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Consuming caffeinated coffee can temporarily mitigate repercussions of reduced sleep

A new study exploring the impact of repeated sleep loss during a simulated working week has found that consuming caffeinated coffee during the day helps to minimize reductions in attention and cognitive function, compared to decaffeinated coffee.

22 Jan 2021

SMART recovery groups provide addiction services during COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has created new perils and challenges for people experiencing substance use disorders and addictive behaviors. Social distancing and isolation can trigger loneliness, anxiety, and depression.

22 Jan 2021

Sloan Kettering Institute researchers offer a new answer to 100-year-old cancer mystery

The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of a fundamental discovery that's taught in every biochemistry textbook. In 1921, German physician Otto Warburg observed that cancer cells harvest energy from glucose sugar in a strangely inefficient manner: rather than "burn" it using oxygen, cancer cells do what yeast do -- they ferment it.

22 Jan 2021

Infusion of convalescent blood plasma benefits patient with severe COVID-19

A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized with severe COVID-19 disease, 33 days after the onset of symptoms.

22 Jan 2021

Study reveals new insights into how UV light triggers kidney inflammation in lupus patients

A new collaborative study from researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Washington (UW) and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals unexpected insights into how skin exposure to ultraviolet light can worsen clinical symptoms in autoimmune diseases such as lupus.

22 Jan 2021

Patient-specific model is needed to understand cancer cells and their impacts

Despite cancer being a leading cause of death worldwide, treatment options for many types of cancers remain limited. This is partly due to the in vitro tools used to model cancers, which cannot adequately predict the behavior of a cancer or its sensitivity to drugs.

22 Jan 2021

People with severe COVID-19 cases may have more protective "memory" T cells

A big question on people's minds these days: how long does immunity to SARS-CoV-2 last following infection?

22 Jan 2021

Genomic test has lower prognostic accuracy in minority patients with breast cancer

Black women have higher recurrence and mortality rates than non-Hispanic white women for certain types of breast cancer, according to a University of Illinois Chicago researcher's study published recently in JAMA Oncology.

22 Jan 2021

People who have positive views of aging at 50 live 7.5 years longer

If you believe you are capable of becoming the healthy, engaged person you want to be in old age, you are much more likely to experience that outcome, a recent Oregon State University study shows.

22 Jan 2021

Two out of five U.S. adults missed medical care in the early phase of pandemic

Two out of five individuals delayed or missed medical care in the early phase of the pandemic--from March through mid-July 2020--according to a new survey from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

22 Jan 2021

Modified version of CAR T-cell therapy shows promise in targeting neuroblastoma

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy--CAR T--has revolutionized leukemia treatment. Unfortunately, the therapy has not been effective for treating solid tumors including childhood cancers such as neuroblastoma.

22 Jan 2021

Researchers develop comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed the first comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) into four unique subtypes, based on gene expression, and have identified potential therapeutic targets for each type in a study published today in Cancer Cell.

22 Jan 2021

Trial results support efficacy of incentivizing vaccine adherence

As the United States struggles to control record-breaking increases in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, the roll-out of two approved vaccines offers tremendous hope for saving lives and curbing the pandemic.

22 Jan 2021

New SERS-based sensor can detect influenza A viral pathogens with high reproducibility

Respiratory diseases like influenza can spread rapidly and escalate to global health crises. Thus, to control them, simple yet sensitive detection techniques are needed. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a potential candidate but currently lacks reproducibility.

22 Jan 2021

Simple count of social determinants of health may help predict patients' fatal heart disease risks

Doctors may be able to predict their patients' risks of fatal coronary heart disease more accurately by taking into account the number of adverse social factors affecting them, according to a new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

22 Jan 2021

New pain management regimen reduced opioid exposure in trauma patients

A pain management regimen comprised mostly of over-the-counter medication reduced opioid exposure in trauma patients while achieving equal levels of pain control, according to a new study by physician-researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

22 Jan 2021

Research News and Research

Consuming caffeinated coffee can temporarily mitigate repercussions of reduced sleep

SMART recovery groups provide addiction services during COVID-19 pandemic

Sloan Kettering Institute researchers offer a new answer to 100-year-old cancer mystery

Infusion of convalescent blood plasma benefits patient with severe COVID-19

Study reveals new insights into how UV light triggers kidney inflammation in lupus patients

Patient-specific model is needed to understand cancer cells and their impacts

People with severe COVID-19 cases may have more protective "memory" T cells

Genomic test has lower prognostic accuracy in minority patients with breast cancer

People who have positive views of aging at 50 live 7.5 years longer

Two out of five U.S. adults missed medical care in the early phase of pandemic

Modified version of CAR T-cell therapy shows promise in targeting neuroblastoma

Researchers develop comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer

Trial results support efficacy of incentivizing vaccine adherence

New SERS-based sensor can detect influenza A viral pathogens with high reproducibility

Simple count of social determinants of health may help predict patients' fatal heart disease risks

New pain management regimen reduced opioid exposure in trauma patients

New study helps understand molecular profile of tumors in cancer patients

Older people in Japan have "attitude of gratitude" which makes them more optimistic

Mitochondrial mutation linked to elevated diabetes risk in Japanese men

Prioritizing older adults for COVID-19 vaccination will save more lives

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