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HIV coinfection significantly impacts B cell response to SARS-CoV-2

In recent research posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, investigators confirmed that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection alters B cell reaction in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

17 Jun 2022

Male gut health may benefit from beer

In a recent article published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists analyzed the effect of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beer ingestion on gut microbiota.

17 Jun 2022

International researchers will receive $25 million award to investigate the early stages of cancer development

A world-class team of researchers co-led by UC San Francisco's Allan Balmain, PhD, FRS, has been selected to receive a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges award to investigate the very early stages of cancer development.

16 Jun 2022

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) method that can automatically detect plaque erosion in the heart's arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

16 Jun 2022

Hospital lawsuits and garnished wages on top of diabetes

Woodruff, who was diagnosed with diabetes in his 20s, had a good job. He worked for a truck dealership in this small city 175 miles northwest of New York while his wife, Elizabeth, completed her degree in social work. His job had health benefits. The couple had recently bought a home.

16 Jun 2022

A surgery shatters retirement plans and leads to bankruptcy

Sherrie and Michael Foy thought they'd made all the right preparations when they moved to rural southwestern Virginia after Michael retired from Consolidated Edison, New York's largest utility.

16 Jun 2022

Sensor-equipped computer program tracks the patients' arm movements during stroke rehabilitation

A sensor-equipped computer program can accurately identify and count arm movements in people participating in stroke rehabilitation, a new study shows.

16 Jun 2022

Study examines trends in life expectancy in the U.S. at county level

From 2000-2019 overall life expectancy in the United States increased by 2.3 years, but the increase was not consistent among racial and ethnic groups and by geographic area.

16 Jun 2022

First-of-its-kind technology repairs and regenerates heart muscle cells

Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting a first-of-its-kind technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically known.

16 Jun 2022

New sensor accurately determines the human saliva pH

Chemists at the Ural Federal University have created a sensor for determining the human saliva pH. This is a fluorophore with strong and stable emission, which picks up the smallest fluctuations in the pH(tenths) in biological fluids.

16 Jun 2022

Physical activity and diet improve after weight loss surgery, but fall short of federal guidelines

In a long-term study of adults who have undergone bariatric weight loss surgery, University of Florida researchers found participants' physical activity and diet quality improved after surgery, but fell short of federal physical activity guidelines.

16 Jun 2022

Fragmented sleep, wakefulness after bedtime linked with lower cognitive function among African Americans

More fragmented sleep and longer periods of wakefulness after bedtime among a group of low-income African American adults were associated with lower cognitive function such as poor attention, according to a new study.

16 Jun 2022

Pregnant women with PCOS have higher risk for heart problems during delivery

A common hormone disorder among women of reproductive age has been linked to an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events and pregnancy outcomes at the time of birth, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

16 Jun 2022

$Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke$

Heart News and Research

HIV coinfection significantly impacts B cell response to SARS-CoV-2

Male gut health may benefit from beer

International researchers will receive $25 million award to investigate the early stages of cancer development

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Hospital lawsuits and garnished wages on top of diabetes

A surgery shatters retirement plans and leads to bankruptcy

Sensor-equipped computer program tracks the patients' arm movements during stroke rehabilitation

Study examines trends in life expectancy in the U.S. at county level

First-of-its-kind technology repairs and regenerates heart muscle cells

New sensor accurately determines the human saliva pH

Physical activity and diet improve after weight loss surgery, but fall short of federal guidelines

Fragmented sleep, wakefulness after bedtime linked with lower cognitive function among African Americans

Pregnant women with PCOS have higher risk for heart problems during delivery

Primary hyperparathyroidism increases patients' risk of hip fracture, heart attack and stroke

Cardiometabolic multimorbidity increases the risk of developing dementia

Upended: How medical debt changed their lives

100 million people in America are saddled with health care debt

Researchers identify a signature of three genes linked to positive response to blood cancer therapy

Stanford researcher outlines pollution and climate change threats to children's health

Annual Wellness Visits associated with reduced risk of amputations in patients with diabetes

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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