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Rehabilitation program for people with long COVID shows 'impressive' results

A rehabilitation program that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown "impressive" results, say scientists.

16 Dec 2022

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 infection, replication and persistence in human brain tissues

Researchers investigated the cellular tropism, replication competence, persistence and evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in humans, and associated histopathological changes in infected tissues.

16 Dec 2022

Study shows how a specific gut microbe-generated byproduct is linked to heart failure risk

New research at Cleveland Clinic expands the link between what we eat and how the gut microbiome impacts our susceptibility to develop different diseases – in this case, how a specific gut microbe-generated byproduct is linked to heart failure risk.

16 Dec 2022

Extending the collaboration to improve research on antibiotic resistance

Research on antibiotic resistance will broaden significantly when the Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe) in Gothenburg expands.

16 Dec 2022

People of all age groups benefit more from COVID-19 vaccines than natural immunity, real-world study finds

In one of the first large, real-world studies comparing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines versus natural immunity in protecting against death, hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for any cause, including COVID, research-scientists from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center report that people of all age groups benefited significantly more from vaccination than natural immunity acquired from a previous COVID infection.

16 Dec 2022

New support for a serotonin deficit in depression

Since the 1960s, researchers have postulated that major depression stems from disruptions in the serotonin neurotransmitter system, but the evidence for that idea, though plentiful, was indirect.

16 Dec 2022

ACS' new program associated with increased efficiency in treating pediatric trauma patients

An American College of Surgeons quality improvement program designed to specifically improve pediatric surgical care in U.S. hospitals reduced surgical wait times, cut hospital stays by more than a day, and significantly curbed narcotics use in children who had major operations for traumatic femur fractures, according to research published online as an "article in press" in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

16 Dec 2022

Lupus Research Alliance announces recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Innovator Award focused on studying T cells in lupus

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) proudly announces the two outstanding recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Innovator Award (DIA): Hongbo Chi, PhD, and Joseph Craft, MD.

16 Dec 2022

Outpatient clinic visits with a nephrologist associated with lower risk of mortality in patients with acute kidney injury

Outpatient clinic visits with a nephrologist and attention to kidney complications and cardiovascular disease were associated with 29% lower risk of mortality compared to standard of care in patients with AKI during recent hospitalization.

16 Dec 2022

New mutations near known genes could contribute to the increase in cleft lip and palate risk

Cleft lip and palate are among the most common congenital malformations, which are mainly due to genetic causes.

16 Dec 2022

High-speed 5G network effective in providing telerehabilitation and teletreatment in remote community

Japan's population is rapidly aging. As a result, new challenges have emerged as an increased number of elderly people, many of whom live in isolated parts of the country, need medical and nursing care despite inadequate medical resources.

16 Dec 2022

Study reveals subtypes and EBV-associated regulatory epigenome reprogramming in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) discovered a novel subtype of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and EBV-associated immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment (TME).

16 Dec 2022

Next-generation sequencing could change research on sexual assault cases

In this interview, Alexis Garloff talks to NewsMedical about her next-generation sequencing research and the possible applications in forensics, particularly in sexual assault cases.

From Verogen, Inc. 16 Dec 2022

Does nirmatrelvir and ritonavir reduce the risk of hospitalization or death among outpatients with early COVID-19?

Researchers investigated the efficacy of ritonavir and nirmatrelvir combination treatment in reducing the risk of COVID-19 severity outcomes such as hospital admissions and deaths when administered during the initial period of SARS-CoV-2 infections.

16 Dec 2022

Data mining approaches for the detection of signals associated with pediatric post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

Researchers described tree-based scan statistics for pediatric long COVID-19.

16 Dec 2022

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough?

With time running out in the 2022 congressional session, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and infectious disease specialists is scrambling to pass a bill aimed at spurring the development of antibiotics to combat the deadly spread of drug-resistant pathogens.

16 Dec 2022

New system based on AI enables mass detection of Covid cases with a sensitivity of 97%

Washing your hands with hydroalcoholic gel, smelling it and using a QR code to answer a short questionnaire.

15 Dec 2022

Assessing clinical adoption of 2017 guidelines for interpretation and reporting of sequence variants in cancer

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global molecular diagnostic professional society, has published a report that was designed to assess clinical adoption, identify classification inconsistencies, and evaluate implementation barriers for the 2017 report, "Standards and Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Sequence Variants in Cancer: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and College of American Pathologists.

15 Dec 2022

Researchers unravel the molecular mechanisms of steatosis-to-NASH progression

The global prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is estimated to be > 25% and will continue to rise.

15 Dec 2022

Blood-based dietary signatures accurately predict both diet and risk of diseases

When it comes to studying food and diet, it's difficult to know what people are eating – let alone their risk of disease caused by what they eat.

15 Dec 2022

Hospital News and Research

Rehabilitation program for people with long COVID shows 'impressive' results

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 infection, replication and persistence in human brain tissues

Study shows how a specific gut microbe-generated byproduct is linked to heart failure risk

Extending the collaboration to improve research on antibiotic resistance

People of all age groups benefit more from COVID-19 vaccines than natural immunity, real-world study finds

New support for a serotonin deficit in depression

ACS' new program associated with increased efficiency in treating pediatric trauma patients

Lupus Research Alliance announces recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Innovator Award focused on studying T cells in lupus

Outpatient clinic visits with a nephrologist associated with lower risk of mortality in patients with acute kidney injury

New mutations near known genes could contribute to the increase in cleft lip and palate risk

High-speed 5G network effective in providing telerehabilitation and teletreatment in remote community

Study reveals subtypes and EBV-associated regulatory epigenome reprogramming in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Next-generation sequencing could change research on sexual assault cases

Does nirmatrelvir and ritonavir reduce the risk of hospitalization or death among outpatients with early COVID-19?

Data mining approaches for the detection of signals associated with pediatric post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough?

New system based on AI enables mass detection of Covid cases with a sensitivity of 97%

Assessing clinical adoption of 2017 guidelines for interpretation and reporting of sequence variants in cancer

Researchers unravel the molecular mechanisms of steatosis-to-NASH progression

Blood-based dietary signatures accurately predict both diet and risk of diseases

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