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Researchers launch study to determine effects of increased access to rapid COVID-19 testing

Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) are launching an investigational study to determine the effects of increased education and access to rapid, FDA-approved COVID-19 testing on community perceptions, access, and use of COVID-19 testing resources.

24 Nov 2020

New findings support benefits of bariatric surgery in severely obese adolescents

Eighty to 90% of adolescents benefit from lasting weight loss following bariatric surgery, and most experience the remission of obesity-related complications such as elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes and musculoskeletal pain, among others.

24 Nov 2020

Cleveland Clinic team successfully used latest ablation technology to destroy large liver tumors

Cleveland Clinic is the first hospital in the world to use a recently FDA-approved ablation technology that can destroy large liver tumors.

24 Nov 2020

IU research could lead to improved breast cancer treatments for Black women

An Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher is identifying the unique biology that may make Black women more susceptible to aggressive breast cancer.

24 Nov 2020

Consumption of dried fruit may be connected with better health

Don't be afraid to toss a handful of raisins or dried apples in your Thanksgiving stuffing this year -- a new Penn State study has found that dried fruit may be connected with better health.

24 Nov 2020

New framework proposed for eliminating defects in behavioral health treatment

A new paper from the Department of Psychiatry and the Population Health program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, proposes a framework for eliminating defects in behavioral health treatment.

24 Nov 2020

Channeling the immune system to combat head and neck cancer

University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered new clues into why some people with head and neck cancer respond to immunotherapy, while others don't.

24 Nov 2020

Inexpensive molecule shows potential to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing gonorrhea, meningitis

A team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis.

24 Nov 2020

Mother's protein found to be involved in genomic imprinting process

Mothers leave their mark on their children in many ways - and Australian researchers have discovered a protein called SMCHD1 is involved in this 'imprinting' process.

24 Nov 2020

Disproportionate COVID-19 mortality in England linked to non-white ethnicity and poverty

In a paper published on the preprint server medRxiv, researchers from various departments of Imperial College London, UK, discuss how they analyzed mortality data of individuals 40 years and above in local communities in England to determine local variations in increased mortality during the first wave of the pandemic – between 1 March and 31 May 2020 - and to identify the community factors associated with these mortality patterns.

24 Nov 2020

UC Santa Cruz teams up to launch a web portal for people at risk of heritable stomach cancers

Coinciding with Stomach Cancer Awareness Month in November, the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute is teaming up with the patient advocacy nonprofit No Stomach For Cancer to release a web portal designed to help researchers identify individuals at risk of heritable stomach cancers.

24 Nov 2020

Protection of upper respiratory tract will require vaccines that mimic natural infection by SARS-CoV-2

Recently, a team of researchers studied the transmission modes of SARS-CoV-2 and the protection against re-infection in ferret models in work published on the preprint server, bioRxiv.

24 Nov 2020

Air quality could influence the virulence of COVID-19 disease

The correlation between the high concentration of fine particles and the severity of influenza waves is well known to epidemiologists.

24 Nov 2020

Using VR to understand how acoustic perception works in complex environments

Many people find it difficult to hear in classrooms, open-plan offices or near busy streets. In order to understand how acoustic perception works in such complex environments, leading experts of the University of Oldenburg, Germany, count on virtual reality (VR).

24 Nov 2020

Study finds how the brain 're-wires' after neurological disease

Trinity College researchers are studying how the brain re-wires itself in neurological disease.

24 Nov 2020

AI platform rapidly, accurately spots COVID-19 in X-ray images

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (A.I.) platform that detects COVID-19 by analyzing X-ray images of the lungs.

24 Nov 2020

Mild COVID-19 disease may trigger long-term immunity

Researchers in the United States have conducted a study showing that individuals who have recovered from mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developed sustained protective immune memory against the causative agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

24 Nov 2020

Research News and Research

Researchers launch study to determine effects of increased access to rapid COVID-19 testing

New findings support benefits of bariatric surgery in severely obese adolescents

Cleveland Clinic team successfully used latest ablation technology to destroy large liver tumors

IU research could lead to improved breast cancer treatments for Black women

Consumption of dried fruit may be connected with better health

New framework proposed for eliminating defects in behavioral health treatment

Channeling the immune system to combat head and neck cancer

Inexpensive molecule shows potential to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing gonorrhea, meningitis

Mother's protein found to be involved in genomic imprinting process

Disproportionate COVID-19 mortality in England linked to non-white ethnicity and poverty

UC Santa Cruz teams up to launch a web portal for people at risk of heritable stomach cancers

Protection of upper respiratory tract will require vaccines that mimic natural infection by SARS-CoV-2

Air quality could influence the virulence of COVID-19 disease

Using VR to understand how acoustic perception works in complex environments

Study finds how the brain 're-wires' after neurological disease

AI platform rapidly, accurately spots COVID-19 in X-ray images

Mild COVID-19 disease may trigger long-term immunity

Largest clinical trial launched to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients in Africa

Hormone that suppresses food intake could be used as potential treatment for obesity

Sex steroids may play a protective role in COVID-19, shows study

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