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Healthy lifestyle may reduce the risk of dementia and extend life expectancy

A US study published by The BMJ today suggests that a healthy lifestyle is associated with a longer life expectancy among both men and women, and they lived a larger proportion of their remaining years without Alzheimer's disease.

14 Apr 2022

CDC report shows a continual surge in sexually transmitted diseases in US in 2020

The CDC reported a rise in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States (US) during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 Apr 2022

Maternal exercise during pregnancy improves metabolic health of offspring, shows study

A new study has demonstrated that maternal exercise during pregnancy improves the metabolic health of offspring, even when the mother is obese or on a high-fat diet.

14 Apr 2022

Persistent problem: High C-section rates plague the South

All along, Julia Maeda knew she wanted to have her baby naturally. For her, that meant in a hospital, vaginally, without an epidural for pain relief.

14 Apr 2022

How a former Catholic priest is navigating a California Medicaid plan through big changes

For Michael Hunn, the path from priesthood to health care was seamless.

14 Apr 2022

A year in, Montana’s rolled-back public health powers leave some areas in limbo

A year after a new Montana law stripped local health boards of their rulemaking authority, confusion and power struggles are creating a patchwork oversight system that may change how public health is administered long after the pandemic is over.

14 Apr 2022

A travel nurse leaves fears of hospital drug tampering across three states

Health officials in at least three states are investigating a travel nurse suspected of tampering with and potentially contaminating vials and syringes of opioid painkillers in two hospitals, then returning the vials to medication cabinets where they could be unknowingly given to patients.

14 Apr 2022

Orally delivered temperature-stable tablet vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections

Researchers assessed the protective efficacy of the temperature-stable orally delivered vaccines against respiratory viral pathogens.

14 Apr 2022

Exercise maintains insulin and body mass index levels to help protect brain volume

Studies have shown that exercise helps protect brain cells. A new study looking at the mechanisms involved in this relationship suggests that the role exercise plays in maintaining insulin and body mass index levels may help protect brain volume and thus help stave off dementia.

14 Apr 2022

About one in four adults has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease

It is estimated that about one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association's peer-reviewed journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.

14 Apr 2022

Exploring strategies for successful delivery of messenger RNA therapeutics

Researchers reviewed the material properties and administration routes that could successfully deliver a messenger ribonucleic acid therapeutic agent to its targeted site.

14 Apr 2022

Study explores role of APOBEC-mediated RNA editing in SARS-CoV-2 fitness

A new study investigated whether APOBEC proteins can directly edit the RNA sequence of SARS-CoV-2 to generate C-to-U mutations.

14 Apr 2022

Single-dose vaccine delivers protection against cervical cancer-causing HPV comparable to 2 or 3-dose regimes

A recent report suggested that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination confers equivalent immunity to a two-dose schedule against cervical cancers caused by HPV.

14 Apr 2022

The preclinical potential of S. miltiorrhiza extracts for the treatment of COVID-19

In a recent study, researchers assessed the anti-COVID-19 efficacy of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge.

14 Apr 2022

Study finds dexamethasone and remdesivir treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced neurological complications

Researchers investigated the potential of therapeutic drugs, remdesivir and dexamethasone, when used alone or in combination on neurological complications that arise in COVID-19 affected individuals.

14 Apr 2022

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Healthy lifestyle may reduce the risk of dementia and extend life expectancy

CDC report shows a continual surge in sexually transmitted diseases in US in 2020

Maternal exercise during pregnancy improves metabolic health of offspring, shows study

Persistent problem: High C-section rates plague the South

How a former Catholic priest is navigating a California Medicaid plan through big changes

A year in, Montana’s rolled-back public health powers leave some areas in limbo

A travel nurse leaves fears of hospital drug tampering across three states

Orally delivered temperature-stable tablet vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections

Exercise maintains insulin and body mass index levels to help protect brain volume

About one in four adults has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease

Exploring strategies for successful delivery of messenger RNA therapeutics

Study explores role of APOBEC-mediated RNA editing in SARS-CoV-2 fitness

Single-dose vaccine delivers protection against cervical cancer-causing HPV comparable to 2 or 3-dose regimes

The preclinical potential of S. miltiorrhiza extracts for the treatment of COVID-19

Study finds dexamethasone and remdesivir treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced neurological complications

Study reveals natural infection of pangolins with human RSV

COVID-19 may affect a group of biochemical reactions called one-carbon metabolism

Dietary influences on long COVID in children

Quantum computing to predict RNA secondary structures

Structural differences between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

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