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Health burden from fish smoking possibly impacts millions of workers in coastal Africa

Millions of workers in coastal Africa—most of them women—spend their days preserving fish by smoking them in rudimentary, wood-fired mud ovens.

12 Jan 2022

Ask KHN-Politifact: Is my cloth mask good enough? The 2022 edition

The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping the U.S., causing a huge spike in covid-19 cases and overwhelming many hospital systems.

12 Jan 2022

NAU bioengineer receives grant to improve the accuracy, fidelity of cardiovascular flow models

Accurately measuring blood flow is critical to the fundamental understanding of cardiovascular disease and clinical decision making. Although researchers have made great strides in computational and experimental blood flow modeling, reliable data is still difficult to generate in large quantities.

12 Jan 2022

New technique could allow more diseases to be safely treated by nanomedicine

Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body's own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders, by covering the nanoparticles with a coating to suppress the immune response that dampens the therapy's effectiveness.

11 Jan 2022

New passive air sampler clip can help assess personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Masks, social distancing, proper hygiene and ventilation can help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in public places, but even with these measures, scientists have detected airborne SARS-CoV-2 in indoor settings.

11 Jan 2022

Study opens up prospects for using virotherapy to treat central nervous system tumors

In a study conducted at the University of São Paulo's Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center (HUG-CELL) in Brazil, serial systemic injections of zika virus into mice with brain tumors destroyed the cancer without causing neurological damage or injuring other organs, and increased the animals' survival rate.

11 Jan 2022

GI problems experienced by children with ASD have a significant impact on wellbeing of their families

Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). According to new research from Kennedy Krieger Institute, GI problems experienced by individuals with ASD have a significant impact on the wellness of the individual and also on their family members.

11 Jan 2022

Novel mechanisms controlling tertiary lymphoid structure formation in tumors revealed

Tertiary lymphoid structures are formations that occur outside of the lymphatic system. They contain immune cells and are similar in structure and function to lymph nodes and other lymphoid structures.

11 Jan 2022

Breastfeeding linked to reduced cardiovascular disease risk in mothers

Women who breastfed were less likely to develop heart disease or a stroke, or die from cardiovascular disease than women who did not breastfeed, according to a meta-analysis published today in a pregnancy spotlight issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

11 Jan 2022

Low birth weight among IVF babies unlikely to be driven by the reproductive technology

Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction are more likely to be born premature and are at greater risk of being born small than naturally conceived babies, according to new research published today by the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies in collaboration with the University of Utah.

11 Jan 2022

Real-world effectiveness of three COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers from IQVIA Real-World Solutions have investigated how effective these vaccines are against severe disease.

11 Jan 2022

Psychotropic drugs are commonly used by patients with heart disease, study shows

Antidepressants and other psychiatric medications are associated with an almost doubled risk of premature death in patients with heart conditions, according to research published today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

11 Jan 2022

What are the predictors of inpatient COVID-19 mortality rates?

A new study, conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, examined the relationship between baseline staffing levels of registered nurses (RNs), hospitalists, emergency medicine physicians, and intensivists (staff) and hospital-level COVID-19 mortality rates. The research builds on and extends earlier research that examined a subset of hospital-level characteristics over a shorter time period.

11 Jan 2022

LGBTQ+ individuals experienced higher rates of job loss and healthcare concerns during the pandemic

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted employment for minority populations resulting in higher unemployment rates and healthcare concerns, according to a Rutgers study.

10 Jan 2022

Why the French "passe sanitaire" did nothing to solve COVID vaccine inequalities

Researchers determined factors influencing local heterogeneities in COVID-19 vaccination rates and the influence of the French sanitary pass.

10 Jan 2022

Digital health and data science: New component of medical education curriculum introduced

The Augusta Webster, MD, Office of Medical Education (AWOME) has begun introducing a new component of the medical education curriculum to current medical students: instruction in Digital Health and Data Science.

10 Jan 2022

New neural circuits regulating spatial learning, memory in the brain's hippocampal formation discovered

A research team led by University of California, Irvine has discovered new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain's hippocampal formation.

10 Jan 2022

Surveying communities may be a useful tool for predicting COVID-19 case trajectories

The public's willingness to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations correlates with COVID-19 case projections in zip codes where those surveyed about their intended behaviors live, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

10 Jan 2022

Poor cognition may be part of normality in older age, research says

At the first sign of cognitive trouble, people often worry Alzheimer's disease is forthcoming. But poor cognition can be part of the spectrum of normality in older age, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

10 Jan 2022

Improving air quality may reduce dementia risk in older women

Improving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S., according to a new study by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

10 Jan 2022

Education News and Research

Health burden from fish smoking possibly impacts millions of workers in coastal Africa

Ask KHN-Politifact: Is my cloth mask good enough? The 2022 edition

NAU bioengineer receives grant to improve the accuracy, fidelity of cardiovascular flow models

New technique could allow more diseases to be safely treated by nanomedicine

New passive air sampler clip can help assess personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Study opens up prospects for using virotherapy to treat central nervous system tumors

GI problems experienced by children with ASD have a significant impact on wellbeing of their families

Novel mechanisms controlling tertiary lymphoid structure formation in tumors revealed

Breastfeeding linked to reduced cardiovascular disease risk in mothers

Low birth weight among IVF babies unlikely to be driven by the reproductive technology

Real-world effectiveness of three COVID-19 vaccines

Psychotropic drugs are commonly used by patients with heart disease, study shows

What are the predictors of inpatient COVID-19 mortality rates?

LGBTQ+ individuals experienced higher rates of job loss and healthcare concerns during the pandemic

Why the French "passe sanitaire" did nothing to solve COVID vaccine inequalities

Digital health and data science: New component of medical education curriculum introduced

New neural circuits regulating spatial learning, memory in the brain's hippocampal formation discovered

Surveying communities may be a useful tool for predicting COVID-19 case trajectories

Poor cognition may be part of normality in older age, research says

Improving air quality may reduce dementia risk in older women

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