Medical News

RSS

Scientists explain how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the brain

Now, a team of scientists at Yale University revealed the changes that happen in the brain caused by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused over 27.86 million people and claimed over 903,000 lives.

10 Sep 2020

Patient Safety Movement Foundation urges the creation of a National Patient Safety Board

Today, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation released a detailed white paper and its leadership issued the following statement urging the creation of a National Patient Safety Board.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers investigate the effects of endurance training on cellular respiration

In obese individuals, endurance exercise improves fitness and increases the number of mitochondria * and cellular respiration in skeletal muscles.

10 Sep 2020

Time-sensitive neurons get worn out and skew time perception, shows study

On some days, time flies by, while on others it seems to drag on. A new study from JNeurosci reveals why: time-sensitive neurons get worn out and skew our perceptions of time.

10 Sep 2020

NSPCC and University of Birmingham team up to improve approaches to child suicide risk

Psychologists at the University of Birmingham are working with The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to help the charity in its response to children who are at risk of suicide.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers are developing rapid-acting, long-lasting disinfectant spray to kill viruses

Current disinfectant products for killing viruses like coronavirus take minutes to fully sanitize surfaces, which isn't practical on high-contact areas such as door handles, elevators and bannisters.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers develop a simple and low-cost platform for diagnosing tropical fevers

Dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses are transmitted by mosquitoes and cause tropical fevers with similar symptoms, making accurate diagnosis complicated.

10 Sep 2020

Robotic exosuit shows promising results in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation

A team of U.S. researchers published the results of a multi-center, single-arm trial of the ReWalk ReStore™ for gait training in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation.

10 Sep 2020

Vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions have higher risks for COVID-19

What do vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes have in common? They all are at higher risk for COVID-19.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers identify proinflammatory lipids that precede onset of Type 1 diabetes in mouse model, children

Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune cells - led by inflammatory macrophages - attack and destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin.

10 Sep 2020

Blood clots can be an early indication of COVID-19, shows study

A new paper by vascular surgeons at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, describes how thrombosis (blood clots in the circulatory system) was an early indication of infection in a COVID-19 patient.

10 Sep 2020

New guidelines can boost transparency of clinical trials evaluating AI health solutions

Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations to diagnose and treat disease - thanks to the first international standards for reporting of clinical trials for AI.

10 Sep 2020

New guidance launched at a virtual roundtable to drive high quality mental health support

Amid rising pressure on the UK’s mental health services, compounded by COVID-19, the Good Governance Institute and Connect Health have unveiled an industry-leading briefing to support NHS leaders and commissioners in providing the most efficient and best quality care in the community.

10 Sep 2020

Scientists claim serious data discrepancies in RaTG13 sequence

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its ninth month, scientists continue to debate the origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) intensely. A new preprint published in September 2020 discusses the current issues with the bat coronavirus (CoV) strain that is often considered to have very close homology with the above-mentioned virus, concluding that there are inadequate grounds to consider it to be the ancestral pool of SARS-CoV-2.

10 Sep 2020

Scientists develop method for producing anti-inflammatory substances with controlled quality

Anti-inflammatory substances based on components of human cells could one day improve treatment in patients. Researchers at the Institute of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a method for producing those substances with controlled quality.

10 Sep 2020

Brazilian red propolis contains substances with anti-cancer properties

Brazilian red propolis found in beehives along the coast and mangroves in the Northeast region contains two substances with anti-cancer properties. In laboratory tests, they considerably reduced the proliferation of ovarian, breast, and brain cancer cells

10 Sep 2020

Computer-designed proteins can protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2

Computer-designed small proteins have now been shown to protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

10 Sep 2020

Study links COVID-19 to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, a 14-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department at Nemours Children's Health System in Delaware with mysterious symptoms in what would later be identified as one of the first cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the U.S.

10 Sep 2020

New framework proposed to address racial inequities and injustices in nursing

Confronting the uncomfortable reality of systemic racism – the system that creates and maintains racial inequality in every facet of life for people of color – is having a national heyday. But calling out this injustice and doing something about it are two different things.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers identify DNA activation code using artificial intelligence

Scientists have long known that human genes spring into action through instructions delivered by the precise order of our DNA, directed by the four different types of individual links, or "bases," coded A, C, G and T.

10 Sep 2020

Medical News

Scientists explain how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the brain

Patient Safety Movement Foundation urges the creation of a National Patient Safety Board

Researchers investigate the effects of endurance training on cellular respiration

Time-sensitive neurons get worn out and skew time perception, shows study

NSPCC and University of Birmingham team up to improve approaches to child suicide risk

Researchers are developing rapid-acting, long-lasting disinfectant spray to kill viruses

Researchers develop a simple and low-cost platform for diagnosing tropical fevers

Robotic exosuit shows promising results in individuals undergoing post-stroke rehabilitation

Vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions have higher risks for COVID-19

Researchers identify proinflammatory lipids that precede onset of Type 1 diabetes in mouse model, children

Blood clots can be an early indication of COVID-19, shows study

New guidelines can boost transparency of clinical trials evaluating AI health solutions

New guidance launched at a virtual roundtable to drive high quality mental health support

Scientists claim serious data discrepancies in RaTG13 sequence

Scientists develop method for producing anti-inflammatory substances with controlled quality

Brazilian red propolis contains substances with anti-cancer properties

Computer-designed proteins can protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2

Study links COVID-19 to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

New framework proposed to address racial inequities and injustices in nursing

Researchers identify DNA activation code using artificial intelligence

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

Latest News