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Universal health coverage study reveals that the world likely to fall short of WHO goal

A new study projects that 3.1 billion people will still lack effective health service coverage in 2023, with 968 million of those residing in South Asia.

28 Aug 2020

Alarmins are the 'gold' in breast milk

Breast milk strengthens a child's immune system, supporting the intestinal flora. These facts are common knowledge.

28 Aug 2020

Study shows the need to refine COVID-19 testing criteria to include children with GI symptoms

Over 1,000 children from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, known as 'COVID Warriors' have had their antibodies measured in the UK-wide trial called 'Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 infection in healthy children'.

28 Aug 2020

Serious heart complications are common in adults hospitalized with flu

The link between influenza and serious heart conditions just grew stronger. A CDC study looking at more than 80,000 adult patients hospitalized with flu over eight seasons found that sudden, serious heart complications were common, occurring in 12% of patients, or 1 in 8.

28 Aug 2020

Changes in testing rate may be masking the true growth of COVID-19 pandemic

Scientists have reviewed reported cases and testing data of COVID-19 and have determined that changes in the testing rate may be masking the true growth rate and extent of the pandemic.

28 Aug 2020

Combinations of lipid-lowering therapies could reduce health risk for European patients

New findings from a large European study of patients in 18 countries, including the UK, show that while many patients are able to reduce their risk through taking statins, those at the highest risk of cardiovascular events may benefit from combinations of lipid-lowering therapies.

28 Aug 2020

High blood pressure can be treated without causing erectile dysfunction, shows study

Men with untreated high blood pressure have poorer penile blood flow than those with normal blood pressure, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 The differences disappeared with blood pressure medication.

28 Aug 2020

Engineers develop better understanding of skin damage caused by rubbing

Understanding the skin damage caused by rubbing could lead to better topical skin treatments and help prevent the formation of new routes for viral and bacterial infection.

28 Aug 2020

Study reveals emotional exhaustion of nurses providing pediatric cardiology care

A survey of nurses caring for children with heart problems has revealed that more than half are emotionally exhausted.

28 Aug 2020

CNOT3 protein plays a key role in diabetes

A protein that's common throughout the body plays a key role in regulating glucose levels, says new research conducted in the Cell Signal Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and Riken Center of Integrative Medical Sciences.

28 Aug 2020

Researchers find way to make pediatric brain cancers respond better to therapies

Brain cancer in children is always a devastating diagnosis, but McMaster University researchers may have found a way to have the most serious types of pediatric brain cancer respond better to therapies.

28 Aug 2020

Study reveals how climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa

An international study reveals how future climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa over the next century.

28 Aug 2020

High extraversion and low neuroticism associated with more physical activity in women

Personality traits help to understand why some people are physically active and others are not. A new study from the Gerontology Research Center and the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, shows that the role of personality may vary depending on how physical activity is measured.

28 Aug 2020

Influenza, pneumonia vaccinations associated with fewer deaths in heart failure patients

Influenza and pneumonia vaccinations are associated with fewer hospital deaths in patients with heart failure. That's the result of a study in nearly 3 million Americans released today at ESC Congress 2020.

28 Aug 2020

New brain study may lead to optimal treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them - something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment.

28 Aug 2020

Study may lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how the enteric nervous system forms, which could pave the way for new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

28 Aug 2020

Study shows how genetics could improve safety and efficacy of drugs for COVID-19 treatment

Over the past few months, a number of drugs have been under investigation to treat COVID-19 without well-established safety or data to support these claims.

28 Aug 2020

CBASP model can be effective for treating persistent depressive disorder

Persistent depressive disorder (PDD) is very common and debilitating, but only few therapeutic options exist that target this form of depression.

28 Aug 2020

New cellular pathway protects cells from infection by Ebola virus, coronaviruses

Discoveries from the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) have identified a new cellular protection pathway that targets a common vulnerability in several different pandemic viruses, and collaborators at Case Western Reserve University, Boston University School of Medicine and MRIGlobal have shown that this pathway can protect cells from infection by Ebola virus and coronaviruses, like SARS-CoV-2.

28 Aug 2020

A new approach for treating alcohol use disorder

"One day at a time" is a mantra for recovering alcoholics, for whom each day without a drink builds the strength to go on to the next.

28 Aug 2020

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Universal health coverage study reveals that the world likely to fall short of WHO goal

Alarmins are the 'gold' in breast milk

Study shows the need to refine COVID-19 testing criteria to include children with GI symptoms

Serious heart complications are common in adults hospitalized with flu

Changes in testing rate may be masking the true growth of COVID-19 pandemic

Combinations of lipid-lowering therapies could reduce health risk for European patients

High blood pressure can be treated without causing erectile dysfunction, shows study

Engineers develop better understanding of skin damage caused by rubbing

Study reveals emotional exhaustion of nurses providing pediatric cardiology care

CNOT3 protein plays a key role in diabetes

Researchers find way to make pediatric brain cancers respond better to therapies

Study reveals how climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa

High extraversion and low neuroticism associated with more physical activity in women

Influenza, pneumonia vaccinations associated with fewer deaths in heart failure patients

New brain study may lead to optimal treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Study may lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Study shows how genetics could improve safety and efficacy of drugs for COVID-19 treatment

CBASP model can be effective for treating persistent depressive disorder

New cellular pathway protects cells from infection by Ebola virus, coronaviruses

A new approach for treating alcohol use disorder

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