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Danish study shows 3rd booster dose reduces risk of long-COVID

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during the Omicron variant predominant period was associated with post-acute symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or ‘long COVID’, as well general health problems with new onset – four months after a COVID-19 positive test result.

17 Oct 2022

Study explores the effect of COVID-19 on platelet function

A new study posted in the pre-print server bioRxiv* aimed to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on platelet proteome and relate the functional responses of platelets and the formation of platelet-neutrophil aggregate in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

17 Oct 2022

Recent innovations in infectious disease diagnostics

A recent Clinical Biochemistry editorial reports the latest innovations in the field of infectious disease diagnostics.

17 Oct 2022

UTA engineer will use deep-learning tools to pinpoint types of Alzheimer's disease-related dementias

A University of Texas at Arlington computer science engineer will advance and integrate powerful deep-learning methods and tools to pinpoint types of Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD), which in turn could help the medical community better treat those diseases.

17 Oct 2022

Statewide restrictions during the pandemic not linked to worse mental health

Despite concerns that stay-at-home orders and other government efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic would cause lasting harm to people's mental health, research published by the American Psychological Association found that state restrictions in the first six months of the pandemic were not related to worse mental health.

17 Oct 2022

Scientists detect monkeypox virus in the testes of macaques during acute infection

For the first time, scientists have detected monkeypox virus in the testes of macaques during the acute phase of infection, according to research published online today in the journal Nature Microbiology.

17 Oct 2022

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected pregnant women in Mexico

Researchers assess COVID-19-related fatality rates among pregnant women in Mexico.

17 Oct 2022

High immune protein levels predict both heart failure and death

For years, cardiologists have zeroed in on a hormone called BNP as a gold standard to determine if patients with heart failure are at risk of severe illness or death. It's released by the heart in response to when the cardiac tissue stretches due to pressure.

17 Oct 2022

Illicit drugs associated with increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation

Methamphetamines, cocaine, opiates, and cannabis are associated with an increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation, according to an 11-year study in more than 23 million adults published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

17 Oct 2022

The prevalence of pneumococcal carriage in Serbia during COVID

Scientists explore the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage during the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults.

17 Oct 2022

Pregnant smokers reduce their smoking prior to pregnancy awareness, study finds

Pregnant smokers reduced their smoking by an average of one cigarette per day before becoming aware they were pregnant, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study of more than 400 pregnant people.

17 Oct 2022

Medically tailored meals could result in net cost savings of $13.6 billion each year

Adopting more programs that make and deliver medically tailored meals to people with serious, diet-sensitive diseases could result not only in improved health outcomes in the form of fewer hospitalizations nationally, but in a net cost savings of approximately $13.6 billion each year, according to new research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

17 Oct 2022

Danish researchers take an important step in finding a cure for HIV

For around 40 years, scientists all over the world have been unsuccessfully trying to find a cure for HIV, but now a team of researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital have apparently found an important element in the equation.

17 Oct 2022

Deep learning software helps to identify miniscule bacteria in microscopy images

Omnipose, a deep learning software, is helping to solve the challenge of identifying varied and miniscule bacteria in microscopy images.

17 Oct 2022

Study links chemical composition of fine particulate air pollution to worse lung disease outcomes

People with a disease characterized by lung scarring that has no obvious cause are more likely to die if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution composed of chemicals associated with industrial sources and vehicular traffic, according to new research led by University of Pittsburgh scientists.

17 Oct 2022

Timely treatment of depression could reduce the risk of dementia

Depression has long been associated with an increased risk of dementia, and now a new study provides evidence that timely treatment of depression could lower the risk of dementia in specific groups of patients.

17 Oct 2022

COVID-19 caused a prolonged shock to life expectancy levels, research says

COVID-19 has caused a protracted shock to life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last 70 years, according to research today in Nature Human Behaviour from Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

17 Oct 2022

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Danish study shows 3rd booster dose reduces risk of long-COVID

Study explores the effect of COVID-19 on platelet function

Recent innovations in infectious disease diagnostics

UTA engineer will use deep-learning tools to pinpoint types of Alzheimer's disease-related dementias

Statewide restrictions during the pandemic not linked to worse mental health

Scientists detect monkeypox virus in the testes of macaques during acute infection

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected pregnant women in Mexico

High immune protein levels predict both heart failure and death

Illicit drugs associated with increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation

The prevalence of pneumococcal carriage in Serbia during COVID

Pregnant smokers reduce their smoking prior to pregnancy awareness, study finds

Medically tailored meals could result in net cost savings of $13.6 billion each year

Danish researchers take an important step in finding a cure for HIV

Deep learning software helps to identify miniscule bacteria in microscopy images

Study links chemical composition of fine particulate air pollution to worse lung disease outcomes

Timely treatment of depression could reduce the risk of dementia

COVID-19 caused a prolonged shock to life expectancy levels, research says

Researchers explore the development of mRNA vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus

Higher glyphosate levels in pregnant women associated with lower birth weight in babies

BU researcher awarded $4.6 million U2C grant to develop innovative lung cancer biomarkers

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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