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Impaired SARS-CoV-2 neutralization after booster vaccination in the elderly

A recent study investigates poorer vaccine responses observed in the elderly following receipt of a COVID-19 booster vaccination dose.

19 Oct 2022

Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment

A recent study explores the activity of glycyrrhizin against SARS-CoV-2.

19 Oct 2022

SARS-CoV-2 transmission from infected owner to pet rats

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron transmission from a symptomatically infected individual to two domestic rats.

19 Oct 2022

Weight change in the early stages of Parkinson's disease may be linked with changes in thinking skills

People who gain or lose weight soon after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to have changes in their thinking skills than people who maintain their weight, according to a study published in the October 19, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

19 Oct 2022

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have learned that the way the brain processes the complex emotion of regret may be linked to an individual's ability to cope with stress, and altered in psychiatric disorders like depression.

19 Oct 2022

PC-CARE offers notable benefits to children and caregivers in seven weeks, study shows

Only about 25 percent of children with challenging behaviors receive mental health treatment, and dropout rates are high for those who do.

19 Oct 2022

IU researchers build virtual environment to help people recover from substance use disorders

Indiana University researchers are combining psychological principles with innovative virtual reality technology to create a new immersive therapy for people with substance use disorders.

19 Oct 2022

Immune-suppressing drug reverses symptoms of delirium in mice

Investigators from the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai have shown that an immune-suppressing drug similar to one used to treat severe COVID-19 reversed symptoms of delirium in mice whose lungs were injured during mechanical breathing assistance.

19 Oct 2022

Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work

About 60% of healthcare workers participating in an optional rapid antigen testing program at UCLA tested positive at day five, and about 50% were positive at day seven after initially testing positive for COVID-19 with a PCR test.

19 Oct 2022

Study provides unique picture of blood sugar dynamics and autoimmunity in early childhood

When and why does type 1 diabetes manifest in children? For the first time, researchers conducted a long-term study on infants and young children with increased genetic risk of type 1 diabetes.

19 Oct 2022

Adult incontinence products are a far bigger waste problem than baby nappies, study finds

Joint research has found adult incontinence products are a far bigger waste problem than baby nappies, and with an aging population, the situation will get worse in the next decade.

19 Oct 2022

Study develops a strategy to noninvasively track tumor-associated macrophages

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has developed a strategy to noninvasively track immune cells known as macrophages within brain and breast tumors in living mice.

19 Oct 2022

Mass General Brigham sites announce participation in phase 3 trial of monkeypox treatment

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the founding members of Mass General Brigham, today announced their participation in STOMP (Study of Tecovirimat for Human Monkeypox Virus), a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of tecovirimat (TPOXX) for the treatment of human monkeypox.

19 Oct 2022

Salk's three collaborative projects win 2022 Curebound Discovery Grant

The Salk Institute's American Cancer Society Professor Tony Hunter, Professor Reuben Shaw, and Assistant Professor Graham McVicker are among 12 inaugural 2022 Discovery Grant winners.

19 Oct 2022

ACR TI-RADS, deep learning algorithm offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules

According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), ACR TI-RADS and a deep learning algorithm trained on adult populations offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules in children and younger adults, including guiding decisions to perform fine-needle aspiration.

19 Oct 2022

Trigger finger most often affects patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population.

19 Oct 2022

Study reveals racial disparities in access to advanced therapies for heart failure

Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers received potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and heart pumps, about half as often as white adults, possibly due to racial bias, a small National Institutes of Health-supported study has found.

19 Oct 2022

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Impaired SARS-CoV-2 neutralization after booster vaccination in the elderly

Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment

SARS-CoV-2 transmission from infected owner to pet rats

Weight change in the early stages of Parkinson's disease may be linked with changes in thinking skills

Study shows how brain's sensitivity to regret may be altered in mood disorders

PC-CARE offers notable benefits to children and caregivers in seven weeks, study shows

IU researchers build virtual environment to help people recover from substance use disorders

Immune-suppressing drug reverses symptoms of delirium in mice

Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work

Study provides unique picture of blood sugar dynamics and autoimmunity in early childhood

Adult incontinence products are a far bigger waste problem than baby nappies, study finds

Study develops a strategy to noninvasively track tumor-associated macrophages

Mass General Brigham sites announce participation in phase 3 trial of monkeypox treatment

Salk's three collaborative projects win 2022 Curebound Discovery Grant

ACR TI-RADS, deep learning algorithm offer alternative strategies for evaluating thyroid nodules

Trigger finger most often affects patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Study reveals racial disparities in access to advanced therapies for heart failure

Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in children

Researchers explore how stress may increase appetite in obese and lean adults

Scientists develop amplicon-based sequencing method for genomic surveillance of human monkeypox virus

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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