Month: October 2021

Federal relief funds may have disproportionately benefited hospitals and health systems that were financially stronger prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a cross-sectional study. Among nearly 1,000 facilities, there was wide variation in CARES Act funding, with 24% of hospitals receiving less than $5 million, and 8% receiving more than $50 million, reported Christopher
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Sex-based differences in COVID-19 disease transmission, severity, and mortality have been reported since the early stages of the pandemic in infants, with the underlying mechanism accounting for these differences not yet fully understood. In a paper recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine by Bordt et al. (October 19th, 2021), maternal SARS-CoV-2 infections are
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Do you know your soul purpose? Vicky Paul, intuitive artist and author, shares her thoughts and actions we can take to understand ourselves better When you Google ‘how to find purpose and meaning’ over 16 billion results come up. That’s huge, and a very clear indication there are a lot of unsatisfied people walking about.
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Spinach didn’t really explain Popeye’s superhuman strength, but spinach and other iron-rich foods might have real-life superpowers: reducing the risk of heart disease and premature death in middle age. Iron has a big job in our bodies as a crucial part of the proteins that deliver oxygen to our tissues. With low iron, the heart
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Ophthalmologists in the US will soon have more options in their toolkit to manage neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and macular edema associated with uveitis. Susvimo, a 100 mg/mL ranibizumab injection for intravitreal use via ocular implant, has received FDA approval for wet AMD, and Xipere, a triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension, has received FDA approval
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Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University and Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University have developed a ferritin (Fn)-based nanomedicine for targeted delivery of arsenic (As) and efficient therapy against diverse leukemia types. The study was published in Nature Nanotechnology on Oct. 25. Leukemia is a
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In this article PFE Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday he plans to get his young kids vaccinated against Covid “as soon as they’re eligible.” Pfizer said Friday its two-shot vaccine at smaller doses was 90.7% effective in a clinical trial at preventing symptomatic illness in kids 5-11. Food and Drug Administration scientists —
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This article was originally published in 2017 during Cervical Screening Awareness Week. It has now been reviewed and updated. Cervical screening, also known as the smear test, isn’t actually a test for cancer. Although it does sometimes find cervical cancers, cervical screening instead aims to prevent cancer developing in the first place. It tests for
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. People who don’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 should expect to be reinfected with the coronavirus every 16 to 17 months on average, according to a recent study published in The Lancet Microbe. Since COVID-19 hasn’t existed for long enough to perform
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“Over the past 20 years, there have been at least 6 different hypotheses about the origin of Barrett’s oesophagus,” says Dr John Lizhe Zhuang, whose research has focused on answering this question, which has remained a mystery for decades. Barrett’s oesophagus, also known simply as ‘Barrett’s’, is a precancerous condition that affects around 1 in
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An oral treatment with freeze-dried human stool can successfully treat Clostridioides difficile infections by increasing the diversity of microorganisms in the colon, researchers say. CP101, under development by Finch Therapeutics, proved more effective than a placebo in preventing recurrent infections for up to 24 weeks. The CP101 capsules contain a powder of freeze-dried human stools
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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 initially emerged from Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, and has since caused large-scale global outbreaks and over 4.9 million fatalities worldwide. Study: Targeting SARS‐CoV‐2 with Chaga mushroom: An in silico study toward developing a natural antiviral
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A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. Emily Elconin | Reuters Nearly 100 million people nationwide are immediately eligible to receive Covid booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized extra doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson‘s
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Having COVID-19 was tied to a somewhat increased risk of a new erectile dysfunction (ED) diagnosis, a researcher reported here. Data from the study came from a U.S. insurance database and, after propensity matching, 230,517 men with recorded COVID-19 were identified, as were 232,645 without recorded COVID-19. After controlling for various factors,
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The FDA has reviewed the clinical trial data on Pfizer’s vaccine for children and concluded that the benefits of the 2-shot series outweigh its risks for kids. In a briefing document posted to the FDA website late Friday, agency scientists said
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A University of California, Irvine-led study suggests that the glucosyltransferase domain (GTD) is an ideal molecular target for therapeutic interventions for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). These findings may lead to new treatments to fight this deadly disease. Based on their findings that established the structural basis for Toxin B recognition of the small GTPases Rho
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