Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: IIASA As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt ...

Atomic magnetometer points to better picture of heart conductivity

Radio-frequency device maps electric currents in solutions that mimic the heart with enough resolutions to study the subtle aberrations related ...

Total-body PET imaging successfully identifies antibodies up to 30 days after injection

Credit: Eric Berg, University of California, Davis, CA Combining 89Zr-labeled antibodies with total-body positron emission tomography (PET) has extended the ...

Not just for bones! X-rays can now tell us about soft tissues too

Credit: Wataru Yashiro, the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University We all learnt in school that ...

SCTR Institute awarded $24 million to advance translational research in South Carolina

Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute, one of about ...

NIH researchers discover gene for rare disease of excess bone tissue growth

Findings provide insight that may inform search for treatmentsCredit: National Institutes of Health WHAT: Researchers at the National Institutes of ...

Mucus and the coronavirus

University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of ...

Blood test accurately detects over 50 types of cancer, often before symptoms show

Test also identifies where in the body the cancer has originatedCredit: Allen McCrodden, Associate Director, Creative Group of ProEd Communications ...

New artificial intelligence system can empower medical professionals in diagnosing skin diseases

Researchers have developed an AI algorithm capable of diagnosing 134 skin disorders and supporting specialists by augmenting the accuracy of ...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds

The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...

New Yorkers think feds not doing enough for the city and state

Anxiety rises over job and housing loss, and more New Yorkers fear getting sick as the virus hits people they ...

Biological ‘atlas’ shows dual personality for immune cells that cause Type 1 diabetes

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital mapped the epigenetic controls on T cells, which could aid Type 1 diabetes ...

HSC professor on team using stem cells to combat COVID-19 pneumonia

Instead of finding the next Tamiflu, the team started testing whether stem cells can be used to boost a person's ...

Wastewater test could provide early warning of COVID-19

Credit: Cranfield University Researchers at Cranfield University are working on a new test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater of ...

Evidence suggests that ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may improve prognosis in COVID-19 hypertensive patients

Recent concerns that common antihypertensive drugs may have a negative effect in COVID-19 patients are not supported by the evidence, ...

Critical care surgery team develops blueprint for essential operations during COVID-19

A system-wide tiered approach to triage the most pressing operations aims to keep hospital resources focused on treating COVID-19 patientsCredit: ...

FDA approves first plasma therapy for Houston Methodist COVID-19 patient

Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(March 28, 2020) - Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center ...

Projecting the outcomes of people’s lives with AI isn’t so simple

Credit: Virginia Tech The machine learning techniques scientists use to predict outcomes from large datasets may fall short when it ...

Does preterm delivery contribute to increased cardiovascular disease burden in women?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 30, 2020--A new study quantifies the future economic burden of ...

Resarchers find way to improve cancer outcomes by examining patients’ genes