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NYU Long Island School of Medicine celebrates first graduating class of primary care physicians

NYU Long Island School of Medicine today celebrates its first graduating class of physicians, marking three years since the medical school opened its doors, launching the nation's first accelerated MD program devoted exclusively to training primary care physicians.

17 May 2022

Compound found in Datura shows promise as antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from Naval Medical University have been investigating anisodamine, used in traditional Chinese medicine, to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in cellular models. The study is published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

17 May 2022

Poll: Most people over 50 feel their health is the same or better than before 2020

Despite the pandemic's terrible toll on older adults, a new national poll shows that most people over 50 still say their health is as good as it was before March 2020, or even better.

17 May 2022

Scientists use machine learning models to help discern characteristics of people with long-COVID

Clinical scientists used machine learning (ML) models to explore de-identified electronic health record (EHR) data in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), a National Institutes of Health-funded national clinical database, to help discern characteristics of people with long-COVID and factors that may help identify such patients using data from medical records.

17 May 2022

Polypharmacy can lead to harmful drug interactions, especially among cancer patients

Here's a scenario so common that it applies to nearly 92 percent of older adults with cancer: An individual comes in for treatment and reports taking several medications that might include a drug for high blood pressure or heart disease, an antidepressant, or something for diabetes.

17 May 2022

Community-focused model improves equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination

New research from Boston Medical Center (BMC) shows how intentionality and partnership between community leaders and medical health centers can improve COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Black and Latino communities.

17 May 2022

Camelid IFNs could play important role in combating emerging zoonotic pathogens

In a recent study published in the Developmental & Comparative Immunology journal, the discovery of a novel form of mammalian interferon-Beta (IFN-β) with four cysteine residues from the dromedary camel and the five remaining members of the mammalian suborder Tylopoda is described.

17 May 2022

3rd dose of COVID mRNA vaccine expands memory and capacity of immune system to combat Omicron

Researchers from the United States have now found that the immune recall induced by a two-dose primary series of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination after an initial natural infection highly improves the longevity of the antibodies as well as induces an enhanced breadth of protection across the SARS-CoV-2 variants.

17 May 2022

Time-restricted eating may reduce cardiovascular risk among older breast cancer survivors

Older breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food intake to eight hours during the weekday, followed by 16 hours of fasting, lowered their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after a few weeks, according to a new research letter publishing today in JACC: CardioOncology.

17 May 2022

Researchers discover how Type I interferon stops the immune system 'going rogue' during viral infections

McMaster University researchers have found not only how some viral infections cause severe tissue damage, but also how to reduce that damage.

17 May 2022

Study: Different types of brain damage may lead to similar concussion symptoms in children

Different types of brain damage caused by a concussion may lead to similar symptoms in children, according to research led by McGill University. A new way of studying concussions could help develop future treatments.

17 May 2022

COVID-19 has exacerbated adolescent mental health crises and suicidality

The past decade has seen a worrisome increase in mental health crises among adolescents. A new study led by Patricia Ibeziako, MD, associate chief of clinical services in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at Boston Children's Hospital, shows that the situation worsened with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

17 May 2022

Experimental drug more effective than existing FDA-approved medications for ALS

New research on the experimental drug, NU-9, invented and developed by two Northwestern University scientists to treat ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), shows it is more effective than existing FDA-approved drugs for the disease.

17 May 2022

Multi-country study provides a clear treatment option for IgA nephropathy

The largest ever randomized controlled trial in IgA nephropathy has found that treatment with methylprednisolone - a cheap, widely used corticosteroid drug - halves the risk of losing kidney function and kidney failure, and that this can be effectively achieved with fewer side effects if a reduced dose is used.

17 May 2022

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NYU Long Island School of Medicine celebrates first graduating class of primary care physicians

Compound found in Datura shows promise as antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2

Poll: Most people over 50 feel their health is the same or better than before 2020

Scientists use machine learning models to help discern characteristics of people with long-COVID

Polypharmacy can lead to harmful drug interactions, especially among cancer patients

Community-focused model improves equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination

Camelid IFNs could play important role in combating emerging zoonotic pathogens

3rd dose of COVID mRNA vaccine expands memory and capacity of immune system to combat Omicron

Time-restricted eating may reduce cardiovascular risk among older breast cancer survivors

Researchers discover how Type I interferon stops the immune system 'going rogue' during viral infections

Study: Different types of brain damage may lead to similar concussion symptoms in children

COVID-19 has exacerbated adolescent mental health crises and suicidality

Experimental drug more effective than existing FDA-approved medications for ALS

Multi-country study provides a clear treatment option for IgA nephropathy

Dense breasts and benign breast disease associated with elevated risk of breast cancer

Health and Social Care Secretary announces a new 10-Year Plan to tackle dementia

Scientists explore triggers associated with transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Study investigates COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy

Less invasive procedure for common heart condition just as effective as conventional open-heart surgery

Study: Daily intake of Urolithin A improves muscle strength by 12% after four months

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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