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Gut enzymes open a gateway to create universal blood-type donor organs

A study published in Science Translational Medicine performed at the Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories and UHN's Ajmera Transplant Centre has proved that it is possible to convert blood type safely in donor organs intended for transplantation.

16 Feb 2022

Study analyzes trends in overdose deaths from use of non-benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids

With an alarming rise in the number of prescriptions filled for non-benzo sleeping/z-drugs and anti-epilepsy gabapentinoids over the last two decades, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health aimed to fill in the gap in knowledge in the proportion of overdose deaths involving those medications and learn more about their co-usage with other substances across U.S. demographics categories.

16 Feb 2022

Parents in disadvantaged communities talk to their kids more about COVID-19 related risks, study finds

A new study from Children's Hospital Los Angeles reports good news about socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and their response to the pandemic.

16 Feb 2022

Study finds survival advantage for veterans transported by ambulance to VA hospitals

The Veterans Health Administration, operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is the largest health care system in the United States, with 171 hospitals and more than 1,000 clinics that provide care for more than 9 million military veterans and their families.

16 Feb 2022

UC joins nationwide trial to evaluate efficacy of repurposed drugs for mild-to-moderate COVID-19

The University of Cincinnati is joining a nationwide study to evaluate repurposed medications in the search for effective, safe treatments for mild-to-moderate COVID-19. Repurposed medications are those already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for other indications.

16 Feb 2022

Nurses' mental health problems could contribute to decreased quality of care, COVID-19 study shows

Stories of stress and burnout among healthcare workers, particularly nurses, continue to make news during the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 Feb 2022

Pediatric study links neighborhood-level factors to timely surgical care access

A new study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that children from less resourced neighborhoods were at increased odds of presenting with complicated appendicitis, an indicator of delayed access to surgical care.

16 Feb 2022

SARS-CoV-2 variants are evolving increased infectivity and antibody escape, studies say

First announced by the World Health Organization on Nov. 26, 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant spread rapidly around the world, becoming the dominant variant in the U.S. and elsewhere.

16 Feb 2022

Heart attack survivors may have a lower risk of Parkinson's disease

People who have had a heart attack may be slightly less likely than people in the general population to develop Parkinson's disease later in life, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

16 Feb 2022

Study shows the true prevalence of statin intolerance worldwide is between 6 to 10%

As many as one in two patients stop taking statins, reduce the dose or take them irregularly because they believe the cholesterol-lowering drugs cause muscle pain and other side-effects.

16 Feb 2022

Study finds higher mortality rates among African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19

African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19 experience much higher mortality rates than Europeans or North Americans of the same age, according to a recently published study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN).

16 Feb 2022

Antibodies become more powerful for at least six months after COVID-19 vaccination

For at least six months after COVID-19 vaccination, antibodies produced by immune cells become steadily more formidable and more precisely targeted against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study of the antibody response to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

16 Feb 2022

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Gut enzymes open a gateway to create universal blood-type donor organs

Study analyzes trends in overdose deaths from use of non-benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids

Parents in disadvantaged communities talk to their kids more about COVID-19 related risks, study finds

Study finds survival advantage for veterans transported by ambulance to VA hospitals

UC joins nationwide trial to evaluate efficacy of repurposed drugs for mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Nurses' mental health problems could contribute to decreased quality of care, COVID-19 study shows

Pediatric study links neighborhood-level factors to timely surgical care access

SARS-CoV-2 variants are evolving increased infectivity and antibody escape, studies say

Heart attack survivors may have a lower risk of Parkinson's disease

Study shows the true prevalence of statin intolerance worldwide is between 6 to 10%

Study finds higher mortality rates among African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19

Antibodies become more powerful for at least six months after COVID-19 vaccination

Pioneering treatment for stroke due to intracerebral hemorrhage

Study reveals high prevalence of female pattern hair loss in postmenopausal women

Intergenerational violence exposure affects the age of menopause

New cholera vaccine generates long-lasting antibody responses in mice

Study suggests tea polyphenols may modulate COVID-19 via intestinal microbiota

Respiratory virus particles likely travel greater distance than previously thought

Children with severe COVID-19 show low mucosal neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2

Study confirms that pets can harbor SARS-CoV-2 infection

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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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