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Study reveals safety of COVID mRNA vaccines for patients with heart failure

COVID mRNA vaccines are associated with a decreased risk of death in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.

22 Aug 2022

Scientists show close link between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater

Scientists show that there is a close association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater, with the viral loads picking up to two days before the cases were detected.

22 Aug 2022

Modified TB vaccine could help treat non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

A modified tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed at Texas Biomed could help treat a form of bladder cancer, called non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, without strong side effects.

22 Aug 2022

“Drug factory” implants show promise in eradicating mesothelioma tumors

Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days with a treatment combining Rice's cytokine "drug factory" implants and a checkpoint inhibitor drug.

22 Aug 2022

Polygenic risk score identifies coronary artery disease patients at risk for sudden cardiac death.

Researchers in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are one step closer to identifying patients at highest risk for developing sudden cardiac death - an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes it to stop beating.

22 Aug 2022

Study gains insight into how deadliest form of brain cancer returns

The deadliest form of brain cancer returns because tumors adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue, say researchers who are trying to find a cure for the disease.

22 Aug 2022

Direct acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C may improve PTSD symptoms

More than six percent of Americans will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in their lifetime. This potentially chronic condition disrupts lives, and can lead to or exacerbate existing health issues such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts.

22 Aug 2022

COVID vaccine mandates found to be effective for nursing home staff

In he summer of 2021, states began announcing COVID vaccine mandates for nursing home staff as a strategy to improve vaccination rates and help control COVID infections in nursing homes.

22 Aug 2022

World's first-in-human research using organoid transplantation yields good results

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) research team announced on July 7 that it has succeeded in the world's first clinical transplantation of a "mini organ (also called Organoid)" into a patient with "Ulcerative Colitis (UC)".

22 Aug 2022

Taste rehabilitation method shows potential as a new treatment for taste disorders

Many patients suffer from taste disorders due to a variety of causes, and in recent years the number of such patients has skyrocketed even further due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

22 Aug 2022

Study: Sexual enjoyment after childbirth is unaffected by different modes of delivery

Sexual enjoyment in the years following childbirth is unaffected by the way in which the baby is delivered, according to new research.

22 Aug 2022

Handheld monocular pupillometer offers promise for autism screening in young children

Measuring how the eyes' pupils change in response to light - known as the pupillary light reflex - could potentially be used to screen for autism in young children, according to a study conducted at Washington State University.

22 Aug 2022

Biorhythm in primary teeth linked with weight gain during adolescence

Research led by the University of Kent has discovered evidence of a biorhythm in human primary teeth that is associated with weight gain during adolescence.

22 Aug 2022

Medical cannabis patients may not be getting consistent guidance from clinicians, analysis suggests

Due to a lack of publicly available data, understanding what products medical cannabis patients use for various conditions has mostly come from survey responses.

22 Aug 2022

Medical cannabis used for chronic pain linked with elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders

Cannabis prescribed for chronic pain is associated with an elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.

22 Aug 2022

Myocarditis risk greater after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Among nearly 43 million people in England, ages 13 and older, who received at least one dose and up to 3 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, fewer than 3,000 people (0.007%) were hospitalized or died with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, during the study period of December 1, 2020 through December 15, 2021.

22 Aug 2022

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Study reveals safety of COVID mRNA vaccines for patients with heart failure

Scientists show close link between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater

Modified TB vaccine could help treat non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

“Drug factory” implants show promise in eradicating mesothelioma tumors

Polygenic risk score identifies coronary artery disease patients at risk for sudden cardiac death.

Study gains insight into how deadliest form of brain cancer returns

Direct acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C may improve PTSD symptoms

COVID vaccine mandates found to be effective for nursing home staff

World's first-in-human research using organoid transplantation yields good results

Taste rehabilitation method shows potential as a new treatment for taste disorders

Study: Sexual enjoyment after childbirth is unaffected by different modes of delivery

Handheld monocular pupillometer offers promise for autism screening in young children

Biorhythm in primary teeth linked with weight gain during adolescence

Medical cannabis patients may not be getting consistent guidance from clinicians, analysis suggests

Medical cannabis used for chronic pain linked with elevated risk of heart rhythm disorders

Myocarditis risk greater after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

New combination therapy shows potential to improve survival in children with neuroblastoma

New treatment may help counteract food allergies and inflammatory diseases in future

Discovery points to new drug targets that could prevent cancer spread

Researchers reveal details of two key transition points in the development of pancreatic tumors

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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