Medical News
Adults with overweight or obesity often don't recognize they have a weight problem
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(American College of Physicians) A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) data found that more than 40% of U.S. adults with overweight and nearly 10% with obesity did not co...
Want to Be More Productive While Working From Home? Get Up and Move Around
Discover - 1 Dec 2020 23:53
Science has found that sitting all day can be a productivity killer.
Bleach-alternative COVID-19 surface disinfectants may pollute indoor air: USask research
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Saskatchewan) Cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants has the potential to pollute the air and pose a health risk, according to research led by University of Saskatchewan (USask).
COVID-19 may deepen depression, anxiety, and PTSD among pregnant and postpartum women
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital surveyed pregnant women and those who had recently given birth, finding concerning rates of depression, generalized anxiety and...
CU Anschutz researcher offers new theory on `Venus' figurines
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) One of world's earliest examples of art, the enigmatic `Venus' figurines carved some 30,000 years ago, have intrigued and puzzled scientists for nearly two centuries. Now ...
Dana-Farber to present more than 40 research studies at 2020 ASH Annual Meeting
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers will present more than 40 research studies at the virtual 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting on December 5-8, including two st...
Engaging family caregivers key to coordinated home health care
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) After Jo-Ana Chase heard her mother had successful heart surgery, she was relieved when her mom was finally discharged from the hospital and sent home to be cared for by her brother.
Environmental exposures affect therapeutic drugs
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Vienna) Humans are exposed to various environmental or dietary molecules that can attenuate or even increase the effect of therapeutic drugs. Studies on the industrial chemical bisphenol A and the phytoest...
First report card on biosimilars in oncology
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(George Washington University) In a Policy Review in The Lancet Oncology, Y. Tony Yang, a professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing and Milken Institute School of Public Health, along with his co-au...
For people with certain BRCA mutations, activating the immune system could be promising treatment
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) Tumors with mutations in the BRCA2 cancer-predisposition gene respond better to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy than tumors with mutations in BRCA1, scientists at Memorial Sloan...
Free webinar: Advancing the AMR agenda during COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(International Vaccine Institute) The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), and the Embassy of Denmark in Korea will co-host a free webinar to sha...
Global Brain Health Leader Awards to develop dementia-related projects
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Alzheimer's Association) To address the growing public health crisis of dementia, three leading organizations announced funding for 23 small-scale pilot projects as part of this year's Pilot Awards for Global Brain Heal...
Glucosamine may reduce overall death rates as effectively as regular exercise
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(West Virginia University) Glucosamine supplements may reduce overall mortality about as well as regular exercise does, according to a new epidemiological study from West Virginia University.
IU researchers publish first article dedicated to Hoosier youth's donated tumor
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Indiana University School of Medicine) Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have published their work about a specific type of childhood cancer in the peer-reviewed, international oncology journal, Cance...
In a holiday season unlike any other, avoid unfounded claims about suicide
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania) The holiday season usually has the lowest monthly suicide rates. And while the COVID-19 pandemic has increased risk factors associated with suicide, the ...
Increasing HPV vaccine uptake in adolescents
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) More than 90 percent of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers could be prevented by widespread uptake of the HPV vaccine. Yet, vaccine use in the United States falls sh...
KU Leuven vaccine candidate protects against Covid-19 and yellow fever
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(KU Leuven) KU Leuven researchers published results of their vaccine candidate, a vector vaccine based on the yellow fever vaccine. The paper shows that the vaccine protects hamsters from infection with the SARS-CoV-2 co...
LSU Health New Orleans discovers drug development target for retinal dystrophies
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers reports for the first time that deleting one of the inhibitors of the RPE65 gene in a mouse model that carries a human dise...
Lab results don't explain 'obesity paradox,' but bias may
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Results of standard laboratory tests performed on adult outpatients to provide an overall picture of their health are fairly consistent between those with obesity and th...
Long-term data shows racial & ethnic disparities in effectiveness of anti-smoking measures
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Oregon State University) Tobacco control efforts have reduced cigarette smoking for many, but those efforts have disproportionately helped white smokers, while other racial and ethnic groups are still struggling, an Ore...
Medical students taken on virtual ward visits
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(Queen Mary University of London) Students at Queen Mary University of London have been virtually transported into a surgical ward to follow their lecturer on his ward rounds.
Meningococcus B vaccine prevents disease with 79 per cent effectiveness in under-18s
EurekAlert! - 1 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Bristol) Meningococcus group B, the most prevalent strain of meningococcal infection, is prevented with 79 per cent effectiveness in children and young adults inoculated with the 4CMenB vaccine, also known...