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Public opinion is unified on lowering prescription drug prices. Why are leaders settling for less?

Democrats and Republicans are crystal clear in polls that they want government to be allowed to negotiate down high drug prices. Americans pay nearly three times as much for drugs as patients in dozens of other countries.

18 Nov 2021

Sensofar, the Leading-Edge Technology Group within the Surface Optical Metrology Field, Celebrates 20 Years of Business

2021 is a year of celebration for Sensofar, we have been in business for 20 years. Our beginning was enhanced by the passionate and entrepreneurial spirit of our founders, when they wanted to leverage their knowledge about the science of light, to create disruptive technologies that would demonstrate to the market the need for and benefits of optical metrology. Their passion for science became the core of the business.

From Sensofar Metrology 18 Nov 2021

COVID-19 in open schools and preschools in Norway

A new study describes the cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools and preschools in Norway to evaluate the strategy of keeping them open with control measures in place.

18 Nov 2021

Blood proteomic survey in undiagnosed population with COVID-19

In this study, scientists have profiled 276 circulating proteins that are associated with cardiovascular and metabolic functions.

18 Nov 2021

Novel chatbot could ask emergency department visitors about social needs

Americans visit hospital emergency departments nearly 130 million times per year. Although the focus of these visits is to address acute illness and injury, doctors are increasingly finding that social needs - such as food and housing insecurity - place many patients at higher risk of getting sick and requiring emergency care.

18 Nov 2021

Real-world effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines

A new study published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty aimed to systematically evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in the real world as well as establish a reliable evidence-based basis to determine the actual protective effect of the COVID-19 vaccines, especially considering the new waves of infection brought about by the variants.

18 Nov 2021

Evidence of significantly greater protection against COVID from BNT162b2 boosters

In a new study, researchers from several British institutes estimated the effectiveness of booster vaccination against symptomatic COVID-19 in adults aged 50 years and older.

18 Nov 2021

Toll-like receptor 2 - novel target for improved COVID-19 vaccines

In a new study, researchers from French and American institutes analyzed at a molecular level the interaction between SARS-CoV-2 E protein and human TLR2.

17 Nov 2021

Study shows neutralizing capacity of monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Canadian public health researchers recently published a study in the journal Antiviral Research wherein they described generating a panel of murine hybridomas recognizing SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or nucleoprotein, capable of neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, proving their therapeutic potential.

17 Nov 2021

Heart rates of older couples synchronize when they are close together

As couples grow old together, their interdependence heightens. Often, they become each other's primary source of physical and emotional support.

17 Nov 2021

The antiviral function of BET protein against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Considering the past shreds of evidence on BRD2 and BRD4 associated with viral infections, researchers have recently evaluated the function of all relevant BET proteins during COVID-19 infection.

17 Nov 2021

Advanced kidney disease associated with death for cerebral palsy patients, study reveals

Cerebral palsy and kidney disease can be deeply intertwined. In childhood, the effects of the neurodevelopmental condition – like decreased physical activity and urologic dysfunction – are risk factors for kidney disease.

17 Nov 2021

Vaccines and boosters remain strong against current SARS-CoV-2 variants

In a recent study published in the Lancet Microbe journal, Australian researchers studied whether in-vitro neutralization titers could predict vaccine protection from SARS-CoV-2 variants.

17 Nov 2021

Boston Children's receives NIH grant to co-lead HEALthy Brain and Child Development study

Boston Children's Hospital has been awarded two five-year grants by the National Institutes of Health to co-lead the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study, an ambitious, comprehensive national study of brain development from birth through early childhood.

17 Nov 2021

Exercise increases endocannabinoid levels which reduce chronic inflammation

Exercise increases the body's own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer and heart disease.

17 Nov 2021

New method to identify potential false-positive COVID-19 results

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed and tested a process to identify potential false-positive COVID-19 results.

17 Nov 2021

Inhaled prostacyclin improves oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients

The findings reveal that inhaled prostacyclin significantly improves oxygenation in ARDS patients who had COVID-19. The study is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.

17 Nov 2021

Stroke survivors more likely than cancer survivors to continue cigarette smoking

Stroke survivors were more likely to continue cigarette smoking than cancer survivors, raising the risk that they will have more health problems or die from a subsequent stroke or heart disease, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

17 Nov 2021

Death from heart attack or stroke may be the first CVD event in some smokers

Death from a heart attack or stroke may be the first cardiovascular disease (CVD) event in some people who smoke cigarettes and CVD is the leading adverse health effect among smokers, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

17 Nov 2021

AI and whole genome sequencing improve quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks

By coupling machine learning with whole genome sequencing, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University scientists greatly improved the quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks within a hospital setting over traditional methods for tracking outbreaks.

17 Nov 2021

Medical News

Public opinion is unified on lowering prescription drug prices. Why are leaders settling for less?

Sensofar, the Leading-Edge Technology Group within the Surface Optical Metrology Field, Celebrates 20 Years of Business

COVID-19 in open schools and preschools in Norway

Blood proteomic survey in undiagnosed population with COVID-19

Novel chatbot could ask emergency department visitors about social needs

Real-world effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines

Evidence of significantly greater protection against COVID from BNT162b2 boosters

Toll-like receptor 2 - novel target for improved COVID-19 vaccines

Study shows neutralizing capacity of monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Heart rates of older couples synchronize when they are close together

The antiviral function of BET protein against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Advanced kidney disease associated with death for cerebral palsy patients, study reveals

Vaccines and boosters remain strong against current SARS-CoV-2 variants

Boston Children's receives NIH grant to co-lead HEALthy Brain and Child Development study

Exercise increases endocannabinoid levels which reduce chronic inflammation

New method to identify potential false-positive COVID-19 results

Inhaled prostacyclin improves oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients

Stroke survivors more likely than cancer survivors to continue cigarette smoking

Death from heart attack or stroke may be the first CVD event in some smokers

AI and whole genome sequencing improve quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks

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