Medical Research News

RSS

New algorithm can classify severity of autistic traits using brain activity data

A team of researchers from Russia and Israel applied a new algorithm to classify the severity of autistic personality traits by studying subjects' brain activity.

11 Feb 2021

Use of mobile stroke units linked to improved clinical outcomes

STEMOs (Stroke-Einsatz-Mobile) have been serving Berlin for ten years. The specialized stroke emergency response vehicles allow physicians to start treating stroke patients before they reach hospital.

11 Feb 2021

Duration of delirium in critically ill patients predicts mortality and disability

Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower resourced hospitals, and the duration of delirium predicted both mortality and disability at six months after discharge, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.

11 Feb 2021

Low-income middle-aged African-American women with hypertension commonly suffer from depression

Low-income middle-aged African-American women with high blood pressure very commonly suffer from depression and should be better screened for this serious mental health condition, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

11 Feb 2021

New urine test could avoid unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies

A urine test based on University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center research could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while failing to detect only a small number of cancers, according to a validation study that included more than 1,500 patients.

11 Feb 2021

SARS-CoV-2 evolves antibody resistance in immunocompromised patient

Researchers in the United States who tracked the evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an immunocompromised patient found that convalescent plasma therapy was associated with the emergence of viral variants that were less susceptible to neutralizing antibodies.

11 Feb 2021

Brain pericytes serve as a potential hub for SARS-CoV-2 infection

A team of scientists from the United States has recently conducted a study using pericyte-like cell-containing brain cortical organoids as an experimental model to investigate the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on the central nervous system.

11 Feb 2021

Adults with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, study finds

Researchers at the University of Glasgow and the Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K. report that adults with intellectual disabilities have a higher risk of being infected with SARS-CoV2. They are also more likely to develop worse outcomes once infected.

11 Feb 2021

Study offers a new way to treat children with bow hunter syndrome

Fusing the neck's top two vertebrae can prevent repeat strokes in children with bow hunter syndrome, a rare condition that affects a handful of U.S. pediatric patients each year, UT Southwestern researchers suggest in a recent study.

11 Feb 2021

Short duration, poor-quality sleep may increase risk of dementia and earlier death in elderly people

Sleep and health are inextricably connected. New research from investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital explores the connection between sleep disturbances and deficiencies among older adults and risk of dementia and death, finding that risk of dementia was double among participants who reported getting less than five hours of sleep compared to those who reported 7-8 hours of sleep per night.

11 Feb 2021

Higher proportion of male children develop COVID-19-related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, finds study

Previous studies about COVID-19 have shown that the illness is often more severe in men than women. However, there is limited data available for the pediatric population. Though children and adolescents are at a lower risk of developing severe illness, some may experience severe symptoms. In some cases, children develop complications, including the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Researchers report that a higher percentage of male children developed MIS-C and died.

11 Feb 2021

New study shares preliminary data on Pfizer vaccine’s effectiveness in Israel

Researchers have shown that by mid-January, the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Israel began to decline with a larger and earlier decrease among older people.

11 Feb 2021

Scientists analyze monkeys’ brain activity to understand how economic decisions are made

Economists have been using game theory to study decision-making since the 1950s. More recently, the interdisciplinary field of neuroeconomics has gained popularity as scientists try to understand how economic decisions are made in the brain.

11 Feb 2021

New study uncovers link between perception of time and sense of touch

The percept of time relates to the sense of touch. A new SISSA study "A sensory integration account for time perception" published in PLOS Computational Biology uncovers this connection.

11 Feb 2021

Partial replacement of animal proteins with plant proteins increases bone formation in adults

In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, Finland, 136 adults adhered to one of three study diets for 12 weeks. One of them corresponded to the average Finnish diet, containing roughly 70% animal-derived protein of total protein, while most of the plant-based protein originated from cereal products.

11 Feb 2021

Study investigates multi-enzyme complex that plays key role in metabolism

A new method has enabled the natural structure of particularly large and complex enzymes to be revealed. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and TU Berlin have published their findings in the journal Cell Reports.

11 Feb 2021

Scientists avert drug resistance in subtype of brain tumors

In far too many cases over the years, scientists have discovered promising new cancer treatments, only to report later that the tumor cells found ways to become resistant. These disappointing results have made overcoming drug resistance a major goal in cancer research.

11 Feb 2021

Medical Research News

New algorithm can classify severity of autistic traits using brain activity data

Use of mobile stroke units linked to improved clinical outcomes

Duration of delirium in critically ill patients predicts mortality and disability

Low-income middle-aged African-American women with hypertension commonly suffer from depression

New urine test could avoid unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies

SARS-CoV-2 evolves antibody resistance in immunocompromised patient

Brain pericytes serve as a potential hub for SARS-CoV-2 infection

Adults with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, study finds

Study offers a new way to treat children with bow hunter syndrome

Short duration, poor-quality sleep may increase risk of dementia and earlier death in elderly people

Higher proportion of male children develop COVID-19-related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, finds study

New study shares preliminary data on Pfizer vaccine’s effectiveness in Israel

Scientists analyze monkeys’ brain activity to understand how economic decisions are made

New study uncovers link between perception of time and sense of touch

Partial replacement of animal proteins with plant proteins increases bone formation in adults

Study investigates multi-enzyme complex that plays key role in metabolism

Scientists avert drug resistance in subtype of brain tumors

Study: Neuron structures are dissimilar between the brain areas in every individual

New gut microbiome-based approach may have translational potential for cancer immunotherapy

A new method to determine how carcinogenic bacteria reach their targets

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

Latest News