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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity of egg-based COVID-19 vaccine

A team of clinical investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of a Phase 1, open-label, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an egg-based COVID-19 vaccine in healthy, vaccinated adults who have never been infected with COVID-19.

21 Mar 2022

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

People who have had Covid-19 are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is the result of a study by DDZ, DZD and IQVIA, which has now been published in Diabetologia.

21 Mar 2022

AI system can help detect the degree and severity of heart transplant rejection

Heart transplantation can be a lifesaving operation for patients with end-stage heart failure. However, many patients experience organ transplant rejection, in which the immune system begins attacking the transplanted organ.

21 Mar 2022

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

In an unparalleled effort to deliver outstanding comprehensive care and to employ revolutionary approaches to novel therapeutics around the skin condition alopecia areata, the Mount Sinai Health System has launched the Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence.

21 Mar 2022

Study explores prevalence and symptom trajectory of long COVID

A new study estimated long-term COVID-19, or, long COVID, and the trajectory of disease symptoms in a representative sample in the US.

21 Mar 2022

Dyspnea or fatigue can lead to worse outcomes than chest pain for heart attack patients

Just 76% of heart attack patients with dyspnoea or fatigue as their main symptom are alive at one year compared to 94% of those with chest pain as the predominant feature.

19 Mar 2022

Women less likely to receive lifesaving intervention for cardiogenic shock than men

Women are less likely to receive lifesaving treatment for cardiogenic shock than men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

19 Mar 2022

Study: Targeting astrocytes reduces tau-related brain damage and inflammation in mice

Alzheimer's disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by toxic tangles of the protein tau.

18 Mar 2022

World Sleep Day: Diagnosing chronic respiratory diseases from within the bedroom

For World Sleep Day 2022, News-Medical speaks to Max Sieghold, Co-Founder and CFO of Sleepiz, about their technology and its ability to diagnose sleep apnea/

18 Mar 2022

Excessive neuropeptide secretion in the lungs can lead to fluid buildup and poor oxygenation

COVID-19 has put a spotlight on the pulmonary and nervous systems, but there is still much to learn about how they interact. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine recently explored this relationship in the context of a childhood lung disease, but their findings may also apply to COVID-19 symptoms.

17 Mar 2022

University of Kentucky begins world’s first clinical trial for LATE

The motivation driving the work of Pete Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is personal. His grandmother, Sylvia Becker, died with Alzheimer's disease, and he says his mother then grew terrified of developing the disease.

17 Mar 2022

People with elevated blood pressure upon standing more likely to have risk for cardiovascular events

Among young and middle-aged adults with high blood pressure, a substantial rise in blood pressure upon standing may identify those with a higher risk of serious cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's peer-reviewed journal Hypertension.

17 Mar 2022

Heart News and Research

Mount Sinai launches phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity of egg-based COVID-19 vaccine

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

AI system can help detect the degree and severity of heart transplant rejection

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

Study explores prevalence and symptom trajectory of long COVID

Dyspnea or fatigue can lead to worse outcomes than chest pain for heart attack patients

Women less likely to receive lifesaving intervention for cardiogenic shock than men

Study: Targeting astrocytes reduces tau-related brain damage and inflammation in mice

World Sleep Day: Diagnosing chronic respiratory diseases from within the bedroom

Excessive neuropeptide secretion in the lungs can lead to fluid buildup and poor oxygenation

University of Kentucky begins world’s first clinical trial for LATE

People with elevated blood pressure upon standing more likely to have risk for cardiovascular events

Study reports reduced disease severity in Syrian hamsters during re-infection with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Lateral flow assays: The possibilities beyond COVID-19

Optical coherence tomography reveals the beating and development of human heart organoids

New guidance addresses how student athletes can safely return to play after COVID-19 infection

Elevated triglyceride levels may increase risk of second stroke, even while on statin therapy

New trial finds signs of preventive cardiovascular effects for cocoa flavanols

SLU physician-scientist receives NIH funding for Short Bowel Syndrome research

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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