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Gene screenings hold disease clues, but unexplained anomalies often raise fears

When her gynecologist recommended genetic testing, Mai Tran was reluctant.

9 Feb 2021

New book highlights need for rapid, frequent screening to control the pandemic

Covid-19 is a global pandemic inflicting large health and economic costs. In his previous book, The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (The MIT Press, 2020), economist Joshua Gans explains that those costs have been so large because governments and others have lacked the information needed to control the pandemic.

9 Feb 2021

Periodontitis treatment that changes oral bacteria also reduces severity of diabetes

We know that what happens in the mouth doesn't stay in the mouth - but the oral cavity's connection to the rest of the body goes way beyond chewing, swallowing and digestion.

9 Feb 2021

Simple blood test can detect a wide range of diseases

In diagnostic medicine, biopsies, where a sample of tissue is extracted for analysis, is a common tool for the detection of many conditions. But this approach has several drawbacks - it can be painful, doesn't always extract the diseased tissue, and can only be used in a sufficiently advanced disease stage, making it, in some cases, too late for intervention.

9 Feb 2021

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease, Mount Sinai researchers report in one of the first studies on the topic. The findings were published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on January 29.

8 Feb 2021

New platform could help advance genomic medicine research, drug discovery

A Cleveland Clinic-led team of researchers has developed a personalized genomic medicine platform that will help advance accelerate genomic medicine research and genome-informed drug discovery, according to new study results published recently in Genome Biology.

8 Feb 2021

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Older adults who are classified as having "prediabetes" due to moderately elevated measures of blood sugar usually don't go on to develop full-blown diabetes, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

8 Feb 2021

Real-time tool can rapidly predict mortality for patients facing transfer between hospitals

With the aid of sophisticated machine learning, researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine demonstrated that a tool they developed can rapidly predict mortality for patients facing transfer between hospitals in order to access higher-acuity care.

8 Feb 2021

Machine learning can help improve predictions of mortality risk

Researchers at Geisinger have found that a computer algorithm developed using echocardiogram videos of the heart can predict mortality within a year.

8 Feb 2021

Researchers gain insight into the biological processes of chytrid fungus

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have gained new insight into the biological processes of a chytrid fungus responsible for a deadly skin infection devastating frog populations worldwide.

8 Feb 2021

Study elucidates the mode of action of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetes

Although SGLT-2 inhibitors are central to the treatment of diabetes, their exact mode of action was hitherto unknown.

8 Feb 2021

Bruker establishes new customer support center in the Middle East at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Research Park

Bruker Corporation and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly announced the establishment of the Bruker Arabia office at the KAUST Research and Technology Park, furthering the trusted partnership between the two organizations.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 8 Feb 2021

Medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults, study shows

A new discovery by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center shows that medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults.

8 Feb 2021

Higher blood pressure from childhood may put Black people at risk for congestive heart failure

Starting with early childhood, otherwise healthy Black people show signs of slightly diminished heart muscle strength and a slightly higher blood pressure than their white counterparts, factors which may put them on a course for early development of congestive heart failure, researchers report.

8 Feb 2021

Heart News and Research

Gene screenings hold disease clues, but unexplained anomalies often raise fears

New book highlights need for rapid, frequent screening to control the pandemic

Periodontitis treatment that changes oral bacteria also reduces severity of diabetes

Simple blood test can detect a wide range of diseases

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods

New platform could help advance genomic medicine research, drug discovery

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Real-time tool can rapidly predict mortality for patients facing transfer between hospitals

Machine learning can help improve predictions of mortality risk

Researchers gain insight into the biological processes of chytrid fungus

Study elucidates the mode of action of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetes

Bruker establishes new customer support center in the Middle East at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Research Park

Medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults, study shows

Higher blood pressure from childhood may put Black people at risk for congestive heart failure

Study finds increased substance use, mental health issues in people with obesity during the pandemic

Small wearable sensor can detect stress biomarker in sweat

Mortality from sudden cardiac arrest is higher in COVID-19 patients

FDA permits marketing of new prescription only device to reduce snoring and mild sleep apnea

How does SARS-CoV-2 infect the pancreas?

Study uncovers link between T cell-mediated inflammation and cardiac dysfunction

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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