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Johns Hopkins researchers uncover a possible target to treat sleep apnea

In a new study with obese mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people.

31 Oct 2022

Artificial intelligence-based method may help predict early-stage melanoma recurrence

Most deaths from melanoma - the most lethal form of skin cancer - occur in patients who were initially diagnosed with early-stage melanoma and then later experienced a recurrence that is typically not detected until it has spread or metastasized.

31 Oct 2022

Marital stress may impact young adults' recovery after a heart attack

A stressful marriage may negatively impact heart attack recovery. Marital stress among younger adults (ages 18–55 years) was linked to worse recovery after a heart attack.

31 Oct 2022

COVID-19-positive donor hearts appear to be safe for transplantation

Donor hearts from people who were COVID-19-positive appeared to be as safe for transplantation as those from people without COVID-19, according to a short-term analysis to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022.

31 Oct 2022

Perceived discrimination linked to higher risk of worse outcomes in the year after a heart attack

A study of more than 2,600 young heart attack survivors younger than age 55 found that those who reported more perceived discrimination in their day-to-day lives had a higher risk of worse outcomes in the year after a heart attack, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022.

31 Oct 2022

Intimate partner violence associated with higher risk of cardiovascular events or death

Experiencing a violent encounter even once with an intimate partner or family member may increase a young adult's risk of having a heart attack, stroke or a heart failure hospitalization years later, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022.

31 Oct 2022

Increasing Awareness Surrounding Ataxia

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Lauren Moore from the National Ataxia Foundation about the condition and the importance of raising awareness for ataxia.

31 Oct 2022

Smartphone code blue notification may accelerate response to in-hospital cardiac arrest

Sixty seconds can make or break the outcome of a hospital "code blue" or cardiac arrest response. New research found a hospital code response team rushing to a patient in cardiac arrest may arrive at least one minute quicker and may also lead to better patient outcomes with the use of a smartphone emergency code notification system that activates the team through text messages.

31 Oct 2022

ICU evaluation before cardiac arrest improves survival rates by 15% among Black people

Although racial disparities in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest among Black and white people are known, both groups had similar chances of receiving an intensive care unit (ICU) evaluation before a cardiac arrest.

31 Oct 2022

CPR training for people in public housing communities may help improve cardiac arrest survival rates

Of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in residential areas of Vienna and Copenhagen from 2016-2021, one-third of those cardiac arrests occurred in public housing communities.

31 Oct 2022

New way of reprogramming immune cells shown to work in melanoma

A new way of reprogramming our immune cells to shrink or kill off cancer cells has been shown to work in the otherwise hard-to-treat and devastating skin cancer, melanoma.

31 Oct 2022

Does maternal obesity impact fetal brain development?

In a new study, researchers assessed the impact of maternal obesity on brain development in the fetus.

31 Oct 2022

California patients fear fallout from third dialysis ballot measure

Toni Sherwin is actually looking forward to the procedure that will relocate her dialysis port from her chest to her arm, which will be easier to keep dry. Since she started dialysis in February — as part of blood cancer treatment — she has washed her hair in the sink and stayed out of her pool to prevent water from getting into the port.

31 Oct 2022

Study calls for stronger awareness and control of vascular risk factors leading to stroke

Researchers at the Stroke Research and Prevention Group (HKU Stroke), Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) found that the incidence of 'young stroke' (strokes occurring in individuals aged 18 to 55 years) has increased by 30% in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2021, thus called for better control of vascular risk factors, in particular hypertension.

31 Oct 2022

Research finds a significant increase in stroke incidence in those younger than 55 years

New research - funded by the Medical Research Foundation - has shown a sharp increase in the incidence of stroke in young adults, in a study of more than 94,000 people in Oxfordshire.

31 Oct 2022

New report on the impact of monkeypox on people with HIV

Researchers describe the presentation of patients severely infected with the monkeypox virus.

30 Oct 2022

Investigators study symptom trajectories in nondialysis-dependent CKD patients

When individuals with varying degrees of chronic kidney disease who were not on dialysis answered annual questionnaires about their symptoms, researchers found that one-third could be categorized as having a "Worse symptom score and worsening trajectory" of symptoms.

30 Oct 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect menstruation

Researchers assess the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and menstrual irregularities.

30 Oct 2022

An estimated 15% of U.S. adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 have long-COVID

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers in the United States estimated the sociodemographic factors associated with and prevalence of post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptom sequelae (PASC) or long COVID (LCOVID).

30 Oct 2022

Favorable outcomes of infants born after maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy

Researchers assess the outcomes of children born to mothers infected during pregnancy with SARS-CoV-2.

30 Oct 2022

Medical Condition News

Johns Hopkins researchers uncover a possible target to treat sleep apnea

Artificial intelligence-based method may help predict early-stage melanoma recurrence

Marital stress may impact young adults' recovery after a heart attack

COVID-19-positive donor hearts appear to be safe for transplantation

Perceived discrimination linked to higher risk of worse outcomes in the year after a heart attack

Intimate partner violence associated with higher risk of cardiovascular events or death

Increasing Awareness Surrounding Ataxia

Smartphone code blue notification may accelerate response to in-hospital cardiac arrest

ICU evaluation before cardiac arrest improves survival rates by 15% among Black people

CPR training for people in public housing communities may help improve cardiac arrest survival rates

New way of reprogramming immune cells shown to work in melanoma

Does maternal obesity impact fetal brain development?

California patients fear fallout from third dialysis ballot measure

Study calls for stronger awareness and control of vascular risk factors leading to stroke

Research finds a significant increase in stroke incidence in those younger than 55 years

New report on the impact of monkeypox on people with HIV

Investigators study symptom trajectories in nondialysis-dependent CKD patients

SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect menstruation

An estimated 15% of U.S. adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 have long-COVID

Favorable outcomes of infants born after maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy

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