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Cardiovascular risk factors – not preexisting heart disease – are the main contributors to COVID-19 death

A national study suggests that risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as age, smoking and diabetes – not preexisting heart disease – are the main contributors to death and poor outcomes for critically ill COVID-19 patients.

12 Oct 2022

Mass General Brigham’s mobile health services improved access to COVID-19 treatments for underserved populations

Two new papers from Mass General Brigham demonstrate the effectiveness of bringing COVID-19 health care services to where people need them the most.

12 Oct 2022

Clinical trial to evaluate antiviral drug for monkeypox begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A clinical trial to evaluate the antiviral drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, in adults and children with monkeypox has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

12 Oct 2022

Sustained blood pressure control necessary to reduce the burden of fatal cardiovascular events

In 2015, published findings from the landmark Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) showed that intensive blood pressure management reduced cardiovascular disease and lowered the risk of death. In 2019, results of the SPRINT MIND trial showed that lowering blood pressure also reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment in older adults.

12 Oct 2022

Study sheds new light on host-pathogen interactions and long-term consequences of brain infections

A team led by Prof Kiavash Movahedi has mapped in detail how the immune system acts against pathogens invading the brain.

12 Oct 2022

Scientists show how cellular hypoxia response increases fetal hemoglobin expression in adults

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown how a protein responsible for adapting to low oxygen conditions (hypoxia), causes increased expression of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in adults.

12 Oct 2022

Exercise can favorably modify subcutaneous adipose tissue that can improve metabolic health

Exercise is one of the first strategies used to treat obesity-related health problems like Type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular disease, but scientists don’t understand exactly how it works to improve metabolic health.

12 Oct 2022

Inflammation and infection may predict post-thrombectomy mortality

In a new study, researchers assessed the association of markers of inflammation and infection with mortality in individuals with acute ischemic stroke post-thrombectomy.

12 Oct 2022

Study explores cell signaling dysregulation and COVID-19 severity

Researchers assessed the impact of dysregulation in cell signaling events on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity.

12 Oct 2022

New method allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes

Scientists have developed a research method that allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes involved in some neurological and mental disorders.

12 Oct 2022

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine not associated with time of day of vaccination

A study in Japan finds antibody response to the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine does not vary depending on the time of day when the dose was received.

12 Oct 2022

Molecular signature could be mechanistically related to bleeding risk after heart surgery

Postoperative bleeding is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgeries, especially in open heart ones. In this kind of surgery, surgeons need to resort to cardiopulmonary bypass, an extracorporeal circuit composed of tubes and machines that replicate the function of the heart and lungs.

12 Oct 2022

The future of diagnostics and the importance of blood gas analysis

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From Radiometer Medical 12 Oct 2022

Radiometer strengthens its global Immunoassay Business in Turku

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From Radiometer Medical 12 Oct 2022

Radiometer and Etiometry Announce Partnership to Enhance Neonatal Intensive Care Clinical Workflows and Patient care

Etiometry, a leader in clinical decision-support software for critical care, and Radiometer, a leading medical device company specializing in acute care testing solutions, today announced a new collaboration to enhance the clinical workflows in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).

From Radiometer Medical 12 Oct 2022

Radiometer partners with Technicon on a robotic solution to free up time in the lab

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From Radiometer Medical 12 Oct 2022

‘Separate and unequal’: Critics say Newsom’s pricey Medicaid reforms leave most patients behind

It wasn't exactly an emergency, but Michael Reed, a security guard who lives in Watts, had back pain and ran out of his blood pressure medication.

12 Oct 2022

BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity

People who seek medical treatment for obesity or an eating disorder do so with the hope their health plan will pay for part of it. But whether it's covered often comes down to a measure invented almost 200 years ago by a Belgian mathematician as part of his quest to use statistics to define the "average man."

12 Oct 2022

Algorithms are as good as human evaluators at identifying signs of mental health issues in texts

UW Medicine researchers have found that algorithms are as good as trained human evaluators at identifying red-flag language in text messages from people with serious mental illness.

11 Oct 2022

CPR training spans across India in advance of the World Restart a Heart Day

Only 2% of adults in India know how to perform CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The American Heart Association - the world's leading voluntary health organization devoted to longer, healthier, live for all - and the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - a group of autonomous government public medical universities– are working together to train more than 150,000 students, community health care workers and others in the public in multiple states within India to reverse this trend.

11 Oct 2022

Blood News and Research

Cardiovascular risk factors – not preexisting heart disease – are the main contributors to COVID-19 death

Mass General Brigham’s mobile health services improved access to COVID-19 treatments for underserved populations

Clinical trial to evaluate antiviral drug for monkeypox begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sustained blood pressure control necessary to reduce the burden of fatal cardiovascular events

Study sheds new light on host-pathogen interactions and long-term consequences of brain infections

Scientists show how cellular hypoxia response increases fetal hemoglobin expression in adults

Exercise can favorably modify subcutaneous adipose tissue that can improve metabolic health

Inflammation and infection may predict post-thrombectomy mortality

Study explores cell signaling dysregulation and COVID-19 severity

New method allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine not associated with time of day of vaccination

Molecular signature could be mechanistically related to bleeding risk after heart surgery

The future of diagnostics and the importance of blood gas analysis

Radiometer strengthens its global Immunoassay Business in Turku

Radiometer and Etiometry Announce Partnership to Enhance Neonatal Intensive Care Clinical Workflows and Patient care

Radiometer partners with Technicon on a robotic solution to free up time in the lab

‘Separate and unequal’: Critics say Newsom’s pricey Medicaid reforms leave most patients behind

BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity

Algorithms are as good as human evaluators at identifying signs of mental health issues in texts

CPR training spans across India in advance of the World Restart a Heart Day

Decoding Cannabis: Differentiating Hemp and Marijuana

Deciphering the Microbiome with The Microsetta Initiative

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

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