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Experts create evidence-informed guidance for nutritional care of preterm infants

A hot topic symposia session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting will address the persistent controversies and questions in preterm infant nutrition.

5 May 2021

Researchers perform a comprehensive analyses to clarify the origins of coronaviruses

Coronavirus (CoVs) infection in animals and humans is not new. The earliest papers in the scientific literature of coronavirus infection date to 1966. However, prior to SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2, very little attention had been paid to coronaviruses.

5 May 2021

Biomedical engineer receives NIH Trailblazer grant to advance research on paralysis, brain damage

Imagine harnessing the proliferating power of cancer cells to treat spinal cord injuries and restore function following brain damage. It's an idea that University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical engineer Chase Cornelison has been exploring in recent years.

5 May 2021

Special issue of JANAC summarizes 40 years of nursing science throughout the HIV epidemic

From the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, nurses have been at the forefront of patient care, advocacy, and research.

5 May 2021

Researchers identify new immunotherapy treatment target for acute myeloid leukemia in children

Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that could serve as a new immunotherapy treatment target, according to a new study published today in Blood Advances, a journal of the American Society of Hematology.

5 May 2021

Emergency physicians use heparin alternative to treat vaccine-induced blood clot

A new case report, detailed in Annals of Emergency Medicine, is the first known case of a patient with VITT (vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia) treated with a heparin alternative following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.

5 May 2021

Pan-COVID-19 vaccine protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers in the United States have identified short peptide sequences in the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that are immunogenic in a mouse model and may provide protection against viral variants.

5 May 2021

Study shows how politicization and social mobilization affect the incidence of COVID-19 infection

Measures to contain the Corona pandemic are the subject of politically charged debate and tend to polarize segments of the population.

5 May 2021

Study examines the impact of private equity investments in health care

Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. Now

5 May 2021

Disposable face masks release potentially dangerous chemical pollutants

Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water.

5 May 2021

PAS 2021: Plenary session on prenatal environmental contaminants and childhood disease

A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Virtual Meeting discussed prenatal environmental contaminants and childhood disease, and the latest evidence for epigenetic mechanisms associated with transgenerational disease and public policy implications.

5 May 2021

Disadvantaged neighborhoods may pose environmental risk to the developing brains of children

A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods - particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment - may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size.

5 May 2021

New study explores dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women

Dating violence - physical, sexual, psychological or emotional within a relationship, including stalking - is pervasive on college campuses with far-reaching health implications

5 May 2021

Researchers use gene therapy to prevent learning, memory loss in Alzheimer's mouse model

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues elsewhere, have used gene therapy to prevent learning and memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a key step toward eventually testing the approach in humans with the neurodegenerative disease.

5 May 2021

Study examines service use among transition-age youth with autism

During the next 10 years, an estimated half-million individuals in the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are expected to transition from adolescence to adulthood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 May 2021

High rates of TB in Latin American prisons constitute a “health and human rights crisis”, warns study

High rates of tuberculosis (TB) in Latin American prisons are subverting efforts to control the disease in the wider population, and constitute a "health and human rights crisis", a study warns.

5 May 2021

New vaccine candidate provides breakthrough in the fight against malaria

A malaria vaccine candidate tested on children in West Africa has shown an efficacy of around 77 per cent, say scientists, hailing it as a breakthrough in the fight against the disease.

4 May 2021

Study highlights mechanisms that explain the rise and fall in temporary disability rates

Working conditions, mass layoffs and other economy-related reasons could explain the rises and falls in temporary disability rates.

4 May 2021

Study reveals no negative effect of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccination on male fertility

Researchers analyzed the sperm parameters of males undergoing fertility treatment and found no effect from the BNT162b2 mRNA severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine.

4 May 2021

Can the absence of evidence of in-school SARS-CoV-2 transmission be taken as evidence of absence?

Research by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, the Santa Fe Institute, and Fractal Therapeutics suggests infection rates in the surrounding community are not a reliable measure for estimating the level of risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in schools.

4 May 2021

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Experts create evidence-informed guidance for nutritional care of preterm infants

Researchers perform a comprehensive analyses to clarify the origins of coronaviruses

Biomedical engineer receives NIH Trailblazer grant to advance research on paralysis, brain damage

Special issue of JANAC summarizes 40 years of nursing science throughout the HIV epidemic

Researchers identify new immunotherapy treatment target for acute myeloid leukemia in children

Emergency physicians use heparin alternative to treat vaccine-induced blood clot

Pan-COVID-19 vaccine protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study shows how politicization and social mobilization affect the incidence of COVID-19 infection

Study examines the impact of private equity investments in health care

Disposable face masks release potentially dangerous chemical pollutants

PAS 2021: Plenary session on prenatal environmental contaminants and childhood disease

Disadvantaged neighborhoods may pose environmental risk to the developing brains of children

New study explores dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women

Researchers use gene therapy to prevent learning, memory loss in Alzheimer's mouse model

Study examines service use among transition-age youth with autism

High rates of TB in Latin American prisons constitute a “health and human rights crisis”, warns study

New vaccine candidate provides breakthrough in the fight against malaria

Study highlights mechanisms that explain the rise and fall in temporary disability rates

Study reveals no negative effect of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccination on male fertility

Can the absence of evidence of in-school SARS-CoV-2 transmission be taken as evidence of absence?

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