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19-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Long COVID linked to persistently high levels of inflammatory protein: a potential biomarker and target for treatments
University of Cambridge

SARS-CoV-2 triggers the production of the antiviral protein IFN-γ, which is associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression. New research shows that in Long COVID patients, IFN-y production persists until symptoms improve, highlighting a potential biomarker and a target for therapies.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 AM EST
Study identifies increase in antibiotic-resistant typhoid
University of Liverpool

Ciprofloxacin is the first-line drug for treating typhoid fever in many countries in Africa with a high disease burden, but the emergence of non-susceptibility poses a challenge to public health programmes.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 1:05 AM EST
Geographic disparities in access to addiction treatment medication may be linked to race, ethnicity
University of Pittsburgh

Buprenorphine, a life-saving medication for opioid use disorder, is far less accessible in geographic areas of the United States with racially and ethnically diverse populations than in predominantly white areas, according to a new study of pre-pandemic data led by health policy scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health published today in Journal of Addiction Medicine.

Newswise: Avails Medical Announces FDA Clearance of its eQUANT™ System to Accelerate Workflow for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Released: 20-Feb-2024 7:55 AM EST
Avails Medical Announces FDA Clearance of its eQUANT™ System to Accelerate Workflow for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Avails Medical, Inc.

Avails Medical, Inc., a leader in the development of rapid, automated and fully electrical antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) technologies, announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its groundbreaking eQUANTTM system.

Released: 19-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Studies find flu vaccines were effective in 2022-2023 flu season
Regenstrief Institute

The prospect of the worrisome triple threat of COVID, RSV and flu was assuaged last year by the effectiveness of flu vaccines.

19-Feb-2024 5:00 AM EST
Droughts may trigger HIV transmission increase among women in rural sub-Saharan Africa, study finds
University of Bristol

Droughts have the potential to increase the spread of HIV for women living in rural parts of Africa, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
First human trial shows ‘wonder’ material can be developed safely
University of Edinburgh

A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Heart attack significantly increases risk of other health conditions
University of Leeds

Having a heart attack significantly increases the risk of developing other serious long-term health conditions, a major new study shows.

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Released: 16-Feb-2024 5:05 AM EST
Podcast: Experts in Health: How we can design our houses to improve our health
Loughborough University

Dr Ben Roberts, Lecturer in Building Energy at Loughborough University, discusses how our houses can help or hinder our health, why air conditioning isn’t always the best answer to reduce indoor heat, and how systemic building changes could transform our wellbeing. Time Stamps: 00:00 - 09:27 - Introduction to guest, the topic and background 09:28 - 18:45 - Loughborough University test houses and how are they being used 18:46 - 23:25 - Night ventilation and ventilation maps 23:26 - 28:12 - Abroad vs the UK 28:13 - 32:30 - Air conditioning and staying cool 32:31 - 39:45 - Impacting policy and air quality 39:46 - 41:20 - Current and future work 41:21 - 43:45 - Outro

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Released: 16-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST
Podcast: Experts in Health: The unexpected ways that drama improves our health
Loughborough University

Dr Catherine Rees, Reader in Drama at Loughborough University, discusses the various ways that applied theatre and the arts are making an unexpected but significant impact in improving the public’s health and wellbeing.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Burnout: identifying people at risk
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

It is not uncommon for people to “hit the wall” at work and experience burnout for short or long periods of time.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU hosts first Remembrance Conference with University at Buffalo to address gun violence
Michigan State University

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo partnered to host the inaugural Remembrance Conference to address firearm violence through a public health approach.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 8:10 AM EST
Study reports drinking 100% orange juice results in lower daily blood glucose compared to sugar-sweetened, orange-flavored beverages
Florida Department of Citrus

A new study published by Nutrients reports that consuming 100% orange juice prior to a meal, when compared to sugar-sweetened, orange-flavored drinks, suppresses food intake at the next meal and results in lower daily blood glucose concentrations in healthy, normal-weight adults.1

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Released: 15-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Targeted liver cancer treatment kills cancer cells and cuts chemo side effects
University of South Australia

Drug-loaded 3D printed films could change cancer treatments forever as world first research from the University of South Australia shows that new films not only kill more than 80% of liver cancer cells but could also significantly reduce recurrence rates while minimizing systematic toxicities of traditional chemotherapy.

