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Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

A new study has addressed these gaps in knowledge regarding the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among essential workers.

26 Oct 2021

Analysis: A procedure that cost $1,775 in New York was $350 in Maryland. Here’s why.

For the past 18 months, while I was undergoing intensive physical therapy and many neurological tests after a complicated head injury, my friends would point to a silver lining: "Now you'll be able to write about your own bills." After all, I'd spent the past decade as a journalist covering the often-bankrupting cost of U.S. medical care.

26 Oct 2021

Understaffed state psychiatric facilities leave mental health patients in limbo

Many patients dealing with mental health crises are having to wait several days in an ER until a bed becomes available at one of Georgia's five state psychiatric hospitals, as public facilities nationwide feel the pinch of the pandemic.

26 Oct 2021

Direct primary care, with a touch of Robin Hood

Britta Foster and Minerva Tiznado are in different leagues as far as health care is concerned.

26 Oct 2021

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

The main objective of the study was to determine the rates of in-person schooling and understand the school-based mitigation measures that were modified over the semester.

26 Oct 2021

Study: Understanding the reasons behind vaccine hesitancy is key to boosting global uptake of immunization

Exploring complex reasons behind hesitancy for new vaccinations and better education for healthcare professionals is key to boosting global uptake of immunization against diseases and viruses including Covid-19, a study shows.

26 Oct 2021

Researchers develop genetic risk score to predict development of alcohol-induced cirrhosis

An international research group led by the Centenary Institute has developed a world first genetic risk score (GRS) test able to identify patients at high-risk of developing alcohol-related cirrhosis.

26 Oct 2021

Identification of long COVID patients using big data

A new preprint exploits big data to come up with some answers as to the incidence, treatment, and impact on healthcare systems of long covid.

26 Oct 2021

Post COVID-19 affects children as well as adults

A new study presents data on long covid in adults and children, which is becoming a major issue in public health planning.

26 Oct 2021

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

The latest round of the REACT-1 study indicates SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread among children.

26 Oct 2021

Frequency domain optical imaging could reliably identify lupus arthritis and track disease progression

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly referred to as simply "lupus", is an autoimmune disorder where the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue.

26 Oct 2021

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

Bronchial asthma causes symptoms such as wheezing and cough due to chronic airway inflammation, but there is no fundamental treatment for it, leaving a desire for new prevention and treatment methods.

26 Oct 2021

Sexually dimorphic placental antibody transfer during SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a paper recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine by Bordt et al. (October 19th, 2021), maternal SARS-CoV-2 infections are studied with particular regard to maternal-fetal antibody transfer and virus-induced placental interferon responses, finding a sexually dimorphic response that results in lesser antibody transfer to the male fetus.

26 Oct 2021

New method measures temperature inside the body for detecting cancer, other diseases

Russian researchers have proposed a method for detecting cancer and other diseases by measuring the temperature inside the body. Results were published in Sensors.

25 Oct 2021

Immune response to mRNA COVID vaccines delayed in pregnant women

Researchers in the United States have conducted comprehensive profiling of humoral immune responses in pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant women following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination to probe differences in vaccine-induced immunity.

25 Oct 2021

Electroceutical research with widespread implications for regulating spleen function

An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and sepsis.

25 Oct 2021

Water and surface surveillance can detect 93% of school-based COVID-19 cases

A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server explores environmental surveillance of elementary school settings for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through wastewater and surface samples monitoring. The researchers demonstrated that 93% of the COVID-19 cases in public elementary schools could be identified using this method.

25 Oct 2021

Intervention erases Black-white survival gaps in early-stage lung and breast cancer patients

A new study shows that system-level changes to the way cancer care is delivered can also eliminate Black-white disparities in survival from early-stage lung and breast cancer.

25 Oct 2021

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

It is estimated that 80% of women will suffer from vaginal candidiasis at least once in their lives. In addition to superficial infections, which can be oral or vaginal and do not usually have a serious prognosis, fungi of the Candida genus can cause systemic diseases in immunocompromised individuals and these are fatal in 40% of cases.

25 Oct 2021

Working single mothers with a present-time mindset may feel more 'in control' of their lives

When facing high demands from family life, working single mothers who have a present-time mindset - in contrast to the tendency to focus on the past or future - may feel more "in control" of their leisure time, according to a new study headed by Virginia Tech researchers.

25 Oct 2021

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Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

Analysis: A procedure that cost $1,775 in New York was $350 in Maryland. Here’s why.

Understaffed state psychiatric facilities leave mental health patients in limbo

Direct primary care, with a touch of Robin Hood

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

Study: Understanding the reasons behind vaccine hesitancy is key to boosting global uptake of immunization

Researchers develop genetic risk score to predict development of alcohol-induced cirrhosis

Identification of long COVID patients using big data

Post COVID-19 affects children as well as adults

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

Frequency domain optical imaging could reliably identify lupus arthritis and track disease progression

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

Sexually dimorphic placental antibody transfer during SARS-CoV-2 infection

New method measures temperature inside the body for detecting cancer, other diseases

Immune response to mRNA COVID vaccines delayed in pregnant women

Electroceutical research with widespread implications for regulating spleen function

Water and surface surveillance can detect 93% of school-based COVID-19 cases

Intervention erases Black-white survival gaps in early-stage lung and breast cancer patients

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

Working single mothers with a present-time mindset may feel more 'in control' of their lives

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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