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Feinberg students trained in a two-week emergency preparedness course

We don't know when the next natural disaster, mass shooting or pandemic will occur. But twice a year, students at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are being trained in a two-week elective course to manage these types of events when they inevitably happen.

25 Mar 2022

Brain fog in post-COVID Canadians

A new study confirms that a history of COVID-19 is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction in the young and middle-aged.

24 Mar 2022

INRS professor developing a glycoconjugate vaccine for melioidosis

The threat from Melioidosis is real. The bacterium that causes this infectious multisymptom illness is resistant to antibiotics, making diagnosis and treatment more complex and resulting in a mortality rate of up to 50%.

24 Mar 2022

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

For World Tuberculosis Day 2022, News Medical spoke to Dr. Maxine Caws to raise awareness of this infectious disease.

24 Mar 2022

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to cure or even treat. Now, a new strategy devised by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has succeeded in making pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of mice and vulnerable to immune attack, reducing cancer metastases by 87%.

23 Mar 2022

UI neuroscientists identify fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage

A University of Iowa neuroscience research team has identified a fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage and has linked this mechanism to cognitive deficits in mouse models of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.

23 Mar 2022

Study shows lack of scientific evidence in popular hypertension-related videos

Popular videos offering guidance for living with high blood pressure shared on TikTok frequently focus on alternative medicine and make claims that aren't backed by scientific evidence, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session.

23 Mar 2022

Newly emerged-hygiene issue in the current lifestyles of wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

A recent article evaluated a novel hygiene concern that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., the adherence of fungi and bacteria to face masks.

23 Mar 2022

Seafood workers twice as likely to contract COVID-19 as workers in other food industries

The dramatic toll that COVID-19 has taken on the U.S. is apparent, but as caseloads come down and mandates are loosened it has become increasingly obvious how much of an impact the pandemic had on food service workers in industries like the fisheries.

23 Mar 2022

Drug use beliefs are most influential and salient for youth substance use, suggests study

What are the most important factors to consider for developing effective drug use prevention programs? Many current programs for adolescents focus on elements including peer and family relationships, school connection, and youth's self-confidence and self-assertion.

23 Mar 2022

Fermented soybean waste could help mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity

An international team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Waseda University in Japan have found that fermented soybean waste, or okara, could improve fat metabolism and mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity.

22 Mar 2022

Burst wave lithotripsy may provide an effective alternative for noninvasive treatment of kidney stones

An innovative technique called burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) may provide an effective, more accessible alternative for non-invasive treatment of kidney stones, according to initial human studies reported in The Journal of Urology, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association

22 Mar 2022

Study explores minimal classroom transmission of COVID-19 in a large urban university

A new study investigated the extent of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classrooms of a large urban university.

22 Mar 2022

Scientists reveal how 911 DNA checkpoint clamp helps repair the damaged DNA

When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process and fix the problem -; a failsafe that is critical to maintaining health and staving off disease.

22 Mar 2022

Environmental surveillance for early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server investigated whether environmental samples could serve as early indicators for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in large communities.

22 Mar 2022

Using a new data-driven approach to understand more about people with Type 1 diabetes

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Children's Mercy Kansas City and Texas Children's Hospital has used a new data-driven approach to learn more about persons with Type 1 diabetes, who account for about 5-10% of all diabetes diagnoses.

21 Mar 2022

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Feinberg students trained in a two-week emergency preparedness course

Brain fog in post-COVID Canadians

INRS professor developing a glycoconjugate vaccine for melioidosis

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

UI neuroscientists identify fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage

Study shows lack of scientific evidence in popular hypertension-related videos

Newly emerged-hygiene issue in the current lifestyles of wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Seafood workers twice as likely to contract COVID-19 as workers in other food industries

Drug use beliefs are most influential and salient for youth substance use, suggests study

Fermented soybean waste could help mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity

Burst wave lithotripsy may provide an effective alternative for noninvasive treatment of kidney stones

Study explores minimal classroom transmission of COVID-19 in a large urban university

Scientists reveal how 911 DNA checkpoint clamp helps repair the damaged DNA

Environmental surveillance for early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks

Using a new data-driven approach to understand more about people with Type 1 diabetes

New form of MRI makes cancerous tissue to glow in medical images

TTUHSC secures $1.87 million grant to investigate the impact of vitamin A depletion on Alzheimer’s disease

Waste coffee grounds may help detect minute levels of neurotransmitters

A single gene can control brain cell growth in humans, research shows

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