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Men are biologically older than women, study finds

A study at the University of Jyväskylä found that men are biologically older than women. The observed sex difference is partially explained by men's more frequent smoking and larger body size.

10 Oct 2022

Fast Track to Fertility program can significantly speed up the time to treatment

When struggling to conceive, every second that ticks by feels precious. That makes it easy to get discouraged: 65 percent of those who seek fertility care eventually discontinue treatment, the majority due to stress.

7 Oct 2022

New class of drugs can safely counter allergic asthma without creating vulnerability to infections

Blocking the action of calcium signals in immune cells suppresses the most common form of asthma, but without compromising the body's defenses against flu viruses, a new study finds.

7 Oct 2022

UW Medicine identifies a case of Legionella pneumonia

A patient treated in September at UW Medical Center-Montlake was diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia presumed to be a healthcare-associated infection.

7 Oct 2022

New technique may help move or break up kidney stones with minimal pain and no anesthesia

A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility study published today in The Journal of Urology.

7 Oct 2022

Research identifies new clue for preventing and treating gliomas

An important new clue for preventing and treating brain tumors known as gliomas has been identified in research led by the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine.

7 Oct 2022

Vaginal immune system ebbs and flows depending on menstrual-cycle stage

Levels of key immune-signaling molecules in the vagina "undergo clear and consistent" fluctuations during the menstrual cycle, a UW Medicine-led team reports in a study published today in the journal BMC Medicine.

7 Oct 2022

COVID-19 pandemic made things worse for caregivers experiencing health-related socioeconomic vulnerabilities

When Floria Foote first became a caregiver for her sister, she didn't anticipate just how much work she would eventually take on during her sister's decline. "It was so not like her," said Foote. "She was the go-getter, raising two adoptive kids and taking care of our aging father at the same time.

7 Oct 2022

Two popular drugs to treat type 2 diabetes performed best in large clinical trial

In a large clinical trial that directly compared four drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School aided in the discovery that insulin glargine and liraglutide performed best.

7 Oct 2022

UMSOM researchers identify how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have identified how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity, which could lead to new ways in how we develop future vaccines or develop newer treatments.

7 Oct 2022

Opioid receptor levels in brown fat found to be dependent on the length of daylight hours

Researchers from the Turku PET Centre, Finland, have observed that the length of daylight hours impacts opioid receptor levels in brown fat.

7 Oct 2022

Two studies show increasing signs of severe strain in U.S. emergency care

Despite decades of effort to change emergency care at American hospitals and cope with ever-growing numbers of patient visits, the system is showing increasing signs of severe strain, according to two new studies.

7 Oct 2022

LSU Health New Orleans receives $3 million to improve health equity and care in rural, medically underserved communities

LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded nearly $3 million to create a program to improve health equity and care in rural and medically underserved communities in Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.) It is one of only ten such awards granted by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

7 Oct 2022

AI model could be used to enable more effective care for skin cancer patients

The artificial intelligence model could be utilized to enable more effective care for skin cancer patients and could lead to similar breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of other cancers.

7 Oct 2022

Research shows several advantages of bariatric surgery

Individuals with severe obesity often reward themselves with food. Recent research shows that dieting is good for changing eating habits and weight. However, bariatric surgery has several advantages.

7 Oct 2022

Exploring the biomarker profiles in severe COVID-19

In new research, researchers estimated the D-dimer levels and characterized lymphocyte subsets and cytokine profiles in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

7 Oct 2022

Landmark clinical trial aims to treat spina bifida before birth

Three babies have been born after receiving the world's first spina bifida treatment combining surgery with stem cells. This was made possible by a landmark clinical trial at UC Davis Health.

7 Oct 2022

Acute kidney injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

In a new study, researchers examined the phenotypes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

7 Oct 2022

New platform for gene editing may change the landscape of CRISPR-based therapeutics

A team of researchers at Northwestern University has devised a new platform for gene editing that could inform the future application of a near-limitless library of CRISPR-based therapeutics.

7 Oct 2022

Rescue Biomedical receives SBIR grant to develop opioid overdose detection and response technology

Rescue Biomedical has received a Fast-Track Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop its technology that detects when a person is overdosing on an opioid and delivers naloxone to reverse the action.

7 Oct 2022

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Men are biologically older than women, study finds

Fast Track to Fertility program can significantly speed up the time to treatment

New class of drugs can safely counter allergic asthma without creating vulnerability to infections

UW Medicine identifies a case of Legionella pneumonia

New technique may help move or break up kidney stones with minimal pain and no anesthesia

Research identifies new clue for preventing and treating gliomas

Vaginal immune system ebbs and flows depending on menstrual-cycle stage

COVID-19 pandemic made things worse for caregivers experiencing health-related socioeconomic vulnerabilities

Two popular drugs to treat type 2 diabetes performed best in large clinical trial

UMSOM researchers identify how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity

Opioid receptor levels in brown fat found to be dependent on the length of daylight hours

Two studies show increasing signs of severe strain in U.S. emergency care

LSU Health New Orleans receives $3 million to improve health equity and care in rural, medically underserved communities

AI model could be used to enable more effective care for skin cancer patients

Research shows several advantages of bariatric surgery

Exploring the biomarker profiles in severe COVID-19

Landmark clinical trial aims to treat spina bifida before birth

Acute kidney injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

New platform for gene editing may change the landscape of CRISPR-based therapeutics

Rescue Biomedical receives SBIR grant to develop opioid overdose detection and response technology

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