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Substance use disorders not associated with COVID-19-related mortality

New research from Boston Medical Center found that substance use disorders do not increase the likelihood of dying from COVID-19.

24 Mar 2023

Smart bandage may make treatment of chronic wounds easier, more effective

Most of the time, when someone gets a cut, scrape, burn, or other wound, the body takes care of itself and heals on its own.

24 Mar 2023

Researchers secure $7.5 mllion from NIH HEAL initiative to tackle opioid and pain public health crises

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $7.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative.

24 Mar 2023

UW researchers identify a target that may make bone marrow transplants safer and more effective

A bone marrow transplant can be a lifesaving treatment for people with relapsed blood cancers, but a potentially lethal complication known as graft-versus-host disease put limitations on this procedure.

24 Mar 2023

Researchers discover a new switching point that regulates hemostasis and thrombosis

The glycoprotein V of the blood platelets is an important switch point for hemostasis and thrombus formation. This new finding could have great clinical potential.

24 Mar 2023

Blacks and low-income Americans may reap the most benefits from stronger rules for air pollution

Stronger regulations lowering levels of fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) would benefit the health of all Americans, but Black Americans and low-income Americans would likely reap the most benefits, including a lower risk of premature death, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

24 Mar 2023

Obamacare at 13: Biden and a KHN reporter remember

I was back in the crowded East Room of the White House on Thursday, as I was 13 years ago, this time standing under a portrait of first first lady Martha Washington, when President Joe Biden entered for a lunchtime event focused on the Affordable Care Act.

24 Mar 2023

Digital disparities could widen the gap in access to health care

Many parts of rural America with less access to health care also have limited broadband internet that could help them take advantage of increasingly popular online health services.

24 Mar 2023

Reducing sugar content and package size of sodas may help reduce collective sugar intake

Putting less sugar in sodas and reducing the package size of sodas sold in supermarkets may help reduce our collective sugar intake and thus lower the associated health risks.

24 Mar 2023

Research advances understanding of how neural wiring diagrams control hunger

Many people who have dieted are familiar with the yo-yo effect: after the diet, the kilos are quickly put back on.

24 Mar 2023

Circadian rhythms govern cancer progression and metastasis

Your circadian rhythm doesn't just govern your sleeping schedule; it can also impact cancer development, diagnosis, and treatment.

24 Mar 2023

Nasally administered molecule effective in preventing all SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers have developed a molecule that is, when administered nasally, extremely effective in preventing the disease caused by all known variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

24 Mar 2023

Blind people superior at sensing their heartbeats than sighted individuals

Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted, shows a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

24 Mar 2023

New machine learning model helps improve triage quality and ambulance utilization

A machine learning model has been proven effective as a decision-support tool for dispatchers of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), resulting in improved triage quality and ambulance utilization, according to a study done in Singapore.

24 Mar 2023

mNGS outperforms microbiological tests to diagnose bloodstream infections – BGI Insight

Next-generation sequencing (mNGS) leverages genetic testing advantage to save more lives; twice as effective at identifying infection cases.

From BGI Genomics 24 Mar 2023

J+D release FC365 Lite

This variant of the industry’s most innovative cloud-based forecasting app, FC365, will deliver enhanced forecast model creation with powerful visualisation and detailed reports.

From J+D Forecasting 24 Mar 2023

Health providers scramble to keep remaining staff amid Medicaid rate debate

Andrew Johnson lets his clients choose what music to play in the car. As an employee of Family Outreach in Helena, Montana — an organization that assists developmentally disabled people — part of his workday involves driving around, picking up clients, and taking them to work or to run errands.

24 Mar 2023

Candida auris escapes innate immunity through metabolic reprogramming

A team of scientists from Australia and Israel demonstrates that Candida auris, a fungus associated with life-threatening and drug-resistant infections, escapes the host's innate immune response by destroying macrophages through metabolic reprogramming. The fungus is also capable of escaping antimicrobial inflammatory response.

23 Mar 2023

Antifungal tolerance in Candida auris contributes to treatment failure

A recent study published in the journal Biomedicines aimed to determine the antifungal tolerance of Candida auris (C. auris) to all three classes of antifungal drugs commonly used to treat invasive candidiasis.

23 Mar 2023

High-resolution mass spectrometric rapid identification of Candida auris

A recent study published in the Journal of Fungi used a novel OrbitrapTM high-resolution mass spectrometric technology coupled with liquid chromatography to identify geographically different clades of Candida auris (C. auris) isolates. This proof-of-concept methodology could accurately detect C. auris in the microbiology laboratory.

23 Mar 2023