Newswise: Scientists discover hidden army of lung flu fighters
Released: 14-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
Scientists discover hidden army of lung flu fighters
University of California, Riverside

Scientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage.

Released: 14-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
Climate change drived the emergence of West Nile virus in Europe
Universite Libre de Bruxelles

West Nile virus is an emerging pathogen in Europe and represents a public health threat in previously non-affected European countries

Newswise: Smoking has long-term effects on the immune system
Released: 14-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Smoking has long-term effects on the immune system
Institut Pasteur

Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses.

Released: 14-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
New Jersey Health Data Project Approves Research Addressing Population Health Priorities
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The governing board of the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project in December approved the release of data – along with pilot funding and data access fee waivers – for six research proposals to study the top challenges of the state’s population health.

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Medicine-Led Study Shows Rapid COVID-19 Tests Done at Home are Reliable
Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:00 PM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine-Led Study Shows Rapid COVID-19 Tests Done at Home are Reliable
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a five-month period in 2022 — researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine and five other collaborators report that a rapid antigen test (RAT) for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be used at home with accuracy comparable to the same test being administered by a health care professional.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Interactions between flu subtypes predict epidemic severity more than virus evolution
eLife

Researchers have shed new light on how viral evolution, population immunity, and the co-circulation of other flu viruses shape seasonal flu epidemics.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Better diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis
University of Cologne

A group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, which aims at improving infection management and thus the survival rate of patients.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Life doesn't stop at age 65. Get the latest on seniors and healthy aging in the Seniors channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

Newswise: New Trial Highlights Incremental Progress Towards a Cure for HIV-1
Released: 13-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
New Trial Highlights Incremental Progress Towards a Cure for HIV-1
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A new clinical trial, led by clinicians and researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, show that the combination of the drug vorinostat and immunotherapy may modestly shrink the latent HIV reservoir, but more work needs to be done in the field to create a cure.

Newswise: Chula Researcher’s Innovative Wireless Hepatitis B Test Kit for Complete Screening and Data Collection in One Step
Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:55 AM EST
Chula Researcher’s Innovative Wireless Hepatitis B Test Kit for Complete Screening and Data Collection in One Step
Chulalongkorn University

Chula researchers have developed a remarkable wireless hepatitis B virus test kit to screen for infection and collect data for an online database that’s fast and complete in one step.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Experto de Mayo Clinic: Poco a poco, pequeños cambios pueden conducir a la salud del corazón
Mayo Clinic

Cambiar de una dieta poco saludable y un estilo de vida sedentario a una alimentación saludable y ejercicios puede ser abrumador.

Newswise: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles RECOVER Study Collaborators Publish Comprehensive Report on Long COVID Symptoms in Children
Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles RECOVER Study Collaborators Publish Comprehensive Report on Long COVID Symptoms in Children
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of 10 pediatric sites involved in the nationwide Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of long COVID in children.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Long COVID-19 is linked to chronic pain conditions
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Therapies for pain conditions like fibromyalgia provide clues for helping those with long COVID, finds a new University of Michigan study.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Awards Program Recognizes 12 Emerging Leaders in Community Health
George Washington University

Each year, in collaboration with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health at the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) recognizes and celebrates young leaders whose work and dedication have helped further the health center mission of health care and better health for medically underserved people. From a highly competitive field of nominees from across the country, 12 individuals have been awarded this year’s Emerging Leader distinction for their accomplishments that exemplify the health center mission and the vision of Drs. H. Jack Geiger and Count Gibson, pioneers for community health and human rights.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
التهاب الدماغ: يشرح خبير من مايو كلينك سبب أهمية العلاج المبكر
Mayo Clinic

