Medical News

(Cell Press) The use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins is associated with a lower death rate and a lower incidence of mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), r...

(Washington State University) As the SARS-CoV-2 puts new focus on zoonotic pathogens, a Washington State University researcher has developed a method to use environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect disease in the vast internat...

(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found.

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A new study reveals a possible biological reason that Alzheimer's Disease (AD) progresses at different rates in different patients. The study, which was led by Massachusetts General Hospi...

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) 173 exposures analysed in first major study to assess risk of obesity in childhood using an exposome-wide approach.

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Infrared microscopy can automatically detect the type of intestinal tumour within only 30 minutes. These results are then used to make targeted therapy decisions.

(Boston University School of Medicine) The growing Black Lives Matter movement has brought more attention to the myriad structures that reinforce racial inequities, in everything from policing to hiring to maternal morta...

(American College of Physicians) Masks for Prevention of Respiratory Virus Infections, Including SARS-CoV-2, in Health Care and Community Settings

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Bacteriophage can reduce bacterial growth in the lungs, limiting fluid build-up. This could decrease the mortality of patients affected by COVID-19

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new study from Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian provides physicians with valuable information on how the heart adapts to intense physical training for elite femal...

(American Thoracic Society) Regions with an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 epidemics, according to a new letter-to-the-editor published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) Brown-headed cowbirds show a bias in the sex ratio of their offspring depending on the time of the breeding season, researchers report in a new study. More female...

(University of Tennessee Health Science Center) Vice Chancellor for Research at University of Tennessee Health Science Center releases fourth edition of book on medical cell biology.

(University of Cologne) Medications work better when bacteria have a genetic defect / publication in 'Nature Communications'.

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A type of ultraviolet light called far-UVC -- which is safe to use around people -- kills more than 99.9% of airborne coronaviruses, a new study at Columbia University Irving M...

(University of Hawaii at Manoa) Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean during a join...

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A new study conducted by graduate student WU Yuli and his colleagues at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences indicates that humans have a stereo sense ...

(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do not.

(Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)) Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, health is receiving unprecedented public and political attention. Yet the fact that climate change also presents ...

(University of Virginia Health System) Invasive fire ants with a nasty bite are limiting the spread of a dangerous meat allergy, new research suggests. But it's not all good news, as the ants themselves can also cause se...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the odds of a fatal opioid overdose were 1.5 times higher for indi...

(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) A team of researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) reported on the epidemiology of COVID-19 illness experienced at an NCI-designated cancer center during the he...