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Insights into the pathogenesis of the previous and circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice

A recent article presented the diverse pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in a humanized mouse model.

7 Apr 2022

A shortfall of ECMO treatment cost lives during the delta surge

Speaking from his hospital bed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, James Perkinson’s voice was raspy. In February, he’d just been taken off ECMO, the last-ditch life support treatment in which a machine outside the body does the work of the heart and lungs.

7 Apr 2022

Wastewater-based Epidemiology technique can help move toward a healthier and more sustainable world

Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide societal benefits far beyond the dramatic improvements in community hygiene.

6 Apr 2022

World Health Day; Creating a Better Planet for a #HealthierTomorrow

In recognition of World Health Day 2022, we speak to Dr. Maria Neira from the WHO about this year's campaign 'Our Planet, Our Health', and what this message means.

6 Apr 2022

Improving our understanding of a severe pregnancy sickness (Hyperemesis Gravidarum)

News-Medical talks to Dr. Marlena Fejzo about a breakthrough in the understanding of hyperemesis gravidarum, and how it could improve maternal health around the world.

5 Apr 2022

The role of agriculture in health

A new study explores the changing dynamics of agriculture in the context of increasing demands for food and major alterations in the type of foods commonly consumed.

5 Apr 2022

Travel in the time of covid: Getting there is easy — It’s getting home that’s hard

I'm being held captive in England by the U.S. government. On the day my wife and I were to fly home from London after a brief visit, we took a covid-19 test, as required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to travel to the U.S.

4 Apr 2022

The effects of prolonged sleep restriction on energy intake, energy expenditure, and regional fat storage in healthy individuals

A new study provides insights into how experimentally-induced sleeplessness affects body fat when the subject is provided access to food.

1 Apr 2022

New insight into genetic mechanisms that control appetite and energy metabolism early in life

Have you ever wondered why it is so different how quickly and how much small babies put on weight during the first years of life? Now researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have found that this is largely controlled by our genes.

21 Mar 2022

Researchers find ketamine to have significant anti-depressant and anti-suicidal effects

First manufactured more than 50 years ago, ketamine is a fast-acting dissociative anesthetic often used in veterinary and emergency medicine. Ketamine also has a history of being an illicit party drug.

18 Mar 2022

Researchers exploit cancer cells' appetite for iron to treat tough tumors

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have successfully leveraged an FDA-approved drug to halt growth of tumors driven by mutations in the RAS gene, which are famously difficult to treat and account for about one in four cancer deaths.

9 Mar 2022

Feinberg second-year medical students screen patients for food insecurity

As part of their second-year MD curriculum, a group of Feinberg students recently designed and implemented a community quality improvement project, screening patients for food insecurity at their Education-Centered Medical Home (ECMH) site, the CommunityHealth Clinic, on Chicago's West side.

7 Mar 2022

£30 million UK funding enables GSMA to deliver mobile and digital assistance to those in need

The UK will commit a further £15.5 million to the GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian (M4H) Innovation Programme, bringing the total amount given by the UK to the M4H programme to £30 million since 2017.

2 Mar 2022

Report provides a dire warning about the consequences of inaction against climate change

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks.

28 Feb 2022

Study provides a promising new avenue for development of anti-obesity treatments

An anti-tumor drug promotes weight loss in mice at low doses by activating a natural hunger-suppressing pathway, according to a new study publishing February 24th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Jiang Wei Wu and colleagues at Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, China.

24 Feb 2022

Appetite News and Research

Insights into the pathogenesis of the previous and circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice

A shortfall of ECMO treatment cost lives during the delta surge

Wastewater-based Epidemiology technique can help move toward a healthier and more sustainable world

World Health Day; Creating a Better Planet for a #HealthierTomorrow

Improving our understanding of a severe pregnancy sickness (Hyperemesis Gravidarum)

The role of agriculture in health

Travel in the time of covid: Getting there is easy — It’s getting home that’s hard

The effects of prolonged sleep restriction on energy intake, energy expenditure, and regional fat storage in healthy individuals

New insight into genetic mechanisms that control appetite and energy metabolism early in life

Researchers find ketamine to have significant anti-depressant and anti-suicidal effects

Researchers exploit cancer cells' appetite for iron to treat tough tumors

Feinberg second-year medical students screen patients for food insecurity

£30 million UK funding enables GSMA to deliver mobile and digital assistance to those in need

Report provides a dire warning about the consequences of inaction against climate change

Study provides a promising new avenue for development of anti-obesity treatments

Prevalence of chemosensory loss induced by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Italy

‘Injections, injections, injections’: Troubling questions follow closure of sprawling pain clinic chain

Study confirms that pets can harbor SARS-CoV-2 infection

New insights into perspectives of older adults and caregivers on healthcare navigation, decision making

Study shows link between loneliness and dementia risk in older adults

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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