Medical News
Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain injury
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(Elsevier) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remai...
Yawning Is One of the Greatest Mysteries of the Human Body
Discover - 29 Dec 2020 16:00
No one knows for sure why we (or our pets) yawn. But some hypotheses hold more weight than others.
An explanation for the lack of blood oxygenation detected in many COVID-19 patients
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Seville) Researchers at the Seville Institute of Biomedicine (IBIS) describe the presence in the human carotid body, the organ that senses oxygen in the blood, of the protein (ECA2) through which SARS-CoV-...
College football players underestimate risk of injury and concussion
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) College football players may underestimate their risk of injury and concussion, according to a new study published today in JAMA Network Open. Christine Baugh, PhD, MPH, a...
Imaging of ballistic wounds, bullet composition and implications for MRI safety
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), because patients with ballistic embedded fragments are frequently denied MRI (due to indeterminate bullet composit...
Imaging the twilight zone
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Turku) What happens in the brain when our conscious awareness fades during general anesthesia and normal sleep? Finnish scientists studied this question with novel experimental designs and func-tional brai...
Scientists turned toxic pesticide into treatment against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University) Russian scientists from Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg have synthesized nitrogen-containing cyclic compounds that differ only in the relative position of side substituents. They ...
Significant disparities in telemedicine use, especially among older and POC patients
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Older people as well as minorities, non-English speakers and those with lower incomes face inequities in accessing telemedicine care
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(Karolinska Institutet) Small studies have suggested that a group of medications called RAS inhibitors may be harmful in persons with advanced chronic kidney disease, and physicians therefore often stop the treatment in ...
Study examines the most effective COVID-19 control policies
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management) A timely new study published by PLOS ONE examines the effectiveness of COVID-19 control policies in 40 jurisdictions including countries and U.S. states. In most place...
Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Ongoing observational clinical research has become a priority to better understand how the COVID-19 virus acts, and findings from this research can better inform treatment and vaccin...
UC researcher urges caution using remdesivir to treat COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(University of Cincinnati) Research at the University of Cincinnati, however, contends that this antiviral drug is being used too indiscriminately when treating patients hospitalized with the virus. The study is publishe...
UOC to study whether intermittent fasting slows down ageing in postmenopausal women
EurekAlert! - 29 Dec 2020 07:00
(Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)) Although many treatments are offered for slowing down the impact of ageing on health and physical appearance, there are no serious studies that prove their effectiveness on the bio...