Medical News
We've All Heard That Eating Late Is Unhealthy. Is It True?
Discover - 30 Oct 2020 21:36
A growing body of research suggests that it's a good idea to sync up meal times and our internal biological clocks.
Department of Energy providing funding for researchers to support COVID-19 projects
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions has announced a COVID-19 Technical Assistance Program that provides funding for national laboratory researchers to assist...
Children Need Stability, So What Happens When Schools Reopen and Close?
Discover - 30 Oct 2020 17:30
As schools try to respond to infection rates, policies meant to keep children safe are taking a toll on their health in other ways.
Can glucose-lowering drugs impact mortality in COVID-19 patients with type 2 diabetes?
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(The MIT Press) Peer reviews of a new study examining the relationship between Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19 say the research is reliable and relevant, but also call for further investigation of this vital topic.
Children with asymptomatic brain bleeds as newborns show normal brain development at age 2
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of North Carolina Health Care) A study by UNC researchers finds that neurodevelopmental scores and gray matter volumes at age two years did not differ between children who had MRI-confirmed asymptomatic subdu...
Collecting sperm from Covid-19 patients
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(The University of Bergen) How does Covid-19 affect sperm and thus the next generation´s immune system? Norwegian researchers are collecting sperm to find the answer.
Collective impact partnership models help close health care workforce gap
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(George Mason University) New research published in the VASCD Journal, A Case Study in Growing the Health Workforce Pipeline in Virginia, seeks to address these critical shortages in Virginia's health care workforce by e...
Compression garments reduce strength loss after training
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Tohoku University) Regular training enhances your strength, but recovery is equally important. Elastic bandages and compression garments are widely used in sports to facilitate recovery and prevent injuries. Now, a rese...
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Texas at Austin) A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious...
For Black LGBQ+ Americans, intersectional experiences can hurt -- or help, YSPH study finds
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Yale School of Public Health) Using a new method for quantifying intersectional experiences, a new Yale School of Public Health study finds that Black LGBQ+ Americans tend to feel better about themselves after encounter...
Giving the immune system a double boost against cancer
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Cancer immunotherapies are very effective for some patients, but many cancers do not respond to the currently available treatments. Researchers are developing a new approach that expands t...
Healthcare app reduces symptoms of COPD compared to regular treatment
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Southampton) A Southampton-developed healthcare app that helps people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) manage their condition can speed up recovery after hospital admission and reduce flar...
Hospital floors are hotspot for bacteria, creating route of transfer to patients
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) The floors of hospital rooms are frequently contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria within hours of patient admission, creating a route of transfer of potentially ...
Infection by confection: COVID-19 and the risk of trick-or-treating
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) Researchers determined that COVID-19 transmission risk via Halloween candies is low, even when they are handled by infected people, but handwashing and disinfecting collected sweets...
Melding biology and physical sciences yields deeper understanding of cancer
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Massachusetts General Hospital) An evolving understanding of cancer that incorporates the physical properties of tumors and their surrounding tissues into existing biologic and genetic models can direct cancer researche...
Microbes in the gut could be protective against hazardous radiation exposure
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) A study by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues showed that mice exposed to potentially lethal levels of total body radiation were protected...
Mobile smartphone technology is associated with better clinical outcomes for OHCA
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Mobile smartphone technology can accelerate first responder dispatch and may be instrumental to improving out?of?hospital cardiac arrest (OCHA) survival.
Nelson awarded $4.5 million to study prevention and treatment of metastatic breast cancer
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope ...
New cause of inflammation in people with HIV identified
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Boston Medical Center) A new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center examined what factors could be contributing to this inflammation, and they identified the inability to control HIV RNA production from exist...
New drug candidate for the treatment of COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Kent) Researchers from the University of Kent, the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), and the Hannover Medical School (Germany) have identified a drug with the potential to provide a treatme...
Novel adoptive cell transfer method shortens timeline for T-cell manufacture
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers find a new way to generate T-cells faster, making immediate treatment with this therapy possible.
Parasitology - Bringing the locals onboard
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2020 06:00
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) A new study examines local perceptions of Chagas disease in a region where the infectious agent is endemic. The results underline the need to take social and cultural factors in...