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Study could help develop drugs for pregnancy maintenance, treat autoimmune diseases

A team of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University with their colleagues from the Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Perm) studied the effect of trophoblastic β1-glycoprotein in the blood of pregnant women on pro-inflammatory immune cells.

10 Feb 2021

Nursing care during COVID-19 pandemic impacted by fear and isolation

Researchers from the University of Seville's Nursing Department, with the collaboration of professionals from the ICU at Virgen Macarena University Hospital in Seville, have analyzed the key factors in caring for critical COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic.

10 Feb 2021

Scientists make four major discoveries about SARS-CoV-2

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers studied SARS-CoV-2 infections at individual cellular levels and made four major discoveries about the virus, including one that validates the effectiveness of remdesivir - an FDA-approved antiviral drug - as a form of treatment for severe COVID-19 disease.

10 Feb 2021

Study identifies new therapeutic targets for treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes

The GIP receptor in the central nervous system plays a crucial role in the regulation of body weight and food intake.

10 Feb 2021

Virtual reality app can help reduce fear of heights

Researchers from the University of Basel have developed a virtual reality app for smartphones to reduce fear of heights.

10 Feb 2021

Researchers find higher odds of hospital readmission after endovascular aneurysm repair

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) are responsible for nearly 2% of all deaths in U.S. men over the age of 65.

10 Feb 2021

Playing sport during COVID-19 pandemic eased anxiety and depression for students

School sports came to an abrupt halt during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. How this impacted adolescents' health, who were otherwise generally active in sports in their school, is examined in new research. What happened when adolescent athletes returned to organized sport in this pandemic?

10 Feb 2021

Obesity, age and COVID-19 infection can make someone a super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2

Scientists and public health experts have long known that certain individuals, termed "super-spreaders," can transmit COVID-19 with incredible efficiency and devastating consequences.

10 Feb 2021

Virtual recovery program for sepsis patients may also help in post-COVID care

A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society describes a "virtual" recovery program for sepsis patients that may also help post-COVID-19 patients and survivors of other serious illnesses.

10 Feb 2021

Chocolate-flavored e-cigarettes are 'particularly harmful' to the lungs, study shows

New research shows chocolate-flavored e-cigarettes are "particularly harmful" to the lungs. In fact, scientists found all 10 flavors tested caused some level of toxicity in the cells lining the lungs, resulting in cell death in some instances.

10 Feb 2021

Children with epilepsy experience poor, disrupted sleep

Children with epilepsy sleep poorly compared to healthy children, and are more likely to experience disruptions such as night terrors, sleep walking or sleep disordered breathing, according to a new study.

10 Feb 2021

Study: Children with Type 1 diabetes have lower brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ

Brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ are lower in children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) than in children without diabetes, according to a new longitudinal study published in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

10 Feb 2021

Novel tool guides evaluation of patients who develop COVID-19 symptoms

When patients arrive in emergency departments and hospitals with symptoms consistent with COVID-19, it's critical to isolate them to avoid the potential spread of infection, but keeping patients isolated longer than needed could delay patient care, take up hospital beds needed for other patients, and unnecessarily use up personal protective equipment.

10 Feb 2021

Telemedicine-based program for COVID-19 patients helps maximize health care delivery

The rapid upscaling of a telemonitoring program in which health care providers performed daily telemedicine check-ins on COVID-19 patients faced a unique set of challenges.

10 Feb 2021

Exposure to seasonal coronaviruses does not produce antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2

Past exposure to seasonal coronaviruses (CoVs), which cause the common cold, does not result in the production of antibodies that protect against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study led by Scott Hensley, PhD, an associate professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

10 Feb 2021

Lung ultrasound helps predict clinical progression of severe COVID-19 patients

Lung ultrasound, considered a simple method for diagnosing lung disease, can also help predict the clinical progression of severe COVID-19 patients, according to a study conducted at the University of São Paulo's Medical School in São Paulo City, Brazil.

10 Feb 2021

Second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may not benefit previously infected individuals

Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine have shown that a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine may not offer any additional protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) over one dose among individuals previously infected with the causative agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

10 Feb 2021

Substrain of SARS-CoV-2 variant in UK may resist antibody neutralization

Researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw have identified a substrain of the recently emerged B.1.1.7 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may confer resistance to antibody neutralization.

10 Feb 2021

Choir singing may have positive effects on cognitive functioning of elderly people

Alongside the effects of lifestyle, including physical exercise and diet, on aging, research has increasingly turned its attention to the potential cognitive benefits of musical hobbies. However, such research has mainly concentrated on hobbies involving musical instruments.

10 Feb 2021

A person's breath holds the key to monitoring fat metabolization

Your breath holds the key to monitoring fat burning, and now a research group from Tohoku University has created a compact and low-cost device that can measure how our body metabolizes fat.

10 Feb 2021

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Study could help develop drugs for pregnancy maintenance, treat autoimmune diseases

Nursing care during COVID-19 pandemic impacted by fear and isolation

Scientists make four major discoveries about SARS-CoV-2

Study identifies new therapeutic targets for treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes

Virtual reality app can help reduce fear of heights

Researchers find higher odds of hospital readmission after endovascular aneurysm repair

Playing sport during COVID-19 pandemic eased anxiety and depression for students

Obesity, age and COVID-19 infection can make someone a super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2

Virtual recovery program for sepsis patients may also help in post-COVID care

Chocolate-flavored e-cigarettes are 'particularly harmful' to the lungs, study shows

Children with epilepsy experience poor, disrupted sleep

Study: Children with Type 1 diabetes have lower brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ

Novel tool guides evaluation of patients who develop COVID-19 symptoms

Telemedicine-based program for COVID-19 patients helps maximize health care delivery

Exposure to seasonal coronaviruses does not produce antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2

Lung ultrasound helps predict clinical progression of severe COVID-19 patients

Second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may not benefit previously infected individuals

Substrain of SARS-CoV-2 variant in UK may resist antibody neutralization

Choir singing may have positive effects on cognitive functioning of elderly people

A person's breath holds the key to monitoring fat metabolization

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