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Swiss study shows how critical time is in responding to COVID-19

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in July 2020 reveals the crucial nature of time as a factor in controlling the mortality rate in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

27 Jul 2020

Four simple criteria for a bacterial strain to be called probiotic

Today, the word probiotic is used to describe all kinds of "good" microorganisms in foods and supplements: those found in yogurt or fermented sauerkraut, or even those found naturally in the human digestive tract.

27 Jul 2020

Varying immune system responses can predict severe COVID-19 outcomes

The differing immune system responses of patients with COVID-19 can help predict who will experience moderate and severe consequences of disease, according to a new study by Yale researchers published July 27 in the journal Nature.

27 Jul 2020

New approach reduces power requirements of neural interfaces while improving accuracy

By tuning into a subset of brain waves, University of Michigan researchers have dramatically reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy--a discovery that could lead to long-lasting brain implants that can both treat neurological diseases and enable mind-controlled prosthetics and machines.

27 Jul 2020

Ebola survivors have long-lasting severe immune dysfunction

In the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, more than 28,000 people were infected, causing over 11,000 deaths.

27 Jul 2020

MU School Of Nursing programs provide assistance to more than 500 nursing homes during COVID-19

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to put a strain on health care systems, nursing homes have become overburdened with the challenge of keeping both patients and staff safe and healthy.

27 Jul 2020

$Study seeks to explain the decrease in incidence of hip fractures$

Study seeks to explain the decrease in incidence of hip fractures

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine today, researchers showed how analysis of data from the multigenerational Framingham Osteoporosis Study may in part explain why the incidence of hip fracture in the U.S. has declined during the last two decades.

27 Jul 2020

GW to participate in a clinical trial for investigational COVID-19 vaccine

The George Washington University today announced that it will participate in a clinical trial for an investigational COVID-19 vaccine.

27 Jul 2020

Low plasma vitamin D level appears to be an independent risk factor for COVID-19 infection

Vitamin D is recognized as an important co-factor in several physiological processes linked with bone and calcium metabolism, and also in diverse non-skeletal outcomes, including autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity and cognitive decline, and infections.

27 Jul 2020

Cardiac stress caused by a marathon associated with relative exercise intensity

The European Journal of Applied Physiology has published the research in which the Universitat Jaume I participated.

27 Jul 2020

Yale and AI Therapeutics launch clinical trial of potential COVID-19 drug

Yale School of Medicine and the biopharmaceutical firm AI Therapeutics have launched a multi-institutional clinical trial of a drug for treating COVID-19.

27 Jul 2020

Reducing the incidence of drug-induced interstitial lung disease in breast cancer patients

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this case report the authors Zijun Zhao, Zhanghai He, Hongyan Huang, Jiewen Chen, Shishi He, Ailifeire Yilihamu and Yan Nie from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China consider drug-induced interstitial lung disease in breast cancer patients.

27 Jul 2020

Little-used measurement of 'good cholesterol' can better predict heart attack and stroke risk

For decades, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has been dubbed "good cholesterol" because of its role in moving fats and other cholesterol molecules out of artery walls.

27 Jul 2020

Brigham to play two key roles in phase 3 trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

A vaccine candidate for preventing COVID-19 is advancing to a 30,000-participant phase 3 trial that begins today, and Brigham and Women's Hospital will play two key roles in the trial's next phase.

27 Jul 2020

$Study finds link between fewer hip fractures and decreases in smoking, heavy drinking$

Study finds link between fewer hip fractures and decreases in smoking, heavy drinking

A new study, which analyzed 40 years of Framingham Heart Study data, found an association between lowered rates of hip fractures and decreases in smoking and heavy drinking.

27 Jul 2020

Alternative amplification technique could accelerate COVID-19 testing

An alternative amplification technique to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA could offer a way to rapidly test large numbers of people for COVID-19, although the technique is not as sensitive as quantitative RT-PCR, the current standard method for COVID-19 testing.

27 Jul 2020

Lithium in drinking water may have a protective effect against suicide

Naturally occurring lithium in public drinking water may have an anti-suicidal effect - according to a new study from Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.

27 Jul 2020

Flu vaccine may lower chances of getting Alzheimer's disease

People who received at least one flu vaccination were 17% less likely to get Alzheimer's disease over the course of a lifetime, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

27 Jul 2020

NIDA funding allows Temple scientists to continue critical substance abuse research

Substance abuse is a major public health problem in the United States, with some 21 million Americans diagnosed with at least one substance use disorder.

27 Jul 2020

Study reveals molecular cause underlying rare genetic disorder

Virginia Tech scientists have revealed how a nonfunctioning version of an ordinary gene impairs brain structure and function. The findings help explain a genetic form of microcephaly -- a condition where babies' heads are small and grow more slowly than their peers.

27 Jul 2020