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Prevalence of organ impairment in Long COVID patients 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms

Researchers assessed the prevalence of organ impairment in long COVID six months and a year post-COVID-19 at London and Oxford.

24 Mar 2022

Can melatonin gummies solve family bedtime struggles? Experts advise caution

For three exhausting years, Lauren Lockwood tried to get her son Rex to sleep through the night. As an infant, he couldn't sleep without a blanket over his carrier to drown out the world around him.

24 Mar 2022

Study evaluates the prevalence of autoantibodies targeting type I interferons in critically-ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers assessed the prevalence of antibodies that neutralize the type I interferon antiviral activity and reactivate herpesviruses such as herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and/or cytomegalovirus infections in patients with critical COVID-19.

24 Mar 2022

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

For World Tuberculosis Day 2022, News Medical spoke to Dr. Maxine Caws to raise awareness of this infectious disease.

24 Mar 2022

Breathlessness and fatigue most common in self reported long-COVID

A new systematic review and meta-analysis posted to the medRxiv* preprint server has focussed on investigating the respiratory outcomes and functional recovery of patients eight weeks post-hospitalization with COVID-19 disease.

24 Mar 2022

$Metabolic-immune interaction appears to be the cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction$

Metabolic-immune interaction appears to be the cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

The dominant form of heart failure worldwide appears to be caused by a strong, bidirectional interaction between the body's response to metabolic stress and the immune system, according to a review article written by UT Southwestern researchers and colleagues.

23 Mar 2022

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to cure or even treat. Now, a new strategy devised by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has succeeded in making pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of mice and vulnerable to immune attack, reducing cancer metastases by 87%.

23 Mar 2022

Sharing of children's photos on social media is linked with permissive, confident parenting styles

A new study finds that parents who frequently share photos of their children on social media tend to have more permissive and confident parenting styles and engage their children with social media at younger ages.

23 Mar 2022

Biomarker testing in lung cancer patients has increased in real-world clinical practice, study reveals

More than half of patients diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergo biomarker testing, and this figure has increased over the last five years, reveal real-world data from a Spanish national registry study reported at the European Lung Cancer Congress, 30 March-2 April 2022.

23 Mar 2022

Study evaluates risk estimates of myocarditis and pericarditis from mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 vaccines

A new study assesses whether the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis differs between the two mRNA vaccines.

23 Mar 2022

Smart bra can aid in early detection of breast cancer

A smart bra device developed in Nigeria can detect breast cancer early, potentially saving African women long journeys to access screening services, its inventor says.

23 Mar 2022

Researchers aim to study the underlying pathophysiology of diastolic heart failure

Of the estimated five million patients in the U.S. diagnosed with heart failure annually, nearly half will have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Also known as diastolic heart failure, HFpEF occurs when the heart's lower left chamber loses its ability to relax and fill up with enough blood in between in each heartbeat.

23 Mar 2022

New nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases

Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use.

23 Mar 2022

Women receive fewer life-saving heart procedures than men

In the first study to examine differences by sex and race in outcomes following the seven most common procedures for heart problems, researchers found that women are less likely to undergo these procedures- and even when women do receive these procedures, they are more likely than men to die while in the hospital, according to data that will be presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session.

23 Mar 2022

Study finds high rate of cognitive impairment after heart attack

A heart attack's impact on the brain may be more serious than previously understood. About 1 in 3 heart attack survivors showed significant mental decline in the days and months following their heart attack, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session.

23 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines may prevent COVID-19-associated mechanical ventilation and death

Researchers performed a case-control study to evaluate the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 messenger ribonucleic acid vaccines.

23 Mar 2022

$Local anesthetic use for hip fracture patients on the day of admission is increasing, data suggests$

Local anesthetic use for hip fracture patients on the day of admission is increasing, data suggests

Patients with traumatic injuries who are treated in the emergency room are susceptible to opioid-related adverse drug effects. Increased use of regional anesthesia can be helpful in the effort to reduce the use of opioids. However, it's not clear how often patients receive regional anesthesia prior to going to the operating room.

23 Mar 2022

Researchers find two gene variants linked to accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified variants in two genes that are associated with accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors. Their research looked at the difference between their biological age and chronological age.

23 Mar 2022

Umbrella analysis of the effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors on COVID-19 related outcomes

Researchers conducted an umbrella review and meta-analysis of the RAAS inhibitors' impact on COVID-19 clinical outcomes.

23 Mar 2022

Novel monoclonal antibody found to have substantial neutralizing capacity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Researchers reported a new monoclonal antibody, P2G3, which significantly neutralized the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

23 Mar 2022

Hospital News and Research

Prevalence of organ impairment in Long COVID patients 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms

Can melatonin gummies solve family bedtime struggles? Experts advise caution

Study evaluates the prevalence of autoantibodies targeting type I interferons in critically-ill COVID-19 patients

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

Breathlessness and fatigue most common in self reported long-COVID

Metabolic-immune interaction appears to be the cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Sharing of children's photos on social media is linked with permissive, confident parenting styles

Biomarker testing in lung cancer patients has increased in real-world clinical practice, study reveals

Study evaluates risk estimates of myocarditis and pericarditis from mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 vaccines

Smart bra can aid in early detection of breast cancer

Researchers aim to study the underlying pathophysiology of diastolic heart failure

New nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine platform could target other infectious diseases

Women receive fewer life-saving heart procedures than men

Study finds high rate of cognitive impairment after heart attack

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines may prevent COVID-19-associated mechanical ventilation and death

Local anesthetic use for hip fracture patients on the day of admission is increasing, data suggests

Researchers find two gene variants linked to accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors

Umbrella analysis of the effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors on COVID-19 related outcomes

Novel monoclonal antibody found to have substantial neutralizing capacity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

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