Medical News

(Silent Spring Institute) A large survey of women in California shows significant racial and ethnic differences in the types of personal care products women use on a daily basis. Because many personal care products conta...

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Looking to improve organ transplant success, researchers are working to learn more about how an immune molecule, which also protects a fetus, helps protect some transpla...

(PLOS) Almost 1 in 4 COVID-19 patients have another bacterial, viral or fungal infection simultaneously or subsequently, with such patients experiencing worse disease outcomes.

(Association for Molecular Pathology) The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) and the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) commend U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for introducing legislation that would allow molecul...

(Boston University School of Medicine) More than a year into the pandemic, the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 among racial and ethnic minorities in the US has been well documented. But a new study by Boston Universi...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) The team at BIDMC found that the year-over-year increase in deaths due to heart disease and cerebrovascular disease was significantly more pronounced among Black, Hispanic and Asian...

(University of Konstanz) A new cancer vaccine could boost the positive effects of existing immunotherapy drugs, improving the success rate of treatments from 20% to 75% of cases, according to a new study by immunologists...

(University of Connecticut) According to a new study, Connecticut's MAT programs have higher-than-average patient retention rates - more people who enter Connecticut's programs stay in the program to completion. But the ...

(Deep Longevity Ltd) Deep Longevity adds LifeHub & LifeClinic to its growing longevity network. LifeClinic physicians have been trained in longevity medicine to interpret Deep Longevity's biological age reports that inco...

(Washington State University) Alterations in the epigenetic programming of hatchery-raised steelhead trout could account for their reduced fertility, abnormal health and lower survival rates compared to wild fish, accord...

(Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation) An expert panel convened by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration provides guidance on best practices for the design of earl...

(Penn State) A team of researchers, including those from Penn State College of Medicine, took a closer look at cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to determine the prevalence and key factors that influence cancer...

(Harvard Medical School) Researchers identify links between genetic makeup of bacteria in human gut and several human diseases. Clusters of bacterial genes present in conditions including cardiovascular illness, inflamma...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) The mutant Sars Cov-2 viruses B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 are classified as "variants of concern", because they are more easily transmitted than the wild type virus or because our immune system does not ...

(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba determined in mice that a balance between two receptor molecules, called DNAM-1 and TIGIT, helps tell the immune system whether to fight or hold back. In...

(eLife ) Scientists have developed a mathematical model that predicts how the number and effects of bacterial mutations leading to drug resistance will influence the success of antibiotic treatments.

(New York Institute of Technology) An NYITCOM researcher has secured an NIH grant for research that may help to identify breakthrough treatments for clinical depression.

(Smithsonian National Zoological Park) In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease...

(eLife ) Analysing the forces at work behind the obstructions that cause heart attacks is crucial for identifying patients at risk of these events.

(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) report the formation of human cells containing a green fluorescent protein or GFP (one of the most important proteins in...

(Elsevier) Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain shortages of reagents and test kits have limited the rapid expansion of clinical testing needed to contain the virus. Investigators have developed and validated a...

(University of Huddersfield) The University of Huddersfield's Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention has collaborated with Wounds UK to create a wound care best practice Consensus Document that will provide...