Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: European Heart Journal Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels ...

A novel gel electrophoresis technique for rapid biomarker diagnosis via mass spectrometry

Development of a rapid recovery method of target protein biomarkers using dissolvable polyacrylamide gel and its application to mass spectrometryCredit: ...

COVID-19 associated with leukoencephalopathy on brain MRI

COVID-19-related disseminated leukoencephalopathy represents an important differential consideration in patients with neurologic manifestations of coronavirus diseaseCredit: American Roentgen Ray Society ...

University of Minnesota, Hormel Institute and Mayo Clinic collaborate on new citizen science project

Credit: Minnesota Infrastructure Partnership, Mayo Clinic A University of Minnesota-Mayo Clinic partnership has joined with the Zooniverse citizen scientist platform ...

Hospital hygiene: A closer look reveals realistic frequency of infection

Credit: Insel Gruppe The incidence of surgical site infections after an operation is an important quality indicator for hospitals. An ...

Radiological images confirm ‘COVID-19 can cause the body to attack itself’

Imaging illustrates severity, long-term prognosis of COVID-19-related muscle, joint painCredit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Muscle soreness and achy joints are ...

Déjà brew? Another shot for lovers of coffee

Credit: Pixabay / Ermal Tahiri Long black, espresso, or latte, whatever your coffee preference, drink too much and you could ...

NASA grant enables scientist to explore ways to keep astronauts’ bones strong in space

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb.18, 2021) - Extended time in space weakens astronauts' bones, so scientists are ...

Harvard’s Wyss Institute collaborates with GBS Inc. on eRapid-based COVID-19 diagnostic

Combination of the Wyss' electrochemical sensing technology with GBS's transistor technology could enable fast, multiplexed, low-cost COVID-19 biomarker analysis in ...

Gulf war illness not caused by depleted uranium from munitions, study shows

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Feb. 18, 2021 - Inhalation of depleted uranium from exploding munitions did not ...

Cone snail venom shows potential for treating severe malaria

Study finds anti-adhesion drugs may hold the key to treating malaria, COVID-19, aids and other emerging diseasesCredit: Fred Pflueger, Ph.D. ...

New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs

Reconnecting muscle pairs during amputation gives patients more sensory feedback from the limbCredit: MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have ...

Spanish scientists uncover early links between cardiovascular risk and brain metabolism

The report, published in JACC, is important because it suggests that very early intervention in modifiable cardiovascular risk factors could ...

Insight about tumor microenvironment could boost cancer immunotherapy

Credit: UPMC, created with BioRender.com PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15, 2021 - A paper published today in Nature shows how chemicals in ...

Parents Say COVID-19 has disrupted children’s dental care

1 in 3 parents feel COVID-19 has made it harder to get preventive dental care for their child; families with ...

Aspirin preferred to prevent blood clots in kids after heart surgery

February 14, 2021

Credit: jesse orrico Aspirin should be favoured over warfarin to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo a surgery that ...

Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of COVID-19

NIH study compares how different face masks affect humidity inside the maskCredit: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney ...

Liquid biopsy for colorectal cancer could guide therapy for tumors

Blood and urine samples identify disease that lingers after initial therapyCredit: PETER HARRIS A new study from Washington University School ...

Star-shaped brain cells may be linked to stuttering

UC Riverside-led study examined the effects of the medication risperidone on brain metabolism in stutteringCredit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, ...

The effects of antidepressant drugs evaluated through the analysis of patients’ tweet