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Deepwater Horizon Oil spill has affected mental and physical health of children

On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig triggered what would become the largest marine oil spill in history. Before the well was finally capped 87 days later on July 15, an estimated 4 million barrels of oil had gushed into the Gulf of Mexico, harming ecosystems, contaminating shorelines, and strangling the fishing and tourism industries.

15 Jul 2020

Study provides new insights into genetic susceptibility of COVID-19

A new Cleveland Clinic study has identified genetic factors that may influence susceptibility to COVID-19. Published today in BMC Medicine, the study findings could guide personalized treatment for COVID-19.

15 Jul 2020

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can enhance the cognitive performance of healthy older adults

The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center, together with the Sackler School of Medicine and Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, announced today that a peer-reviewed study has demonstrated for the first time that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can significantly enhance the cognitive performance of healthy older adults.

15 Jul 2020

Georgia State professor receives federal funding to study unique features of Ebola, Marburg viruses

Dr. Christopher Basler, professor and director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.94 million federal grant to study unique features of Ebola and Marburg viruses that control how the virus family expresses its genes and escapes immune responses.

15 Jul 2020

Researchers develop new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer

A new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The treatment combines a novel surgical approach with smart nanoparticles to specifically target lung tumors. The new study has been published in the July issue of Advanced Therapeutics.

15 Jul 2020

Exposure to flaring at oil and gas production sites linked to higher odds of preterm birth

Researchers from USC and UCLA have found that exposure to flaring -- the burning off of excess natural gas -- at oil and gas production sites is associated with 50% higher odds of preterm birth, compared with no exposure.

15 Jul 2020

Study identifies possible factors to predict severe toxicities in CAR T patients

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T) has proved to be a valuable treatment option for patients with lymphoma who have failed other therapies. In clinical trials, the cellular immunotherapy was shown to provide durable remissions for nearly 40% of large B cell lymphoma patients.

15 Jul 2020

New technology allows quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers

A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers.

15 Jul 2020

Common FDA-approved drug may be a powerful tool in fighting COVID-19

A common drug, already approved by the Food and Drug Administration, may also be a powerful tool in fighting COVID-19, according to research published this week in Antiviral Research.

15 Jul 2020

Flavored cigarette ban linked to significant reduction in youth smoking

Despite a general decline in U.S. tobacco use since the 1950's, tobacco use is still prevalent and a significant threat to public health.

15 Jul 2020

Anti-inflammatory medication helps fight dangerous immune response in COVID-19 patients

Most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (coronavirus) pneumonia experienced improvement after receiving a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug normally given for rheumatoid arthritis, according to an observational study at Cedars-Sinai.

15 Jul 2020

Individuals exposed to early life stress more likely to develop youth-onset depression

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that individuals exposed to early life stress (ELS) were more likely to develop a major depressive disorder (MDD) in childhood or adolescence than individuals who had not been exposed to ELS.

15 Jul 2020

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: Defense mechanism against certain drugs promotes cancer growth

A general problem encountered in cancer therapy is that many patients develop resistance to a drug over the course of treatment.

15 Jul 2020

Global negative sentiments surrounding COVID-19 shift from fear to anger, study finds

The fear that people developed at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak has given way to anger over the course of the pandemic, a study of global sentiments led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found.

15 Jul 2020

Cholesterol-lowering drugs show promise to lower COVID-19's threat

Could a simple drug, that has been on the market for decades, be used to treat COVID-19? A research team led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)'s Professor Yaakov Nahmias says that early research looks promising; their findings appear in this week's Cell Press' Sneak Peak.

15 Jul 2020

Study identifies brain circuitry that plays key role in ASD-relevant behaviors

A team led by UT Southwestern researchers has identified brain circuitry that plays a key role in the dysfunctional social, repetitive, and inflexible behavioral differences that characterize autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

15 Jul 2020

EMAS study investigates factors associated with diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic systemic rheumatoid-inflammatory disease associated with inflammation of the spine. "The affected patients often have been experiencing spinal pain since early adulthood",

15 Jul 2020

Quest Diagnostics Health Trends study: HPV screening less likely to detect cervical cancer than cotesting

A Health Trends study from researchers at Quest Diagnostics and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center provides new evidence that the HPV screening test is significantly less likely to detect cervical cancer and precancer than cotesting, a method which combines HPV and Pap testing using the same specimen.

15 Jul 2020

Biological anti-tumor mechanism can provide long-term immune response against tumors

Blocking a newly identified "immune memory checkpoint" in immune cells could improve immunotherapy and help prevent cancers from recurring, according to new findings in mice and human samples by researchers at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

15 Jul 2020

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 disappear within three months

The question is, does this infection confer lasting immunity? A new study published in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection in July 2020 appears to show that it does not, with antibodies to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disappearing within three months of infection.

15 Jul 2020

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Deepwater Horizon Oil spill has affected mental and physical health of children

Study provides new insights into genetic susceptibility of COVID-19

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can enhance the cognitive performance of healthy older adults

Georgia State professor receives federal funding to study unique features of Ebola, Marburg viruses

Researchers develop new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer

Exposure to flaring at oil and gas production sites linked to higher odds of preterm birth

Study identifies possible factors to predict severe toxicities in CAR T patients

New technology allows quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers

Common FDA-approved drug may be a powerful tool in fighting COVID-19

Flavored cigarette ban linked to significant reduction in youth smoking

Anti-inflammatory medication helps fight dangerous immune response in COVID-19 patients

Individuals exposed to early life stress more likely to develop youth-onset depression

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: Defense mechanism against certain drugs promotes cancer growth

Global negative sentiments surrounding COVID-19 shift from fear to anger, study finds

Cholesterol-lowering drugs show promise to lower COVID-19's threat

Study identifies brain circuitry that plays key role in ASD-relevant behaviors

EMAS study investigates factors associated with diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis

Quest Diagnostics Health Trends study: HPV screening less likely to detect cervical cancer than cotesting

Biological anti-tumor mechanism can provide long-term immune response against tumors

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 disappear within three months

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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