التهاب الدماغ هو مرض ينطوي على التهاب أو تورم الدماغ. ويمكن أن يحدث بسبب التهابات أو مشكلات تصيب الجهاز المناعي، والعلاج المبكر لتلك الحالة مهم. يقول ساروش إيراني، بكالوريوس الطب والجراحة.، طبيب الأعصاب، وباحث في مايو كلينك في جاكسونفيل، فلوريدا أنه لهذا السبب من الضروري رفع مستوى الوعي.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Encefalitis: Experto de Mayo Clinic explica por qué es importante el tratamiento temprano
Mayo Clinic

La Encefalitis es una enfermedad que implica inflamación o hinchazón del cerebro. Esto puede suceder debido a infecciones o problemas con el sistema inmunológico, y el tratamiento temprano es importante.

Newswise: Why Ventilators can be Tough on Preemie Lungs
5-Feb-2024 8:00 AM EST
Why Ventilators can be Tough on Preemie Lungs
Biophysical Society

Many premature infants need mechanical ventilation to breathe. However, prolonged ventilation can lead to problems like respiratory diseases or ventilation-induced injury.Jonas Naumann and Mareike Zink study the physics of mechanical stress from ventilation at Leipzig University, in Leipzig, Germany and discovered some of the mechanisms that explain why premature lungs are especially sensitive to stress.

   
Newswise: Faster Monkeypox (mpox) Testing Through CRISPR
5-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Faster Monkeypox (mpox) Testing Through CRISPR
Biophysical Society

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a rare viral disease that is spread through physical contact between people.

   
Released: 9-Feb-2024 5:25 PM EST
IAFNS Looks Ahead at Third Anniversary to More Actionable Science, Data-Sharing
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

IAFNS enters its fourth year as a science-focused nonprofit uniquely positioned to mobilize government, industry and academia to drive, fund and lead actionable research.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices
University of Cambridge

Researchers have developed a sensor made from ‘frozen smoke’ that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion, far beyond the sensitivity of most indoor air quality sensors.

Newswise: More Women Rise to Leadership in Science and are Tackling Greatest Global Threats such as Climate Change and Future Pandemics
Released: 9-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
More Women Rise to Leadership in Science and are Tackling Greatest Global Threats such as Climate Change and Future Pandemics
George Washington University

As women have steadily risen to positions of leadership in scientific fields including public health, they are taking on some of the greatest challenges facing the world today including climate change and the pandemic.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Low Pay Is Driving Primary-Care Doctors From New Jersey, Endangering State Residents
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A report co-authored by a Rutgers Health official advocates better pay and (eventually) a different payment model.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
This common medication could save half a million children’s lives each year. So why is it underprescribed?
University of Southern California (USC)

Health care providers in developing countries know that oral rehydration salts (ORS) are a lifesaving and inexpensive treatment for diarrheal disease, a leading cause of death for children worldwide — yet few prescribe it.

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Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Sandia awarded for outstanding work in technology transfer
Sandia National Laboratories

Through hard work and ingenuity, some Sandia employees are excelling at moving technology to market, a feat that is now being honored by the Federal Laboratory Consortium.

Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Care for life-threatening child diarrhea limited by health providers’ views
RAND Corporation

Young children in India who suffer from life-threatening diarrhea frequently are given ineffective treatments because health providers misperceive the wishes of a child’s caregiver, according to a novel new study.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 12:00 PM EST
Renowned Immunologist Dr. Gary Koretzky to Receive AAI Lifetime Achievement Award Honoring Exceptional Contributions to Immunology
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

Recognizing the impact of his research and outstanding leadership in the field of immunology, Gary Koretzky, M.D., Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’92), will receive the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Lifetime Achievement Award, the association’s highest honor, at the AAI annual conference IMMUNOLOGY2024TM, May 3-7 in Chicago.

   
Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Organic compound found in trees could prevent contact lens eye infections
University of Portsmouth

A new study suggests a naturally-occurring material is an effective disinfectant for contact lenses, worn by millions of people worldwide.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Male sex, high age, little physical exercise and low level of education are associated with allostatic load
University of Eastern Finland

Allostatic load refers to a disorder of the body’s stress response, which has been shown to increase the risk of mortality and various health risks, as well as being associated with mental disorders.



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