Medical News
How Radon Might Be Impacting Your Health -- and What to Do About It
Discover - 16 Feb 2021 19:00
With an increase in the amount of time spent at home due to COVID-19, testing for radon is the only way to know if you and your family are at risk of exposure.
A genetic variant inherited from Neanderthals reduces the risk of severe COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) SARS-CoV-2 impacts people in different ways after infection. Some experience only mild or no symptoms at all while others become sick enough to req...
ACC to advance hypertrophic cardiomyopathy care
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(American College of Cardiology) The American College of Cardiology has received a grant from Bristol Myers Squibb to address gaps in care and knowledge around hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, one of the most common cardiova...
Antibody-based COVID-19 treatments work best in concert with immune cells
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) Antibody-based drugs have been authorized for emergency use in COVID-19 patients by the Food and Drug Administration. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ...
Asthma deaths 50% more likely in poorest areas compared to richest
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Swansea University) People with asthma in the most deprived areas are 50% more likely to be admitted to hospital and to die from asthma compared with those in the least deprived areas, a new five-year study of over 100,...
Asthma may heighten flu risk and cause dangerous mutations
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Queensland) A subtype of asthma in adults may cause higher susceptibility to influenza and could result in dangerous flu mutations. University of Queensland-led animal studies have found that paucigranuloc...
Bacteria and algae get rides in clouds
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Rutgers University) Human health and ecosystems could be affected by microbes including cyanobacteria and algae that hitch rides in clouds and enter soil, lakes, oceans and other environments when it rains, according to...
Beating the resistance: WVU scientists target antibiotic-resistant infections with $1.4M DOD grant
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(West Virginia University) With the aid of $1.4 million-grant from the DOD's Defense Threat Reduction Agency, researchers, led by Mariette Barbier of the WVU School of Medicine, will aim to develop small molecule and ant...
Blood-clotting protein plays key role in central nervous system b-cell lymphoma
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Gladstone Institutes) Gladstone researchers have shown in mice that CNS B-cell lymphoma cells cluster at sites where there is a leak in the blood-brain barrier. They also found that a blood protein called fibrinogen, wh...
COVID-19 infection rates high in pregnant women
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) The study also showed that the number of COVID-19 infections in pregnant patients from nearly all communities of color in Washington was high. There was a twofold to...
Cancer research: Targeted elimination of leukemic stem cells
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Inselspital, Bern University Hospital ) Cancer research in Bern has discovered a further mechanism to combat leukemia: a research team at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and the University of Bern has succeeded in...
Cloudy eyes caused by protein imbalance
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Cataracts are the most common eye ailment in humans. However, the exact processes leading to this condition are not fully understood. A team of researchers headed by the Technical U...
Combination treatment for common glioma type shows promise in mice
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Gliomas are common brain tumors that comprise about one third of all cancers of the nervous system. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NI...
Dan David Prize honors Dr. Anthony Fauci for public health leadership
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been awarded a 2021 Dan David Prize. The internationally renowned prize, hea...
Discovering the therapeutic applications of medicinal plants
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) This book will guide the reader to discover new natural products from Asia and Africa and the different ways to use them to treat or alleviate many of the most common diseases.
Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan recognized with American College of Cardiology top honor
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, FACC, has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Scientist Award - Translational Domain by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for his contributio...
Fixer-upper: Understanding the DNA repair toolkit to chart cancer evolution
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Cactus Communications) DNA repair pathways exist to correct molecular damage caused by internal and external factors. However, any damage to these pathways can result in the creation of tumors and specific types of canc...
Genetic study of Lewy body dementia supports ties to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) In a study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, scientists found that five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person w...
Harmful alcohol use rising during pandemic, UArizona Health Sciences researchers say
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) The pandemic has seen a significant, alarming trend of increased alcohol use and abuse - especially among younger adults, males and those who lost jobs - the University of Arizona ...
Health survey conveys messages on how we should live
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Linköping University) The questions in a health survey aimed at young people raise issues of status and convey norms about what people should own and how they should be. This is according to a study from Linköping Uni...
Heart Valve Collaboratory announces U.S. FDA participation in collaborative community
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) The Heart Valve Collaboratory (HVC) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) will participate in this "coll...
Hospital wastewater favors multi-resistant bacteria
EurekAlert! - 16 Feb 2021 07:00
(University of Gothenburg) Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden presents evidence that hospital wastewater, containing elevated levels of antibiotics, rapidly kills antibiotic-sensitive bacteria, while mu...