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Shorter time from COVID-19 symptom onset to hospitalization linked to disease severity, death

New research presented at this week's ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online) shows that a shorter time from symptom onset to hospitalization is associated with more serious disease and death in patients with COVID-19.

26 Sep 2020

SARS-CoV-2 emergence linked with decrease in circulation of common respiratory viruses

Analysis of samples taken to test for respiratory viruses over the past five years suggests that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 was associated with a large drop in circulation of other common respiratory viruses during the first wave.

26 Sep 2020

ECMO appears to be saving the lives of many critically ill COVID-19 patients

It saved lives in past epidemics of lung-damaging viruses. Now, the life-support option known as ECMO appears to be doing the same for many of the critically ill COVID-19 patients who receive it, according to a new international study.

26 Sep 2020

WHO plans to increase access to affordable, quality-assured testing and treatment for diabetes

Over a four-day workshop that ended on 25 September 2020, WHO and key international health partners mapped out a plan to boost access to affordable and quality-assured testing and treatment for diabetes.

26 Sep 2020

NIH awards $1.9 million STTR grant to fast track new class of non-opioid pain relievers

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.9 million Fast-Track Small Business Technology Transfer grant to South Rampart Pharma.

25 Sep 2020

Pitt team receives NIH award to optimize tissue-engineered vascular graft design

Just as a climbing plant needs the right trellis to thrive, a small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG) needs the right scaffold to transform seeded cells into a native-like artery that can save a life.

25 Sep 2020

New drug offers hope for young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A new drug offers hope for young boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by potentially offering an alternative to high-dose glucocorticoids that have significant side effects.

25 Sep 2020

New trial tests combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness

A combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness in individuals who have had sustained exposure to someone with the virus is being studied by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

25 Sep 2020

Study demonstrates a proof-of-concept stem cell treatment in Parkinson's disease mouse model

The mature brain is infamously bad at repairing itself following damage like that caused by trauma or strokes, or from degenerative diseases like Parkinson's. Stem cells, which are endlessly adaptable, have offered the promise of better neural repair.

25 Sep 2020

New approach uses AI to identify which early stage breast cancers will spread

About 1 in 5 new breast cancers are caught at their earliest stages, before they've spread from milk ducts into the surrounding breast tissue.

25 Sep 2020

Study: 2020 presidential candidates Biden, Trump likely to be "super-agers"

In a paper published in the Journal on Active Aging, University of Illinois Chicago longevity researcher S. Jay Olshansky and his colleagues conclude that both 2020 presidential candidates - former Vice President Joe Biden, 77, and President Donald Trump, 74 - are likely to maintain their health beyond the end of the next presidential term.

25 Sep 2020

New insights on pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments

A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments across the country, a problem that has steadily increased in the last 10 years and been made worse by a shortage of psychiatric resources.

25 Sep 2020

University of Minnesota receives funding to initiate research on diabetes drug as a COVID-19 treatment

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers received funding from the Parsemus Foundation to initiate research on the widely-used diabetes medication, metformin, available globally as an inexpensive generic drug for prevention and treatment for COVID-19.

25 Sep 2020

New app monitors cancer patients' physical and mental health using gamification

Close2U, an electronic device application, has been developed by researchers at the Complutense University (UCM) and the University of Zaragoza (UZA) to monitor cancer patients' physical and mental health using gamification.

25 Sep 2020

3D-printed alternative performs as well as the standard nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing

As COVID-19 quickly spread worldwide this spring, shortages of supplies, including the nasopharyngeal (nasal) swabs used to collect viral samples, limited diagnostic testing.

25 Sep 2020

Study verifies the link between cramps and muscle damage in marathon events

This is the first research to verify, in marathon events, the link between cramps and muscle damage suffered during the race and not dehydration.

25 Sep 2020

Students without pre-existing mental health issues more severely affected by COVID-19 stressors

Surprisingly, university students without pre-existing mental health concerns seem to be suffering greater psychological distress during the pandemic than their peers with pre-existing mental health problems according to a study of close to 800 university students in Toronto carried out by researchers from McGill and University of Toronto.

25 Sep 2020

UMass Amherst epidemiologist receives NIH grant to develop new tick surveillance method

A University of Massachusetts Amherst infectious disease epidemiologist has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a new surveillance method to better identify specific locations with the highest risk for tick-borne disease transmission.

25 Sep 2020

Personality traits are associated with cognitive resilience in older adults

Our aging brains collect tangles and sticky plaques that can interfere in our cognition and memory. But some older adults with this neuropathology have more cognitive resilience than others, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

25 Sep 2020

FDA approves first drug for patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome in nearly 14 years

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Nucala (mepolizumab) for adults and children aged 12 years and older with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) for six months or longer without another identifiable non-blood related cause of the disease.

25 Sep 2020

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Shorter time from COVID-19 symptom onset to hospitalization linked to disease severity, death

SARS-CoV-2 emergence linked with decrease in circulation of common respiratory viruses

ECMO appears to be saving the lives of many critically ill COVID-19 patients

WHO plans to increase access to affordable, quality-assured testing and treatment for diabetes

NIH awards $1.9 million STTR grant to fast track new class of non-opioid pain relievers

Pitt team receives NIH award to optimize tissue-engineered vascular graft design

New drug offers hope for young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

New trial tests combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness

Study demonstrates a proof-of-concept stem cell treatment in Parkinson's disease mouse model

New approach uses AI to identify which early stage breast cancers will spread

Study: 2020 presidential candidates Biden, Trump likely to be "super-agers"

New insights on pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments

University of Minnesota receives funding to initiate research on diabetes drug as a COVID-19 treatment

New app monitors cancer patients' physical and mental health using gamification

3D-printed alternative performs as well as the standard nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing

Study verifies the link between cramps and muscle damage in marathon events

Students without pre-existing mental health issues more severely affected by COVID-19 stressors

UMass Amherst epidemiologist receives NIH grant to develop new tick surveillance method

Personality traits are associated with cognitive resilience in older adults

FDA approves first drug for patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome in nearly 14 years

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How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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