Medical News
AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections, providing a map to help define patients' immune responses,...
An omega-3 that's poison for tumors
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(Université catholique de Louvain) 3D tumors that disintegrate within a few days thanks to the action of a well-known omega-3 (DHA, found mainly in fish) -- this is the exceptional discovery by University of Louvain res...
Anticoagulation in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: This study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 examines the association of anticoagulation treatment with mortality rates.
Autopsy Study of Patients With/Without COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: This autopsy study examines differences in skeletal muscle and myocardial inflammation in patients who died with COVID-19 versus other diseases.
Deep learning with SPECT accurately predicts major adverse cardiac events
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) An advanced artificial intelligence technique known as deep learning can predict major adverse cardiac events more accurately than current standard imaging protocols, a...
Examining Diversity of Editors at Leading Medical, Scientific Journals
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: Editorial team composition by gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation was assessed at 25 leading medical and scientific journals in this survey study.
Factors Associated With Self-reported Symptoms of Depression Among Adults With/Without Previous COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: This survey study compared features of major depression in people with or without prior COVID-19 illness.
International medical graduate physician deaths from COVID-19 in US
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: International medical graduates often practice as physicians in locations and specialties less preferred by U.S. medical graduates. This study reports on physician mortality from COVID-...
Jan Hoeijmakers to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(Deep Longevity Ltd) Jan Hoeijmakers to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference
Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities
EurekAlert! - 11 Jun 2021 06:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the brain regions involved in choosing whether to find out if a bad event is about to happen...