COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality: Sex differences
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2021--Males with COVID-19 had significantly higher rates of hospitalization ...
Tag: Clinical Trials
USF awarded four-year, $69.9 million NIH grant to continue type 1 diabetes research
The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young study is led by USF Health's Jeffrey Krischer, who has built a ...
Aerin Medical announces results of randomized controlled trial supporting VivAer® for treatment of nasal airway obstruction with nasal valve collapse
Treatment with VivAer, a non-invasive, temperature-controlled, radiofrequency (RF) device, resulted in significant symptom relief, superior to sham controlCredit: (C) Aerin ...
Standigm secures SI investment for expanding its AI-drug development capacity
SK Chemicals-Standigm will collaborate for the development of Standigm's AI-driven drug candidateCredit: Standigm Standigm Inc. ("Standigm"), a leading workflow artificial ...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launch diagnostic accelerator
The Brigham-Wyss diagnostic accelerator aims to create new diagnostic technologies through deep collaborations driven by unmet diagnostic needsCredit: Wyss Institute ...
Setting COVID-19 drug trials up for success
Clinical studies of COVID-19 drugs may benefit from randomization and early recruitment, model showsCredit: (c) Tomoki Shimizu / Kyoto University ...
JNCCN study recommends improvements for cancer care at network sites
A 27-question survey of Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) members, including many NCI-designated centers, identified several opportunities to improve ...
Changing consumption of certain fatty acids can lessen severity of headaches
A new study shows how a change in diet based on certain classes of fatty acids decreased headaches in patients ...
New solution for sleep apnoea
Existing medications can reduce severity by 'at least 30%'Credit: The Hospital Research Foundation, South Australia In an Australian world-first, researchers ...
For transplant patients, COVID-19 vaccination presents a different uncertainty
A pair of clinical trials at UC San Diego Health and Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute seek to quantify ...
Plastic drapes reduce hypothermia in premature babies
Study: Plastic better than cloth for low birth-weight newbornsCredit: University of Houston Most babies born prematurely or with health problems ...
Investigational malaria vaccine gives strong, lasting protection
Phase 1 trials conducted at NIH Clinical CenterCredit: NIAID WHAT: Two U.S. Phase 1 clinical trials of a novel candidate ...
Financial barriers to cervical cancer screening
Among low-income, uninsured, or publicly insured women ages 25-64 years who were not up to date on cervical cancer screening, ...
Using light to treat drug-resistant tumors
National Science Foundation funds investigation of UTA researcher's cancer photodrug A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington is ...
World-leading £1.6 million study begins into robotic surgery for knee replacement
A major national study will pitch human skill against machine precision as it compares the benefits of knee replacement surgery ...
Managing attention deficit disorder by training the brain
A team from the UNIGE and the HUG has found that a special type of brain training based on the ...
New report explains microbiome impact on glucose control
Highlights how probiotic interventions can improve Type 2 diabetes management San Francisco, CA, June 28, 2021 - A new study ...
Edible Cholera vaccine made of powdered rice proves safe in phase 1 human trials
Study points towards role of gut microbiome in vaccine effectiveness A new vaccine to protect against deadly cholera has been ...
Controversies and consensus in thyroid cancer care
New Rochelle, NY, June 24, 2021—The American Thyroid Association, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Thyroid Association, and ...
Primary lung cancers detected by LDCT are at lower risk of brain metastases
(Denver)-Patients with primary lung cancer detected using low-dose computed tomography screening are at reduced risk of developing brain metastases after ...
