Medical News
Body's natural pain killers can be enhanced
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A study in cells and mice finds a opioid-receptor modifying compound works to relieve pain using the body's own pain-killers, with fewer side effects than opioids.
COVID-19 mother-to-newborn infection rates are low, but indirect risks exist
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Study reveals that, while mother-to-newborn transmission of the virus is rare, newborns of expectant mothers with COVID-19 can suffer indirect adverse health risks as a result of wo...
COVID-19 vaccine responses to be studied in people with immune deficits
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A study assessing how people with immune system deficiencies or dysregulations respond to COVID-19 vaccination has begun enrolling participants at the National ...
Fight or flight response may hinge on protein in skeletal muscular system
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Cincinnati) Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say a regulatory protein found in skeletal muscle fiber may play an important role in the body's fight or flight response when encountering stressful...
Finding clues to nephronophthisis in adults
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Tokyo Medical and Dental University) Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have studied a number of adults with nephronophthisis for the first time with a view to identifying clinical, genetic and hi...
From individual receptors towards whole-brain function
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Ruhr-University Bochum) In the brain, more than a hundred molecular substances act as transmitters that control communication pathways between nerve cells via thousands of different receptor types. In a review article, ...
Heartbeat can help detect signs of consciousness in patients after a coma
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Liege) A new study conducted jointly by the University of Liège (Belgium) and the École normale supérieure - PSL (France) shows that heart brain interactions, measured using electroencephalography (EEG)...
High dose of vitamin D fails to improve condition of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) A clinical trial was conducted with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. The supplementation did not reduce length of stay...
How oxygen radicals protect against cancer
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Goethe University Frankfurt) Oxygen radicals in the body are generally considered dangerous because they can trigger something called oxidative stress, which is associated with the development of many chronic diseases s...
Is raising the sales age of tobacco reducing youth smoking?
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of California - Davis Health) A new study, conducted by three UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, studies young adult smoking trends three years after the start of California's law raising the s...
Malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Oxford) * High-level vaccine efficacy of 77% in African children achieve WHO-specified efficacy goal of 75%* Vaccine, trialled in 450 children, shows favourable safety profile and was well-tolerated* Vacci...
Mount Sinai study finds that blood clotting drug commonly used for orthopedic surgeries does not increase complications for high-risk patients
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Mount Sinai Researchers Find That Blood Clotting Drug Commonly Used for Surgeries Does Not Increase Complications for High-Risk Patients
Muscle gene linked to type 2 diabetes
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Lund University) People with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others. Now a research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that in type 2 diabetes, a specific gene is of great importan...
New data could inform youth-focused pandemic messaging
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Newly published papers with data from polls of teens and young adults about COVID prevention show that messaging around their role in protecting others may resonate best in ne...
Newly discovered immune cell function vital to healing
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Uppsala University) Cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death, is the result of oxygen deprivation as blood perfusion to affected tissue is prevented. To halt the development of the disease and to promote h...
People with heart rhythm disorders warned over cannabis use
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) : A study of 2.4 million hospitalised cannabis users has found that those with an arrhythmia were 4.5 times more likely to die while in hospital than those without. The research is presen...
Research shows pain relieving effects of CBD
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Syracuse University) In the first experimental pain study of CBD in humans, researchers led by Syracuse University's Martin De Vita and Stephen Maisto conclude that CBD pain relief is driven by both pharmacological acti...
Researchers uncover activation mechanism of a cell growth protein that can trigger cancer
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Saarland University) The uncontrolled growth and division of cells can lead to the creation of tumours. The signalling molecule SHP2 is believed to play a crucial role in this process. But the question of how SHP2 becom...
Response options should be at the center of climate risk assessment and management
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Cape Town) A team of researchers from the Africa Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) led a global team of 21 climate risk scholars to better understand and inform decision making around climate chang...
Skeletal defects may be ameliorated after immobility in the womb
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Trinity College Dublin) Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that some skeletal defects associated with a lack of movement in the womb during early development may still be ameliorated after such peri...
Targeting drug-resistant breast cancer with estrogen
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center) Researchers at Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center show better long-term control of drug-resistant breast cancer growth in mice by switching between estr...
The type of blood vessel damage determines its path to regeneration
EurekAlert! - 23 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discovered how cells marked by platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRa+) residing predominantly in the outermost layer of blood vessels (ad...