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Antihypertensives improve COVID-19 survival rates

Previous studies have also linked hypertension to severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Now, a new study by researchers at the University of East Anglia's Norwich Medical School has found that the risk of severe COVID-19 and death was reduced for patients with high blood pressure who were taking Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARB).

24 Aug 2020

No evidence pregnancy increases the risk of COVID-19 morbidity or severity

Albeit pregnancy is generally considered a significant risk factor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and more severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outcomes, a recent study by a multinational team of researchers shows that symptoms are generally comparable between pregnant and non-pregnant cohorts of women – with the exception of gastrointestinal symptoms. This paper is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.

23 Aug 2020

Scientific review on on link between air pollution and COVID-19

Researchers at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have conducted a “state-of-the-science” review of the evidence available on potential associations between exposure to air pollution and health outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

23 Aug 2020

VUMC receives $34 million grant for nationwide convalescent plasma study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a one-year, $34-million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a nationwide study of "convalescent plasma" as a treatment for COVID-19.

21 Aug 2020

Democratic convention, night 4: ‘Facts over fiction’ in Biden’s speech

In a near-empty arena on the river in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, former Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president, promising hope over fear, fairness over privilege, love over hate.

21 Aug 2020

DeSantis says COVID is a lower risk for school-aged kids than flu

Even as his state is a hotbed for COVID-19, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been pushing schools to reopen so parents have the choice of sending children back to the classroom or keeping them home to learn virtually.

21 Aug 2020

Research finds link between COVID-19 mortality and morbid obesity

The prevalence of morbid obesity in a population is associated with negative outcomes from COVID-19, according to an analysis by researchers at The University of Alabama of morbid obesity data and reported COVID-19 deaths in the United States.

20 Aug 2020

Ciliary proteins play vital role in cardiovascular functions and genetic diseases

Research from Chapman University provides new insight into the characteristics of crucial proteins within the ciliary membrane that play vital roles in human genetic diseases and cardiovascular functions.

20 Aug 2020

Researchers find statistical relationship between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Washington found a statistical relationship between the number of hospital beds (ICU and non-ICU) occupied by COVID-19 patients in a state and reported mortality.

20 Aug 2020

New surgical technique could lead to better dialysis outcomes

A new technique developed by a Yale-led research team improves blood flow in surgically made blood vessels used in dialysis, enables them to last longer, and results in fewer complications than the standard technique.

20 Aug 2020

New prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in exhaled breath of infected patients

Few people who have undergone nasopharyngeal swabs for coronavirus testing would describe it as a pleasant experience.

20 Aug 2020

Drug used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatment improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, have utilized its statewide observational database of more than 5,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients to show that a drug normally used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatments, tocilizumab, improves hospital survival in critically-ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

20 Aug 2020

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

A new study appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States.

19 Aug 2020

Researchers identify drug that improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

19 Aug 2020

Enzalutamide has added benefit for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer at high risk of metastasis

In 2018 and 2019, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care already investigated whether the drug enzalutamide has an advantage in comparison with the appropriate comparator therapy, i.e. in comparison with watchful waiting while maintaining ongoing conventional androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), for adult men with high-risk non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

19 Aug 2020

Democratic convention, night 2: Defending the ACA and attacking Trump on pandemic

The second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention featured a 17-person keynote speech, past presidents, a roll call vote that doubled as a virtual tour of the United States and an emphasis on health care and national security issues.

19 Aug 2020

Removing copper from blood can destroy deadliest cancers that are resistant to immunotherapy

Australian researchers have discovered that removing copper from the blood can destroy some of the deadliest cancers that are resistant to immunotherapy using models of the disease.

19 Aug 2020

Mathematical modeling helps researchers track and tackle COVID-19 pandemic

The Editor-in-Chief Vitaly Volpert of the Institut Camille Jordan, University ofLyon, France, reviews how the public's new favourite scientific discipline, mathematical modelling, is being used to track and tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Aug 2020

Study: Frailty can better predict COVID-19 survival than patient's age

New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that the degree of frailty, a measure of a person's functional level before contracting the disease, can better predict COVID-19 survival than the patient's age

19 Aug 2020

Scientists create miniature human heart model in the lab

A team of researchers from Michigan State University has created a miniature human heart model in the laboratory. For the first time in history, this mode is complete with all primary heart cell types and a functioning structure of chambers and vascular tissue.

19 Aug 2020

Mortality News and Research

Antihypertensives improve COVID-19 survival rates

No evidence pregnancy increases the risk of COVID-19 morbidity or severity

Scientific review on on link between air pollution and COVID-19

VUMC receives $34 million grant for nationwide convalescent plasma study

Democratic convention, night 4: ‘Facts over fiction’ in Biden’s speech

DeSantis says COVID is a lower risk for school-aged kids than flu

Research finds link between COVID-19 mortality and morbid obesity

Ciliary proteins play vital role in cardiovascular functions and genetic diseases

Researchers find statistical relationship between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality

New surgical technique could lead to better dialysis outcomes

New prototype device non-invasively detects COVID-19 in exhaled breath of infected patients

Drug used in rheumatoid arthritis and cancer treatment improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

Researchers identify drug that improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Enzalutamide has added benefit for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer at high risk of metastasis

Democratic convention, night 2: Defending the ACA and attacking Trump on pandemic

Removing copper from blood can destroy deadliest cancers that are resistant to immunotherapy

Mathematical modeling helps researchers track and tackle COVID-19 pandemic

Study: Frailty can better predict COVID-19 survival than patient's age

Scientists create miniature human heart model in the lab

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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