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mRNA COVID-19 vaccines highly effective in preventing hospitalizations among adolescents in Nordic study

Study evaluated the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and heterologous schedules) in preventing hospitalization among adolescents in Nordic countries, finding high protection rates of 73% to 86% at six months.

14 Jan 2024

Ancient DNA traces multiple sclerosis origins to 5,000-year-old migrations

Researchers create the world's largest ancient human gene bank, linking genes to multiple sclerosis risk and tracing its origins to migrations 5,000 years ago.

13 Jan 2024

NHS needs to ramp up non-emergency treatments by 10% to tackle pandemic backlog

Analysis in The Lancet reveals the NHS must treat at least 10% more non-emergency cases monthly to reduce the pandemic-induced backlog, with over 7.2 million referrals pending as of October 2022.

13 Jan 2024

Scotland's NHS Golden Jubilee heart transplant unit expands to support more patients

Scotland’s only heart transplant centre at NHS Golden Jubilee, is expanding to support more patients across Scotland than ever before.

13 Jan 2024

UVA researchers join international consortium to study climate-related childhood diarrhea

UVA Health researchers have joined a new international consortium that will work to understand how climate change could affect dangerous diarrheal diseases, a leading cause of death for children under 5 years old.

13 Jan 2024

Swedish blood donor study reveals high prevalence of undiagnosed TBE infections

The number of infections by the tick-borne TBE virus that are not detected by health services is far higher than previously assumed.

12 Jan 2024

RBM5 identified as key regulator of HOXA9 in acute myeloid leukemia

The protein HOXA9 is overexpressed in most acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases and is associated with poor patient outcomes.

12 Jan 2024

FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery, study finds

Researchers in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have found that an FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery.

12 Jan 2024

10 years of University of Kentucky's Healthy Hearts for Women takes aim at heart disease

The University of Kentucky will mark a decade of raising awareness and continuing its effort to warn women about the dangers of heart disease with the annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium.

12 Jan 2024

Drinkable, carbon monoxide-infused foam supercharges cancer therapy

Did smokers do better than non-smokers in a clinical trial for an experimental cancer treatment? That was the intriguing question that led University of Iowa researchers and their colleagues to develop a drinkable, carbon monoxide-infused foam that boosted the effectiveness of the therapy, known as autophagy inhibition, in mice and human cells.

12 Jan 2024

Cedars-Sinai pioneers method to identify dementia patients for better care

Cedars-Sinai investigators are using electronic health records to identify hospitalized patients likely to have dementia.

12 Jan 2024

Mary Lou Retton’s explanation of health insurance takes some somersaults

Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton spoke out last week on the NBC "Today" show about what she said was a rare pneumonia that almost killed her and resulted in an expensive, monthlong hospital stay.

12 Jan 2024

Artificial intelligence spots risky drinkers for safer surgery

Using artificial intelligence to scan surgery patients' medical records for signs of risky drinking might help spot those whose alcohol use raises their risk of problems during and after an operation, a new study suggests.

12 Jan 2024

AI models for mental health hit generalizability snag

Scientists from Yale and the University of Cologne were able to show that statistical models created by artificial intelligence (AI) predict very accurately whether a medication responds in people with schizophrenia.

12 Jan 2024

Gum bacteria fuel COPD through immune cell activation

Severe gum disease has been linked to the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, but an understanding of how the connection plays out in the immune system remains unclear.

12 Jan 2024

Obesity linked to 73% higher risk of precursor to blood cancer

Individuals with obesity are more likely to have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), a benign blood condition that often precedes multiple myeloma, according to new research published in Blood Advances.

12 Jan 2024

What would a Nikki Haley presidency look like for health care?

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley will learn how her campaign is resonating with voters after the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses, the first presidential nominating contest of this election year.

12 Jan 2024

Study links cord blood lipid levels to early ADHD and autism symptoms

The relationship between ADHD and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

12 Jan 2024

New study reveals higher mortality risk in COVID-19 patients with newly-diagnosed atrial fibrillation

The incidence and prognosis of newly diagnosed AF in patients hospitalized due to SARS-CoV-2.

12 Jan 2024

Simple biomarkers offer early warning of hidden heart risk in childhood cancer survivors

Data from the St. Jude lifetime cohort study (St. Jude LIFE) revealed that two common biomarkers of cardiac function and damage could better predict cardiomyopathy within five years than routine clinical evaluations in high-risk, asymptomatic childhood cancer survivors.

11 Jan 2024