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Common misconception about asthma has negative impact on people with severe disease

People living with a severe form of asthma are not receiving the support they need because the condition is not taken seriously enough, according to new research.

14 Jan 2020

Study provides insights into how viral infection can continue to affect immunity

The strength of the immune system in response to respiratory infections is constantly changing, depending on the history of previous, unrelated infections, according to new research from the Crick.

From The Francis Crick Institute 14 Jan 2020

Global warming likely to increase injuries and deaths in US

A new study has warned that rising temperatures linked with global warming will likely result in an increase in injuries and violent deaths from road crashes, assaults, suicides, drowning and more.

14 Jan 2020

Important things you need to know about seasonal flu

Seasonal flu is a serious illness causing approximately 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths each year. Federal health officials are reporting that the 2019-2020 flu season could be the worst in decades.

13 Jan 2020

Lymphopenia may hint a higher risk of future illness, death

Lymphopenia, which indicates lower levels of lymphocytes in the blood, has been tied to a higher risk of future illness and death, a new study found.

13 Jan 2020

Leukemic cells are addicted to vitamin B6, research shows

Scientists have discovered that Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) grows by taking advantage of the B6 vitamin to accelerate cell division.

13 Jan 2020

Losing Tongue Fat Improves Sleep Apnea

Doctors already know that weight loss can be an effective treatment for improving sleep apnea, although the reasons for this have remained unclear. Now, new research has uncovered that a reduction in tongue fat is the key to why fat loss helps in instances of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).

13 Jan 2020

Homeless Californians adapt to camp sweeps and ‘the Caltrans Shuffle’

It's 5 a.m., and the thermostat reads 44 degrees. Cars round the bend of an off-ramp of state Route 24 in northern Oakland, spraying bands of light across Norm Ciha and his neighbors.

13 Jan 2020

Mount Sinai physicians emphasize the importance of early detection, treatment of thyroid disease

January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and physicians from the Hilda and J. Lester Gabrilove Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease and the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System are emphasizing the importance of being aware of symptoms that may be related to thyroid disease.

12 Jan 2020

High-deductible plans jeopardize financial health of patients and rural hospitals

Kristie Flowers had been sick with the flu for four or five days in July before the 52-year-old registered nurse from Genoa, Colo., acknowledged she needed to go to the ER.

10 Jan 2020

Weight loss decreases tongue fat in obese patients with sleep apnea, study shows

Weight loss in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea appears to improve sleep apnea primarily by reducing tongue fat, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

10 Jan 2020

UMSOM research shows even milder cases of diarrheal diseases can lead to child mortality

Diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of death for young children, accounting for nine percent of all deaths worldwide in children under five years of age, with most occurring in children under two years of age.

9 Jan 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats roll dice on SCOTUS and the ACA

Democratic state attorneys general are asking the Supreme Court to intervene this term in a case that could invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act.

9 Jan 2020

Experts say source of newly identified virus in China must be found

Scientists have identified the virus likely to have caused a pneumonia-like illness that has caused an outbreak in Wuhan, China.

9 Jan 2020

New clues emerge as to how a 2,600-year-old brain was well-preserved

Scientists who investigated a well-preserved 2,600 year-old brain have found evidence to explain why it survived.

9 Jan 2020

Findings may lead to potential therapeutic strategies for rare neurodevelopmental disorder

The brain undergoes dramatic change during the first years of life. Its circuits readily rewire as an infant and then child encounters new sights and sounds, taking in the world and learning to understand it.

9 Jan 2020

Researchers one step closer to developing vaccines that protect infants against infections

A new Penn Medicine study puts researchers within closer reach of vaccines that can protect infants against infections by overcoming a mother's antibodies, which are known to shut down immune defenses initiated by conventional vaccines.

9 Jan 2020

Researchers develop a simple approach to accurately predict disease outbreaks

Infectious diseases have a substantially growing impact on the health of communities around the world and pressure to both predict and prevent such diseases is ever-growing.

8 Jan 2020

Exercising when sick can help you feel better, says Penn State Health physician

The winter cold and flu season may try to knock out your new year's plans to get or stay healthy, but the good news is you can fight back.

8 Jan 2020

Researchers discover hundreds of novel viruses in insects

New viruses which cause diseases often come from animals. Well-known examples of this are the Zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes, bird flu viruses, as well as the MERS virus which is associated with camels. In order to identify new viral diseases quickly and prevent possible epidemics, DZIF scientists at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin are targeting their search at viruses in animals.

8 Jan 2020

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Common misconception about asthma has negative impact on people with severe disease

Study provides insights into how viral infection can continue to affect immunity

Global warming likely to increase injuries and deaths in US

Important things you need to know about seasonal flu

Lymphopenia may hint a higher risk of future illness, death

Leukemic cells are addicted to vitamin B6, research shows

Losing Tongue Fat Improves Sleep Apnea

Homeless Californians adapt to camp sweeps and ‘the Caltrans Shuffle’

Mount Sinai physicians emphasize the importance of early detection, treatment of thyroid disease

High-deductible plans jeopardize financial health of patients and rural hospitals

Weight loss decreases tongue fat in obese patients with sleep apnea, study shows

UMSOM research shows even milder cases of diarrheal diseases can lead to child mortality

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats roll dice on SCOTUS and the ACA

Experts say source of newly identified virus in China must be found

New clues emerge as to how a 2,600-year-old brain was well-preserved

Findings may lead to potential therapeutic strategies for rare neurodevelopmental disorder

Researchers one step closer to developing vaccines that protect infants against infections

Researchers develop a simple approach to accurately predict disease outbreaks

Exercising when sick can help you feel better, says Penn State Health physician

Researchers discover hundreds of novel viruses in insects

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