Medical News
'Silent' heart attacks may increase risk of stroke
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Heart Association) Silent or unrecognized heart attacks may increase future stroke risk.Researchers suggest silent heart attacks may be a new risk factor for stroke among adults 65 and older.More research is ne...
50 new genes for eye colour
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(King's College London) The genetics of human eye colour is much more complex than previously thought, according to a new study published today.
Adding triglyceride-lowering Omega-3 based medication to statins may lower stroke risk
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Heart Association) Adding the triglyceride-lowering medication icosapent ethyl cut the risk of a first stroke by an additional 36% in patients already taking statin medications to treat high cholesterol.In prev...
Are there differences in the brains of autistic men and women?
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(The Child Mind Institute ) Large-scale brain imaging study suggest that atypical connectivity between brain hemispheres in autism reflects a combination of biological sex-dependent (i.e., specific to male or females) an...
Beyond genes and environment, random variations play important role in longevity
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Southern California) A new model of aging proposed by University Professor Caleb Finch of the University of Southern California takes into account not only genetics and environmental exposures but also the...
Black and Hispanic workers overrepresented in occupations with higher risk for COVID-19 exposure
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Elsevier) A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, identifies specific job categories that put workers at risk because they require working in close contact with others. Some of...
CHOP researchers reveal how critical part of lung forms at cellular level
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Researchers have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air. Understanding this process gives researchers a better sens...
Children's dietary guidelines need to change, experts say
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Flinders University) Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should be strengthened to include more practical advice on the best ways to support children to learn to like and eat vegetables. Flinders University researcher...
Dana-Farber research leads to better understanding of the immune system in kidney cancer
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) In two new studies published today in Cancer Cell, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard used the emerging technology of single-cell RNA s...
Differences found in stroke severity and post-stroke care among Black and Hispanic women
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Heart Association) An analysis of hospital data found that Black and Hispanic women, ages 65-74 years old hospitalized with stroke, had more severe strokes than white women of the same age. In addition, Black a...
Discovery of new protein with an important role in atherosclerosis
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Radboud University Medical Center) Atherosclerosis is the underlying condition that causes heart attacks and strokes. Researchers at Radboudumc in the Netherlands have discovered a protein, Prosaposin, that appears to p...
Does your child have MIS-C, COVID-19 or Kawasaki disease?
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Rutgers University) A Rutgers pediatrician specializing in critical care discusses how to differentiate among multisystem inflammatory syndrome, acute COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease in children
Dry eye disease negatively affects physical and mental health as well as vision
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Southampton) Patients suffering from dry eye disease symptoms have a lower quality of life compared to those without symptoms, a new study reports. The findings showed that patients with the condition repo...
Even short delays in the ER may reduce the lifespan of stroke survivors
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Heart Association) For every 10-minute delay between arrival at the ER and the start of stroke treatment, patients with severe strokes may lose eight weeks of healthy life.Delays inside the hospital may have mo...
Fatal police violence nearby increases risk of preterm birth
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of California - San Francisco) Black women have 80% higher risk of preterm birth between 32 and 33 weeks of pregnancy if a Black person who lives in their neighborhood is killed by police during the pregnancy...
Female snowy plovers are no bad mothers
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) However, their parental care depends on the survival prospects of the chicks
Healthy Diet Index supports diet quality assessment and dietary counselling in healthcare
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(University of Eastern Finland) The Healthy Diet Index developed by Finnish nutrition experts facilitates the assessment of diet quality. Its effectiveness was demonstrated in a recently published study.
Heine H. Hansen Award: J. Vansteenkiste and F. Blackhall honored for lung cancer research
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(European Society for Medical Oncology) The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) have the pleasure of announcing that the Heine H. Hansen Awa...
Henry Ford Cancer Institute aims to increase minority participation in clinical trials
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Cancer Institute is launching the Participatory Action for Access to Clinical Trials (PAACT) project to dramatically improve the representation of the African American community and ...
Immunogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S vaccine for COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(JAMA Network) In this phase 1 study, a single immunization with Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson) vaccine induced rapid binding and neutralization antibody responses as well as cellular immune responses. Two phase...
Life-saving role of mobile stroke units at risk due to reimbursement limitations
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(American Heart Association) Mobile stroke units -- ambulances equipped to provide rapid stroke diagnosis and treatment -- report financial difficulties due to limited reimbursement from health care insurers.Nearly all m...
Lifestyle intervention is beneficial for most people with type 2 diabetes, but not all
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2021 07:00
(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) For people who are overweight or obese and have type 2 diabetes, the first line of treatment is usually lifestyle intervention, including weight loss and increased physical activity. ...