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Investigating alcohol use, mental health status, and alcohol-related problems in university students amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers investigated alcohol usage, psychological health status, and alcohol-associated concerns among university students.

22 Aug 2023

Study identifies an endogenous bile acid that alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A study finds that hyodeoxycholic acid alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by modulating the gut-liver axis.

22 Aug 2023

Are irregular sleep patterns associated with increased mortality risk?

Researchers examined whether sleep regularity is associated with an increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality.

22 Aug 2023

Platelets play a role in mediating the rejuvenating effects of exercise during physiological brain ageing

The impacts of physical activity on the neuronal formation and prevent age-related cognitive decay.

22 Aug 2023

Omicron infection may increase risk of reinfection, study finds

Researchers at McMaster University have found that rather than conferring immunity against future infections, infection during the first Omicron wave of COVID left the seniors they studied much more vulnerable to reinfection during the second Omicron wave.

21 Aug 2023

Cancer patients may need more frequent COVID-19 booster shots, study finds

For many, the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic seems over. However, for patients whose immune systems are compromised by cancer or by cancer therapies, fear of COVID-19 infection and severe disease remains very real.

21 Aug 2023

Deep learning-based model can predict the need for intensive care in COVID-19 patients

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a huge blow to healthcare systems and highlighted their major shortcomings.

21 Aug 2023

Study sheds light on how SARS-CoV-2 virus switches between replication and packaging

Immediately after the infection of a cell in the throat or lungs, the SARS-CoV-2 virus works very hard to replicate, using the human cell's metabolic pathways to produce its proteins and make sure that its genetic material (the RNA genome) is copied.

21 Aug 2023

COVID-19 infection linked to increased risk of high blood pressure

An analysis of electronic medical records for more than 45,000 people found that COVID-19 infection was significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

21 Aug 2023

Microbiome-directed foods boost child nutrition

Researchers reconstructed gut bacterial genomes.

21 Aug 2023

Has Long Covid contributed to labor market inactivity in the UK?

Researchers investigated the association between Long Covid and subsequent labor market outcomes in working-age adults from the UK.

21 Aug 2023

Did the gut microbiome composition of infants change during the COVID-19 pandemic?

A recent study compared infant gut microbiome composition before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Aug 2023

New AI-based screening strategy uses ECG to detect heart defects

Researchers explore the use of artificial intelligence in enhancing the yield of conventional screening for ASDs using 12-lead electrocardiography.

21 Aug 2023

COVID-19 associated with increased risk of developing various autoimmune diseases and risk could be attenuated by vaccination

COVID-19 can increase the risk of various autoimmune diseases; however, this risk appears to be mitigated by vaccination against COVID-19.

21 Aug 2023

Disease/Infection News

Investigating alcohol use, mental health status, and alcohol-related problems in university students amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Study identifies an endogenous bile acid that alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Are irregular sleep patterns associated with increased mortality risk?

Platelets play a role in mediating the rejuvenating effects of exercise during physiological brain ageing

Omicron infection may increase risk of reinfection, study finds

Cancer patients may need more frequent COVID-19 booster shots, study finds

Deep learning-based model can predict the need for intensive care in COVID-19 patients

Study sheds light on how SARS-CoV-2 virus switches between replication and packaging

COVID-19 infection linked to increased risk of high blood pressure

Microbiome-directed foods boost child nutrition

Has Long Covid contributed to labor market inactivity in the UK?

Did the gut microbiome composition of infants change during the COVID-19 pandemic?

New AI-based screening strategy uses ECG to detect heart defects

COVID-19 associated with increased risk of developing various autoimmune diseases and risk could be attenuated by vaccination

How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact childbearing rates in the United States?

Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness in young men and the incidence of site-specific cancer

A hybrid approach to re-engineer a SARS-CoV-1 neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2

What are the patterns in the incidence of early-onset cancers?

How age, socioeconomic status, and gender disparities affect the prevalence of chronic kidney disease

Glycans and GBPs: How their interplay shapes immunity in infection and autoimmune diseases

Edoardo Fabini

Reducing polypharmacy through innovative drug formulation technologies

How innovation in dried blood spot testing is transforming neurological disease monitoring

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