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Study reports how opioids cause gastric inflammation

Opioids are the gold standard for treatment of chronic and acute pain; however, their use may result in significant gastrointestinal side effects, including nausea, vomiting, and constipation.

6 Jul 2022

Scientists discover a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Around 250,000 people in Austria suffer from psoriasis. One third of them develop inflammation in their joints (psoriatic arthritis) as a result of the chronic skin condition.

6 Jul 2022

CDC Director adopts ACIP's recommendation to recommend specific flu vaccines for elderly people

CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., adopted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendation to preferentially recommend the use of specific flu vaccines for adults 65 years and older, including higher dose and adjuvanted flu vaccines.

6 Jul 2022

‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to serious health issues

'Overdosing' on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after they treated a man who needed hospital admission for his excessive vitamin D intake.

6 Jul 2022

Intrahost genetic diversity and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.517 lineage during chronic infection of an immunocompromised individual

Researchers investigated the intrahost evolution and genetic diversity of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.517 variant in an immunosuppressed person with chronic COVID-19.

6 Jul 2022

What causes insomnia and how to treat it?

A new study evaluates the symptoms of insomnia and its treatment as reported by patients in primary care settings.

5 Jul 2022

Redlined neighborhoods in the 1930s now suffer from higher rates of poor health outcomes

A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute further proves that people living in areas that were subjected to housing discrimination decades ago now suffer from higher rates of poor health outcomes, including heart disease, kidney failure and diabetes.

5 Jul 2022

Risk of eczema in babies could be lowered by taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy

Taking Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy could substantially reduce the chances of babies up to a year old suffering from atopic eczema, according to a new study by University of Southampton researchers.

5 Jul 2022

New method helps determine alcohol consumption in fatty liver disease

It is important to know whether patients have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), as this distinction plays a key role in treatment and prognosis but cannot be reliably determined by established diagnostic means.

5 Jul 2022

Acute scrotal infections among COVID-19 patients significantly associated with disease severity in new study

In a new study, researchers assessed the influence of severe coronavirus disease 2019 on scrotal infections.

5 Jul 2022

Influenza vaccination may provide protective effect against Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers compared Alzheimer's Disease development risks among recipients and non-recipients of intramuscularly administered influenza vaccines.

5 Jul 2022

The influence of immunosuppressive therapy on the development of adaptive immunity after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Researchers evaluated the impact of immunosuppressive therapies on the induction of adaptive immunity after COVID-19 vaccination.

5 Jul 2022

Newly identified gut bacterial strains could pave the way for IBD and colon cancer prevention

Researchers have isolated five strains of gut bacteria that could pave the way for new inflammatory bowel disease treatments and potentially help prevent some forms of bowel cancer.

5 Jul 2022

Scientists discover how a protein and enzymes interact to allow hepatitis A virus replication

The viral replication cycle is crucial for a virus to spread inside the body and cause disease. Focusing on that cycle in the hepatitis A virus (HAV), UNC School of Medicine scientists discovered that replication requires specific interactions between the human protein ZCCHC14 and a group of enzymes called TENT4 poly(A) polymerases.

4 Jul 2022

Neighborhood ‘redlining’ may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases

The historical discriminatory housing policies known as "redlining" are associated with heart disease and related risk factors today in impacted neighborhoods, more than 60 years after they were banned, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

4 Jul 2022

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Study reports how opioids cause gastric inflammation

Scientists discover a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

CDC Director adopts ACIP's recommendation to recommend specific flu vaccines for elderly people

‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to serious health issues

Intrahost genetic diversity and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.517 lineage during chronic infection of an immunocompromised individual

What causes insomnia and how to treat it?

Redlined neighborhoods in the 1930s now suffer from higher rates of poor health outcomes

Risk of eczema in babies could be lowered by taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy

New method helps determine alcohol consumption in fatty liver disease

Acute scrotal infections among COVID-19 patients significantly associated with disease severity in new study

Influenza vaccination may provide protective effect against Alzheimer’s disease

The influence of immunosuppressive therapy on the development of adaptive immunity after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Newly identified gut bacterial strains could pave the way for IBD and colon cancer prevention

Scientists discover how a protein and enzymes interact to allow hepatitis A virus replication

Neighborhood ‘redlining’ may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases

How does obesity affect the immune system?

New discovery could lead to more effective treatments for asthma sufferers

Lower diaphragmatic thickness found among long COVID patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea

Elevated cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neuroinflammation in NeuroCOVID patients

Repeat nursing homes transfers are much higher for Black residents and those under age 65, study finds

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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