Medical News
Health care workers most at risk for COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Rutgers University) Health care workers -- particularly nurses -- have a higher prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection than non-health care workers, according to researchers at Rutgers, which released baseline results from ...
Does Wearing Glasses Protect You From COVID-19?
Discover - 16 Nov 2020 16:45
It's possible for the coronavirus to spread through the eyes. But whether wearing glasses or contacts reduces someone's risk of infection is still unclear.
A change of heart -- new drug for HCM reduces heart mass
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) For the first time, a medication has impacted heart muscle thickness and function for patients with the most common inherited heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, rat...
Actively speaking two languages protects against cognitive decline
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) According to a study led by Marco Calabria, a researcher of the Speech Production and Bilingualism research group and of the Cognitive NeuroLab at the UOC, the diagnosis of mild cog...
Biochar from agricultural waste products can adsorb contaminants in wastewater
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Penn State) Biochar -- a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products -- holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater. That's the conclusion...
Bursts of exercise can lead to significant improvements in indicators of metabolic health
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Massachusetts General Hospital) Short bursts of physical exercise induce changes in the body's levels of metabolites that correlate to, and may help gauge, an individual's cardiometabolic, cardiovascular and long-term h...
Changes to the brain's reward system may drive overeating in mice
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Society for Neuroscience) A combination of innate differences and diet-induced changes to the reward system may predispose some mice to overeat, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
Children misdiagnosed with "impairment of language acquisition"
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Medical University of Vienna) Around 45% of children in Austrian day nurseries have a first language other than German. Those who our experiencing difficulty in learning the second language are often diagnosed as having...
Chronic alcohol use reshapes the brain's immune landscape, driving anxiety and addiction
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Scripps Research Institute) Deep within the brain, a small almond-shaped region called the amygdala plays a vital role in how we exhibit emotion, behavior and motivation; it's also strongly implicated in alcohol abuse. ...
Dairy cows exposed to heavy metals worsen antibiotic-resistant pathogen crisis
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Penn State) Dairy cows, exposed for a few years to drinking water contaminated with heavy metals, carry more pathogens loaded with antimicrobial-resistance genes able to tolerate and survive various antibiotics. That's ...
Discovery of protein's 'Achilles heel' paves way for novel class of anti-HIV drugs
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) it is increasingly clear how Nef manages to subvert human cells' defense mechanisms, enabling HIV to replicate and bringing the symptoms of AIDS closer.
ESC Digital Health Week: pushing the boundaries of digital medicine
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(European Society of Cardiology) Digital health is transforming the way patients and healthcare professionals interact. Join us for ESC Digital Health Week from 30 November to 3 December and examine the hottest topics in...
Early life risk factors predict higher obesity and cardiometabolic risk
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute) Early life risk factors in the first 1000 days cumulatively predict higher obesity and cardiometabolic risk in early adolescence, according to new research led by the Harvard Pilgr...
FDA fast tracks LSU Health faculty invention to save lives of preemies
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A technology to diagnose a potentially fatal disease in premature infants invented by Sunyoung Kim, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at LSU Health New...
First-ever phase 3 clinical trial opens for patients with advanced anal cancer
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group) A new clinical trial for metastatic anal cancer will determine if a drug that uses the immune system to fight cancer will prolong progression-free survival when given with standard chem...
Good long-term effects of continuous glucose monitoring
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Gothenburg) New data on continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes, over a significantly longer period than before, are now available. A University of Gothenburg study shows that using t...
Key patient insights the missing link in understanding COVID-19 and its mutations
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of York) A new study led by Australia's national science agency CSIRO, has found 95.5 per cent of current entries in GISAID, the world's largest novel coronavirus genome database, do not contain relevant pati...
Key source of memories
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Freiburg) Researchers identify a region of the brain as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex.
Liver condition identified in patients using urine samples: new research
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Warwick) Fifty fragments of proteins, termed peptides, have been identified in the urine of liver fibrosis patients in a new study that could pave the way for a potential diagnostic urine test for the cond...
Low levels of choline in pregnant Black American women associated with higher levels of stress
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that many pregnant Black Americans have low levels of choline, an essential nutrient that aids...
Massive dataset reveals which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Binghamton University) Are our political institutions up for the task of managing the COVID-19 pandemic and any possible future similar threats? A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University ...
Measles outbreaks likely in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
EurekAlert! - 16 Nov 2020 07:00
(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) Major measles outbreaks will likely occur during 2021 as an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new academic article.