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Study examines if antidepressants can benefit patients with osteoarthritis

A clinical trial published in Arthritis & Rheumatology recently examined whether duloxetine, a medication that is prescribed to treat depression and may also reduce chronic pain, can benefit patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis.

6 Jan 2022

Researchers set out to determine the brain and gravity’s effect on eyesight

Colonizing Mars is no longer solely the work of science fiction but a potential future option for people who desire to live among the weightless. For headline grabbers like Jeff Bezos, NASA and Elon Musk, space colonization - or space settlement, a preferred term recommended by Bill Nye - is a big goal for the 21st century.

6 Jan 2022

New engineered nanomaterials help capture chemotherapy drugs to avoid tissue damage

Standard chemotherapies may efficiently kill cancer cells, but they also pose significant risks to healthy cells, resulting in secondary illness and a diminished quality of life for patients. To prevent the previously unavoidable damage, researchers, led by Penn State, have developed a new class of nanomaterials engineered to capture chemotherapy drugs before they interact with healthy tissue.

6 Jan 2022

Food pantry clients experienced economic hardship and psychological distress during COVID-19

A novel study by UT Southwestern researchers who conducted interviews as the nation shut down due to COVID-19 tells the stories of those who routinely faced hunger before the pandemic upended their lives. The research, which could be used to improve the response in future emergencies, finds food pantry clients experienced increased economic hardship, food insecurity, and psychological distress.

6 Jan 2022

A new model for predicting COVID-19 severity at diagnosis

Researchers estimate the probabilities of hospitalization and mortality from COVID-19 according to individual risk factors and number of vaccine doses.

5 Jan 2022

Brain volume measurements show differences between conventional and ultrafast 3D T1W MRI sequences

According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology, brain volume measurements in memory-impaired patients show significant differences and systematic biases between conventional and ultrafast 3D T1-weighted (T1W) MRI sequences.

5 Jan 2022

FAU researchers urge to prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age

Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients under 70, and more recent guidance to patients under 60. Yet, the risks of heart attacks and strokes increase markedly with age.

5 Jan 2022

First-responder cells launching the repair after heart attack promote inflammation overdrive

First-responder cells launching the repair after a heart attack are so frantic about fixing the damage that they promote more inflammation than necessary, new research in mice suggests.

5 Jan 2022

Study defines a novel way to identify potential new interventions for autism

Researchers from King's College London have shown that there are variations in how a brain chemical called GABA regulates the processing of visual stimuli.

5 Jan 2022

Wistar announces initiation of Phase 2 clinical study of VK-2019 in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

The Wistar Institute announces the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study of VK-2019 in patients with advanced Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and lymphoma.

5 Jan 2022

Impact of delaying the lifting of SARS-CoV-2 lockdown restrictions

New study findings provided critical insights into competitive behavior and the relative transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants, which could be used for planning responses to future emerging variants and exploring co-infections with different strains of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus.

5 Jan 2022

Hospitalization and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant compared to Delta variant

Researchers evaluate the rates of hospitalization and deaths associated with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant as compared to the Delta variant.

5 Jan 2022

Erectile dysfunction medication found to intensify abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice

In a laboratory study in mice, sildenafil, a commonly used erectile dysfunction medication, was found to worsen abdominal aortic aneurysms, indicating additional research may be needed to determine if the medication may have the same effect on people, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

5 Jan 2022

Study highlights opioid use disorder treatment access disparities based on Medicaid prevalence

Researchers report that in communities where Medicaid is a more common source of insurance, providers of buprenorphine, an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), are much less likely to discriminate between Medicaid and privately insured prospective patients, but patients with either type of coverage still face many barriers to obtaining an initial appointment for treatment.

5 Jan 2022

Researchers compare survival rates of AML patients treated with two forms of transplantation methods

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a common type of blood cancer that has a relatively low survival rate. It is particularly deadly for patients suffering from refractory and relapsed AML (R/R AML), meaning their cancer has stopped responding to treatment and has returned after a period of remission.

5 Jan 2022

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Study examines if antidepressants can benefit patients with osteoarthritis

Researchers set out to determine the brain and gravity’s effect on eyesight

New engineered nanomaterials help capture chemotherapy drugs to avoid tissue damage

Food pantry clients experienced economic hardship and psychological distress during COVID-19

A new model for predicting COVID-19 severity at diagnosis

Brain volume measurements show differences between conventional and ultrafast 3D T1W MRI sequences

FAU researchers urge to prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age

First-responder cells launching the repair after heart attack promote inflammation overdrive

Study defines a novel way to identify potential new interventions for autism

Wistar announces initiation of Phase 2 clinical study of VK-2019 in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

Impact of delaying the lifting of SARS-CoV-2 lockdown restrictions

Hospitalization and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant compared to Delta variant

Erectile dysfunction medication found to intensify abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice

Study highlights opioid use disorder treatment access disparities based on Medicaid prevalence

Researchers compare survival rates of AML patients treated with two forms of transplantation methods

Basic health beliefs and demographics associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease

mRNA booster vaccine confers strong protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in cancer patients

Transplant recipients benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine booster

New gene therapy addresses primary cellular deficit associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B

Researchers develop acoustic virtual reality-based archery game for blind people

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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