Tag: Medicine/Health

Cleveland Clinic-led research published in Nature MicrobiologyCredit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic researchers have described for the first time ...

Redhill further expands opaganib manufacturing capacity for COVID-19 with Cosmo

New agreement further expands manufacturing capacity for orally-administered opaganib following positive top-line data from its P2 COVID-19 study, progress with ...

£375k study launched to explore experiences of ‘long COVID’

Credit: University of Stirling A new £375,000 study led by the University of Stirling is seeking to understand the lived ...

Frequent cannabis use by young people linked to decline in IQ

Credit: Ray Lohan/ RCSI Thursday, 28 January 2021: A study has found that adolescents who frequently use cannabis may experience ...

New treatment helps patients with a spinal cord injury

Spinal cord injuries disrupt the mechanism by which our bodies regulate blood pressure; a team of Swiss and Canadian scientists ...

Skoltech team developed on-chip printed ‘electronic nose’

Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Germany have designed an on-chip printed 'electronic nose' that serves ...

Light pollution linked to preterm births, reduced birth weights

University of Colorado Denver researcher finds nighttime brightness linked to 13% increase in preterm birth likelihoodCredit: UNSPLASH.COM In a first-of-its-kind ...

Fetal and neonatal therapies improve prognosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Credit: Tanimura et al. J Reprod Immunol. 2021. A cross-institutional research group has revealed for the first time in the ...

Beckman Institute MRI expertise aids research on hemodialysis therapy patients

Credit: Photo courtesy the Beckman Institute Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology were part of a ...

Majority skeptical healthcare costs will fall anytime soon as Biden begins presidency

New West Health-Gallup survey finds new president faces a frustrated public reeling from pandemic, economic disruption and high healthcare costsCredit: ...

Discovery of early plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease

A research team at INRS has discovered two early plasma markers to detect Alzheimer's disease five years before its onset.Credit: ...

Enhanced recovery efforts for cesarean delivery reduce need for opioids by 80%

Results of study by Children's Hospital Colorado show a third of patients not needing narcotic pain pills after c-sectionCredit: Children's ...

Using wearable tech to keep babies, pregnant women healthy

Credit: Brian Persinger/West Virginia University If a weightlifter is pregnant, she may get conflicting medical advice about how much she ...

Adults with cognitive disabilities more than twice as likely to use e-cigarettes

George Mason University study is the first to assess the use of e-cigarettes among working-age adults by type of disabilityCredit: ...

New malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities

A new urban mosquito is widespread in the Horn of Africa and is highly susceptible to local malaria parasitesCredit: Radboudumc ...

Melatonin produced in the lungs prevents infection by novel coronavirus

The hormone acts as a barrier against SARS-CoV-2, blocking the expression of genes that encode proteins in cells serving as ...

New study points to better diagnostics for cancer

CHALM method helps researchers identify more reliable cancer biomarkersCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - January 27, 2021 - ...

T cells can mount attacks against many SARS-CoV-2 targets–even on new virus variant

New LJI research gives detailed look at vulnerable sites on the novel coronavirus--beyond the receptor binding domainCredit: NIAID LA JOLLA--A ...

Global analysis suggests COVID-19 is seasonal

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - With cities around the globe locking down yet again amid ...

Scientists jump-start two people’s brains after coma