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Researchers develop new tool to improve the effectiveness of liver cancer outreach

October is liver cancer awareness month, which aims to educate those who are high risk about the importance of semiannual screenings.

16 Oct 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Australians with hypertension

Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it is unclear how people with hypertension are coping, given their increased risk. A retrospective case-control study compared people with hypertension to matched healthy controls during COVID-19 lockdown to determine whether they have higher risk perceptions, anxiety, and prevention intentions. The study is published on the preprint server medRxiv* in October 2020.

16 Oct 2020

MITHRAS trial investigates superiority of TMVR-induced iASD over medical therapy

The MITHRAS randomized clinical trial found that interventional closure of an iatrogenic atrial septal defect (iASD) driven by transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) was not superior to conservative medical treatment with regard to the primary endpoint of change in six-minute walking distance.

16 Oct 2020

REFLECT II clinical trial evaluates safety and efficacy of cerebral embolic deflection filter

The REFLECT II randomized clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a device designed to reduce cerebral embolization and ischemic stroke, complications of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), found that the device met the primary safety endpoint compared to historical controls but did not demonstrate superiority of the device for the primary hierarchical efficacy endpoint.

16 Oct 2020

New self-expanding bioprosthetic valve used in TAVR fails to demonstrate non-inferiority

In a randomized clinical trial, SCOPE II, a new self-expanding bioprosthetic valve used in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) failed to demonstrate non-inferiority compared to an existing self-expanding valve.

16 Oct 2020

Bariatric surgery associated with longer life expectancy

People who have undergone obesity (bariatric) surgery live three years longer, on average, than those given conventional treatment for their obesity, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Compared with the general population, however, both groups' excess mortality is high.

15 Oct 2020

Mendelian randomization helps evaluate impact of circulating proteins in COVID-19

Researchers identify circulating proteins influencing COVID-19 susceptibility and severity by employing a large-scale two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study.

15 Oct 2020

Blood purification outside the body in COVID-19 patients

Rodney Rosalia et al., in a recent medRxiv preprint research paper, study the longitudinal variation of parameters involved with systemic inflammation in critically ill COVID-19 patients upon EBP treatment.

15 Oct 2020

Common kidney tests can help estimate risk of cardiovascular disease

Taking into account two common kidney disease tests may greatly enhance doctors' abilities to estimate patients' cardiovascular disease risks, enabling millions of patients to have better preventive cardiovascular care, according to a large international study co-led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

15 Oct 2020

New, improved tools can identify children at greatest risk of preventable deaths

Health care leaders have new, improved tools to identify children at the greatest risk of preventable deaths, based on surveys of more than 67 countries around the world by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

15 Oct 2020

Lockdowns improved air quality, averted tens of thousands of deaths in severely polluted regions

Lockdowns initiated to curb the spread of the coronavirus in China and Europe at the beginning of the pandemic improved air quality, averting tens of thousands of deaths in regions where air pollution has a significant impact on mortality, a new study shows.

15 Oct 2020

Certain live-attenuated vaccines can prevent severe complications of COVID-19

COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc globally, with over one million deaths to date. Yet what if an existing vaccine could make COVID-19 less deadly? A study just published put the theory to test, with promising results.

15 Oct 2020

The COVID-19 vaccine pipeline

Researchers from Mayo Clinic, United States of America, have reviewed the immunity developed against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 disease.

14 Oct 2020

FDA approves Regeneron antibody drug as first treatment for Ebola virus

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn), a mixture of three monoclonal antibodies, as the first FDA-approved treatment for Zaire ebolavirus (Ebola virus) infection in adult and pediatric patients.

14 Oct 2020

Study finds sex differences among young individuals who suffer a heart attack

Women aged 50 or younger who suffer a heart attack are more likely than men to die over the following 11 years, according to a new study published today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Journal.

13 Oct 2020

Microstructural brain differences linked to waist circumference and BMI in children

Differences in the microstructure of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), a region in the brain that plays an important role in processing food and other reward stimuli, predict increases in indicators of obesity in children, according to a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and nine other institutes, all part of the National Institutes of Health.

13 Oct 2020

Rush receives highest honor for nursing excellence for the fifth time

For the fifth consecutive time, Rush University Medical Center has received Magnet designation, the highest national recognition given for nursing excellence. The designation recognizes Rush's nursing staff for overall excellence and for providing the very best care to patients.

13 Oct 2020

Are antibiotics being over prescribed in COVID-19?

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in October 2020 shows that the baseline levels of inflammatory markers and C-reactive protein (CRP) in relation to antibiotic administration can rule out bacterial co-infections and help reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics.

13 Oct 2020

New moms behind bars get help from someone who’s been there

Nine years ago, Nina Porter gave birth in a hospital bed with one of her ankles chained to the frame.

13 Oct 2020

Study: Deaths recorded during pandemic is higher than those attributed to COVID-19

For every two deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S., a third American dies as a result of the pandemic, according to new data publishing Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

13 Oct 2020

Mortality News and Research

Researchers develop new tool to improve the effectiveness of liver cancer outreach

Impact of COVID-19 on Australians with hypertension

MITHRAS trial investigates superiority of TMVR-induced iASD over medical therapy

REFLECT II clinical trial evaluates safety and efficacy of cerebral embolic deflection filter

New self-expanding bioprosthetic valve used in TAVR fails to demonstrate non-inferiority

Bariatric surgery associated with longer life expectancy

Mendelian randomization helps evaluate impact of circulating proteins in COVID-19

Blood purification outside the body in COVID-19 patients

Common kidney tests can help estimate risk of cardiovascular disease

New, improved tools can identify children at greatest risk of preventable deaths

Lockdowns improved air quality, averted tens of thousands of deaths in severely polluted regions

Certain live-attenuated vaccines can prevent severe complications of COVID-19

The COVID-19 vaccine pipeline

FDA approves Regeneron antibody drug as first treatment for Ebola virus

Study finds sex differences among young individuals who suffer a heart attack

Microstructural brain differences linked to waist circumference and BMI in children

Rush receives highest honor for nursing excellence for the fifth time

Are antibiotics being over prescribed in COVID-19?

New moms behind bars get help from someone who’s been there

Study: Deaths recorded during pandemic is higher than those attributed to COVID-19

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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