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Nirmatrelvir–ritonavir found to lower COVID-19 severity outcomes

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity outcomes during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant predominance.

16 Feb 2023

Report of a case of severe tick-borne encephalitis in a pregnant woman

A new study reported a case of severe TBE infection in a pregnant woman, along with long-term sequelae.

16 Feb 2023

Cohort study examines the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 rebound in patients on oral antivirals

Researchers performed a retrospective population-wide cohort study using anonymized data in Hong Kong, China, between February 26 and July 3, 2022.

16 Feb 2023

She sued a hospital and lost — but felt she’d won

When a patient faces an outrageous medical bill, they have two choices: Pay the balance or fight.

16 Feb 2023

Natural decline in insulin resistance during mid-adolescence may stop, reverse arterial stiffness progression

Significant physiologic decrease in insulin resistance during mid-adolescence may stop and reverse arterial stiffness progression, a paper published in the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism concludes.

15 Feb 2023

Human sleep architecture varies significantly across seasons, study shows

Society and technology impose sleep and wake schedules on people, especially in urban environments with lots of light pollution. Although seasonality in animal sleep is well known, for the past 25 years we’ve assumed humans are different. But a study of patients being monitored for sleep-related difficulties shows underestimated variation in sleep architecture over the course of a year.

15 Feb 2023

Social and economic disadvantage may explain the higher risk of dementia in women

A large international study of dementia risk involving almost 30,000 people from 18 countries covering all six continents suggests that social and economic disadvantage may explain the higher risk of the condition in women.

15 Feb 2023

First successful correction of limb length in mouse model of autosomal dominant Robinow Syndrome

Robinow Syndrome is the best known of a set of genetic disorders that affect the growth and development of the skeletal system.

15 Feb 2023

Post-COVID-19 CT scans show lung abnormalities persist two years later

In a recent study published in the journal Radiology, researchers longitudinally assessed changes in chest computed tomography (CT) abnormities and lung function among patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

15 Feb 2023

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy effective against Omicron BA.4/BA.5

Researchers examine non-hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 treated with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir.

15 Feb 2023

New insights into the driving factors of COVID-19 dynamics in England

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers provided quantitative estimates of population-level drivers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and infection severity by fitting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemiological surveillance data from England into dynamic transmission models.

15 Feb 2023

Researchers gain deeper understanding of risk factors associated with low birthweights

Multiple births, a short interval between pregnancies and mothers with a maternal physical or mental health condition are more at risk of having a low birth rate baby according to Swansea University researchers.

15 Feb 2023

HemaChrome wins phase 1 of the NIH's RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge

HemaChrome, a digital health startup that uses smartphone technology to noninvasively and instantly measure blood hemoglobin levels, has won phase 1 of the National Institutes of Health's RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge.

15 Feb 2023

Study highlights increased risks for young pregnant adolescents compared with older teens, adults

Young adolescents face different challenges in pregnancy compared with their older teenage peers and adults that are sometimes exacerbated by high rates of obesity, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers suggests.

15 Feb 2023

Sleep irregularity may increase the risk for atherosclerosis

Sleep irregularity - chronically disrupted sleep and highly variable sleep durations night after night - may increase the risk for atherosclerosis, according to a study led by Kelsie Full, PhD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

15 Feb 2023

Three new language versions of the 'Together by St. Jude' online resource launched

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced the launch of three new language versions of the Together by St. Jude online resource, a free source of information and education for families facing childhood and adolescent cancer.

15 Feb 2023

Novel predictive index for gastric cancer prognosis

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on January 31, 2023, entitled, "Novel inflammation-combined prognostic index to predict survival outcomes in patients with gastric cancer."

15 Feb 2023

Rapid clinical test predicts which people with neck pain may benefit from epidural steroid injections

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and several other institutions say they have developed a quick clinical test that predicts which people with neck pain are more likely to benefit from epidural steroid injections, which deliver drugs directly around the spinal nerves to stop nerve inflammation and reduce pain.

15 Feb 2023

NIH initiates a clinical trial evaluating an investigational antiviral for treatment of COVID-19

The National Institutes of Health has initiated a multi-site clinical trial evaluating an investigational antiviral for the treatment of COVID-19.

15 Feb 2023

As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Kensington, so do alarming health challenges

Many people living on the streets in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood — the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — are in full-blown addiction, openly snorting, smoking, or injecting illicit drugs, hunched over crates or on stoops. Syringes litter sidewalks, and the stench of urine fouls the air.

15 Feb 2023

Hospital News and Research

Nirmatrelvir–ritonavir found to lower COVID-19 severity outcomes

Report of a case of severe tick-borne encephalitis in a pregnant woman

Cohort study examines the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 rebound in patients on oral antivirals

She sued a hospital and lost — but felt she’d won

Natural decline in insulin resistance during mid-adolescence may stop, reverse arterial stiffness progression

Human sleep architecture varies significantly across seasons, study shows

Social and economic disadvantage may explain the higher risk of dementia in women

First successful correction of limb length in mouse model of autosomal dominant Robinow Syndrome

Post-COVID-19 CT scans show lung abnormalities persist two years later

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy effective against Omicron BA.4/BA.5

New insights into the driving factors of COVID-19 dynamics in England

Researchers gain deeper understanding of risk factors associated with low birthweights

HemaChrome wins phase 1 of the NIH's RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge

Study highlights increased risks for young pregnant adolescents compared with older teens, adults

Sleep irregularity may increase the risk for atherosclerosis

Three new language versions of the 'Together by St. Jude' online resource launched

Novel predictive index for gastric cancer prognosis

Rapid clinical test predicts which people with neck pain may benefit from epidural steroid injections

NIH initiates a clinical trial evaluating an investigational antiviral for treatment of COVID-19

As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Kensington, so do alarming health challenges

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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