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Busting myths on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

The rapid spread of COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to significant research on the mechanisms of how the virus spreads, which is usually by airborne transmission.

20 Jan 2021

Nearly one third of UK's hospitalized COVID-19 patients readmitted

In a recent medRxiv preprint paper, researchers from the UK discussed how they determined organ impairment rates post recovery from COVID-19-related hospitalization and compared the results with that in a control group.

20 Jan 2021

Automated method tracks cortical origin and initial spread of TAU proteins in Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers have developed an automated method that can track the development of harmful clumps of TAU protein related to Alzheimer's disease in the brain, according to work involving 443 individuals.

20 Jan 2021

People with problems in the upper GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection

No evidence so far indicates that food or drinks can transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, but new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that people with problems in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract may be vulnerable to infection after swallowing the virus.

20 Jan 2021

Insulin resistance, diabetes and metabolic syndrome contribute to premature coronary events in women

While deaths related to heart disease have declined among older people, studies suggest that death rates among younger patients have remained stagnant or increased slightly.

20 Jan 2021

Advocates view health care as key to driving LGBTQ rights conversation

When Allison Scott came out as a trans woman in 2013, she told not only family and friends, but also her primary care physician.

20 Jan 2021

California is overriding its limits on nurse workloads as covid surges

California’s telemetry nurses, who specialize in the electronic monitoring of critically ill patients, normally take care of four patients at once. But ever since the state relaxed California’s mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios in mid-December, Nerissa Black has had to keep track of six.

20 Jan 2021

Patients fend for themselves to access highly touted covid antibody treatments

By the time he tested positive for covid-19 on Jan. 12, Gary Herritz was feeling pretty sick. He suspects he was infected a week earlier, during a medical appointment in which he saw health workers who were wearing masks beneath their noses or who had removed them entirely.

20 Jan 2021

Studies evaluate ovarian cancer surgery outcomes and clinical standards

These studies were supported financially by the Medtronic Chair in Surgical Training and Research and a research grant from the Carlos III-FEDER Institute of Health.

20 Jan 2021

Can metabolic biomarkers help clinicians stratify adverse outcome risk in COVID-19 patients?

A recent study describes the alterations in lipids and other parameters that define the state of dysfunctional metabolism in acute COVID-19 illness.

20 Jan 2021

Age is a key factor in sex-related outcomes after heart attack, indicates study

Approximately 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes occur every year in men and women in the U.S. Sex and age play a large part in who experiences a heart attack, the methods used to treat these heart attacks, and the eventual post hospital outcomes of the people who experience heart attacks.

20 Jan 2021

Immune systems of COVID-19 patients may rely on antibodies from earlier coronaviruses

The results of a study led by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest the immune systems of people infected with COVID-19 may rely on antibodies created during infections from earlier coronaviruses to help fight the disease.

20 Jan 2021

Sex disparity is not a risk factor for stroke mortality

An analysis of data collected from patients treated for ischemic stroke at Geisinger shows no disparity in outcomes based solely on sex.

19 Jan 2021

Fecal microbiome and metabolome vary in healthy and food-allergic twins, shows study

A new study out of the University of Chicago and Stanford University on pairs of twins with and without food allergies has identified potential microbial players in this condition.

19 Jan 2021

Researchers develop FLASH ultra-high-dose rate radiation therapy beam for cancer treatment

A joint team of researchers from Radiation Oncology at Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Engineering, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Department of Surgery have developed a method to convert a standard linear accelerator, used for delivery of radiation therapy cancer treatment, to a FLASH ultra-high-dose rate radiation therapy beam.

19 Jan 2021

Hospital News and Research

Busting myths on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Nearly one third of UK's hospitalized COVID-19 patients readmitted

Automated method tracks cortical origin and initial spread of TAU proteins in Alzheimer’s disease

People with problems in the upper GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection

Insulin resistance, diabetes and metabolic syndrome contribute to premature coronary events in women

Advocates view health care as key to driving LGBTQ rights conversation

California is overriding its limits on nurse workloads as covid surges

Patients fend for themselves to access highly touted covid antibody treatments

Studies evaluate ovarian cancer surgery outcomes and clinical standards

Can metabolic biomarkers help clinicians stratify adverse outcome risk in COVID-19 patients?

Age is a key factor in sex-related outcomes after heart attack, indicates study

Immune systems of COVID-19 patients may rely on antibodies from earlier coronaviruses

Sex disparity is not a risk factor for stroke mortality

Fecal microbiome and metabolome vary in healthy and food-allergic twins, shows study

Researchers develop FLASH ultra-high-dose rate radiation therapy beam for cancer treatment

Data analysis reveals a second decline in cardiovascular admissions during COVID-19 pandemic

Novel non-steroid topical cream can safely and effectively treat plaque psoriasis

ALS study underscores the unique genetics of Maltese population

Routine thoracic surgery could be performed safely during the COVID-19 pandemic

On Trump’s last full day, nation records 400,000 covid deaths

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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