Medical News
How Dehydration Can Kill You in a Matter of Days
Discover - 8 Mar 2021 15:00
When the human body is deprived of water, things go downhill quickly.
90% of young women report using a filter or editing their photos before posting
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(City University London) Professor Rosalind Gill, from City, University of London's Gender and Sexualities Research Centre, has today published a new report to mark International Women's Day. The report - Changing the Pe...
Allelica's polygenic risk score data published in Circulation
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Halsin Partners) Data published in Circulation showed that Allelica's proprietary polygenic risk score analysis combined with LDL level helps determine those people at most risk from heart attack, including those potent...
Atmospheric drying will lead to lower crop yields, shorter trees across the globe
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Minnesota) A global observation of an ongoing atmospheric drying -- known by scientists as a rise in vapor pressure deficit -- has been observed worldwide since the early 2000s. In recent years, this conce...
Breast cancer: Mathematics for precision medicine
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Medical University of Vienna) The precise choice of treatment for breast cancer depends upon the status of the hormone receptors (for oestrogen and progesterone). Now it is possible to use decision theory to optimally c...
COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on UCPH research ready for testing on humans
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at the University of Copenhagen has just been approved for phase 1 testing on humans. The research results ar...
COVID-19: Biomarkers linked to severe forms of the disease
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) ) A team of researchers from the CHUM Research Centre has identified new biomarkers associated with the severity of COVID-19 in infected patients.
Cardiac arrest from opioid overdose has unique features affecting prevention and treatment
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Heart Association) The U.S. opioid epidemic and related opioid use disorder are significant causes of cardiac arrest and death among adults ages 25 to 64.Opioid-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest differs fr...
Carolina clinical trial tests effectiveness of mouthwash to kill coronavirus
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) UNC-Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry clinical trial will answer critical questions about potential of mouthwash to slow COVID-19 spread.
Diphtheria risks becoming major global threat again as it evolves antimicrobial resistance
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Cambridge) Diphtheria - a relatively easily-preventable infection - is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to vaccine escape, warn an international t...
Drug to treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women of 'very limited use'
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Taylor & Francis Group) An independent analysis of the medical trials which formed the final basis of approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly suggests the drug bremelanotide has very limited effec...
Financial pollution in the US health system
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute) Financial pollution arises when exorbitant or unnecessary healthcare spending depletes resources needed for the wellbeing of the population. This is the subject of a JAMA Health Fo...
Finnish researchers introduce a nasal COVID vaccine
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Eastern Finland) Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop and introduce to the markets a nasal spray vaccine against COVID. The vaccine is ...
Globalization of cancer clinical trials linked to lower enrollment of Black patients
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Wiley) For the drug approval process in the United States, investigators have been expanding clinical trials to sites outside the country. However, a new study indicates that this trend may be widening racial disparitie...
Greater tobacco use linked to higher levels of inflammation in HIV-positive people
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) Inflammation in the body has been linked to the intensity of tobacco smoking among people with HIV, according to a team of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers.
Helping people understand glaucoma with a mobile app
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(City University London) Researchers from City, University London, supported by Allergan Pharmaceuticals and Glaucoma UK, have today released the latest edition of an app to help people newly diagnosed with glaucoma.The ...
Immune cells in cerebrospinal fluid predict response to immunotherapy
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology) Immune cells accessing cerebrospinal fluid faithfully recapitulate the characteristics of cells identified in brain metastasis, and could therefore constitute novel biomarkers of res...
Invasive weed may help treat some human diseases, researchers find
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Hiroshima University) An international team of researchers has found that A. virginicus extracts appear to be effective against several human diseases, including diabetes and cancer. The results were published on Dec. 3...
Investigating youth suicides among children involved with the welfare system
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) Youth involved in the child welfare system experience a greater risk of suicidal behavior, yet research on this vulnerable population is minimal. To better understand and prevent suicide ...
Molecular biologist Mohamed Abou featured in new video and article from the Vilcek Foundation
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Vilcek Foundation) The Vilcek Foundation recognizes the research contributions and work of Princeton University faculty member Mohamed Abou Donia in a new article and video. Abou Donia is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek ...
More than 2/3 of Indiana nursing home staff would take COVID-19 vaccine
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Regenstrief Institute) In a study led by Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University and the State of Indiana, conducted shortly before COVID-19 vaccines became available in the US, more than two-thirds of nursing home an...
Multisystem failure regarding frailty necessitates multisystem intervention
EurekAlert! - 8 Mar 2021 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Physicians understand frailty as a dysregulation among multiple systems in the body that make it less resilient and unable to recover completely when faced with a physical challenge such as injur...