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Is placental antibody transfer after COVID-19 vaccination different from that after SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant individuals?

Researchers investigated the placental transfer ratios of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pregnant females.

11 Nov 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: No money, no job, no health care? Not always.

If you don't have money and you don't have a job, what are your best options for getting health care?

11 Nov 2022

Analysis reveals highest number of pneumonia deaths in the UK

More people die from pneumonia in the UK than anywhere else in Europe, according to new analysis by leading lung charity, Asthma + Lung UK. Now, the charity is raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of pneumonia, and urging people who are eligible, such as those with severe asthma, pulmonary fibrosis and COPD, to get their one-off pneumonia vaccine.

10 Nov 2022

Surge in RSV cases – how worried should you be?

RSV hospitalizations are reaching similarly high levels much earlier than normal this year.

10 Nov 2022

How long COVID is defined and measured affects prevalence estimation

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the prevalence of long coronavirus disease (COVID) symptoms, functional disabilities, symptoms, and pathological alterations among adults and children ≥12 weeks post-acute COVID 2019 (COVID-19).

10 Nov 2022

Scientists validate safe surgical access to the central core of human cochlea

An international team of scientists and surgeons, including researchers from the University of Sheffield, has, for the first time, validated safe surgical access to the central core of the human cochlea.

10 Nov 2022

Comprehensive whole genome sequencing provides new insight into the 'genomic architecture' of autism

Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered new genes and genetic changes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the largest autism whole genome sequencing analysis to date, providing better understanding into the 'genomic architecture' that underlies this disorder.

10 Nov 2022

Study shows the benefits of aerobic exercise on brain vascular health

A year of aerobic exercise training reduced impedance (effective resistance to blood flow) in the brain blood vessels of older adults, according to a new study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

10 Nov 2022

Anaphylaxis symptoms in most infants appear to resolve with a single dose of epinephrine

Although many parents of infants worry about their child having a food allergy, there has not been a lot of research into the presentation of anaphylaxis in infants.

10 Nov 2022

Multiple factors contributed to occupational stress of physicians during the pandemic

Front-line physicians who cared for COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic in New York City and New Orleans reported multiple factors that contributed to their occupational stress during this extraordinarily trying time in their careers.

10 Nov 2022

Research reveals why stem cell transplants are so successful in MS patients

Blood stem cell transplantation is a radical but highly effective therapy for multiple sclerosis. A study led by the University of Zurich has now examined in detail the way in which the treatment curbs the autoimmune disease and how the immune system regenerates afterwards.

10 Nov 2022

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

Before the covid-19 public health emergency began in 2020, millions of children churned on and off Medicaid each year — an indication that many were losing coverage because of administrative problems, rather than because their family's income had increased and made them ineligible.

10 Nov 2022

The spectrum of SARS-CoV-2–related neurologic involvement among children and adolescents in 2021

Researchers explored the distribution of severe neurologic involvement in SARS-CoV-2 pediatric patients.

10 Nov 2022

Failing IT infrastructure affects NHS ability to deliver safe and effective care

Joe Zhang at Imperial College London and colleagues point to a recent 10 day IT system outage at one of the largest hospital trusts in the NHS and warn that increasing digital transformation "means such failures are no longer mere inconvenience but fundamentally affect our ability to deliver safe and effective care."

10 Nov 2022

Men and women respond similarly and positively to heart failure treatment with dapagliflozin

When it comes to heart failure (HF), sex differences are known to impact everything from risk factors to clinical presentation to response to treatment, making sex a key factor to consider in studies of emerging pharmacotherapies.

9 Nov 2022

Duke scientists join team involved in the first use of fetal therapy for Pompe disease

Experts at Duke Health were among a multi-national team involved in treating a fetus for infantile-onset Pompe disease using an enzyme replacement therapy - a first in the world.

9 Nov 2022

Specific protein imbalance revealed in blood tests can help quantify preeclampsia risk

In a study of pregnant women in the United States, Cedars-Sinai investigators found that a specific imbalance of two placental proteins could predict which women were at risk of developing a severe form of preeclampsia, a life-threatening blood pressure disorder.

9 Nov 2022

First transfusions of lab-grown blood

Two patients in the United Kingdom received two small doses of lab-grown blood samples as part of the RESTORE trial.

9 Nov 2022

Neurotechnology shows potential for future medical interventions in humans

Neurotechnology - the combination of neuroscience and technology - has the potential to both "decode" and shape brain activity, with important implications for future interventions in humans.

9 Nov 2022

COVID-19 vaccination provides higher concentrations of antibodies to babies and pregnant people

Pregnant people who received one of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines had 10-fold higher antibody concentrations than those who were naturally infected with SARS-CoV-2, a finding that was also observed in their babies, according to a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.

9 Nov 2022

Hospital News and Research

Is placental antibody transfer after COVID-19 vaccination different from that after SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant individuals?

‘An Arm and a Leg’: No money, no job, no health care? Not always.

Analysis reveals highest number of pneumonia deaths in the UK

Surge in RSV cases – how worried should you be?

How long COVID is defined and measured affects prevalence estimation

Scientists validate safe surgical access to the central core of human cochlea

Comprehensive whole genome sequencing provides new insight into the 'genomic architecture' of autism

Study shows the benefits of aerobic exercise on brain vascular health

Anaphylaxis symptoms in most infants appear to resolve with a single dose of epinephrine

Multiple factors contributed to occupational stress of physicians during the pandemic

Research reveals why stem cell transplants are so successful in MS patients

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

The spectrum of SARS-CoV-2–related neurologic involvement among children and adolescents in 2021

Failing IT infrastructure affects NHS ability to deliver safe and effective care

Men and women respond similarly and positively to heart failure treatment with dapagliflozin

Duke scientists join team involved in the first use of fetal therapy for Pompe disease

Specific protein imbalance revealed in blood tests can help quantify preeclampsia risk

First transfusions of lab-grown blood

Neurotechnology shows potential for future medical interventions in humans

COVID-19 vaccination provides higher concentrations of antibodies to babies and pregnant people

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