Research reveals that a viral toxin may contribute to the severity of COVID-19 - News-Medical.Net
News-Medical.Net (December 14, 2022, 9:18 pm) - Researchers determine whether the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein influences endothelial and epithelial barrier dysfunction and vascular leakage. Read more
Brain stimulation could help treat Alzheimer's disease - EurekAlert
EurekAlert (December 14, 2022, 9:03 pm) - Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, but it is not easily treatable. One potential therapy is deep brain stimulation delivered by a kind of pacemaker. A team of researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that stimulatin… Read more
THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH: Cervical cancer bur - EurekAlert
EurekAlert (December 14, 2022, 9:03 pm) - There were over 600,000 new cases of cervical cancer and over 340,000 deaths worldwide in 2020, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Global Health journal. Read more
Trial on safety and immunogenicity of Ebola vaccines yields promising results - EurekAlert
EurekAlert (December 14, 2022, 9:03 pm) - Ebola epidemics occur periodically in various sub-Saharan African countries. While vaccines exist and have already received WHO Prequalification against the Zaire ebolavirus species, it is essential to pursue and intensify efforts to supplement the available… Read more
Frequent genetic cause of late-onset ataxia uncovered by a Quebec-led international collaboration - EurekAlert
EurekAlert (December 14, 2022, 9:03 pm) - A new study published on Dec. 14, 2022 in the New England Journal of Medicine reports the identification of a previously unknown genetic cause of a late-onset cerebellar ataxia, a discovery that will improve diagnosis and open new treatment avenues for this p… Read more
Correlating circulating adipokine levels with COVID-19 severity - News-Medical.Net
News-Medical.Net (December 14, 2022, 8:42 pm) - Researchers determine whether plasma adipokine levels were associated with COVID-19-related systemic inflammation and severity. Read more
Exposure to Daylight Predicts When You'll Fall Asleep, Study Shows - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert (December 14, 2022, 8:14 pm) - Going outdoors more during the day might lead to slipping into sleep more easily during the night, according to a new study that found a relationship between the seasons and shifts in sleeping patterns. Read more
COVID-19 tool now assesses for range of respiratory illnesses - EverythingGP
EverythingGP (December 14, 2022, 8:07 pm) - AHS has announced it has launched an updated respiratory assessment tool to provide Albertans - including fami... Read more
Acute kidney injuries could be treated by widely available angina, heart disease drugs: Study - Gulf News
Gulf News (December 14, 2022, 7:43 pm) - Drugs used to treat angina, high blood pressure reduced harm from acute kidney injury Read more
India has the most cervical cancer patients in Asia: Lancet - Economic Times
The Times of India (December 14, 2022, 7:31 pm) - The Lancet revealed that Africa followed Asia (20%), Europe (10%) and Latin America (10%) and more than half of deaths were estimated in Asia (58%) followed by Africa (22%), and Latin America (9%). Read more
Mirrorlights: Exercise, mindfulness training don't boost brain power in the elderly - Bangalore Mirror
The Times of India (December 14, 2022, 7:30 pm) - Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California, San Diego, studied the cognitive effects of exercise, mindfulness training or both for up to 18 Read more
'Camel flu': Experts call for surveillance, research - Tribune Online
Tribuneonlineng.com (December 14, 2022, 7:20 pm) - As the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar draws to a close, health experts in some countries have warned football fans returning from Qatar about the risk of bringing home the 'camel flu', a respiratory infection which is from the same family as the virus Read more
Acute kidney injuries could be treated by widely available medicinal drugs: Study - ANI News
ANI News (December 14, 2022, 7:13 pm) - Widely available medicines could assist in lessening the impact of acute kidney injuries before they could cause complications and damage, as per a study published in Science Translational Medicine. Read more
Study explains why women are at greater risk to suffer from Alzheimer's - ANI News
ANI News (December 14, 2022, 7:11 pm) - According to a study published in Science Advances, researchers discovered that the brains of women had significantly higher amounts of a modified immune protein which could signal the existence of Alzheimer's. Read more
The Age of Teplizumab: A New Era in Type 1 Diabetes - MD Magazine
Hcplive.com (December 14, 2022, 7:09 pm) - Reflections on a century's worth of developments toward a major breakthrough in T1D this year. Read more
Treatment delays leave UK facing cancer emergency, doctors warn - The Guardian
The Guardian (December 14, 2022, 7:09 pm) - Clinicians warn of the UK's 'biggest cancer crisis ever' as record-breaking treatment waiting times have become normalised Read more
U.S. hospitals report rise in severe strep A infections among kids, after 15 deaths in UK - Yahoo News
Yahoo Entertainment (December 14, 2022, 7:05 pm) - At least four children's hospitals are seeing more cases of invasive group A strep than usual. The CDC said it is hearing anecdotes of a possible rise in... Read more
Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer's - Science Daily
Science Daily (December 14, 2022, 6:44 pm) - Scientists find that a modified immune protein harming brain connections is much more common in the brains of women with Alzheimer's, compared to men. Read more
Are people with cluster headaches more likely to have other illnesses? - Science Daily
Science Daily (December 14, 2022, 6:42 pm) - People with cluster headaches may be more than three times more likely to have other medical conditions such as heart disease, mental disorders and other neurologic diseases, according to a new study. Read more
UK cancer care: a watershed moment and the need for urgent intervention - The Lancet
The Lancet (December 14, 2022, 6:37 pm) - In November, 2022, NHS England reported the worst ever waiting times for cancer treatment (figure 1).1,2 In the past 12 months, 69 000 patients in the UK have waited longer than the recommended 62-day wait from suspected cancer referral to start of treatment … Read more
Global estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2020: a baseline analysis of the WHO Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative - The Lancet
The Lancet (December 14, 2022, 6:36 pm) - The burden of cervical cancer remains high in many parts of the world, and in most countries, the incidence and mortality of the disease remain much higher than the threshold set by the WHO initiative on cervical cancer elimination. We identified substantial … Read more
