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Coronavirus spreads even without symptoms and how Hangzhou province contained virus spread

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading across the globe, and containment measures have been implemented at many of the hotspots for the disease. Though isolation and quarantine measures are considered the best way to contain the virus, one new study suggests it might not be as effective as hoped.

9 Mar 2020

Study looks at lung injury and vaping THC and vitamin E acetate

The US has witnessed a spate of patients presenting with acute lung injury associated with e-cigarettes or vaping product use. A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows the pattern of the outbreak in California where recreational cannabis use is legal and which has among the maximum cases of the strange illness.

8 Mar 2020

A seismic view of the brain

A new study published in the journal Digital Medicine in March 2020 reports a prototype or pilot study that could make it easier to develop much more accurate imaging technology for the human brain, far more superior to any existing technology such as CT, MRI, and PET scanning.

8 Mar 2020

Flexible options for lifestyle programs may benefit modern women with heart disease

Women with heart disease today need flexible options for lifestyle programs that fit their busy schedules. That's the finding of a study published today, International Women's Day, in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

8 Mar 2020

Scientists may have found a way to prevent coronavirus spread

Just like any other virus, the coronavirus needs a host to survive. Viruses enter the cells of the human body to cause disease by attaching to a specific receptor site on the host cell membrane. To do this, they attach to proteins in the capsid through glycoproteins found in the envelope of the virus.

8 Mar 2020

Moderate-to-severe PTSD symptoms common among 30% of injury survivors admitted to EDs

Over 30 percent of injury survivors who are treated in hospital emergency departments will have moderate-to-severe symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder at some point in the first year following the initial incident, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health finds.

8 Mar 2020

New device to measure brain pH with increased spatial and temporal accuracy

Although a number of techniques are able to track changes in pH in the brain, precise measurements have not previously been possible. Now, however, researchers in Japan have developed a novel method for examining brain pH that may lead to new information about the role of pH in brain signaling.

7 Mar 2020

New training program can help patients get full benefit of digital mental health tools

Digital technologies, especially smartphone apps, have great promise for increasing access to care for patients with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia.

7 Mar 2020

Study shows how series of ‘clutches’ in the motor cortex help our brains initiate movement

For decades, scientists have wondered why specific cells in the brain that control movement fire when people simply plan or imagine making a movement, or observe someone else making a movement - but do not actually move themselves.

7 Mar 2020

Individual responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is equally vital as government action

How individuals respond to government advice on preventing the spread of COVID-19 will be at least as important, if not more important, than government action, according to a new commentary from researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London in the UK, and Utrecht University and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands.

7 Mar 2020

Focusing on healthcare quality as a business strategy

Despite two decades of effort - targeting care processes, outcomes, and most recently the value of care - progress has been slow in closing the gap between quality and cost in the US healthcare system.

7 Mar 2020

Study: Distraction by technology during mealtimes may reduce food intake

Being distracted by technology during mealtimes may decrease the amount of food a person eats, nutrition scientists suggest in a new study.

7 Mar 2020

No evidence related to transferability of biomarker tests for decision-making on chemotherapy for breast cancer

Following a benefit assessment in 2016 and an addendum in 2018, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has again examined biomarker-based tests for women with primary breast cancer.

7 Mar 2020

Researchers identify new genetic variants that cause heart disease in infants

Florida State University researchers working in an international collaboration have identified new genetic variants that cause heart disease in infants, and their research has led to novel insights into the role of a protein that affects how the heart pumps blood.

7 Mar 2020

Gut bacteria can boost effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy, mice study suggests

Could the response to cancer immunotherapy depend on bacteria that originate in the gut and travel to the tumor?

7 Mar 2020

TB bacteria produce fatty acid that triggers a pain-response cough to spread the disease

Tuberculosis is distinguished primarily by the persistent cough that serves to spread the disease. Stopping whatever triggers that cough could greatly reduce the transmission of the disease, which annually kills more than 1.3 million people worldwide.

7 Mar 2020

Biomarker in saliva linked to emergence of childhood obesity

A molecular marker in saliva is associated with the emergence of childhood obesity in a group of preschool-aged Hispanic children.

7 Mar 2020

Researchers explore ovulatory-cycle shifts in women’s mate preferences

In the past, there has been much excitement over research that purported to show a link between changes in a woman's cycle and how attracted she was to men behaving in different ways.

7 Mar 2020

USask researchers receive almost $1 million to fight new coronavirus

A University of Saskatchewan research team and collaborating scientists from across the country have been awarded almost $1 million over two years to develop animal models and test vaccine candidates for effectiveness and safety against the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

7 Mar 2020

$3 million grant helps Dartmouth engineers to develop multi-modal breast imaging platform

Most people who undergo breast biopsies do not have cancer, according to Cancer.org, so a group of researchers are trying to minimize the number of unnecessary biopsies using an innovative technique that combines two commonly-used methods.

7 Mar 2020

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Coronavirus spreads even without symptoms and how Hangzhou province contained virus spread

Study looks at lung injury and vaping THC and vitamin E acetate

A seismic view of the brain

Flexible options for lifestyle programs may benefit modern women with heart disease

Scientists may have found a way to prevent coronavirus spread

Moderate-to-severe PTSD symptoms common among 30% of injury survivors admitted to EDs

New device to measure brain pH with increased spatial and temporal accuracy

New training program can help patients get full benefit of digital mental health tools

Study shows how series of ‘clutches’ in the motor cortex help our brains initiate movement

Individual responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is equally vital as government action

Focusing on healthcare quality as a business strategy

Study: Distraction by technology during mealtimes may reduce food intake

No evidence related to transferability of biomarker tests for decision-making on chemotherapy for breast cancer

Researchers identify new genetic variants that cause heart disease in infants

Gut bacteria can boost effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy, mice study suggests

TB bacteria produce fatty acid that triggers a pain-response cough to spread the disease

Biomarker in saliva linked to emergence of childhood obesity

Researchers explore ovulatory-cycle shifts in women’s mate preferences

USask researchers receive almost $1 million to fight new coronavirus

$3 million grant helps Dartmouth engineers to develop multi-modal breast imaging platform

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