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Study: Off-road motorcycles cause higher rate of injuries among kids than quad bikes

Motorcycles cause a far higher rate of injuries among children than quad bikes do, a study from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA has found, but quad bikes account for more serious individual injuries.

13 Jul 2022

Bioactive compounds in a marine sponge show potential to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A research group led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos, Brazil, has identified a number of bioactive compounds in a marine sponge collected on Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago about 400 km off the coast of Brazil's Northeast region.

13 Jul 2022

The potential of tixagevimab–cilgavimab for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Scientists assessed the potential of tixagevimab–cilgavimab for treating hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients.

13 Jul 2022

Does high-dose inhaled nitric oxide improve respiratory function and outcomes among pregnant patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 pneumonia?

Researchers demonstrated that inhaled nitric oxide 200 (iNO200) enhances oxygenation in pregnant COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia.

13 Jul 2022

Diversifying STEM; the Importance of Representation, Equity, and Inclusion

As part of our SLAS Europe 2022 coverage, we speak to Paula Petrone, Associate Research Professor at ISGlobal, about the importance of representation, inclusion, and equity in the STEM fields.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 13 Jul 2022

Study highlights the psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during COVID-19 pandemic

Many medical professionals who volunteered for short-term deployment to a field hospital in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced high levels of secondary traumatic stress, a new study found.

13 Jul 2022

Increased risk of maternal morbidity is associated with maternal age, obesity, and previous C-section

New research from Scotland published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows the increased risk of severe maternal sickness/complications (morbidity) is associated with a range of risk factors including increasing maternal age and levels of obesity, and also previous Cesarean section.

13 Jul 2022

Specific form of age-related macular degeneration linked to cardiovascular disease and stroke risk

Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are at significant risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to new research from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

12 Jul 2022

BU researcher wins Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award

Andrew Berical, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the recipient of the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF).

12 Jul 2022

NCCN publishes new guidelines for treating pediatric CNS cancers

Today, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network published new NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers.

12 Jul 2022

Infection in early life can increase a baby's sensitivity to pain

Researchers from Oxford's Department of Pediatrics have discovered that infection can increase a baby's sensitivity to pain, which may last longer than the infection.

12 Jul 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: One ER doctor grapples with the inequities of American health care

Dr. Thomas Fisher, an emergency room physician at a hospital on Chicago’s South Side, has written “The Emergency,” an up-close chronicle of the covid-19 pandemic's first year.

12 Jul 2022

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Yet there is a simple way to stop it.

Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals.

12 Jul 2022

Clinical presentation of monkeypox infection in two Israeli males

Researchers described the symptomatology and clinical manifestations of monkeypox infections among two Israeli patients.

12 Jul 2022

Comparison of complaints following second and third COVID mRNA vaccine doses

In a recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, investigators in Norway and Sweden compared medical complaints after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection following second and third dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations.

12 Jul 2022

Nuclear stress testing can help shape physicians' decision to refer patients for heart procedures

Patients identified by nuclear stress testing as having severe stress-induced myocardial ischemia (lack of blood flow to the heart) are likely to benefit from heart bypass surgery or angioplasty, while those with mild or no ischemia are not, according to a new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

11 Jul 2022

DNA must be enormously compressed in sperm cells, study says

If you are moaning once again about your suitcase being far too small as your vacation approaches, you should take human sperm cells as an inspiration.

11 Jul 2022

Black individuals may be more vulnerable to atherosclerosis early in life than young Hispanic adults

A unique Mount Sinai study focused on a multi-ethnic, underserved community in New York City shows that young Black adults are twice as likely to have atherosclerosis as similarly situated young Hispanic adults.

11 Jul 2022

Pulse oximeter inaccuracies may be associated with racial disparities in care

For most patients, a pulse oximeter is a familiar device from visits to the doctor's office. Placed on a finger or a patient's ear lobe, pulse oximeters are an easy way to quickly get a measure of someone's oxygen saturation (SpO2), which should generally be above 90 percent.

11 Jul 2022

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment for many forms of cancer, but glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, has remained untouched.

11 Jul 2022

Hospital News and Research

Study: Off-road motorcycles cause higher rate of injuries among kids than quad bikes

Bioactive compounds in a marine sponge show potential to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The potential of tixagevimab–cilgavimab for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Does high-dose inhaled nitric oxide improve respiratory function and outcomes among pregnant patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 pneumonia?

Diversifying STEM; the Importance of Representation, Equity, and Inclusion

Study highlights the psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during COVID-19 pandemic

Increased risk of maternal morbidity is associated with maternal age, obesity, and previous C-section

Specific form of age-related macular degeneration linked to cardiovascular disease and stroke risk

BU researcher wins Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award

NCCN publishes new guidelines for treating pediatric CNS cancers

Infection in early life can increase a baby's sensitivity to pain

‘An Arm and a Leg’: One ER doctor grapples with the inequities of American health care

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Yet there is a simple way to stop it.

Clinical presentation of monkeypox infection in two Israeli males

Comparison of complaints following second and third COVID mRNA vaccine doses

Nuclear stress testing can help shape physicians' decision to refer patients for heart procedures

DNA must be enormously compressed in sperm cells, study says

Black individuals may be more vulnerable to atherosclerosis early in life than young Hispanic adults

Pulse oximeter inaccuracies may be associated with racial disparities in care

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

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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