Medical News

(University of Virginia Health System) UVA School of Medicine physicians and students have launched a COVID-19 podcast series that includes advice to protect your health along with a behind-the-scenes look at UVA Health'...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Nearly 10 percent of patients who are prescribed opioid medications following heart surgery will continue to use opioids more than 90 days after the procedure, according to...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Using a combination of satellite and ground-based observations to study air pollution changes in China during COVID-19 lockdowns, researchers report up to 90% reducti...

(University of California - Davis) Does living close to roadways pose a risk to the developing brain? A UC Davis study found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for changes in brain develop...

(Compuscript Ltd) BIO Integration (BIOI) Virtual Conference Series 2020We are pleased to announce details of the BIO Integration (BIOI) virtual conference series 2020. Online webinars supported by live question and answe...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) Women Veterans Network (WoVeN) has received one of 13 grants (out of 190 initial proposals) from the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF). The...

(American Chemical Society) With vaccines and therapeutic drugs for COVID-19 still under development, doctors are wondering whether antibody-rich plasma infusions from the blood of recovered patients could be a more imme...

(Chalmers University of Technology) Iron fortification of food is a cost-effective method of preventing iron deficiency. But finding iron compounds that are easily absorbed by the intestine without compromising food qual...

(McMaster University) Nurses run the central command centre and use a tablet computer to virtually interact with patients. They can also connect patients to physicians through virtual linkage. The patients also use simpl...

(CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy) Slightly less than half (48%) of New Yorkers know how vaccines actually work, but those who do are about 7% more likely to say they will take a COVID-19 vaccine w...

(Washington State University) Where you live has a significant impact on the likelihood that you will reach centenarian age, suggests a new study conducted by scientists at Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd Co...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A new data visualization dashboard developed by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists may be the first to compile state-level COVID-19 demo...

(Université de Genève) By deciphering the neural dialogue between the brain's reward and memory networks, a new study demonstrates that the lasting positive effect of a reward on the ability of individuals to retain a ...

(Kessler Foundation) There was insufficient evidence for cognitive efficacy across the spectrum of pharmacologic agents used in multiple sclerosis. 'Given the impact of cognitive dysfunction on individuals with MS, it is...

(Florida State University) FSU researchers looking at mouse models found impaired functional interactions between the hippocampus and the parietal cortex during the memory replay period, which may yield new insights into...

(University of Montreal) A new test developed at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal will enable better management of patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Gut bacteria are tiny but may play an outsized role not only in the host animal's digestive health, but in their overall well-being. According to a new study ...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) During a recent six-year period, homeless people in New York state were more likely to hospitalized and treated with mechanical ventilators for respiratory infecti...

(American Chemical Society) If you're a cat owner, you might have heard of Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that sometimes infects humans through contact with contaminated feces in litterboxes. Although harmless to most pe...

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) MDC researcher Jan Philipp Junker and his collaborator Maria Colome-Tatche at Helmholtz Center Munich have received a €200,000 grant to improve...

(Leibniz-Institut für Lebensmittel-Systembiologie an der TU München) Coffee is very popular around the world despite or perhaps because of its bitter taste. Compounds contained in the coffee such as caffeine contribute...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In a series of experiments using human cancer cell lines, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully used light as a trigger to make precise cuts in genomic material rapidly,...