave way for better immunotherapies

The discrepancy between preclinical advances in breast cancer immunotherapy and poor patient outcomes is rooted in the limitations of current breast cancer models. These models often fail to mimic complex interactions between cancer cells and key immune cells present in the tumor microenvironment.

3 Mar 2022

A model for predicting the evolution of the Omicron wave

Scientists forecast the temporal evolution of the Omicron wave according to a susceptible-infectious-recovered/removed epidemic compartment model.

3 Mar 2022

HIV preventive care is supposed to be free in the US. so, why are some patients still paying?

Anthony Cantu, 31, counsels patients at a San Antonio health clinic about a daily pill shown to prevent HIV infection.

3 Mar 2022

Biden pledges better nursing home care, but he likely won’t fast-track it

President Joe Biden's top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won't be issued under a4 mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately.

3 Mar 2022