Goal-setting and positive parent-child relationships reduce risk of youth vaping
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 26, 2021 - Adolescents who set goals for their future and those with strong parental support ...
Tag: Internal Medicine
Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2
Intranasal vaccination is needle-free and elicits immunity at the site of infection, the respiratory tractCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - There ...
Less-sensitive COVID-19 tests may still achieve optimal results if enough people tested
Analysis suggests same epidemiological outcomes possible with rapid-antigen versus RT-PCR testsCredit: Philip Cherian, Sandeep Krishna and Gautam Menon, 2021, PLOS ...
ASMBS Foundation awards research grants for studies related to COVID-19 & obesity
Credit: ASMBS Foundation Newberry, FL - July19, 2021-- The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation today announced ...
Pathogens get comfy in designer goo
Rice, Baylor labs use custom hydrogels to mimic insides of intestines, study infectious bacteriaCredit: Rice University/Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON ...
MRI, clear cell likelihood score correlate with renal mass growth rate
Standardized non-invasive clear cell likelihood score--derived from MRI--correlates with the growth rate of small renal masses and may help guide ...
FDA approves Octapharma’s Octagam® 10% for adult dermatomyositis
FDA approval based on positive results of international, multi-center ProDERM studyCredit: Octapharma PARAMUS, N.J. - The U.S. Food and Drug ...
Copper transporter potential new treatment target for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University An internal transporter that enables us to use the copper we consume in foods like ...
A small molecule induces readthrough of cystic fibrosis CFTR nonsense mutations
This research suggests that a path to treat currently untreatable cases of cystic fibrosis is clearly achievable.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...
Can turmeric reduce joint pain during breast cancer treatment?
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center to study the theory, thanks to $50,000 from Safeway FoundationCredit: UC Davis Health UC Davis ...
Scientists identify new gut-liver drug recycling process
Implications for developing treatments for intestinal diseasesCredit: University of Houston A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting ...
Short chain fatty acids: An ‘ace in the hole’ against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Scientists find that short chain fatty acids can be used to reduce susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality from COVID-19Credit: ...
Allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on health and socioeconomics could reduce mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine COVID-19 ...
Keeping the world up to date on irritable bowel syndrome research in China
Scientists condense Chinese studies over the past decade on this common gastrointestinal disorder in a review articleCredit: Chinese Medical Journal ...
Reduced vs. standard CT dose for lung nodules in children, young adults with cancer
Reduced-dose CT depicts greater than 90% of lung nodules in children and young adults with cancer, identifying the presence of ...
New nanotech will enable a ‘healthy’ electric current production inside the human body
The innovative material that creates green energy through mechanical forceCredit: Tel Aviv University A new nanotechnology development by an international ...
Chemo upsets gut health in cancer patients
New study challenges role of microbiome disruptionCredit: SA Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) New research in BMC Cancer has ...
Unraveling the mechanisms that create the individualized metabolism in leukemia
Credit: Associate Professor Shinjiro Hino A research collaboration based in Kumamoto University (Japan) has shown that lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), ...
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 ...
COVID-19 patients recover faster with metabolic activator treatment, study shows
Credit: Adil Mardinoglu Metabolic activators were found to reduce recovery time by as many as 3.5 days in patients with ...