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New app-based research program will evaluate wearable data to improve viral illness detection

The Scripps Research Translational Institute has launched an app-based research program that will analyze participants' wearable health data--including heart rates, sleep and activity levels--to more quickly detect the emergence of influenza, coronavirus and other fast-spreading viral illnesses.

25 Mar 2020

Study shows disparities in guideline-concordant treatment for NSCLC patients

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-associated deaths in the United States. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a group of lung cancers named for the kinds of cells found in the cancer, constitutes more than 80% of all lung cancer cases.

25 Mar 2020

Critical guidance to identify COVID-19 patients at risk of drug-induced sudden cardiac death

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to spread, leading to more than 20,000 deaths worldwide in less than four months. Efforts are progressing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but it's still likely 12 to 18 months away.

25 Mar 2020

Challenges and options to counter coronavirus pandemic in Germany

The worldwide spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its associated respiratory disease COVID-19 proceeds at a highly dynamic pace.

25 Mar 2020

Researchers use ultrasound technique to accurately localize cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiac arrhythmias are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Currently, the 12-lead electrocardiogram is the noninvasive clinical gold standard used to diagnose and localize these conditions, but it has limited accuracy, cannot provide an anatomical tool to visually localize the source of the arrhythmia, and depending on which clinician is looking at the signals, there might be some interpretation variability.

25 Mar 2020

Trump’s boast about U.S., South Korea coronavirus testing misses the mark

Boasting about his administration's response to the coronavirus crisis — and arguing the outbreak would soon be under control — President Donald Trump claimed that recent American efforts to test widely for COVID-19 surpass those of other countries.

25 Mar 2020

Despite failures, chemotherapy still promising against fatal pediatric brain cancer

The pediatric brain cancer known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma is almost uniformly fatal. In part, this is due to where and how it grows, forming as a diffuse net of cells in a part of the brainstem called the pons, which controls essential functions like breathing and swallowing.

25 Mar 2020

Hospital suppliers take to the skies to combat dire shortages of COVID-19 gear

Hospitals in the New York City area are turning to a private distributor to airlift millions of protective masks out of China.

25 Mar 2020

Hotter temperatures linked to bad mental health

Hot days increase the probability that an average adult in the U.S. will report bad mental health, according to a study published on March 25, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mengyao Li of the University of Georgia, and colleagues.

25 Mar 2020

Finnish researchers come together to study airborne transmission of coronavirus

Aalto University, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Helsinki have brought together a multidisciplinary group of researchers to model how the extremely small droplets that leave the respiratory tract when coughing, sneezing or talking are transported in air currents.

25 Mar 2020

Culturally adapted diabetes education programs boost Latino participation

An Oregon State University study published last week found that diabetes education programs that are linguistically and culturally tailored to Latinos lead to significantly higher rates of completion among Latino participants -- even higher than rates among non-Latinos enrolled in the English versions of those programs.

25 Mar 2020

Parental physical activity support helps improve motor skills in kids with developmental disabilities

It's a self-perpetuating cycle: Kids with developmental disabilities face challenges in building motor skills, which makes them less able to participate in routine physical activity, which gives them less opportunity to practice those same motor skills.

25 Mar 2020

Ankle exoskeletons can drastically reduce the energy cost of running, study finds

Running is great exercise but not everyone feels great doing it. In hopes of boosting physical activity - and possibly creating a new mode of transportation - engineers at Stanford University are studying devices that people could strap to their legs to make running easier.

25 Mar 2020

Russian researchers explain why new pathogenic viruses are so hard to detect

In a recently published fundamental review dedicated to the diagnostics of viral infections, a Russian research team featuring MIPT researchers was the first to systematically describe and summarize the cutting-edge technologies in the rapidly developing field of genetics.

25 Mar 2020

California lawmakers struggle to conduct business amid COVID-19 lockdown

The weekend before California shuttered its Capitol building, Senate leader Toni Atkins spent hours on the phone - taking the roles of a student learning from epidemiologists and a legislator discussing with colleagues how the country's most populous state should respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

25 Mar 2020

Coronavirus unlikely to spread through tears

While researchers are certain that coronavirus spreads through mucus and droplets expelled by coughing or sneezing, it is unclear if the virus is spread through other bodily fluids, such as tears.

25 Mar 2020

Accurate and informative labeling of CBD products is a critical public health issue

The need for accurate and informative labeling of hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products is a critical public health issue.

25 Mar 2020

Highly purified fish oil therapy could prevent thousands of cardiovascular events

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have conducted a statistical analysis that predicts more than 70,000 heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular events could be prevented each year in the U.S. through the use of a highly purified fish oil therapy.

25 Mar 2020

Study shows the importance of proper cleaning to protect animal and human health

During the COVID-19 pandemic, every frequently touched surface outside our home seems as dangerous as a hot pot right out of the oven. We won't get burned if we touch it, but we might get infected with a potentially dangerous virus.

25 Mar 2020

Researchers aim to find the genetic basis of severe coronavirus infection in young people

Hundreds of clinicians worldwide are banding together in an effort to study some types of severe cases of the new coronavirus disease.

25 Mar 2020

Medical News

New app-based research program will evaluate wearable data to improve viral illness detection

Study shows disparities in guideline-concordant treatment for NSCLC patients

Critical guidance to identify COVID-19 patients at risk of drug-induced sudden cardiac death

Challenges and options to counter coronavirus pandemic in Germany

Researchers use ultrasound technique to accurately localize cardiac arrhythmias

Trump’s boast about U.S., South Korea coronavirus testing misses the mark

Despite failures, chemotherapy still promising against fatal pediatric brain cancer

Hospital suppliers take to the skies to combat dire shortages of COVID-19 gear

Hotter temperatures linked to bad mental health

Finnish researchers come together to study airborne transmission of coronavirus

Culturally adapted diabetes education programs boost Latino participation

Parental physical activity support helps improve motor skills in kids with developmental disabilities

Ankle exoskeletons can drastically reduce the energy cost of running, study finds

Russian researchers explain why new pathogenic viruses are so hard to detect

California lawmakers struggle to conduct business amid COVID-19 lockdown

Coronavirus unlikely to spread through tears

Accurate and informative labeling of CBD products is a critical public health issue

Highly purified fish oil therapy could prevent thousands of cardiovascular events

Study shows the importance of proper cleaning to protect animal and human health

Researchers aim to find the genetic basis of severe coronavirus infection in young people

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

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