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Psychedelic drug offers lifesaving relief for veterans plagued by traumatic brain injury

For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and suicide among veterans.

5 Jan 2024

ATCC announces new award from BARDA to provide centralized storage and bioprocessing services for Project NextGen

ATCC, the world’s premier biological materials management and standards organization, today announced a five-year, $87 million award from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to support the development of next-generation medical countermeasures (MCMs) to protect Americans from public health security threats such as coronaviruses.

From ATCC 5 Jan 2024

RSV vaccines would dramatically reduce disease burden if widely adopted like flu shots

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines recently approved for people 60 and older would dramatically reduce the disease's significant burden of illness and death in the United States if they were widely adopted like annual influenza vaccines, a new study has found.

2 Jan 2024

Citrus supplement may ease knee swelling and pain after surgery

For patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), treatment with diosmin – a flavonoid supplement derived from citrus fruits –reduced swelling of the knee and leg and some measures of associated pain can be achieved, reports a clinical trial in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

22 Dec 2023

UKHSA and ONS publish latest Winter CIS data

The Winter CIS was launched jointly by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in November 2023 to deliver real-time prevalence and positivity data to aid the surveillance of COVID-19 in the community and help understand the winter pressures on the NHS.

21 Dec 2023

Inside the Pentagon’s painfully slow effort to clean up decades of PFAS contamination

Oscoda, Michigan, has the distinction as the first community where "forever chemicals" were found seeping from a military installation into the surrounding community.

21 Dec 2023

Protein "on/off switch" controls breast cancer spread and immunotherapy response

Despite their promise, immunotherapies fail to treat many cancers, including over 80% of some of the most advanced breast cancers.

20 Dec 2023

New dry powder aerosol COVID-19 vaccine shows promise against multiple virus strains

Study introduces a novel dry powder aerosol COVID-19 vaccine, showing its effectiveness in inducing strong immune responses and offering protection against various SARS-CoV-2 strains, including Omicron.

15 Dec 2023

Research shows more people die from heart attacks during the winter holidays

The winter holidays can turn deadly as research shows that more people die from heart attacks during the last week of December than at any other time of the year.

13 Dec 2023

Can vitamin C reduce the severity of the common cold?

The effect of vitamin C supplementation on common cold severity and duration.

13 Dec 2023

New study unlocks hope for immunotherapy in metastatic prostate cancer

Immunotherapy has been disappointing as a prostate cancer treatment, but a new Columbia study suggests that the powerful treatments have potential when the disease starts to spread.

12 Dec 2023

AIHW data reveals increase in waiting times for patients undergoing elective surgery in Australia’s public hospitals

The number of patients undergoing elective (non-emergency) surgery in Australia’s public hospitals increased by 18% from 2021–22 to 2022–23, but many patients are still facing long wait times, according to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

11 Dec 2023

New 4-in-1 test can differentiate between swine flu, COVID-19, RSV, and influenza

The first case of a new strain of ‘swine flu’ has been detected in a human in the UK. The last swine flu pandemic killed 457 people in Britain alone. A leading testing expert says this strain looks to be very different but is urging Brits to take precautions.

4 Dec 2023

Study provides insights into long-term consequences of neonatal listeriosis

Maternal-fetal listeriosis is a severe disease that can lead to miscarriage, premature birth or serious neonatal infection.

1 Dec 2023

The "totonou" effect: physiological and subjective benefits of sauna relaxation

The neural impacts of the Japanese sauna practice called 'tononou'.

1 Dec 2023

Mapping emotions in the body: Study reveals physical topography of feelings

The study published in PNAS reveals that emotions create identifiable maps of bodily sensations, consistent across different cultures and races. Using a novel method named "embody," researchers found that subjective emotional experiences are linked to specific bodily changes, providing insights that could aid in understanding and treating mood disorders like depression and anxiety, which alter standard emotional processing.

30 Nov 2023

Cold News and Research

Psychedelic drug offers lifesaving relief for veterans plagued by traumatic brain injury

ATCC announces new award from BARDA to provide centralized storage and bioprocessing services for Project NextGen

RSV vaccines would dramatically reduce disease burden if widely adopted like flu shots

Citrus supplement may ease knee swelling and pain after surgery

UKHSA and ONS publish latest Winter CIS data

Inside the Pentagon’s painfully slow effort to clean up decades of PFAS contamination

Protein "on/off switch" controls breast cancer spread and immunotherapy response

New dry powder aerosol COVID-19 vaccine shows promise against multiple virus strains

Research shows more people die from heart attacks during the winter holidays

Can vitamin C reduce the severity of the common cold?

New study unlocks hope for immunotherapy in metastatic prostate cancer

AIHW data reveals increase in waiting times for patients undergoing elective surgery in Australia’s public hospitals

New 4-in-1 test can differentiate between swine flu, COVID-19, RSV, and influenza

Study provides insights into long-term consequences of neonatal listeriosis

The "totonou" effect: physiological and subjective benefits of sauna relaxation

Mapping emotions in the body: Study reveals physical topography of feelings

Study shines new light on pancreatic cancer and the immune system

UKHSA and the Met Office issue cold-health alerts

Many autoimmune disease patients struggle with diagnosis, costs, inattentive care

Progressive and anti-abortion? New group plays fast and loose to make points

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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