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Which exercises might reduce pro-inflammatory and enhance anti-inflammatory cytokines in older people with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease?

Researchers investigated which exercises might enhance anti-inflammatory cytokines and reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines in patients with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

17 Mar 2023

Is antenatal COVID-19–related stress associated with postpartum maternal mental health and infant outcomes?

Researchers assessed the relationship between COVID-19-associated stress in the antenatal period and the mental well-being of mothers and their infants in the postpartum period.

17 Mar 2023

Stanford researchers study causes of and treatments for long COVID

Time heals many wounds. But not all of them.

17 Mar 2023

What are the associations of COVID-19 policy related economic and schooling disruptions with mental health and sleep in US children?

Researchers investigated whether economic and schooling disruptions associated with COVID-19 mitigation policies and unemployment rates were independently associated with perceived stress, sorrow, and positive stress effect, sleep, and COVID-19-associated worry.

17 Mar 2023

Study suggests a novel strategy to combat multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae infections

Pneumococcal disease leads to over three million hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually.

17 Mar 2023

Benefiting the health of people with diabetes: The WHO Global Diabetes Compact targets

Researchers described the targets of the World Health Organization's (WHOs) Global Diabetes Compact to improve the health outcomes for all individuals affected by this fatal, non-communicable disease.

17 Mar 2023

How are body weight and changes in body weight associated with hypertension risk in youths at the higher end of normal weight?

Researchers investigated the risk of hypertension among young individuals with body weight near the upper limit of normal BMI.

17 Mar 2023

Does vitamin D play an anti-viral role against SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers screened various compounds for anti-viral properties against SARS-CoV-2.

17 Mar 2023

Study confirms the benefit of Paxlovid as an early-stage treatment to prevent COVID-19 hospitalization

A Kaiser Permanente study confirms the benefit of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, also known as Paxlovid, as an early-stage treatment to prevent hospitalization for people with mild to moderate COVID-19, regardless of prior immunity or age.

17 Mar 2023

Anti-Omicron antibodies are induced by hypermutation with ancestral BNT162b2 COVID vaccine

Scientists from the Republic of Korea have analyzed B-cell receptor repertoires induced by an mRNA-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and found that somatic hypermutations in B-cell receptor heavy chain are responsible for broadening its specificity for unexposed antigens.

16 Mar 2023

Venous thromboembolism is rare among non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers in the United States assessed the risk and aimed to identify the independent predictors of venous thromboembolism events in outpatients who had less severe manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

16 Mar 2023

Real-world data on the effectiveness of Sotrovimab as a prophylactic against COVID-19

In a recent study posted in the medRxiv* preprint server, scientists assessed the efficacy of sotrovimab for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) treatment.

16 Mar 2023

Research highlights the potential risk of secondary SARS-CoV-2 transmission from wild rats

In a recent study published in the journal mBio, researchers in the United States evaluated rat exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in New York City (NYC).

16 Mar 2023

Examining SARS-CoV-2 origin theories

A recent study published in the Journal of Virology summarized the evidence on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) origin hypotheses.

16 Mar 2023

Consumers more likely to use at-home COVID testing if the price drops

Researchers assess key attributes of rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing that would enable self-testing by individuals in the comfort of their homes.

16 Mar 2023

Monoclonal antibody-based blocking ELISA for SARS-CoV-2 detection in animals

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States described a blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure in animals.

16 Mar 2023

Study implicates gut microbiome and immune response in hospital-acquired infections

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers at the University of Calgary analyzed the dynamics of fecal microbiota and conducted single-cell profiling of inflammatory responses and systemic immunity to determine associations between gut microbiome dysbiosis and an increased risk of nosocomial infections.

16 Mar 2023

Disease/Infection News

Which exercises might reduce pro-inflammatory and enhance anti-inflammatory cytokines in older people with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease?

Is antenatal COVID-19–related stress associated with postpartum maternal mental health and infant outcomes?

Stanford researchers study causes of and treatments for long COVID

What are the associations of COVID-19 policy related economic and schooling disruptions with mental health and sleep in US children?

Study suggests a novel strategy to combat multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae infections

Benefiting the health of people with diabetes: The WHO Global Diabetes Compact targets

How are body weight and changes in body weight associated with hypertension risk in youths at the higher end of normal weight?

Does vitamin D play an anti-viral role against SARS-CoV-2?

Study confirms the benefit of Paxlovid as an early-stage treatment to prevent COVID-19 hospitalization

Anti-Omicron antibodies are induced by hypermutation with ancestral BNT162b2 COVID vaccine

Venous thromboembolism is rare among non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Real-world data on the effectiveness of Sotrovimab as a prophylactic against COVID-19

Research highlights the potential risk of secondary SARS-CoV-2 transmission from wild rats

Examining SARS-CoV-2 origin theories

Consumers more likely to use at-home COVID testing if the price drops

Monoclonal antibody-based blocking ELISA for SARS-CoV-2 detection in animals

Study implicates gut microbiome and immune response in hospital-acquired infections

Ipsilateral vaccination improves response to second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Research highlights the importance of ventilation and air filtration to reduce pathogen transmission

A novel pan-sarbecovirus vaccine candidate neutralizes Omicron BQ.1.1 and XBB subvariants

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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