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Routine change of gloves and instruments is cost-effective and reduces surgical site infections

Surgeons who routinely change surgical gloves and instruments are incurring similar costs to those using the same equipment, a new study has found.

14 Feb 2024

Can low-income communities be happy? Indigenous insights say yes

Study reveals that indigenous and local communities across 18 countries report high life satisfaction despite low monetary incomes, challenging the strong association between wealth and happiness observed in industrialized societies.

13 Feb 2024

Researchers develop groundbreaking technique to detect chemoresistance using ultrasound

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique to better predict chemotherapy resistance in canines and humans.

13 Feb 2024

Exploring UK teenagers' concerns about future parenthood and their reproductive health education

Nearly half of teenagers are worried about having children and many lack knowledge about their reproductive health, find two new studies by UCL researchers.

12 Feb 2024

CARB-X awards $1.8 million to Visby Medical to develop a portable rapid PCR test for gonorrhea

Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award up to US$1.8 million to biotechnology company, Visby Medical, to develop a portable rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic to detect the presence of the pathogen that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and its susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, a former frontline oral antibiotic that can no longer treat resistant NG.

9 Feb 2024

Stroke patients see lower death rates with AI-guided treatment

Ischemic stroke survivors who received care recommendations from an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system had fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks or vascular death within three months, compared to people whose stroke treatment was not guided by AI tools, according to preliminary late-breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2024.

8 Feb 2024

Study evaluates large language models for autocontouring in head and neck radiotherapy

A new study evaluates an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm for autocontouring prior to radiotherapy in head and neck cancer.

8 Feb 2024

Mild COVID linked to widespread sleep disturbances

Doctors already knew that a Covid-19 infection bad enough to hospitalize someone is often followed by insomnia, but a new study of patients with recent mild Covid-19 has shown that these patients are very vulnerable to sleep disturbances, too.

6 Feb 2024

HIV patients have been less vaccinated with the full initial regimen against COVID-19

In December, the journal Vaccines published an analysis of COVID-19 vaccination coverage among people with HIV in Catalonia between December 2020 and July 2022.

5 Feb 2024

The power of precision oncology: closing the cancer care gap

According to American Cancer Society, Cancer causes about 1 in every 6 deaths globally, more than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.

From MGI 5 Feb 2024

Unveiling HIV's "latch": New study reveals key to blocking infection

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic code, there's a spectacularly brief moment in which a tiny piece of its surface snaps open to begin the process of infection.

2 Feb 2024

Study paves the way for improving personalized treatment of patients with glioblastoma

A study led by the ITACA Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València, with the participation of the Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO), the Institut Investigació Germans Trias I Pujol (IGTP) and the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, opens up a novel approach for improving personalized treatments for patients with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive types of cancer in existence today.

31 Jan 2024

Immunocompromised patients show prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and unique mutations

study identifies risk factors for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised patients, revealing that B-cell dysfunction, solid organ transplantation, and AIDS lead to longer infections and unique spike mutations.

31 Jan 2024

Do deep learning tools outperform humans in diagnosing breast cancer via ultrasound imaging?

The accuracy of deep learning (DL) in diagnosing breast cancer using ultrasound (US) compared to human readers in clinical settings.

31 Jan 2024

Overcoming stigma to start early conversations about cognitive decline

Approximately four of five primary care clinicians consider themselves on the front lines of brain health.

30 Jan 2024

American Heart Association report highlights disparities in heart disease, calls for equitable healthcare

The American Heart Association's report on heart disease and stroke statistics emphasizes health equity and addresses structural racism in healthcare, revealing disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevalence among different communities.

29 Jan 2024

AIDS News and Research

Routine change of gloves and instruments is cost-effective and reduces surgical site infections

Can low-income communities be happy? Indigenous insights say yes

Researchers develop groundbreaking technique to detect chemoresistance using ultrasound

Exploring UK teenagers' concerns about future parenthood and their reproductive health education

CARB-X awards $1.8 million to Visby Medical to develop a portable rapid PCR test for gonorrhea

Stroke patients see lower death rates with AI-guided treatment

Study evaluates large language models for autocontouring in head and neck radiotherapy

Mild COVID linked to widespread sleep disturbances

HIV patients have been less vaccinated with the full initial regimen against COVID-19

The power of precision oncology: closing the cancer care gap

Unveiling HIV's "latch": New study reveals key to blocking infection

Study paves the way for improving personalized treatment of patients with glioblastoma

Immunocompromised patients show prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and unique mutations

Do deep learning tools outperform humans in diagnosing breast cancer via ultrasound imaging?

Overcoming stigma to start early conversations about cognitive decline

American Heart Association report highlights disparities in heart disease, calls for equitable healthcare

Revolutionary CAR T-cell therapy shows promise in reversing age-related metabolic dysfunction

HIV virus found to possess hidden transport ability

Study sheds light on how serious people find COVID-19 compared to other health problems

Study offers insights into who's at risk for long COVID among immunocompromised patients

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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