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Hormones play a vital role in the development of breast cancer

A study by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has provided greater insight into the role that hormones play in the development of breast cancer in patients. The novel findings could enhance the treatment for breast cancer, assisting clinicians in optimising individual patient care and improving overall survival rates for patients.

31 Aug 2021

Study compares risk of hospitalization from SARS-CoV-2 delta and alpha variants

Largest study to date analyzing more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases (including a combination of vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals) confirmed by virus genome sequencing finds a two-fold increased risk of hospitalization from delta versus alpha variant infections.

31 Aug 2021

Delta cutting ‘like a buzzsaw’ through Oregon-California border counties

If you live in one of the rural communities tucked into the forested hillsides along the Oregon-California border and need serious medical care, you'll probably wind up at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. It serves about nine counties on either side of the border.

31 Aug 2021

Severe COVID-19 negatively impacts kidney function in kidney transplant recipients

During her medical school career, third-year student Skylar Nahi has taken advantage of the mentorship and research opportunities available to Feinberg students.

31 Aug 2021

New, one-stop method developed to avoid de novo genetic disease in embryos

De novo variants (DNVs), genetic mutations that were not previously identifiable in the family history of one of two prospective parents, may cause disease in any children they have.

31 Aug 2021

Study uses novel statistical approaches to identify factors that contributed to COVID-19 mortality

Staying home and limiting local travel, supporting access to primary care, and limiting contacts in contagion hubs - including hospitals, schools, and workplaces - are strategies that might help reduce COVID-19-related deaths, according to new research. The research team, by statisticians at Penn State, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, and Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, used novel statistical approaches to compare the first wave of the epidemic across 20 regions in Italy and identify factors that contributed to mortality.

31 Aug 2021

A single glass of wine can raise the drinker’s risk for atrial fibrillation

A single glass of wine can quickly – significantly – raise the drinker's risk for atrial fibrillation, according to new research by UC San Francisco.

31 Aug 2021

AI approach helps identify heart failure patients who will benefit from beta-blocker therapy

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new way to identify patients with heart failure who will benefit from treatment with beta-blockers.

31 Aug 2021

New strategy combining heart failure with depression treatment improves patients' clinical outcomes

A telephone-delivered nursing care strategy that combined heart failure care management with depression treatment improved patients' clinical outcomes, discovered clinicians from the University of Pittsburgh.

31 Aug 2021

New evidence provides strong support for the halt on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

In 2021, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure and treatment of COVID-19.

31 Aug 2021

Monoclonal antibody treatment combo can reduce the impact of COVID-19 in high-risk patients

In an observational study, Mayo Clinic researchers report that the combination of casirivimab and imdevimab - two monoclonal antibody treatments under Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization - keep high-risk patients out of the hospital when infected with mild to moderate COVID-19. The findings appear in The Lancet's EClinicalMedicine.

31 Aug 2021

Black patients who receive kidneys from Asian donors have higher risk of kidney graft failure

Black transplant recipients and patients who received kidneys from Asian donors had a significantly higher risk of kidney graft failure within seven years, according to a new study presented at the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Congress 2021.

31 Aug 2021

New study to investigate treatment of respiratory infections in children with tracheostomy

Each year, approximately 4,000 children undergo a tracheostomy- the surgical placement of a breathing tube-due to respiratory or neuromuscular disorders or chronic disease progression.

30 Aug 2021

Rescue breathing CPR for pediatric cardiac arrest has superior outcomes, analysis shows

Rescue breathing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had superior neurological outcomes compared with compression-only CPR or no CPR at all in infants, children and adolescents, according to a new analysis published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

30 Aug 2021

University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science receives $23.5 million NIH award

The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science has received a $23.5 million, four-year award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.

30 Aug 2021

Researchers identify 55 lingering effects of COVID-19

As COVID-19 hospitalizations once again soar in a fourth surge more than 18 months after the pandemic started, some patients continue to experience symptoms long after recovering from COVID, according to a Houston Methodist study recently published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

30 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccine elicits antibody responses in nearly 9 out of 10 people taking immunosuppressants

COVID-19 vaccination elicited antibody responses in nearly nine out of 10 people with weakened immune systems, although their responses were only about one-third as strong as those mounted by healthy people, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

30 Aug 2021

Gitelman syndrome more common in Japanese population than previously reported

Clinical Fellow KONDO Atsushi and Professor NOZU Kandai et al. of Kobe University's Graduate School of Medicine have estimated the prevalence of Gitelman syndrome across different ethnicities using a genome database.

30 Aug 2021

Researchers urge neurologists to actively encourage vaccinations for Parkinson's patients

Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are at higher risk for vaccine-preventable respiratory illnesses. However, patients with advanced PD may have less access to vaccinations according to a new study published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

30 Aug 2021

Influenza vaccination should become a part of standard hospital care after myocardial infarction

Influenza vaccination reduces the risk of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or stent thrombosis at 12 months in hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction or high-risk coronary disease, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2021.

30 Aug 2021

Hospital News and Research

Hormones play a vital role in the development of breast cancer

Study compares risk of hospitalization from SARS-CoV-2 delta and alpha variants

Delta cutting ‘like a buzzsaw’ through Oregon-California border counties

Severe COVID-19 negatively impacts kidney function in kidney transplant recipients

New, one-stop method developed to avoid de novo genetic disease in embryos

Study uses novel statistical approaches to identify factors that contributed to COVID-19 mortality

A single glass of wine can raise the drinker’s risk for atrial fibrillation

AI approach helps identify heart failure patients who will benefit from beta-blocker therapy

New strategy combining heart failure with depression treatment improves patients' clinical outcomes

New evidence provides strong support for the halt on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Monoclonal antibody treatment combo can reduce the impact of COVID-19 in high-risk patients

Black patients who receive kidneys from Asian donors have higher risk of kidney graft failure

New study to investigate treatment of respiratory infections in children with tracheostomy

Rescue breathing CPR for pediatric cardiac arrest has superior outcomes, analysis shows

University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science receives $23.5 million NIH award

Researchers identify 55 lingering effects of COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccine elicits antibody responses in nearly 9 out of 10 people taking immunosuppressants

Gitelman syndrome more common in Japanese population than previously reported

Researchers urge neurologists to actively encourage vaccinations for Parkinson's patients

Influenza vaccination should become a part of standard hospital care after myocardial infarction

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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