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Exercise has positive effects on learning and memory in young adults

Just a single exercise workout has positive effects on learning and memory in young adults, according to a recent review of published studies.

10 Sep 2020

$Women with a history of sleep apnea may have higher spine fracture risk$

Women with a history of sleep apnea may have higher spine fracture risk

Emerging evidence suggests that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may negatively affect bone health. Results from a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research now indicate that women with history of OSA may face a higher risk of spine, or vertebral, fractures.

10 Sep 2020

What is the risk of catching the coronavirus on a plane?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tried to alleviate fears of flying during the pandemic at an event with airline and rental car executives.”The airplanes have just not been vectors when you see spread of the coronavirus,” DeSantis said during a discussion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Aug. 28. “The evidence is the evidence. And I think it's something that is safe for people to do.”

10 Sep 2020

Hospitals, nursing homes fail to separate COVID patients, putting others at risk

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to show up in areas of the hospital that were not set aside to care for them.

10 Sep 2020

Intestinal grafts grown using stem cells could lead to personalized transplants for children

Pioneering scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have grown human intestinal grafts using stem cells from patient tissue that could one day lead to personalized transplants for children with intestinal failure, according to a study published in Nature Medicine today (Monday 7th September).

10 Sep 2020

Intravenous iron therapy does not benefit anemic patients during surgery, study finds

A global study led by researchers at The University of Western Australia has addressed the rising use of intravenous iron therapy in anemic patients during major surgery and found there is little benefit.

10 Sep 2020

Heart Research UK awards grant to support University of Leeds project

A project at the university of Leeds aiming to improve the investigation and management of patients with suspected angina has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.

10 Sep 2020

Robotic exosuit shows promising results in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation

A team of U.S. researchers published the results of a multi-center, single-arm trial of the ReWalk ReStore™ for gait training in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers identify proinflammatory lipids that precede onset of Type 1 diabetes in mouse model, children

Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune cells - led by inflammatory macrophages - attack and destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin.

10 Sep 2020

Blood clots can be an early indication of COVID-19, shows study

A new paper by vascular surgeons at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, describes how thrombosis (blood clots in the circulatory system) was an early indication of infection in a COVID-19 patient.

10 Sep 2020

New guidelines can boost transparency of clinical trials evaluating AI health solutions

Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations to diagnose and treat disease - thanks to the first international standards for reporting of clinical trials for AI.

10 Sep 2020

Study links COVID-19 to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, a 14-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department at Nemours Children's Health System in Delaware with mysterious symptoms in what would later be identified as one of the first cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the U.S.

10 Sep 2020

Carefully implemented infection-control measures can prevent COVID-19 transmission in hospitals

As COVID-19 began to surge in the Boston area earlier this year, new infection control measures were put in place at Brigham and Women's Hospital to protect patients and staff. Over the ensuing weeks, infection control policies continued to evolve, eventually encompassing:

10 Sep 2020

Scientists solve decades old mystery of key molecule that fuels mitochondria

Penn Medicine researchers have solved a decades old mystery around a key molecule fueling the power plant of cells that could be exploited to find new ways to treat diseases, from neurodegenerative disorders to cancer.

10 Sep 2020

Sex-differential COVID-19 responses are mediated by kynurenic acid

Now, a new study by a research team from Yale University, USA, Edith Cowan University, Australia, and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and published on the preprint server medRxiv in September 2020 shows that kynurenic acid is the underlying factor which is responsible for these differences.

9 Sep 2020

Convalescent plasma fails to improve outcome of COVID-19 in India

A new study based in India and published on the medRxiv preprint server explores the role of convalescent plasma (CP) in the treatment of moderate COVID-19 within the limitations on resources faced in a developing country.

9 Sep 2020

Combination of stem cell therapy and educational intervention can help kids with ASD

Results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine indicate that a combination of stem cell therapy and educational intervention can significantly help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

9 Sep 2020

Allergic immune response against bacteria is not pathological but protective

Allergy is one of the most common diseases in Europe, it is estimated that more than 150 million Europeans suffer from recurring allergies and by 2025 this could have increased to half of the entire European population.

9 Sep 2020

Risk stratification tool for COVID-19 patients developed

Researchers have worked on the development of a protocol that could stratify COVID-19 patients based on a scoring system. This new study describing the scoring system for risk stratification is titled, “Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score,” and is published in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal.

9 Sep 2020

Singapore's first Prehospital Emergency and Research Centre launched

Emergency care covers a range of services that span the care provided by laypersons at the scene, pre-hospital care by SCDF's Emergency Medical Services, to the medical care provided in a dedicated trauma facility - between these stages lie the transportation systems, health centres and first-level hospitals that respond to the emergency.

9 Sep 2020

Hospital News and Research

Exercise has positive effects on learning and memory in young adults

Women with a history of sleep apnea may have higher spine fracture risk

What is the risk of catching the coronavirus on a plane?

Hospitals, nursing homes fail to separate COVID patients, putting others at risk

Intestinal grafts grown using stem cells could lead to personalized transplants for children

Intravenous iron therapy does not benefit anemic patients during surgery, study finds

Heart Research UK awards grant to support University of Leeds project

Robotic exosuit shows promising results in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation

Researchers identify proinflammatory lipids that precede onset of Type 1 diabetes in mouse model, children

Blood clots can be an early indication of COVID-19, shows study

New guidelines can boost transparency of clinical trials evaluating AI health solutions

Study links COVID-19 to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Carefully implemented infection-control measures can prevent COVID-19 transmission in hospitals

Scientists solve decades old mystery of key molecule that fuels mitochondria

Sex-differential COVID-19 responses are mediated by kynurenic acid

Convalescent plasma fails to improve outcome of COVID-19 in India

Combination of stem cell therapy and educational intervention can help kids with ASD

Allergic immune response against bacteria is not pathological but protective

Risk stratification tool for COVID-19 patients developed

Singapore's first Prehospital Emergency and Research Centre launched

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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