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Study provides reassurance that patients and providers can use pharmacogenetic testing

A person's genetic make-up can influence whether they might experience side effects from certain medications.

3 Dec 2020

Researchers discover why older adults are more susceptible to heart disease

A team of researchers at the University of South Florida Department of Surgery has made a key discovery as to why we become more susceptible to heart disease as we age.

3 Dec 2020

New insulin molecule will make blood sugar regulation easier and safer for diabetics

Everyday life for the more than 46 million people around the world who suffer from type 1 diabetes could become much easier and safer.

3 Dec 2020

Insecticide rotation and better forest management could control ‘evolving’ malaria mosquitoes

Anopheles malaria mosquitoes in Africa and Latin America are evolving in response to human activity, studies in both continents have found.

3 Dec 2020

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had more COVID-19 deaths

New research has found that Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing, including limited access to broadband internet and low rates of health insurance, had more COVID-19 deaths in spring 2020.

3 Dec 2020

International scientific team reports 'super-spreader' potential of Andes virus

"Super-spreader" events and extensive person-to-person contact propelled an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a small village in Argentina from 2018-2019, according to research published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Dec 2020

Public willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine around the globe: Study

The worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented effort to develop vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on a timescale that has never been imagined before. Even as some vaccines have begun to be administered on a large scale, scientists and governments are coming up against a difficult obstacle.

3 Dec 2020

Working from home has negatively impacted physical health and mental health, study finds

What impact has working from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic had on our health? In a new study, researchers from USC have found that working from home has negatively impacted our physical health and mental health, increased work expectations and distractions, reduced our communications with co-workers and ultimately lessened our productivity.

3 Dec 2020

Vaccination against tuberculosis has influence on the epidemiology of COVID-19

St Petersburg University scientists have analyzed about 100 academic papers and statistics on the incidence of COVID-19 in different countries of the world.

3 Dec 2020

Study evaluates the use of flow cytometry in diagnosing male urethritis

According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence estimates of sexually transmitted infections for men in 2016 were 2.7% for chlamydia, 0.7% for gonorrhea and 0.6% for trichomoniasis. In men, these and other sexually transmitted infections may lead to urethritis, inflammation of the urethra.

3 Dec 2020

What are the most effective COVID policies?

A new study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 containment strategies shows that `additional measures are needed to stop the pandemic's spread. These additional steps include stay at home orders, workplace closures for all except essential workers, and targeted school closures, which are likely to have a large effect on social and economic well-being.

3 Dec 2020

Study finds no job displacement effects of hiring in foreign-educated nurses

An aging U.S. population is rapidly increasing the demand for nursing care. The number of U.S. citizens aged 65 and over is expected to almost double from 43.1 million in 2012 to 87.5 million by 2050, while the workforce is shrinking.

3 Dec 2020

Mortality rates after cancer surgery appear to be improving for Black and White patients

Mortality rates after cancer surgery declined for Black as well as white patients during a recent ten-year period, although the mortality gap between the two groups did not narrow, according to new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University investigators.

3 Dec 2020

New antiviral drug completely suppresses SARS-CoV-2 transmission within 24 hours

Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, completely suppresses virus transmission within 24 hours, researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered.

3 Dec 2020

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Study provides reassurance that patients and providers can use pharmacogenetic testing

Researchers discover why older adults are more susceptible to heart disease

New insulin molecule will make blood sugar regulation easier and safer for diabetics

Insecticide rotation and better forest management could control ‘evolving’ malaria mosquitoes

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had more COVID-19 deaths

International scientific team reports 'super-spreader' potential of Andes virus

Public willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine around the globe: Study

Working from home has negatively impacted physical health and mental health, study finds

Vaccination against tuberculosis has influence on the epidemiology of COVID-19

Study evaluates the use of flow cytometry in diagnosing male urethritis

What are the most effective COVID policies?

Study finds no job displacement effects of hiring in foreign-educated nurses

Mortality rates after cancer surgery appear to be improving for Black and White patients

New antiviral drug completely suppresses SARS-CoV-2 transmission within 24 hours

Researchers discover new link between a class of persistent pollutants and gut microbiome

Novel surveillance system can dynamically track direction, speed and acceleration of COVID-19 virus

FDA launches pilot program to help reduce and replace animal testing in drug development

Researchers analyze the effects of wind turbine noise on sleep

Smoking may increase some people's risk of testing positive for COVID-19

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Who will run the Biden health effort?

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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