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(Terry Collins Assoc) A group of high-, low- and middle-income countries and foundations are pledging $20.6 billion to restore health services for women, newborns, children and adolescents crumbing due to COVID-19. Of th...

(Cancer Research UK) A new and less invasive treatment developed by Cancer Research UK researchers is safer than standard major surgery for early-stage rectal cancer, giving patients a better quality of life with fewer l...

(Cleveland Clinic) COVID-19 is known primarily as a respiratory disease, with symptoms that include cough, shortness of breath, and, in severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia. Now, Cleveland Clin...

(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) A single protein that appears necessary for the COVID-19 virus to reproduce and spread to other cells is a potential weakness that could be targeted by future therapies.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Blowing air from a fan into the face of patients with advanced cancer experiencing breathlessness, and other nonpharmacologic interventions, may offer symptom relief, according to new research di...

(Children's Hospital Colorado) Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado determined that the long-term risk of cardiovascular events including heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke and coronary death was reduc...

(Center for Genomic Regulation) Humans, followed by ferrets and to a lesser extent cats, civets and dogs are the most susceptible animals to SARS-CoV-2 infection. The researchers calculated this by i) assessing the viral...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 68Ga-pentixafor is an effective diagnostic tool for central nervous system (CNS) B-cell lymphoma, according to a proof-o...

Blue light gets a bad rap these days. Many people are turning to special glasses to protect their eyes from digital screens. But do they really work?

(University of California - San Diego) Bernard Thurman was referred to a personalized cancer therapy trial at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, a collaboration with the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, the t...

(Iowa State University) The foods we eat may have a direct impact on our cognitive acuity in our later years, according to new Iowa State University research. The study is the first of its kind to connect specific foods ...

(International & American Associations for Dental Research) The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for consensus on the definition of essential oral healthcare. The article 'Pandemic considerations on essential oral...

(Florida Atlantic University) Despite many occurrences of red tide and blue green algae in Florida waters, the understanding of the health effects of exposure to these blooms is limited. Researchers will evaluate short- ...

(The Gerontological Society of America) "Tools for Advancing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education" is a new resource produced by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and its educational section, the Academy for Ger...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) SARS-CoV-2 was introduced to the Boston area of Massachusetts many times in early 2020, according to a new analysis of virus genomes, but only a small number of impor...

(Max Planck Institute for Human Development) The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the uncertainty inherent in science. The results of a Germany-wide study conducted by researchers at the Max Planck Institute ...

(Temple University Health System) Thanks to $2.5M from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Lewis Katz School of Medicine researchers are poised to better predict which patients with diab...

(CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) often have a carcinogenic mutated form of the calreticulin gene (CALR). Scientists of the ...

(Elsevier) About five percent of patients experience heart muscle injury around the time of their surgery for a noncardiac condition, yet guideline recommendations to identify patients at risk using biomarkers are not be...

(Medical University of South Carolina) In recognition of her spirit of innovation and the lasting impact of her work on cancer patients, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Nancy Klauber-DeMore, M.D., has been named a...

(Universität Bayreuth) The environment is polluted by microplastics worldwide. A research team at the University of Bayreuth has now discovered that microplastic particles find their way into living cells more easily if...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A new nationwide study of more than 50,000 individuals is underway to determine factors that predict disease severity and long-term health impacts of COVID-19. Researchers...