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Probenecid shows activity against respiratory syncytial virus

A new study describes the antiviral activity of the approved drug probenecid against respiratory syncytial virus.

29 Apr 2022

Studies identify two groups of first-year residents who may be at risk of developing mental health issues

The first year of medical training after medical school brings intense stress, long work hours, irregular sleep schedules, and a risk of new or worsened symptoms of depression.

29 Apr 2022

Safety and immunogenicity of three-dose vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine

A recent article published in the Med journal reported that the SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccinations enhance the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineage neutralizations.

29 Apr 2022

Dapagliflozin did not reduce risks in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

In a recent randomized clinical trial of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and cardio-metabolic risk factors, the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor dapagliflozin did not significantly reduce patients' risk of organ failure, kidney problems, or death compared with placebo, although numerically fewer participants treated with dapagliflozin experienced these outcomes. The findings are published in CJASN.

29 Apr 2022

Lower COVID-19 mortality among physically active individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Researchers enlisted the benefits of physical activity and being outdoors in reducing the incidence, prevalence, and severity of COVID-19 among low-income populations.

29 Apr 2022

Improving Medical Communication through Social Media

News-Medical interviews Dr. Benjamin Schmidt about using social media to highlight different perspectives in the medical community and improve communication between patients and doctors.

29 Apr 2022

Immune fitness plays a vital role in pandemic preparedness

Most of the attempts to curtail the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) focused on the development of vaccines and the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as lockdowns and social distancing restrictions to limit the transmission of the disease.

28 Apr 2022

Study shows polysaccharides of seaweed and abalone inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

A new study published in Marine Drugs evaluated the inhibitory effect of three polysaccharides, crude polysaccharide from Hizikia fusiforme (CPHF), crude polysaccharide from Sargassum horneri (CPSH), and crude polysaccharide from abalone viscera (CPAV) on the propagation of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro.

28 Apr 2022

Study offers critical clues into longstanding mystery of deep sleep

Healthy sleep is a basic physiologic need. In its absence, a myriad of processes in the body can go terribly awry. Chronic sleep problems have been linked to mental health disorders, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity, among other conditions.

28 Apr 2022

Researchers develop novel technique to identify relationships among medical concepts

A team of researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a novel, machine learning–based technique to explore and identify relationships among medical concepts using electronic health record data across multiple healthcare providers.

28 Apr 2022

Scientists identify the neural basis of pleasant touch sensation

Studying mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a neural circuit and a neuropeptide - a chemical messenger that carries signals between nerve cells - that transmit the sensation known as pleasant touch from the skin to the brain.

28 Apr 2022

Lipofilling produces lasting improvements for patients with painful finger osteoarthritis

For patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling – in which fat obtained from another part of the body is transferred into the arthritic joints – produces lasting improvements in hand function and especially pain, suggests a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

28 Apr 2022

NIH awards $10.9 million COBRE grant to support Nemours Children's 'well beyond medicine' strategy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a Phase 1, 5-year $10.9 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) award, entitled Research Expanding Access to Child Health (REACH) Center to Anne Kazak, PhD, Enterprise Director, and Melissa Alderfer, PhD, Director of the Center for Healthcare and Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children's Health.

28 Apr 2022

CDC report shows the prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy among delivery hospitalizations

The prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) among delivery hospitalizations increased from about 13% in 2017 to 16% in 2019, affecting at least 1 in 7 delivery hospitalizations during this period, according to a CDC report.

28 Apr 2022

Novel method could bring life-saving benefits of CAR T-cell therapy to patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have developed a novel treatment strategy that has the potential to bring the life-saving benefits of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T) to patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) the most common form of leukemia in adults.

28 Apr 2022

Study finds significant decline in attending adult health care appointments among pediatric transplant patients

Young adults who received organ transplants as children may not be regularly attending their doctor appointments after leaving their pediatric providers.

28 Apr 2022

Black and Hispanic people get the same benefits from CAR-T therapy as white patients

CAR-T therapy, a form of immunotherapy that revs up T-cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells, has revolutionized the treatment of blood cancers, including certain leukemias, lymphomas, and most recently, multiple myeloma.

28 Apr 2022

The added value of adequate immune fitness to the existing approaches to pandemic preparedness

Researchers described two studies, the CLOFIT retrospective study and the COTEST real-time study, that investigated if maintaining adequate immune fitness could significantly add to the current strategies of preparedness for COVID-19 and other pandemics.

28 Apr 2022

Protocols and practices that support breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers reviewed the ways to develop breastfeeding practices in the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

28 Apr 2022

Synthetic data accurately replicates the results of analyses from real COVID-19 patient data

Research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has demonstrated that analyzing synthetic data generated from real COVID-19 patients accurately replicates the results of the same analyses conducted on the real patient data.

27 Apr 2022

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Probenecid shows activity against respiratory syncytial virus

Studies identify two groups of first-year residents who may be at risk of developing mental health issues

Safety and immunogenicity of three-dose vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine

Dapagliflozin did not reduce risks in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Lower COVID-19 mortality among physically active individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Improving Medical Communication through Social Media

Immune fitness plays a vital role in pandemic preparedness

Study shows polysaccharides of seaweed and abalone inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

Study offers critical clues into longstanding mystery of deep sleep

Researchers develop novel technique to identify relationships among medical concepts

Scientists identify the neural basis of pleasant touch sensation

Lipofilling produces lasting improvements for patients with painful finger osteoarthritis

NIH awards $10.9 million COBRE grant to support Nemours Children's 'well beyond medicine' strategy

CDC report shows the prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy among delivery hospitalizations

Novel method could bring life-saving benefits of CAR T-cell therapy to patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Study finds significant decline in attending adult health care appointments among pediatric transplant patients

Black and Hispanic people get the same benefits from CAR-T therapy as white patients

The added value of adequate immune fitness to the existing approaches to pandemic preparedness

Protocols and practices that support breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic

Synthetic data accurately replicates the results of analyses from real COVID-19 patient data

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