Medical News
How rotavirus causes severe gastrointestinal disease
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) Using intercellular calcium waves, rotavirus amplifies its ability to cause disease beyond the cells it directly infects. This is the first virus identified to activate ADP-mediated intercell...
Predicting preterm births
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers studied how family history can predict preterm birth.
A meta-analysis of major complications between traditional pacemakers and leadless pacemakers
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Compuscript Ltd) A Meta-analysis of Major Complications between Traditional Pacemakers and Leadless Pacemakers. In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI Diyu Cui, Yimeng Liao, Jianlin ...
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Volume 10, Issue 10 Publishes
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Compuscript Ltd) The Journal of the Institute of Materia Medica, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB) is a monthly journal, in English, w...
Antibody cocktails at low doses could be more effective at treating COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Rockefeller University Press) Pairs of antibodies may be more effective than single antibodies at preventing and treating COVID-19, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel H...
Antimicrobial peptides with anticancer properties
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Compuscript Ltd) Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this article the authors Zhong, Cuiyu; Zhang, Lei; Huang, Jiandong; Huang, Songyin; Yao, Yandan from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzho...
Being alone and socializing with others each contributes differently to personal growth
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Bar-Ilan University) Researchers from Bar-Ilan University analyzed self-generated text from more than 1,700 participants who performed a sentence-completion task regarding their experience alone and their social experie...
Breathing problems in teens: COVID-19 or lung injury due to vaping?
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of California - Davis Health) In a case series of three teen patients, UC Davis Health pediatricians present common manifestations of COVID-19 and lung injury due to vaping (EVALI). As EVALI and COVID-19 shar...
COVID-19 and multimorbidity
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Leopoldina) What happens when COVID-19 meets other infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria? Particularly in middle- and low-income countries, this is a relevant question. Nevertheless, multimorbi...
Can 'the social brain' protect against Alzheimer's? NIH awards IU $3.5 million to find out
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Indiana University) An interdisciplinary team led by Indiana University social neuroscientist Anne Krendl was awarded $3.5 million by the National Institutes of Health to navigate a phenomenon with major promise for the...
Can eating mangoes reduce women's facial wrinkles?
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of California - Davis) A new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, finds eating Ataulfo mangoes, also known as honey or Champagne mangoes, may reduce facial wrinkles in older women wi...
Children's Hospital Los Angeles conducts largest pediatric genomic COVID-19 study to date
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles analyze the largest group of genetically-sequenced Sars-CoV-2 samples to date. Their findings suggest a potential link between certain mutat...
College students are less food insecure than non-students
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) College students are significantly less likely to be food insecure than non-students in the same age group, according to a new study f...
Drug eases recovery for those with severe alcohol withdrawal
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Yale University) Yale scientists say a drug originally developed to treat high blood pressure can reduce severe withdrawal symptoms for patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder.
Engineered immune cells elicit broad response to HIV in mice, offering hope for vaccine
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Scripps Research Institute) Unlike so many other deadly viruses, HIV still lacks a vaccine. The virus has proven especially tricky to prevent with conventional antibodies, in part because it evolves so rapidly in the bo...
Gut microbiome link to deadly lung disease
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Centenary Institute) Research led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Queensland has shown for the first time a link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
Hertz Foundation Entrepreneurship Award to support microbial innovation
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Fannie and John Hertz Foundation) Hertz Fellow Cheri Ackerman, CEO and cofounder of Concerto Biosciences, has received the Hertz Foundation's Harold Newman and David Galas Entrepreneurial Initiative Award. She plans to ...
Implantation of an S-ICD in a patient with a DDD pacemaker and congenitally corrected transposition
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Compuscript Ltd) Implantation of an S-ICD in a Patient with a DDD Pacemaker and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries. In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI Yu ...
Importance of mitochondrial-related genes in dilated cardiomyopathy
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Compuscript Ltd) Importance of Mitochondrial-Related Genes in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Based on Bioinformatics Analysis. In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI Yukuan Chen, Xiaohui Wu,...
In-stent thrombosis after antiplatelet therapy conversion while awaiting coronary bypass
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Compuscript Ltd) In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI Nathan Burke, Tawanna Charlton, Hussam Hawamdeh, and Ki Park from the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, ...
Inclusion is key for all to thrive throughout life, report says
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(The Gerontological Society of America) When it comes to optimizing 'longevity fitness' through attention to social, health, and wealth aspects of life, many Americans face intractable inequities based on the color of th...
Incretin hormone levels linked to arteriosclerosis
EurekAlert! - 19 Nov 2020 07:00
(Lund University) Diabetes is currently treated using incretin hormones to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical issues that the illness can trigger. Now researchers from Lund University in Sweden h...