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Vitamin D supplements reduce the risk of dynapenia in older people by 78%

Vitamin D plays an important role in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus absorption by the organism.

13 Dec 2022

Alcohol's toll on health, safety and economy in Massachusetts is very concerning

Alcohol's health, safety and economic toll on the Bay State residents far outstrips revenues from state alcohol taxes, according to a new report from Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH).

13 Dec 2022

AI model provides a way for rapid COVID-19 testing and detection

COVID-19 and its latest Omicron strains continue to cause infections across the country as well as globally. Serology (blood) and molecular tests are the two most commonly used methods for rapid COVID-19 testing.

13 Dec 2022

JPIDS supplement issue focuses on eliminating health disparities in pediatric infectious diseases

The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (JPIDS) has published 'Eliminating Health Disparities,' a supplement issue featuring five articles on past, current and future diversity and inclusion issues affecting pediatric infectious diseases (ID).

13 Dec 2022

Study: Exercise, mindfulness training, or both do not improve cognitive performance in seniors

Older adults work with exercise trainers as part of a study to see whether exercise, mindfulness training, or both might improve cognitive performance in seniors.

13 Dec 2022

New report provides a broad view of the global burden of cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death across the globe, according to a new "almanac"-style special issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

13 Dec 2022

'Cellular glue' opens the door to building tissues and organs

Researchers at UC San Francisco have engineered molecules that act like "cellular glue," allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other.

13 Dec 2022

Individuals with depression less likely to adhere to medications following percutaneous coronary intervention

Patients diagnosed with depression were less likely to adhere to essential medical therapies following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than those without depression, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

12 Dec 2022

People with Alzheimer’s and Down syndrome may benefit from participating in Alzheimer’s clinical trials

Amyloid plaques — protein clumps that are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease—occur at roughly the same level in the brains of people with Down syndrome who have Alzheimer's as they do in people with forms of hereditary, early-onset Alzheimer's, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

12 Dec 2022

Screen addictions associated with OCD symptoms in preteens

During the holidays, kids often spend more time on screens, leaving parents to wonder: Is it causing harm? Possibly.

12 Dec 2022

Study: Only 30% of people with neuroendocrine tumors consider living longer as top priority

New research from cancer research and treatment organization City of Hope in the December 2022 issue of JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that only 30% of patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) say their top goal for treatment is living longer.

12 Dec 2022

Novel wearable device can monitor physiological parameters associated with heart failure in real-time

There are about 64 million cases of heart failure worldwide. According to the American Heart Association, 6.2 million adults in the United States have heart failure and that number is estimated to increase to 8 million by 2030.

12 Dec 2022

Novel monoclonal antibody therapy shows promising results in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis

Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis who participated in a clinical trial of rocatinlimab - a novel, patient-tailored monoclonal antibody therapy - showed promising results both while taking the drug and up to 20 weeks after the therapy was stopped, Mount Sinai researchers reported in The Lancet.

12 Dec 2022

Three-drug combination highly effective in patients with high-risk forms of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A three-drug combination that sent chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) into deep remissions in a broad group of patients in a clinical trial is highly effective in patients with high-risk forms of the disease, a new, phase 2 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators indicates.

12 Dec 2022

Knowledge and attitudes to mpox among GBMSM in Australia

Researchers presented the results of a cross-sectional survey done in Australia between August and September 2022.

12 Dec 2022

Off-the-shelf immunotherapy could offer new hope for patients with hard-to-treat multiple myeloma

A new therapy that makes the immune system kill bone marrow cancer cells was successful in as many as 73 percent of patients in two clinical trials, according to researchers from The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

12 Dec 2022

Study shows potential benefits of efgartigimod as a treatment for immune thrombocytopenia

Patients taking efgartigimod, a drug being studied for use to treat chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), exhibited a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts which are essential to clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those taking a placebo, according to results reported from the ADVANCE IV clinical trial, which was conducted globally, including at Georgetown University Medical Center.

12 Dec 2022

An epigenetic modification improves the defense against infections, research shows

During infections, the hematopoietic system switches from normal to emergency mode. This improves the defense against the pathogens.

9 Dec 2022

How does the Mediterranean diet associate with cognitive risk and functional ability in adults?

A new study evaluated the associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), cognitive risk, and functional ability in older Australian adults.

9 Dec 2022

Study finds disparities in breast cancer screening, treatment access for underserved communities

Barriers to breast cancer screening remain despite Medicaid expansion for preventive screening tests and implementation of patient navigation programs under the Affordable Care Act, with women from underserved communities experiencing disproportionately low rates of screening mammography, according to a study that was conducted by New York Medical College (NYMC) School of Medicine (SOM) faculty and students and recently published in BMC Women’s Health.

9 Dec 2022

Education News and Research

Vitamin D supplements reduce the risk of dynapenia in older people by 78%

Alcohol's toll on health, safety and economy in Massachusetts is very concerning

AI model provides a way for rapid COVID-19 testing and detection

JPIDS supplement issue focuses on eliminating health disparities in pediatric infectious diseases

Study: Exercise, mindfulness training, or both do not improve cognitive performance in seniors

New report provides a broad view of the global burden of cardiovascular disease

'Cellular glue' opens the door to building tissues and organs

Individuals with depression less likely to adhere to medications following percutaneous coronary intervention

People with Alzheimer’s and Down syndrome may benefit from participating in Alzheimer’s clinical trials

Screen addictions associated with OCD symptoms in preteens

Study: Only 30% of people with neuroendocrine tumors consider living longer as top priority

Novel wearable device can monitor physiological parameters associated with heart failure in real-time

Novel monoclonal antibody therapy shows promising results in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis

Three-drug combination highly effective in patients with high-risk forms of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Knowledge and attitudes to mpox among GBMSM in Australia

Off-the-shelf immunotherapy could offer new hope for patients with hard-to-treat multiple myeloma

Study shows potential benefits of efgartigimod as a treatment for immune thrombocytopenia

An epigenetic modification improves the defense against infections, research shows

How does the Mediterranean diet associate with cognitive risk and functional ability in adults?

Study finds disparities in breast cancer screening, treatment access for underserved communities

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