Medical
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New scoring system can help clinicians predict 30-day mortality risk for patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new scoring system to help health care professionals predict the 30-day mortality risk for patients with...
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Women at higher odds for side effects from some cancer treatments
(HealthDay)—Gender differences extend to cancer treatments, with women having a higher risk of severe side effects from certain treatments than...
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Virtual patient 'surrogates' can personalize cancer treatments
Scientists have developed mathematical models that act as patient 'surrogates' for evaluating potential prostate cancer treatments.
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How the brain filters out sounds
Bats are renowned for their echolocation skills, navigation using sound therefore: they 'see' with their extremely sensitive hearing, by emitting...
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What if medicine only focuses on COVID?
Among the casualties of the COVID19 epidemic, one that's not immediately obvious is biomedical research not directly related to the pandemic and...
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Increased risk for mortality seen for persons with autism, ADHD
(HealthDay)—The risk for mortality is increased significantly for persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and those with...
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Tool developed for diagnosing inflammatory breast cancer
A first-of-its-kind tool may be able to help doctors better diagnose inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). The novel tool and the findings of the...
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Small country with a great potential for microbiome studies
The Estonian Microbiome Project, using electronic health data from more than 2500 biobank participants finds long-term antibiotic usage,...
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Promising skin probiotic could be a way to reduce antibiotic treatments for acne
Acne on the face is often treated with topical antibiotics, which tend to be used for an extended period of time and contribute to the serious...
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Indonesia reports record number of COVID cases
Indonesia reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as the Omicron variant spreads across the Southeast Asian archipelago.
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Intelligence is all about connectivity
You are just enjoying a nap on the sofa when your son suddenly turns up and asks you to help him with his math homework. This change from resting...
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Beset in mucus, coronavirus particles likely travel farther than once thought
A modeling study raises questions about how far respiratory droplets, like those that transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before...
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Gastric bypass is best weight loss option for diabetes patients, study finds
Bariatric surgery—either gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy—is recommended for people with type 2 diabetes and a body mass index of 40 or above....
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Study presents novel treatment strategy to tackle metastatic intra-abdominal cancer
Researchers from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have found a potential new strategy to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis, a metastatic...
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How providers help patients shift expectations to make tough medical decisions
When confronting the end of life, patients and their loved ones must make difficult decisions about continuing curative treatments or switching to...
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New insight into how atopic dermatitis develops
Atopic dermatitis, a common skin condition affecting both children and adults, is often thought of as an inflammatory disease that arises from a...
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A pioneering stroke treatment
For decades, University of Cincinnati researchers have been pioneers in the field of stroke research.
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Stem cell infusion boosts sepsis survival in mice
A one-time infusion of stem cells from bone marrow improves the survival of mice with sepsis, shows a study published today in eLife.
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How a protein controls the production of nerve cells in the brain
By investigating changes in the metabolic profile of neural stem cells, a research team led by Professor Dr. Matteo Bergami from the CECAD Cluster...
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MRI sheds light on COVID vaccine-associated heart muscle injury
Vaccine-associated myocarditis shows a similar injury pattern on cardiac MRI compared to other causes of myocarditis, but abnormalities are less...
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Biomarker shows promise for potential treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
There is currently no effective treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), one of the most common neuromuscular diseases, which...
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Antibodies improve in quality for months after COVID-19 vaccination
For at least six months after COVID-19 vaccination, antibodies produced by immune cells become steadily more formidable and more precisely targeted...
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Consumer Health: 7 lifestyle strategies to prevent heart disease
February is American Heart Month, which makes this a good time to learn what you can do to keep your heart healthy.
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When a protective gene buffers a bad one, a heart can beat
It was a medical mystery: When University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists induced a particular genetic mutation in mouse eggs, the...
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World's first gene editing tools for ticks may help decrease tick-borne diseases
Reducing tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, may now be possible thanks to two new gene editing methods developed by researchers at Penn...