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UC-MSC infusions reduce risk of death, quicken recovery time in severe COVID-19 cases

Dr. Camilo Ricordi, director of the Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and his team of international collaborators are reporting the results of a groundbreaking randomized controlled trial showing umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (UC-MSC) infusions safely reduce risk of death and quicken time to recovery for the most severe COVID-19 patients.

5 Jan 2021

Increased COVID-19 infections following the reopening of Florida schools

Reopening Florida elementary and high schools in September was followed by increased COVID-19 infections, according to data analyzed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Harvard Medical School and Tel Aviv University researchers.

5 Jan 2021

Thyroid cancer linked to in-utero exposures, study shows

A recent study by prof. Tone Bjørge, University of Bergen, and her team shows that thyroid cancer is related to in-utero exposures.

5 Jan 2021

Could asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 screening in dental practices help prevent silent transmission?

Researchers conducted a mass, asymptomatic screening of patients in dental surgeries across Scotland to assess illustrate its potential utility in curbing silent transmission.

5 Jan 2021

Covid ‘decimated our staff’ as the pandemic ravages health workers of color in US

Last spring, New Jersey emergency room nurse Maritza Beniquez saw "wave after wave" of sick patients, each wearing a look of fear that grew increasingly familiar as the weeks wore on.

5 Jan 2021

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they offer their cash-paying customers.

5 Jan 2021

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

Ted Howard started taking Truvada a few years ago because he wanted to protect himself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But the daily pill was so pricey he was seriously thinking about giving it up.

5 Jan 2021

Study describes physician experiences with online harassment

While many physicians benefit from social media by networking with potential collaborators or interfacing with patients, a new study from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago found many physicians also report being sexually harassed and personally attacked on these platforms on the basis of their religion, race or medical recommendations.

4 Jan 2021

Sweetened beverage sales bounced back following the repeal of Cook County tax

Following the repeal of the short-lived Cook County, Illinois Sweetened Beverage Tax, sales of sweetened beverages went right back to where they were before the tax went into place, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago. The study is published in JAMA Network Open.

4 Jan 2021

Few organisms in the gut microbiome found to play a key role in type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a few organisms in the gut microbiome play a key role in type 2 diabetes, opening the door to possible probiotic treatments for a serious metabolic disease affecting roughly one in 10 Americans.

4 Jan 2021

USF researchers discover promising new compound to open constricted airways

Despite the progress made in managing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), poorly controlled symptoms for both respiratory diseases can lead to severe shortness of breath, hospitalizations or even death.

4 Jan 2021

FDA takes first steps in bringing clarity to emerging area of individualized drug development

Advances in scientific knowledge and drug development technology have provided an opportunity for new approaches to drug development, including the development of drugs for the treatment of rare diseases.

4 Jan 2021

Simple bodyweight exercises are a time-efficient approach to improve cardiorespiratory fitness

Kinesiologists at McMaster University who examined the effectiveness of old-school physical training have found that simple bodyweight exercises, when performed vigorously over short periods, improve cardiorespiratory fitness.

4 Jan 2021

Oregon's Medicaid expansion increased prenatal care, improved health outcomes for newborns

A pair of recent studies from Oregon State University found that Oregon's Medicaid expansion in 2014 has led to increased prenatal care among low-income women, as well as improved health outcomes for newborn babies.

4 Jan 2021

Smoking traditional cigarettes along with e-cigarettes causes harmful health effects

Smoking traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes results in harmful health effects similar to smoking cigarettes exclusively, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

4 Jan 2021

‘Last responders’ brace for surge in COVID deaths across US

Funeral director Kevin Spitzer has been overwhelmed with COVID-related deaths in the small city of Aberdeen, South Dakota.

4 Jan 2021

Heading off the next pandemic

As the covid-19 pandemic heads for a showdown with vaccines it's expected to lose, many experts in the field of emerging infectious diseases are already focused on preventing the next one.

4 Jan 2021

People who move due to unaffordable housing may not receive medical care

People who move due to unaffordable housing are at increased risk of failing to receive the medical care they need, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, Los Angeles.

4 Jan 2021

Higher hemoglobin threshold does not improve outcomes in preterm infants

Very low birthweight infants are at a high risk for anemia and often need blood transfusions to survive. Some doctors use a higher level and some use a lower level of red blood cells to order a transfusion.

4 Jan 2021

Multiple blood feeding by mosquitoes may increase malaria transmission

Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential, according to a study published December 31 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Lauren Childs of Virginia Tech, Flaminia Catteruccia of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues.

4 Jan 2021

Public Health News and Research

UC-MSC infusions reduce risk of death, quicken recovery time in severe COVID-19 cases

Increased COVID-19 infections following the reopening of Florida schools

Thyroid cancer linked to in-utero exposures, study shows

Could asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 screening in dental practices help prevent silent transmission?

Covid ‘decimated our staff’ as the pandemic ravages health workers of color in US

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

Study describes physician experiences with online harassment

Sweetened beverage sales bounced back following the repeal of Cook County tax

Few organisms in the gut microbiome found to play a key role in type 2 diabetes

USF researchers discover promising new compound to open constricted airways

FDA takes first steps in bringing clarity to emerging area of individualized drug development

Simple bodyweight exercises are a time-efficient approach to improve cardiorespiratory fitness

Oregon's Medicaid expansion increased prenatal care, improved health outcomes for newborns

Smoking traditional cigarettes along with e-cigarettes causes harmful health effects

‘Last responders’ brace for surge in COVID deaths across US

Heading off the next pandemic

People who move due to unaffordable housing may not receive medical care

Higher hemoglobin threshold does not improve outcomes in preterm infants

Multiple blood feeding by mosquitoes may increase malaria transmission

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