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New METPlatform allows researchers to test drugs for possible use in brain metastases

It is estimated that about a quarter of cancer patients are at risk of brain metastases, a rate that is increasing especially among those who suffer relapses after having undergone different cancer treatments.

17 Feb 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: It’s health costs, stupid (2022 edition)

The pandemic may be showing signs of winding down, but health care costs are not.

17 Feb 2022

Study describes trajectories of insomnia symptoms from childhood through young adulthood

Children with insomnia symptoms are likely to persist with them as young adults and are significantly more likely to develop an insomnia disorder in early adulthood compared to children who do not have difficulty sleeping, according to new research led by scientists at Penn State College of Medicine.

17 Feb 2022

Penn State researchers receive $3.9 million to study the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has awarded Penn State College of Medicine $3.9 million through May 2025 to study the impact COVID-19 has on pregnancy.

17 Feb 2022

Older adults can prevent memory decline by sticking to regular exercise

We all know exercise is good for us, but that still leaves plenty of questions. How much exercise? Who benefits the most? And when in our lives? New research led by University of Pittsburgh psychologists pools data from dozens of studies to answer these questions, showing that older adults may be able to prevent declines in a certain kind of memory by sticking to regular exercise.

17 Feb 2022

Cessation of antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry led to no increase in infective endocarditis

Sweden is one of the few countries that have removed the dental health recommendation to give prophylactic antibiotics to people at a higher risk of infection of the heart valves, so-called infective endocarditis.

17 Feb 2022

Study explores the high viral loads of SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Alpha variants

In a new study, scientists evaluated the cycle threshold values from 1,297 COVID-19-positive saliva samples obtained at a testing lab in the USA.

17 Feb 2022

Reduction in the sex ratio at birth found following the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study focused on determining the sex ratio at birth in South Africa after the COVID-19 pandemic.

17 Feb 2022

State constitutions vex conservatives’ strategies for a post-Roe world

Republican lawmakers in a handful of conservative states have stumbled on a roadblock to what they thought would be a clear path to setting new restrictions on abortion if the Supreme Court upends the landmark Roe v. Wade decision: right-to-privacy protections enshrined in their own state constitutions.

17 Feb 2022

As politics infects public health, private companies profit

For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions, and other covid preventive measures have strained those partnerships.

17 Feb 2022

Study looks at COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in France and Italy

A recent study posted to Research Square* preprint server, and under consideration at the journal Scientific Reports, aimed to learn more about how and to what extent vaccine hesitancy can alter over time at the individual level by considering parameters such as dynamic preferences, news reporting, and gender influence.

16 Feb 2022

Study: One in four women has experienced domestic violence within their lifetime

New research published in The Lancet estimates that over one in four women have experienced domestic violence within their lifetime.

16 Feb 2022

Gut microbial signatures associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes

A new study identified microbial signatures which predicted the onset of type 2 diabetes during nearly 16 years of follow-up in a large Finnish population cohort.

16 Feb 2022

Study analyzes trends in overdose deaths from use of non-benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids

With an alarming rise in the number of prescriptions filled for non-benzo sleeping/z-drugs and anti-epilepsy gabapentinoids over the last two decades, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health aimed to fill in the gap in knowledge in the proportion of overdose deaths involving those medications and learn more about their co-usage with other substances across U.S. demographics categories.

16 Feb 2022

Parents in disadvantaged communities talk to their kids more about COVID-19 related risks, study finds

A new study from Children's Hospital Los Angeles reports good news about socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and their response to the pandemic.

16 Feb 2022

UC joins nationwide trial to evaluate efficacy of repurposed drugs for mild-to-moderate COVID-19

The University of Cincinnati is joining a nationwide study to evaluate repurposed medications in the search for effective, safe treatments for mild-to-moderate COVID-19. Repurposed medications are those already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for other indications.

16 Feb 2022

Study finds higher mortality rates among African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19

African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19 experience much higher mortality rates than Europeans or North Americans of the same age, according to a recently published study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN).

16 Feb 2022

Estonian Microbiome Project demonstrates the impact of long-term antibiotic use on the microbiome

Estonian Microbiome Project, using electronic health data from more than 2500 biobank participants finds long-term antibiotic usage, independent from recent administration, has an impact on the microbiome, partly explaining the common bacterial signatures overlapping between diseases.

16 Feb 2022

Pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women infected by SARS-CoV-2

A new study evaluated the pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women in the third trimester who were infected by SARS-CoV-2 for the detection of the virus in the placenta and different samples of the newborn as well as detection of antibodies in the cord blood.

16 Feb 2022

Inside the tactical tug of war over the controversial Alzheimer’s drug

The drug industry, patient advocates, and congressional Republicans have all attacked federal officials' decision to decline routine Medicare coverage for a controversial Alzheimer's drug.

16 Feb 2022

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New METPlatform allows researchers to test drugs for possible use in brain metastases

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: It’s health costs, stupid (2022 edition)

Study describes trajectories of insomnia symptoms from childhood through young adulthood

Penn State researchers receive $3.9 million to study the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy

Older adults can prevent memory decline by sticking to regular exercise

Cessation of antibiotic prophylaxis in dentistry led to no increase in infective endocarditis

Study explores the high viral loads of SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Alpha variants

Reduction in the sex ratio at birth found following the COVID-19 pandemic

State constitutions vex conservatives’ strategies for a post-Roe world

As politics infects public health, private companies profit

Study looks at COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in France and Italy

Study: One in four women has experienced domestic violence within their lifetime

Gut microbial signatures associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Study analyzes trends in overdose deaths from use of non-benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids

Parents in disadvantaged communities talk to their kids more about COVID-19 related risks, study finds

UC joins nationwide trial to evaluate efficacy of repurposed drugs for mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Study finds higher mortality rates among African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19

Estonian Microbiome Project demonstrates the impact of long-term antibiotic use on the microbiome

Pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women infected by SARS-CoV-2

Inside the tactical tug of war over the controversial Alzheimer’s drug

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