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Virtual care spreads in Missouri health system, home to ‘hospital without beds’

When Tom Becker was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat in March 2020, the 60-year-old EMS helicopter pilot from Washington, Missouri, worried he would never fly again.

23 Apr 2021

Only one vaccine is OK for older teens. It’s also the hardest to manage in rural America.

As states expand covid-19 vaccine eligibility to allow shots for 16- and 17-year-olds, teens in rural America may have trouble getting them.

23 Apr 2021

Michigan’s outbreak worries scientists. Will conservative outposts keep pandemic rolling?

When Kathryn Watkins goes shopping these days, she doesn't bring her three young children. There are just too many people not wearing masks in her southern Michigan town of Hillsdale.

23 Apr 2021

Macrophages play a vital role in re-establishing and controlling blood flow after tissue damage

Cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death, is the result of oxygen deprivation as blood perfusion to affected tissue is prevented.

23 Apr 2021

Study reports on safety of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy

Researchers used different surveillance systems in the United States to track adverse outcomes after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in pregnant people and found no major safety flags.

23 Apr 2021

Study highlights need to integrate critical care-specific needs into disaster response planning

Natural disasters, terrorism attacks, mass shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of disaster response planning throughout the healthcare system.

23 Apr 2021

NIH to conduct large trial for COVID-19 polyclonal antibody therapies

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the USA are to conduct a large-scale clinical trial to evaluate a new fully-human polyclonal antibody therapy targeted at severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

23 Apr 2021

World Malaria Day 2021: An interview with Sir Brian Greenwood

News-Medical interviews Sir Brian Greenwood about raising awareness for malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic and achieving elimination of the disease.

23 Apr 2021

Altered neural functioning in Parkinson's patients changes the way art is perceived and valued

Art appreciation is considered essential to human experience. While taste in art varies depending on the individual, cognitive neuroscience can provide clues about how viewing art affects our neural systems, and evaluate how these systems inform our valuation of art.

23 Apr 2021

New study demonstrates the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in specific sub-populations

Several weeks following the publication of the large real-world Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness study by the Clalit Research Institute in Collaboration with Harvard University in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), additional results focusing on vaccine effectiveness in specific sub-populations have now been published.

23 Apr 2021

Researchers to apply smartphone apps to manage anxiety, depression in breast cancer patients

Home sensors to monitor cancer patients' pain. A smartphone app to manage breast cancer patients' anxiety and depression. And $12 million in new grant funding to pay for even more health care advances, earned from just a $2 million initial investment.

23 Apr 2021

Ongoing testing of immunized individuals will be key to mitigate future COVID-19 outbreaks

In rare cases, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID and are immune to the virus can nevertheless develop the disease.

23 Apr 2021

Tablet-based video games could improve brain function in older people with mild cognitive impairment

A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical informatician will use a $436,836 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the use of "serious games" played independently on computer tablets to improve brain function in older people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

23 Apr 2021

Contralateral esophagus sparing technique can prevent complication in lung cancer patients

For many patients with localized lung cancer (non-small-cell lung carcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma), high-dose radiation with concurrent chemotherapy is a potential cure. Yet this treatment can cause severe, acute inflammation of the esophagus (esophagitis) in about one in five patients, requiring hospitalization and placement of a feeding tube.

23 Apr 2021

Researchers identify natural molecule that blocks the binding of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

Researchers have found that a natural molecule can effectively block the binding of a subset of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. The discovery may help explain why some COVID-19 patients can become severely ill despite having high levels of antibodies against the virus.

23 Apr 2021

Researchers perform cross-sectional analysis to understand the link between insomnia and anemia

A good night's sleep is essential for a healthy body and mind, for when we sleep is when the body resets, repairs, and refreshes itself. A lot of people, however, have trouble falling or staying asleep, a condition known as insomnia that affects up to 30% of the population.

23 Apr 2021

Degree of life satisfaction among young people is associated with collectivism

An international group of scientists from Italy, the USA, China and Russia have studied the relationship between collectivism, individualism and life satisfaction among young people aged 18-25 in four countries.

23 Apr 2021

DNA vaccine candidate induces potent immunity, offers protective efficacy in non-human primate models

A synthetic DNA vaccine candidate for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) developed at The Wistar Institute induced potent immune responses and afforded protective efficacy in non-human primate (NHP) models when given intradermally in abbreviated, low-dose immunization regimen.

23 Apr 2021

Individuals with lower income or greater Republican orientation were associated with reduced social distancing

Using nearly a year of anonymous geolocation data from 15-17 million cell phone users in 3,037 United States counties, investigators have found that individuals with lower income per capita or greater Republican orientation were associated with significantly reduced social distancing throughout the study period from March 2020 through January 2021.

23 Apr 2021

Researchers identify cognitive computations underlying the complex predictive behavior

Fast reactions to future events are crucial. A boxer, for example, needs to respond to her opponent in fractions of a second in order to anticipate and block the next attack. Such rapid responses are based on estimates of whether and when events will occur.

23 Apr 2021

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Virtual care spreads in Missouri health system, home to ‘hospital without beds’

Only one vaccine is OK for older teens. It’s also the hardest to manage in rural America.

Michigan’s outbreak worries scientists. Will conservative outposts keep pandemic rolling?

Macrophages play a vital role in re-establishing and controlling blood flow after tissue damage

Study reports on safety of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy

Study highlights need to integrate critical care-specific needs into disaster response planning

NIH to conduct large trial for COVID-19 polyclonal antibody therapies

World Malaria Day 2021: An interview with Sir Brian Greenwood

Altered neural functioning in Parkinson's patients changes the way art is perceived and valued

New study demonstrates the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine in specific sub-populations

Researchers to apply smartphone apps to manage anxiety, depression in breast cancer patients

Ongoing testing of immunized individuals will be key to mitigate future COVID-19 outbreaks

Tablet-based video games could improve brain function in older people with mild cognitive impairment

Contralateral esophagus sparing technique can prevent complication in lung cancer patients

Researchers identify natural molecule that blocks the binding of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

Researchers perform cross-sectional analysis to understand the link between insomnia and anemia

Degree of life satisfaction among young people is associated with collectivism

DNA vaccine candidate induces potent immunity, offers protective efficacy in non-human primate models

Individuals with lower income or greater Republican orientation were associated with reduced social distancing

Researchers identify cognitive computations underlying the complex predictive behavior

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