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New diagnostic method applies machine learning to advanced genomics data to detect sepsis

Sepsis, the overreaction of the immune system in response to an infection, causes an estimated 20% of deaths globally and as many as 20 to 50% of U.S. hospital deaths each year.

24 Oct 2022

More intensive prostate cancer screening may reduce the risk of metastatic cancer later

In the face of conflicting evidence over the risks and benefits of routine prostate cancer screenings, a large, longitudinal analysis found Veterans Health Administration medical centers with lower prostate screening rates had higher rates of metastatic prostate cancer cases in subsequent years than centers with higher screening rates.

24 Oct 2022

Systematic review uncovers new links between the thyroid and the heart

Systematic review of 32 studies with 1.3 million participants uncovers new connections between the thyroid and the heart.

24 Oct 2022

Combination of radiation and systemic therapy can prolong survival for advanced liver cancer patients

Adding radiation therapy to systemic therapy for patients with advanced liver cancer can extend overall survival and delay tumor progression without compromising patients' quality of life, a randomized phase III clinical trial shows.

24 Oct 2022

Clinical trial confirms the safety, efficacy of shortened radiation therapy for high-risk prostate cancer patients

A new randomized study confirms that men with high-risk prostate cancer can be treated with five versus eight weeks of radiation therapy.

24 Oct 2022

Collaborative research paves a new way to better health for patients with enlarged hearts

A University of Texas at Arlington multidisciplinary team will use a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to research new ways to improve the safety and effectiveness of medical procedures on patients with inoperable enlarged hearts.

24 Oct 2022

Combining host gene expression profiling and metagenomic pathogen detection from plasma nucleic acid enables accurate sepsis diagnosis

Researchers developed integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics to facilitate sepsis diagnosis.

24 Oct 2022

The Black Death may have influenced the evolution of genes involved in immune responses against pathogens

Researchers gathered empirical evidence that past pandemics due to infectious pathogens shaped the present-day susceptibility of humans to diseases, such as autoimmune diseases.

24 Oct 2022

An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations

Researchers explore the association between excess mortality and various factors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Oct 2022

Study indicates that the major determinants of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity reside outside of the spike protein

Researchers at Boston University made a chimeric recombinant SARS-CoV-2 encoding the spike glycoprotein gene of Omicron in the backbone of an ancestral SARS-CoV-2 isolate.

22 Oct 2022

The public health impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.5 relative to BA.2 in Denmark

Researchers conducted a nationwide study in Denmark to assess the public health impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.5 relative to BA.2.

22 Oct 2022

New evidence-based clinical guidelines expand patient eligibility for metabolic and bariatric surgery

Two of the world's leading authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse metabolic surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes beginning at a body mass index (BMI) of 30, a measure of body fat based on a person's height and weight and one of several important screening criteria for surgery.

21 Oct 2022

Three-dose regimen of HEPLISAV-B vaccine fully protects people living with HIV, data shows

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest HIV research network whose focus has expanded to include evaluating outpatient treatment for COVID-19, today presented a session demonstrating that a three-dose regimen of the HEPLISAV-B vaccine fully protected people living with HIV at IDWeek 2022, taking place in Washington D.C. from October 19-22, 2022.

20 Oct 2022

Multiomics analysis identifies immunobiomarkers for COVID-19 severity in outpatients

In a recent study published in the journal eLife, researchers showed the utility of machine-learning models in identifying early immune signatures, which could reliably predict clinical and immunological outcomes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected outpatients.

20 Oct 2022

Mortality News and Research

New diagnostic method applies machine learning to advanced genomics data to detect sepsis

More intensive prostate cancer screening may reduce the risk of metastatic cancer later

Systematic review uncovers new links between the thyroid and the heart

Combination of radiation and systemic therapy can prolong survival for advanced liver cancer patients

Clinical trial confirms the safety, efficacy of shortened radiation therapy for high-risk prostate cancer patients

Collaborative research paves a new way to better health for patients with enlarged hearts

Combining host gene expression profiling and metagenomic pathogen detection from plasma nucleic acid enables accurate sepsis diagnosis

The Black Death may have influenced the evolution of genes involved in immune responses against pathogens

An analysis of excess mortality rates during COVID-19 pandemic in countries with aging populations

Study indicates that the major determinants of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity reside outside of the spike protein

The public health impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.5 relative to BA.2 in Denmark

New evidence-based clinical guidelines expand patient eligibility for metabolic and bariatric surgery

Three-dose regimen of HEPLISAV-B vaccine fully protects people living with HIV, data shows

Multiomics analysis identifies immunobiomarkers for COVID-19 severity in outpatients

Study finds differences in childbearing between racial/ethnic groups across educational levels

Review of characteristics of human monkeypox

What are the complications, preventative measures, and treatments of ocular monkeypox?

CDC advises on monkeypox sample collection protocols after U.S. exposure case

Breakthrough infection risk and immune responses to vaccines associated with human leukocyte antigen alleles

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