Medical News
Study finds lower dose of ketamine equally effective in reducing pain
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Loyola University Health System) - A recent Loyola Medicine study found that reducing the standard dose of IV-administered ketamine in half is as effective as the larger, standard dose in reducing pain in adults.
Aspirin use for cardiovascular disease may reduce likelihood of COVID-19 infection
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Bar-Ilan University) Aspirin use to avoid the development of cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals was associated with a 29% lower likelihood of COVID-19 infection, as compared to aspirin non-users. The proport...
Cereal side streams can be utilized as sources of protein and dietary fiber
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Helsinki) Brans and other cereal side streams, which currently are mainly used as feed or in energy production, could be utilised as raw materials for protein-rich and highly functional raw materials for f...
Extracting information from ancient teeth
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Chemical Society) There's a surprising amount of information stored in the hardened plaque, or calculus, between teeth. And if that calculus belongs to the remains of a person who lived in ancient times, the in...
Five University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers receive grants to study brain tumors
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Three projects from University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers have received grants from the Denver-based Michele Plachy-Rubin Fund for Pilot Grants in Brain Cancer ...
Food allergies leave parents living in fear
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of East Anglia) Parents of children with food allergies face significant worry, severe anxiety and post-traumatic stress - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Helpful behavior during pandemic tied to recognizing common humanity
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Washington) A new University of Washington study finds that an identification with all humanity, as opposed to identification with a geographic area like a country or town, predicts whether someone will en...
Hip fracture outcomes worse during busy periods
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) When the operating room is busy, 20 per cent more hip replacement patients died within 60 days after the operation, a study of Norwegian patients shows.
How a receptor shapes the immune response
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Basel) Immune cells specialize to ensure the most efficient defense against viruses and other pathogens. Researchers at the University of Basel have shed light on this specialization of T cells and shown t...
Kids' blood pressure measurements different between arms, potential for misdiagnosis
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) Blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents should be taken from both arms after new research showed substantial differences could be seen depending on which arm was use...
Making decisions based on how we feel about memories, not accuracy
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of California - Davis) Memory involves both recall of specific details (who, where, when) and feelings of remembering and reliving past events. New research from the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain shows t...
Neurological complications of COVID-19 in children: rare, but patterns emerge
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) While neurological complications of COVID-19 in children are rare, in contrast to adults, an international expert review of positive neuroimaging findings in childre...
New study: Healthcare settings do not increase risk for Covid-19 infection spread
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Maryland School of Medicine) Healthcare personnel who were infected with COVID-19 had stronger risk factors outside the workplace than in their hospital or healthcare setting.
Recuperation unit decreased hospitalizations of homeless individuals with COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Boston Medical Center) A new study shows that providing a non-acute care space after hospital discharge for patients with COVID-19 who are experiencing homelessness helped reduce hospitalizations and keep inpatient beds...
Research brief: School connectedness as a protective factor for ethnic minority adolescents
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Minnesota) U of M School of Nursing Professor Eunice Areba found that prevention programs in schools can reduce suicide ideation and attempts among Somali, Latino, Hmong and Non-Hispanic white adolescents.
Research underway to better understand eye condition prevalent among Down syndrome adults
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of North Texas Health Science Center) Researchers want to better identify individuals with Down syndrome who are at risk of the disease and whether this disease can be prevented with medicine.
Riding the wave to memory-forming genetics
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) UT Southwestern scientists have identified key genes involved in brain waves that are pivotal for encoding memories. The findings, published online this week in Nature Neuroscience, could...
Scientists report gastrointestinal manifestations and mechanisms of COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Science and Technology of China) Prof. ZHU Shu were invited to publish a review article in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, summarizing the gastrointestinal manifestations in patients with C...
Sloan Kettering Institute researchers named 2021 Kravis Women in Science Endeavor Fellowship Winners
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) The winners will be recognized at the annual Kravis WiSE Symposium which is held every year during Women's History Month. This Symposium hosts scientific leaders from MSK and othe...
Story tips from Johns Hopkins experts on Covid-19
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Story Tips from Johns Hopkins Experts on Covid-19
Study of mosquito protein could lead to treatments against life-threatening viruses
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika and weakly inhibits coronaviruses, accordi...
Study provides evidence that bone marrow cell injections help heal the brain after stroke
EurekAlert! - 10 Mar 2021 07:00
(AlphaMed Press) Longitudinal imaging study provides evidence in patients that autologous bone marrow cells may lead to a reduction in white matter injury compared with stroke patients who did not receive bone marrow cel...