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Study combines two forecasting methods with machine learning to estimate flu activity

Influenza is highly contagious and easily spreads as people move about and travel, making tracking and forecasting flu activity a challenge. While the CDC continuously monitors patient visits for flu-like illness in the U.S., this information can lag up to two weeks behind real time.

11 Jan 2019

Misused veterinary prescriptions could contribute to the ongoing opioid epidemic

The increase in opioid prescriptions for people over the past decade may have been paralleled by an increase in opioid prescriptions for pets, according to a study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Veterinary Medicine.

11 Jan 2019

Study raises hopes for new approaches to treat osteoporosis

A handful of brain cells deep in the brain may play a surprising role in controlling women's bone density, according to new research by UC San Francisco and UCLA scientists.

11 Jan 2019

Pharmacists could significantly reduce ED crowdedness

Incorporating pharmacists with an expanded scope into the community or hospital emergency departments (ED) could significantly reduce ED crowdedness, according to a new study.

10 Jan 2019

Neuropeptide Y may hold key to exacerbating severe influenza

Severe influenza virus infection is characterized by a strong inflammatory response and profuse viral replication in lungs. These viruses, such as the notorious avian flu, have a high rate of death and to date there are no effective treatments.

10 Jan 2019

Bacteria on the International Space Station are adapting to survive, not to harm

Mutant bacteria stranded in space by visiting astronauts have been adapting to survive in their new environment, according to a new study.

10 Jan 2019

New bacteria discovered in the blood of human patients

Two new species of bacteria have been found in the blood of patients in China.

10 Jan 2019

PAXMAN to showcase latest scalp cooling system at Arab Heath 2019

British scalp cooling expert, PAXMAN will showcase the latest model of the PAXMAN Scalp Cooling System at Arab Health 2019.

From Paxman 10 Jan 2019

Specific respiratory microbiome may be linked to influenza susceptibility, finds study

Specific respiratory microbiome communities may be linked to influenza susceptibility, according to a study published January 9, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Betsy Foxman from the University of Michigan, USA, and colleagues

10 Jan 2019

Schizophrenia patients have higher levels of antibodies against Epstein-Barr virus, study shows

New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Sheppard Pratt Health System shows that people in the study with schizophrenia also have higher levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis, so-called mono.

9 Jan 2019

Certain psychiatric drugs may increase risk of pneumonia

A review of published studies indicates that use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine related drug, which are prescribed to treat various psychiatric diseases, may increase the risk of pneumonia.

9 Jan 2019

Study finds reason for increased public resistance against vaccination

Why is it so challenging to increase the number of people who get vaccinated? How does popular resistance to vaccination remain strong even as preventable diseases make a comeback?

9 Jan 2019

New study uncovers potential risks posed to infants by mothers with influenza

Pregnant women with influenza are more likely to experience complications, but how this affects infants is unclear. A new Birth Defects Research study uncovers the potential risks to infants.

9 Jan 2019

Study shows safety of flu vaccination for hospitalized patients

Hospitalized patients who received the flu vaccine had no increased risk of outpatient visits or hospital readmission within seven days of discharge, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

8 Jan 2019

Study confirms increased pneumonia risk with prescription opioids

A study led by researchers at Yale University has shown that taking prescribed opioids increases the risk of pneumonia, irrespective of HIV status.

7 Jan 2019

High-tech planters for growing food in space

Fresh food is so attractive to astronauts that they toasted with salad when they were able to cultivate a few lettuce heads on the International Space Station three years ago.

5 Jan 2019

Medicaid patients in Puerto Rico don’t get coverage for drugs to cure hepatitis C

Drugs that can cure hepatitis C revolutionized care for millions of Americans living with the deadly liver infection. The drugs came with a steep price tag — one that prompted state Medicaid programs to initially limit access to the medications to only the sickest patients.

4 Jan 2019

MUSC researchers uncover a new cause for laryngeal symptoms

While a sudden coughing fit is a protective reflex to clear the airway, chronic cough can be caused by multiple factors that must be investigated to determine treatment. Cough is just one of several laryngeal symptoms including hoarseness and dysphoric breathing that can become debilitating.

4 Jan 2019

New technique using microneedles may mean rapid diagnoses of major illnesses

When people are in the early stages of an undiagnosed disease, immediate tests that lead to treatment are the best first steps. But a blood draw -- usually performed by a medical professional armed with an uncomfortably large needle -- might not be quickest, least painful or most effective method, according to new research.

3 Jan 2019

Researchers review applications, properties, and pharmacological potentials of rose hip

The genus Rosa from family Rosaceae is one of the most widespread species from the family. One species, rose hip, is known as a good source of different types of micronutrients and phytochemicals such as phenolic acids, tannins, and flavonoids. It is known as a traditional treatment in folk medicine.

28 Dec 2018

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Study combines two forecasting methods with machine learning to estimate flu activity

Misused veterinary prescriptions could contribute to the ongoing opioid epidemic

Study raises hopes for new approaches to treat osteoporosis

Pharmacists could significantly reduce ED crowdedness

Neuropeptide Y may hold key to exacerbating severe influenza

Bacteria on the International Space Station are adapting to survive, not to harm

New bacteria discovered in the blood of human patients

PAXMAN to showcase latest scalp cooling system at Arab Heath 2019

Specific respiratory microbiome may be linked to influenza susceptibility, finds study

Schizophrenia patients have higher levels of antibodies against Epstein-Barr virus, study shows

Certain psychiatric drugs may increase risk of pneumonia

Study finds reason for increased public resistance against vaccination

New study uncovers potential risks posed to infants by mothers with influenza

Study shows safety of flu vaccination for hospitalized patients

Study confirms increased pneumonia risk with prescription opioids

High-tech planters for growing food in space

Medicaid patients in Puerto Rico don’t get coverage for drugs to cure hepatitis C

MUSC researchers uncover a new cause for laryngeal symptoms

New technique using microneedles may mean rapid diagnoses of major illnesses

Researchers review applications, properties, and pharmacological potentials of rose hip

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