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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

Growing influenza vaccines inside chicken eggs can make them less effective, say some experts

Flu season is underway in the Northern Hemisphere, sickening millions of people and in rare cases, causing hospitalization or death. The best prevention is a flu shot, but it's not unusual for these vaccines to be less effective than intended. Some researchers suspect that the common practice of producing vaccines in chicken eggs could be partially to blame, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.

8 Jan 2020

New study characterizes how Twitter users discuss miscarriage, preterm birth

A new Boston University School of Public Health study characterizes how Twitter users discuss miscarriage and preterm birth. Published in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, the study finds that miscarriage disclosures by Michelle Obama and other public figures prompted spikes in discussion, and in other people sharing their own experiences of miscarriage.

8 Jan 2020

Airway Therapeutics receives funding to advance BPD treatment

Airway Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of biologics to break the injury cycle of inflammation for patients with respiratory and inflammatory diseases, announced today the closing of a $15.5 million oversubscribed Series C financing round.

8 Jan 2020

NYU Langone Health announces launch of a multidisciplinary Vaccine Center

Building on its illustrious landmark-achieving history in the field of immunology, NYU Langone Health announced today the launch of a Vaccine Center that combines basic research, clinical studies, and public health outreach to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and other immunological disorders.

7 Jan 2020

Novel nanoparticle vaccine provides long-lasting protection against influenza virus

A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting protection against influenza virus in mice, showing promise as a universal flu vaccine, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

7 Jan 2020

Can FDA-approved flu shots be repurposed as treatments for cancer?

Changing the microenvironment of tumors to increase the immune system's response to them has been the goal of countless research and clinical studies including the most recent use of checkpoint inhibitory antibodies.

7 Jan 2020

Study: Children with public insurance are more likely to receive unnecessary medical care

Children with public insurance are slightly more likely to receive medical services that they don't need than those with private insurance, a new study finds.

7 Jan 2020

E-cigarette users have reported adverse health effects online for at least seven years

A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, used automated computer methods to mine a large online discussion forum for electronic cigarette users and found this group reported numerous adverse health effects for at least seven years.

6 Jan 2020

Study explores the effect of antipsychotics on older hospitalized patients

Delirium (sudden confusion or a rapid change in mental state) remains a serious challenge for our health care system.

6 Jan 2020

ART may not be completely effective in restoring immune protection, study suggests

A study led by researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Oregon Health & Science University, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that, despite successful antiretroviral therapy, antigen specific memory to vaccinations that occurred before HIV infection did not recover, even after immune reconstitution.

6 Jan 2020

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

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

Growing influenza vaccines inside chicken eggs can make them less effective, say some experts

New study characterizes how Twitter users discuss miscarriage, preterm birth

Airway Therapeutics receives funding to advance BPD treatment

NYU Langone Health announces launch of a multidisciplinary Vaccine Center

Novel nanoparticle vaccine provides long-lasting protection against influenza virus

Can FDA-approved flu shots be repurposed as treatments for cancer?

Study: Children with public insurance are more likely to receive unnecessary medical care

E-cigarette users have reported adverse health effects online for at least seven years

Study explores the effect of antipsychotics on older hospitalized patients

ART may not be completely effective in restoring immune protection, study suggests

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