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Physical therapy associated with lower odds of long-term opioid use after total knee replacement

The world's most common form of arthritis, knee osteoarthritis, causes sufferers pain and hurts their quality of life.

27 Oct 2021

Study finds disparities in dissemination of cancer survivorship care plans

Survivorship care plans are an important tool to help cancer survivors transition out of active treatment and back to their regular lives, but a new study found that a number of vulnerable groups are not receiving those plans.

27 Oct 2021

People with psychotic disorders at higher risk of hospitalization, death from infectious diseases

People with psychotic or bipolar disorders run a significantly higher risk of hospitalization and death from influenza, pneumonia or sepsis. This is what a new register study at Umeå University, Sweden, is showing.

27 Oct 2021

How do asymptomatic COVID-19 screenings affect a highly vaccinated university population?

In a recent study, a team of researchers from a variety of Canadian institutes reviewed the previous modeling of COVID-19 transmission in a university setting.

27 Oct 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to greater risk of neurological complications than vaccines

Researchers from across the UK, led by the University of Oxford, have today reported on the risks of developing neurological complications following a positive COVID-19 PCR test, or a first dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations.

27 Oct 2021

Research reveals the microbial landscape of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system targets tissues of the body, causing widespread inflammation and affecting multiple organs such as the kidney and the brain.

27 Oct 2021

Home care patients with language barriers may be vulnerable to poor outcomes

Patients with language barriers who are receiving home health care are at an increased risk for hospital readmission, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.

27 Oct 2021

Phthalates and other plasticizers found in US fast foods

Chicken nuggets, burritos and other popular items consumers buy from fast food outlets in the United States contain chemicals that are linked to a long list of serious health problems, according to a first-of-its-kind study published today.

27 Oct 2021

Studies test intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of Kawasaki disease and MIS-C

Kawasaki disease (KD) is rare, with fewer than 6,000 diagnosed cases per year in the United States. It is most common in infants and young children and causes inflammation in the walls of some blood vessels in the body.

27 Oct 2021

Prostate cancer drugs could be effectively repurposed to inhibit melanoma in men

New research shows that testosterone promotes melanoma proliferation by activating a newly recognized nonclassical testosterone receptor in melanoma cells called ZIP9 (encoded by the SLC39A9 gene), a zinc transporter that is not intentionally targeted by any available therapeutics but is widely expressed in human melanoma.

27 Oct 2021

Northwestern scientists receive awards totaling nearly $18 million for Parkinson's disease research

Northwestern University scientists have received two awards totaling nearly $18 million for Parkinson's disease research from The ASAP Collaborative Research Network, a program of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative being implemented through The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

27 Oct 2021

MU researchers receive $1.9 million grant to assess COVID-19 response in nursing homes

When Lori Popejoy and Amy Vogelsmeier were working as registered nurses early in their careers, they saw firsthand how quickly respiratory infections, such as the common flu, could spread in nursing homes.

27 Oct 2021

Study finds inadequate guidance and counseling for working-age people living with dementia

The right of working-age people living with dementia to receive adequate and timely guidance and counseling is not realized properly, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

27 Oct 2021

Using deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s Disease

News-Medical spoke to Dr. Aryn Gittis about her latest research into Parkinson's disease and how deep brain stimulation could be used to help treat it.

27 Oct 2021

Bone loss after menopause significantly lower than previously assumed

Bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone in postmenopausal women decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.

27 Oct 2021

Immunogenicity and efficacy of heterologous ChadOx1/BNT162b2 vaccination amongst healthcare workers

The heterologous ChAd/BNT combination confers better protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection than the homologous BNT/BNT combination in a real-world observational study of healthcare workers.

27 Oct 2021

COVID-19 vaccine-elicited immune responses in myeloma patients

Researchers collaborated to address these evidence gaps by initiating a web-based prospective study of adults diagnosed with multiple myeloma to determine the immune response to the first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

27 Oct 2021

Do pre-existing mental disorders and their co-occurrence affect COVID-19 clinical outcomes?

Researchers conducted a study to assess how pre-existing mental disorders are associated with a SARS-CoV-2 infection and how different clusters of mental disorders affect COVID-19 clinical outcomes.

27 Oct 2021

Study of SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence among domestic cats

Researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover have been investigating the spread of the disease in domestic cats in Europe.

27 Oct 2021

Model for the simulation of SARS-CoV-2 community transmission in congregate facilities

Researchers have examined the factors that caused the most significant outbreaks in congregate settings such as care homes and prisons.

27 Oct 2021

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Physical therapy associated with lower odds of long-term opioid use after total knee replacement

Study finds disparities in dissemination of cancer survivorship care plans

People with psychotic disorders at higher risk of hospitalization, death from infectious diseases

How do asymptomatic COVID-19 screenings affect a highly vaccinated university population?

SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to greater risk of neurological complications than vaccines

Research reveals the microbial landscape of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Home care patients with language barriers may be vulnerable to poor outcomes

Phthalates and other plasticizers found in US fast foods

Studies test intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of Kawasaki disease and MIS-C

Prostate cancer drugs could be effectively repurposed to inhibit melanoma in men

Northwestern scientists receive awards totaling nearly $18 million for Parkinson's disease research

MU researchers receive $1.9 million grant to assess COVID-19 response in nursing homes

Study finds inadequate guidance and counseling for working-age people living with dementia

Using deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson’s Disease

Bone loss after menopause significantly lower than previously assumed

Immunogenicity and efficacy of heterologous ChadOx1/BNT162b2 vaccination amongst healthcare workers

COVID-19 vaccine-elicited immune responses in myeloma patients

Do pre-existing mental disorders and their co-occurrence affect COVID-19 clinical outcomes?

Study of SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence among domestic cats

Model for the simulation of SARS-CoV-2 community transmission in congregate facilities

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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

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