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New hydrogel prevents the formation of adhesions after cardiac surgery

A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and successfully tested in rodents by a team of University of California San Diego researchers.

18 Jun 2021

Study provides insight into factors that may contribute to men's suicide vulnerability

Colorado State University Professor of Psychology Silvia Sara Canetto has spent many years researching patterns and meanings of suicide by culture, trying to make sense of the variability in women's and men's suicide mortality around the world.

18 Jun 2021

Study highlights need to address the mental health of new fathers

While postpartum depression in new mothers is well recognized and known to increase if the newborn requires intensive care, depression in new fathers has not received much attention.

18 Jun 2021

Protein found in mice’s immune system could protect babies from necrotizing enterocolitis

The intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis is a leading cause of death among premature infants born in the U.S. and across the globe.

18 Jun 2021

New computational model simulates the spread and impact of COVID-19 virus

The emergence and rapid spread of novel Covid-19 coronavirus in early 2020 spurred numerous accelerated efforts to develop a vaccine. At the time it was not clear how effective these vaccines needed to be to slow or stop the pandemic.

18 Jun 2021

$Researchers report a new genetic cause for infantile fractures$

Researchers report a new genetic cause for infantile fractures

An intrauterine fracture is a rare finding during routine prenatal imaging. This condition can be due to maternal trauma, genetic disorders of the skeleton, as well as other predisposing maternal metabolic and vascular disorders.

18 Jun 2021

Indian WHO study examines COVID-19 susceptibility in children versus adults

Now, a group of researchers from India have explored this concept due to the lack of solid evidence and have undertaken a community and population-based serosurveillance study for the coronavirus infection under the World Health Organisation (WHO) Unity umbrella. In this study, participants older than two years old were compared to older adults in terms of seropositivity.

17 Jun 2021

Study shows link between breast milk, gut bacteria, and development of the immune system

Many diseases caused by a dysregulated immune system, such as allergies, asthma and autoimmunity, can be traced back to events in the first few months after birth.

17 Jun 2021

Study estimates end-of-life decisions for newborns in Flanders

Extremely ill newborns often present parents and doctors with very complex medical challenges and difficult ethical issues.

17 Jun 2021

Study shows the benefit of natural spaces for mental health during lockdown

A study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Instituto de Saúde Pública of the University of Porto, concludes that exposure to natural spaces during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 was beneficial for the mental health of Spanish and Portuguese citizens.

17 Jun 2021

New insight into SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine breakthrough infections

In the current study, vaccine breakthrough infections were noted in 24 people who had previously received COVID-19 vaccines.

17 Jun 2021

Burden of asymptomatic pertussis in infants is greater than previously thought

New study challenges long-standing assumptions about disease severity in infants, and suggests that standard qPCR interpretations underestimate the true burden of other highly contagious diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza.

17 Jun 2021

RUDN University doctors find alterations in serum amino acid profile in children with ADHD

RUDN University doctors found alterations in serum amino acid profile in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

17 Jun 2021

FDA approves antihistamine nasal spray for over-the-counter use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a nasal antihistamine for nonprescription use through a process called a partial prescription to nonprescription switch.

17 Jun 2021

Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people

The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, according to a report released Thursday.

17 Jun 2021

High junk food consumption in childhood increases risk of unhealthy body fat by early adulthood

A new paper published recently in the journal JAMA Pediatrics reports consistent and significant associations between the increased consumption of such ‘ultraprocessed foods’ by children in the UK, and a higher risk of obesity, increased body fat percentage, and overall body mass, by the time they reach young adulthood.

17 Jun 2021

Not all experts are ready to vaccinate kids against Covid

Lucien Wiggins, 12, arrived at Tufts Children's Hospital by ambulance June 7 with chest pains, dizziness and high levels of a protein in his blood that indicated inflammation of his heart. The symptoms had begun a day earlier, the morning after his second vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA shot.

17 Jun 2021

New consensus statement on sport-related concussion aims to help doctors provide optimal medical care

Strict rest after a sports related concussion slows recovery and may prolong symptoms, says a consensus statement drawn up by a US expert panel on how best to treat and manage the condition, and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

17 Jun 2021

Researchers explore relationship between life expectancy and lifespan equality

Special diets, exercise programs, supplements and vitamins -- everywhere we look there is something supposed to help us live longer. Maybe those work: human average life expectancy has gone from a meager 40-ish years to a whopping 70-something since 1850. Does this mean we are slowing down death?

17 Jun 2021

New mouse model mimics human pathology of childhood restrictive cardiomyopathy

Severe childhood restrictive cardiomyopathy is a condition that causes the muscles in the walls of the heart to become stiff, so that the heart is unable to fill properly with blood.

17 Jun 2021