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Does alcohol consumption increase dementia risk?

A recent study examines the association between alcohol use and dementia risk, as well as changes in the drinking pattern.

7 Feb 2023

What are the predictors of in-hospital mortality in cancer patients with COVID-19?

A new study in PLoS ONE aimed to analyze the variables associated with in-hospital mortality in COVID-19-positive cancer patients who were presented to the ED.

3 Feb 2023

Dual antiplatelet therapy for minor or a warning stroke is underused especially among women

Despite evidence that starting two blood-thinning medications shortly after a minor stroke or a warning stroke (transient ischemic attack - TIA) may prevent a second – possibly more serious – clot-caused stroke within a few months, the treatment regimen is underused especially among women, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2023.

2 Feb 2023

A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?

Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she experienced what she thought were bad flu symptoms.

30 Jan 2023

What was the prevalence of adverse events following first and second dose COVID-19 vaccinations in England?

A recent Eurosurveillance study focused on estimating the incidence of a prespecified list of adverse events following the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccination.

23 Jan 2023

Study suggests Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis is associated with higher levels of soluble ACE2 in the human brain

Researchers investigated ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) levels among individuals with AD (Alzheimer’s disease).

23 Jan 2023

Long-term, COVID-19-related smell loss could be treated using injections of platelet-rich plasma

Early in the pandemic, when people with COVID-19 began reporting that they lost their sense of smell, Zara Patel, MD, figured as much. A professor of otolaryngology at Stanford Medicine, Patel has, for years, studied loss of smell as a symptom of viral infections.

19 Jan 2023

How does the brain change with age?

Researchers discussed cellular hallmarks of brain aging and therapeutic interventions to rejuvenate cognitive brain functions.

19 Jan 2023

What are the major findings of long COVID research?

Researchers explored existing literature on long coronavirus disease (COVID). They highlighted key immunological findings, similarities with other diseases, symptoms, and associated pathophysiological mechanisms, and diagnostic and therapeutic options, including COVID-19 vaccinations.

17 Jan 2023

Protein secreted from skeletal muscle cells and helps to repair and grow muscles

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that a protein called platelet-derived growth factor subunit B (PDGF-B) is continuously secreted from skeletal muscle cells and helps to repair muscles by encouraging myoblasts (muscle stem cells) to proliferate.

16 Jan 2023

The role of omega-3 and omega-6 metabolites during pregnancy

Omega-3 and -6 fatty acids ingested through the diet are metabolized into bioactive compounds that influence inflammation. In a recent the journal Biomedicines study, scientists reviewed the existing literature and summarized their findings related to the role of omega-3 and omega-6 metabolites during pregnancy.

15 Jan 2023

2022: a year in MIS-C research

In a recent review published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology, researchers reviewed existing data on the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (or MIS-C).

11 Jan 2023

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Dr. Justin Devine and Dr. Nicholas Woudberg about biomarkers, their importance for drug development as well as the potential they have when it comes to machine learning.

From Synexa Life Sciences BV 9 Jan 2023

Is appropriate initial empirical antimicrobial therapy associated with lower in-hospital mortality in patients with bloodstream infections?

Researchers estimated the association between the receipt of appropriate initial empirical antibiotic treatment and in-hospital death among individuals hospitalized with BSI (bloodstream infections).

6 Jan 2023

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Does alcohol consumption increase dementia risk?

What are the predictors of in-hospital mortality in cancer patients with COVID-19?

Dual antiplatelet therapy for minor or a warning stroke is underused especially among women

A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?

What was the prevalence of adverse events following first and second dose COVID-19 vaccinations in England?

Study suggests Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis is associated with higher levels of soluble ACE2 in the human brain

Long-term, COVID-19-related smell loss could be treated using injections of platelet-rich plasma

How does the brain change with age?

What are the major findings of long COVID research?

Protein secreted from skeletal muscle cells and helps to repair and grow muscles

The role of omega-3 and omega-6 metabolites during pregnancy

2022: a year in MIS-C research

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

Is appropriate initial empirical antimicrobial therapy associated with lower in-hospital mortality in patients with bloodstream infections?

Is platelet-rich plasma therapy beneficial in treating chronic respiratory disease?

New insights into the bioavailability and hepatoxicity risk of neonicotinoids

Age-related macular degeneration reported to confer higher risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

Scientists explore efficacy of small molecule drugs against severe COVID-19 in vitro

Review on nanoparticles usage for treating thrombosis induced by SARS-CoV-2 infections

No benefit of low dose apixaban following acute COVID-19

Arxspan BioDrive: A Versatile Solution for Molecular Biology

One Health, One Mission: The World Organisation for Animal Health on the AMR Frontline

Uniting Against Resistance: The World Health Organization for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2023

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