Medical News
Where antibiotic resistance comes from
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Gothenburg) By comparing thousands of bacterial genomes, scientists in Gothenburg, Sweden have traced back the evolutionary history of antibiotic resistance genes. In almost all cases where an origin could...
'hail to the queen' - saving the Caribbean queen conch
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Florida Atlantic University) Second only to the spiny lobster, the queen conch is a prized delicacy long harvested for food and is revered for its beautiful shell. Conch populations have dwindled so low, creating a dire...
55 scientists funded to explore their research's commercial potential
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(European Research Council) A new low-cost test for COVID19, how to share cultural expertise to solve conflicts, a way to help develop new medicines to treat blindness, further improvements to a clean energy producing te...
Black people with type 1 diabetes, COVID-19 are four times more likely to be hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(The Endocrine Society) Black and Hispanic people with COVID-19 and diabetes are more likely than Caucasians to die or have serious complications, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
C-Path PRO Consortium measure used to support an FDA-approved label claim
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Critical Path Institute (C-Path)) C-Path Patient-Reported Outcome Consortium announces that clinical study results using the Consortium's Diary for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms-Constipation (DIBSS-C) were recently ...
COVID-19 accelerates cancer virtual care with quality, convenience and cost savings
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University Health Network) Patients and healthcare providers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre rated virtual care during COVID-19 as highly satisfactory overall for quality of care and convenience, while at the sam...
COVID-19 and dental and dental hygiene students' career plans
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted dental education and training. The study "COVID-19 and Dental and Dental Hygiene Students' Career Plans," publi...
COVID-19 outcomes for patients on immunosuppressive drugs on par with non- immunosuppressed patients
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) People taking immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ transplant rejection or to treat inflammatory or autoimmune diseases do not fare worse than others on av...
Cancer cells hibernate like bears to evade harsh chemotherapy
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University Health Network) Dr. Catherine O'Brien's study is the first to identify that cancer cells hijack an evolutionary conserved program to survive chemotherapy. Furthermore, the researchers show that novel therapeu...
Deep learning helps predicting occult peritoneal metastasis in stomach cancer
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A new study led by the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that deep learning can help predicting the occult peritoneal me...
Experts tap into behavioral research to promote COVID-19 vaccination in the US
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(North Carolina State University) Behavioral science and marketing researchers are laying out a range of strategies to help convince people to get vaccinated.
Functional seizures associated with stroke, psychiatric disorders in EHR study
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) In a large-scale study of electronic health records reported in JAMA Network Open, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators determined the prevalence of functional seizure...
Harbor porpoises on the decline in the German North Sea
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Frontiers) The harbor porpoise population is declining in the German North Sea, according to a recent study which surveyed the species over a 20-year time period. Harbor porpoises are known as a "sentinel species" - ani...
How medical schools can transform curriculums to undo racial biases
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Medical school curriculums may misuse race and play a role in perpetuating physician bias, a team led by Penn Medicine researchers found in an analysis of curriculum from t...
Human migration patterns connected to vitamin D deficiencies today
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Oxford University Press USA) A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers finds that migration flows the last 500 years from high sunlight regions to low sunlight regions influence contemporary health outcomes in destinati...
IU research findings could reduce treatment-related complication for blood cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Indiana University School of Medicine) Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center published promising findings today in the New England Journal of Medicine on preventing a co...
Intelligence deficit: Conclusion from the mouse to the human being
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Bonn) Impaired intelligence, movement disorders and developmental delays are typical for a group of rare diseases that belong to GPI anchor deficiencies. Researchers now used genetic engineering methods to...
Keeping sperm cells on track
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Researchers point to a new mechanism underlying male infertility.
MRI frequently underestimates tumor size in prostate cancer
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Improving imaging processes will lead to more successful treatments and help reduce morbidity in men with the disease.
Mediterranean diet may decrease risk of prostate cancer progression
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) In a study to examine a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in men on active surveillance, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson...
Mount Sinai launches psychedelics research center
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched a new center for psychedelics research. The Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research pu...
Patterns in primordial germ cell migration
EurekAlert! - 7 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Münster) Biologists and mathematicians at the Universities of Münster and Erlangen-Nürnberg investigated how primordial germ cells behave in zebrafish embryos when not influenced by a guidance cue and d...