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Standardized comprehensive care pathway can help avoid 80% of asthma-related hospitalizations

One in ten school-aged children in Australia have a current diagnosis of asthma. Every year, there are around 40,000 asthma hospitalizations and over 40 per cent of these are in children aged younger than 14 years old.

13 Jul 2021

Clinic improves transgender young people's mental health, family functioning and quality of life

A clinic to help transgender young people and their families receive quicker support has boosted mental health, family functioning and quality of life, according to a new study.

13 Jul 2021

Could aspirin intake reduce mortality risk in COVID-19 patients?

Scientists from the Michigan State University, USA, have conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare mortality rate in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who are aspirin users or non-users. The Findings reveal that the use of aspirin is associated with a significant reduction in overall and in-hospital mortality rates.

13 Jul 2021

Real-world evidence SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines work and help prevent worst outcomes

Researchers in the United States have conducted a study demonstrating the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccines at preventing hospitalizations due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

12 Jul 2021

Hematopoietic stem cells take advantage of 'junk' RNA to replenish the blood system

Chemotherapy is widely used to treat cancer patients. During the treatment, chemotherapeutic agents affect various biochemical processes to kill or reduce the growth of cancer cells, which divide uncontrollably in patients.

12 Jul 2021

Selective immunotoxins may help treat liver fibrosis

Chronic alcohol abuse and hepatitis can injure the liver and lead to fibrosis, the buildup of collagen and scar tissue. As a potential approach to treating liver fibrosis, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators are looking for ways to stop liver cells from producing collagen.

12 Jul 2021

Study: 57.8% of healthcare professionals suffered mental disorders during COVID-19 first wave

A study on 149 healthcare professionals in Spain and Mexico reveals that, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, 57.8% of them suffered from mental disorders such as anxiety, acute stress and depression.

12 Jul 2021

Researchers create virtual tool to enable people to share messages of gratitude

Clapping for the NHS revealed the desire to express gratitude during the pandemic, and now researchers have created a virtual tool to enable people to say thank you more easily.

12 Jul 2021

Gene therapy shows promise in children with devastating genetic disorder

Children with a devastating genetic disorder characterized by severe motor disability and developmental delay have experienced sometimes dramatic improvements in a gene therapy trial launched at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals.

12 Jul 2021

Untargeted metabolomics profiling can improve diagnosis of metabolic disorders in newborns

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that a screening method known as untargeted metabolomics profiling can improve the diagnostic rate for inborn errors of metabolism, a group of rare genetic conditions, by about seven-fold when compared to the traditional metabolic screening approach.

12 Jul 2021

People's desire to live into older ages reduced by hypothetical adverse life scenarios

A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire to live into older ages.

12 Jul 2021

Study could guide future treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Children and adolescents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) who are treated initially with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and glucocorticoids have reduced risk for serious short-term outcomes, including cardiovascular dysfunction, than those who receive an initial treatment of IVIG alone, a new study finds.

12 Jul 2021

Researchers receive NIH grant to explore how imaging can help predict atrial fibrillation recurrence

A team led by researchers from Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University have received a $2.95 million grant over four years from the National Institutes of Health to explore how imaging can be used to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence.

12 Jul 2021

Novel method of gene therapy promises to transform the treatment of rare genetic disorder

A novel method of gene therapy is helping children born with a rare genetic disorder called AADC deficiency that causes severe physical and developmental disabilities.

12 Jul 2021

Heart attack hospitalization rates rise in England despite decades of decline

The burden of hospital admission rates due to heart attacks in England rose between 2012 and 2016, despite decades of falling rates, suggests new research published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

12 Jul 2021

Composition and structure of nasopharyngeal microbiome relate to COVID-19 disease severity

Breathing treatments are provided to hospitalized COVID-19 patients. In this study, the researchers examined the community composition in relation to three attributes - COVID-19 status, breathing assistance, and antibiotic use. This study is published in the journal, Applied Microbiology.

12 Jul 2021

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine efficacy reduced in patients with CD20-B-cell depleting treatment history

Researchers from Switzerland recently investigated humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to mRNA-based vaccines in patients undergoing treatment with CD20-B-cell depleting agents for autoimmune diseases, transplantation, or malignancy.

12 Jul 2021

Study examines SARS-CoV-2's inactivation across a range of UVC wavelengths

A recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv* describes the disinfection of SARS-CoV-2 using UVC irradiation at different wavelengths.

11 Jul 2021

New stroke rehabilitation pattern based on brain-computer interface and robot technology

Strokes, which occur when the blood supply to part of our brain is interrupted or reduced, are the leading cause of death and disability in the adult population.

9 Jul 2021

MRI screening and targeted biopsies could reduce overdiagnoses of prostate cancer

Most countries have not introduced nationwide prostate-cancer screening, as current methods result in overdiagnoses and excessive and unnecessary biopsies. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, which is published in The New England Journal of Medicine, indicates that screening by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and targeted biopsies could potentially cut overdiagnoses by half.

9 Jul 2021

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Standardized comprehensive care pathway can help avoid 80% of asthma-related hospitalizations

Clinic improves transgender young people's mental health, family functioning and quality of life

Could aspirin intake reduce mortality risk in COVID-19 patients?

Real-world evidence SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines work and help prevent worst outcomes

Hematopoietic stem cells take advantage of 'junk' RNA to replenish the blood system

Selective immunotoxins may help treat liver fibrosis

Study: 57.8% of healthcare professionals suffered mental disorders during COVID-19 first wave

Researchers create virtual tool to enable people to share messages of gratitude

Gene therapy shows promise in children with devastating genetic disorder

Untargeted metabolomics profiling can improve diagnosis of metabolic disorders in newborns

People's desire to live into older ages reduced by hypothetical adverse life scenarios

Study could guide future treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Researchers receive NIH grant to explore how imaging can help predict atrial fibrillation recurrence

Novel method of gene therapy promises to transform the treatment of rare genetic disorder

Heart attack hospitalization rates rise in England despite decades of decline

Composition and structure of nasopharyngeal microbiome relate to COVID-19 disease severity

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine efficacy reduced in patients with CD20-B-cell depleting treatment history

Study examines SARS-CoV-2's inactivation across a range of UVC wavelengths

New stroke rehabilitation pattern based on brain-computer interface and robot technology

MRI screening and targeted biopsies could reduce overdiagnoses of prostate cancer

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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