Medical News
nTIDE June 2020 COVID update: Numbers improve for workers with and without disabilities
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Kessler Foundation) 'To see sustained improvement, people with disabilities need to remain engaged in the labor market,' said economist Andrew Houtenville, Ph.D., of UNH-IOD, 'by continuing to work, returning to work af...
Understanding Separation Anxiety in Dogs -- and How to Help Them Cope
Discover - 25 Jun 2020 16:47
Your dog's favorite place to be is at your side. But if your pup's neediness gets out of hand, there are things you can do to help them stay calm.
Decades old mystery in leukaemia treatment solved
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Kent) A research team led by the University of Kent and Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, has solved an almost 40-year old mystery in leukaemia therapy and the drug nelarabine, thanks to studying levels...
Superbug impact on the gut
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Monash University) Monash University researchers have discovered that the devastating bacterial superbug Clostridioides difficile hijacks the human wound healing system in order to cause serious and persistent disease, ...
Racial disparities in surgery rates for esophageal cancer
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Thomas Jefferson University) Black patients with esophageal cancer are less likely to receive life-saving surgery for early-stage disease than white patients.
Study looks at the impact of gendar bias in helmet regulations for lacrosse players
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) According to a new study, high school girls' lacrosse players who may, but are not required to, wear flexible headgear are at a higher risk of getting a concussion from a ...
The burden of non-COVID patients: Caring for the left-behind
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(PCR) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed gaps in health care systems. Recognition of the impacts of these gaps offers an opportunity for health care professionals working with political institutions to impro...
COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(American College of Physicians) A Dangerous Myth: Does Speaking Imply Breathing?
First successful delivery of mitochondria to liver cells in animals
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Connecticut) This experiment marks the first time researchers have ever successfully introduced mitochondria into specific cells in living animals. The study lays the groundwork to address a serious gap in...
GW researcher receives $2.2 million for chronic stress study
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(George Washington University) The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.2 million to researchers at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences for a study on chronic stress. The team will investigate the chang...
Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Rutgers University) There's some good news in New Jersey about a potentially deadly tick-borne bacterium. Rutgers researchers examined more than 3,000 ticks in the Garden State and found only one carrying Rickettsia ric...
How can a radiologist confront COVID-19?
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Moscow Research and Practical Clinical Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine Technologies) At the beginning of 2020, humanity faced a new threat - coronavirus infection. Some countries met this challenge earlier than ...
From Jekyll to Hyde: New study pinpoints mutation that makes E. coli deadlier
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Okayama University) We all know that there are "good" and "bad" bacteria, but scientists have little insight into how bacteria become "bad" or "pathogenic" and cause disease. Now, in a new study published in PLoS Pathog...
Cancer survivors overestimate the quality of their diets, finds first study on the topic
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(George Mason University) A new George Mason University study led by Dr. Hong Xue found that cancer survivors overestimate the quality of their diets, with older participants, those with higher incomes or levels of educa...
ASPS predicts new industry trends amidst COVID-19 reopenings
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(American Society of Plastic Surgeons) As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how plastic surgeons will care for patients and how they operate their practices, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently condu...
Merits of revascularisation and medical treatment for chronic coronary syndromes
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(PCR) There are two treatment goals for patients with chronic coronary syndromes: reducing the risk of hard outcomes (i.e., death, myocardial infarction) and improving health outcomes (i.e. angina symptoms, quality of li...
Managing personal protective equipment in health care settings
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) An article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides an overview on personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care settings, including evidence on effectiveness of...
Managing abnormal results on cervical cancer screening: ASCCP issues updated guidelines
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Replacing guidelines for managing women with abnormal results on cervical cancer screening test from 2012, new recommendations from ASCCP emphasize more precise management based on estimates of th...
Montana State researcher publishes paper examining COVID-19 spread
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Montana State University) The work examines trends in visits to outpatient clinics for influenza-like illnesses in March 2020 as compared to previous years.
Most American women haven't heard of breast implant-related lymphoma
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Only about 1 out 7 American women have heard about breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) -- an immune system cancer occurring in a small percentage of women with brea...
Nationwide EMS calls have dropped 26% since the start of the pandemic
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(University at Buffalo) Since early March and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, 911 calls for emergency medical services have dropped by 26.1 % compared to the past two years.
New approach drives bacteria to produce potential antibiotic, antiparasitic compounds
EurekAlert! - 25 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) Researchers have developed a method to spur the production of new antibiotic or antiparasitic compounds hiding in the genomes of actinobacteria, which are the sou...