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Imbalances in the intestinal virome may promote inflammatory bowel disease, research shows

Research in recent years has demonstrated the diverse roles that gut bacteria can play in health and disease, but what about contributions from viruses, which, like bacteria, perpetually reside within the human intestine?

8 Apr 2022

Study explores the antibody evasion pattern of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

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8 Apr 2022

New laws let visitors see loved ones in health care facilities, even in an outbreak

Jean White’s mother has dementia and moved into a memory care facility near Tampa, Florida, just as coronavirus lockdowns began in spring 2020. For months, the family wasn’t allowed to go inside to visit.

8 Apr 2022

Collaborative modeling attempts could improve response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers retrospectively analyzed a collaborative modeling attempt for guiding public health decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 Apr 2022

COVID-19 could change the levels of proteins related to male reproductive function

Many people who recover from COVID-19 experience long-term symptoms, such as brain fog or heart problems. Increasing evidence suggests that the virus can also impair fertility.

7 Apr 2022

Unique immune cell fingerprint can help rapidly identify better treatment for autoimmune disease

Most autoimmune diseases are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. A paper published today in Science proposes using your unique immune cell fingerprint to rapidly identify which treatments will work for your autoimmune disease.

7 Apr 2022

Long-term follow-up from health services could be beneficial for reduction of diabetes risk

Type 2 diabetes is an inherited disease, but habits can affect the risk of getting it. Obesity due to fatty and high-calorie foods, often in combination with limited activity, increases the risk considerably.

7 Apr 2022

New ML models show high accuracy in predicting complications after abdominal hernia repair

Machine learning (ML) models developed by surgeons at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have shown a high level of accuracy in predicting which types of patients are most likely to have a hernia recurrence or other complications.

7 Apr 2022

Insomnia common in heart disease patients and linked with subsequent cardiovascular events

Nearly half of heart disease patients have insomnia, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, and published in SLEEP Advances.

7 Apr 2022

Researchers assess prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

Researchers assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in the Province of Modena, Italy.

7 Apr 2022

Efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 hyperimmune globulin in treatment of severely immunocompromised hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers conducted a controlled, double-blinded Phase III trial to evaluate the efficacy of SARS-CoV-2) hyperimmune globulin in immunocompromised hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

7 Apr 2022

Sotrovimab found to prevent hospitalization and mortality in COVID-19 outpatients

Researchers tested the efficacy of sotrovimab in non-hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

7 Apr 2022

Study finds a significant reduction in the risk of COVID-19 infection among those who always wear glasses

Researchers analyzed the influence of the use of spectacles on COVID-19 risk in a community setting.

7 Apr 2022

The pandemic exacerbates the ‘paramedic paradox’ in rural America

Even after she's clocked out, Sarah Lewin keeps a Ford Explorer outfitted with medical gear parked outside her house.

7 Apr 2022

Never-ending costs: When resolved medical bills keep popping up

Every now and then, Suzanne Rybak and her husband, Jim, receive pieces of mail addressed to their deceased son, Jameson. Typically, it's junk mail that requires little thought, Suzanne said.

7 Apr 2022

A shortfall of ECMO treatment cost lives during the delta surge

Speaking from his hospital bed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, James Perkinson’s voice was raspy. In February, he’d just been taken off ECMO, the last-ditch life support treatment in which a machine outside the body does the work of the heart and lungs.

7 Apr 2022

International Health Partners; Bringing Hope to Vulnerable Communities

In this interview, we speak to Adele Paterson, CEO of International Health Partners, about how they are bringing hope to vulnerable communities worldwide.

7 Apr 2022

Patient outcomes after influenza, RSV, or SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server investigated the elements that predicted all-cause mortality among individuals hospitalized due to influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

7 Apr 2022

Using a pulse oximeter did not save more lives or prevent hospitalization in COVID Watch program

Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to new research at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

6 Apr 2022

Researchers demonstrate how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic selectively targets C. diff

Most antibiotics are double-edged swords. Besides killing the pathogen they are prescribed for, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome.

6 Apr 2022

Hospital News and Research

Imbalances in the intestinal virome may promote inflammatory bowel disease, research shows

Study explores the antibody evasion pattern of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

New laws let visitors see loved ones in health care facilities, even in an outbreak

Collaborative modeling attempts could improve response to the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 could change the levels of proteins related to male reproductive function

Unique immune cell fingerprint can help rapidly identify better treatment for autoimmune disease

Long-term follow-up from health services could be beneficial for reduction of diabetes risk

New ML models show high accuracy in predicting complications after abdominal hernia repair

Insomnia common in heart disease patients and linked with subsequent cardiovascular events

Researchers assess prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

Efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 hyperimmune globulin in treatment of severely immunocompromised hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Sotrovimab found to prevent hospitalization and mortality in COVID-19 outpatients

Study finds a significant reduction in the risk of COVID-19 infection among those who always wear glasses

The pandemic exacerbates the ‘paramedic paradox’ in rural America

Never-ending costs: When resolved medical bills keep popping up

A shortfall of ECMO treatment cost lives during the delta surge

International Health Partners; Bringing Hope to Vulnerable Communities

Patient outcomes after influenza, RSV, or SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization

Using a pulse oximeter did not save more lives or prevent hospitalization in COVID Watch program

Researchers demonstrate how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic selectively targets C. diff

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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