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Research highlights the impact of social determinants of health on hypertension control

A research article published this month in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings highlights the significant impact of social determinants of health on patients' ability to sustain control of hypertension.

20 Jul 2022

Fourth dose of Pfizer mRNA COVID vaccine protective against variants and symptomatic infection

Researchers evaluate the efficacy of three- and four-dose regimens of a mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine in reducing the risk of symptomatic infection.

20 Jul 2022

Charged nanoparticles combined with a vaccine effective in eliminating melanoma tumors in mice

Cancers in humans have all sorts of ways to survive and thrive: Cells and tumors alike engage in devious means to deflect, deceive, and evade detection by our bodies’ immune systems.

20 Jul 2022

How does vitamin D supplementation impact COVID-19 vaccine efficacy?

Researchers assessed the impact of vitamin D supplementation on the efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.

20 Jul 2022

What is the prevalence of orthopoxviruses across different populations?

In a new study, researchers assessed the prevalence of orthopoxviruses among the general populations of Bolivia, France, Laos, and Mali.

20 Jul 2022

Hypertension linked to double the risk of severe COVID-19 despite booster vaccination

Having high blood pressure more than doubled a person's risk for hospitalization from an Omicron-variant COVID-19 infection - even despite full vaccination including a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, in an analysis of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles between December 2021 and April 2022, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

20 Jul 2022

Wearable activity trackers are effective in increasing physical activity and improving health

New findings from Australian researchers have endorsed what millions of people around the world believe: fitness trackers, pedometers and smart watches motivate us to exercise more and lose weight.

20 Jul 2022

Novel blood test offers unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up

Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have developed a new blood test that provides unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up, potentially allowing doctors to better select treatment options that will improve patient outcomes.

20 Jul 2022

Neutralizing activity of skin-patch delivered subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new study involved an analysis of the serum from a previous study to determine neutralizing activity against new variants.

20 Jul 2022

Adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle may lower stroke risk

Genes and lifestyle factors together play a role in stroke risk. However, even for people at high risk for stroke, adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle may significantly lower the risk of stroke in their lifetime, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

20 Jul 2022

Review: No clear evidence that serotonin levels are responsible for depression

After decades of study, there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, according to a major review of prior research led by UCL scientists.

20 Jul 2022

Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies may be a more effective approach to treat HIV

Carefully designed cocktails of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) could help treat HIV while minimizing the risk of the virus escaping treatment, suggests a study published today in eLife.

20 Jul 2022

Modifying lifestyle risk factors can offset a genetic risk of stroke, study shows

People who are genetically at higher risk for stroke can lower that risk by as much as 43% by adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle, according to new research led by UTHealth Houston, which was published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

20 Jul 2022

Ghana announces first-ever Marburg virus outbreak

Ghana announced the country’s first Marburg virus disease outbreak, after receiving a confirmatory report of the disease from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Collaborating Centre Laboratory.

20 Jul 2022

What is the association between natural killer cell dysfunction and COVID-19 disease severity?

Researchers assessed the association between natural killer cell dysfunction and COVID-19 disease severity.

20 Jul 2022

Researchers describe viral shedding of monkeypox virus in patients to better understand the possible role of different bodily fluids in disease transmission

Researchers described the shedding of the monkeypox (MPX) virus (MPXV) in Barcelona city of Spain.

20 Jul 2022

Keto and Mediterranean diets are good for controlling blood glucose levels and aiding weight loss

A low-carbohydrate diet is generally recommended for people who have Type 2 diabetes or who are at risk of developing the disease.

20 Jul 2022

Changes in daily activity patterns may help predict cognitive decline in older adults

Wearable movement-tracking devices may someday be useful in providing early warnings of cognitive decline among older adults, suggest new findings from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

20 Jul 2022

Influenza surveillance systems may have helped detect early signs of COVID-19 pandemic

Outliers in the number of cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) that tested negative for influenza were present in global influenza surveillance networks early in the COVID-19 pandemic, an average of 13.3 weeks before the first reported COVID-19 peaks in 16 of the 28 countries included in a new study publishing July 19th in PLOS Medicine by Natalie Cobb of University of Washington, US, and colleagues.

20 Jul 2022

Patients who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

Patients who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, particularly in the three months following infection, according to a new study by Emma Rezel-Potts, Martin Gulliford, and colleagues of King's College London, United Kingdom, publishing July 19th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.

20 Jul 2022

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Research highlights the impact of social determinants of health on hypertension control

Fourth dose of Pfizer mRNA COVID vaccine protective against variants and symptomatic infection

Charged nanoparticles combined with a vaccine effective in eliminating melanoma tumors in mice

How does vitamin D supplementation impact COVID-19 vaccine efficacy?

What is the prevalence of orthopoxviruses across different populations?

Hypertension linked to double the risk of severe COVID-19 despite booster vaccination

Wearable activity trackers are effective in increasing physical activity and improving health

Novel blood test offers unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up

Neutralizing activity of skin-patch delivered subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Adopting a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle may lower stroke risk

Review: No clear evidence that serotonin levels are responsible for depression

Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies may be a more effective approach to treat HIV

Modifying lifestyle risk factors can offset a genetic risk of stroke, study shows

Ghana announces first-ever Marburg virus outbreak

What is the association between natural killer cell dysfunction and COVID-19 disease severity?

Researchers describe viral shedding of monkeypox virus in patients to better understand the possible role of different bodily fluids in disease transmission

Keto and Mediterranean diets are good for controlling blood glucose levels and aiding weight loss

Changes in daily activity patterns may help predict cognitive decline in older adults

Influenza surveillance systems may have helped detect early signs of COVID-19 pandemic

Patients who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

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