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Understanding SARS-CoV-2's viral strategies for infection

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses how SARS-CoV-2 ORF10 hijacking ubiquitination machinery reveals potential unique drug targeting sites.

26 Sep 2024

UK doctors turn to AI chatbots for diagnoses and documentation, but are they putting patient privacy at risk?

A recent survey found that 20% of UK general practitioners use AI chatbots in clinical practice, helping with documentation, diagnoses, and patient management. However, concerns remain about errors, biases, and privacy risks.

26 Sep 2024

Study highlights importance of empathetic care for children in pain

Whether it's a sore arm or a fear of injections, how a child is treated when they present with pain could significantly affect how they respond to and manage pain later in life.

25 Sep 2024

Drug-free nasal spray demonstrates effectiveness in blocking viral and bacterial infections

Researchers from the Brigham detail how the spray they created may offer broad-spectrum protection from respiratory infections by COVID-19, influenza, everyday cold viruses, and pneumonia-causing bacteria

25 Sep 2024

WHO issues new guidance to enhance clinical trials worldwide

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released guidance to improve the design, conduct and oversight of clinical trials in countries of all income levels.

25 Sep 2024

International research initiative aims to improve cardiovascular care for women

The American Heart Association, celebrating 100 years of lifesaving service as the world's leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, is joining with other top cardiovascular research funders around the world to support an international scientific research grant focused on women's cardiovascular health.

25 Sep 2024

University of Pittsburgh receives $100 million to enhance trauma care research

The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences has been awarded approximately $100 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to continue a clinical research program that is advancing trauma care.

25 Sep 2024

Study highlights mixed impact of preventive health technologies on consumer wellbeing

Preventive health technologies-;such as wrist-worn activity trackers or health and fitness apps-;are popular tools for promoting wellbeing, but new research published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs reveals that consumer engagement with these technologies can be considered a double-edged sword.

25 Sep 2024

Night-time aircraft noise linked to sleep disturbance

Noise from aircraft at night is linked with disturbed sleep quality and sleep-wake cycle, a new study using movement trackers has shown.

25 Sep 2024

Deadly high blood pressure during pregnancy is on the rise

Sara McGinnis was pregnant with her second child and something felt off. Her body was swollen. She was tired and dizzy.

25 Sep 2024

Steritas' Pediatric Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index applied in clinical trial to assess steroid-toxicity

Steritas LLC., a company dedicated to enhancing patient care for steroid-treated patients announced that Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and the Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre will apply its Steritas Pediatric Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index (pGTI) in a clinical trial to compare efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of intravenous versus oral glucocorticoids (steroids) for children and young people with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).

From Steritas LLC 25 Sep 2024

Study reveals gaps in outbreak detection resources in Asia

A landmark study led by Duke-NUS Medical School revealed that despite the recent pandemic, outbreak detection efforts remain under-resourced in South and Southeast Asia, with only about half the countries reviewed having integrated pathogen genomic surveillance initiatives in their national plans.

24 Sep 2024

Review highlights failures in global control strategies for bird flu transmission

A review of sustained mammal-to-mammal bird flu transmission in diverse species, led by The Pirbright Institute, shows global control strategies are not working.

24 Sep 2024

California Governor signs law banning medical debt from credit reports

Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adding the nation's most populous state to a growing effort to protect consumers squeezed by unaffordable medical bills.

24 Sep 2024

Study reveals sharp increase in micromobility vehicle-related injuries between 2019 and 2022

The rate of e-bike and powered scooter injuries surged between 2019 and 2022-- by 293 percent and 88 percent, respectively, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

24 Sep 2024

New Health Impact Investment Platform launches to strengthen primary care

Execution is starting under the new Health Impact Investment Platform on the first country health investment plans turning original commitment into operational reality.

24 Sep 2024

Study reveals limited access to opioid treatment in US jails

A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, and only 12.8% made these available to anyone with the disorder.

24 Sep 2024

Nepalese women in Japan face challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health services

Despite a substantial Nepalese community in Japan many Nepalese women face significant challenges in accessing essential sexual and reproductive health services (SRHSs) due to language barriers and differences in healthcare laws and services between Nepal and Japan.

24 Sep 2024

Vance rewrites history about Trump and Obamacare

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC's "Meet the Press" that former President Donald Trump built up the Affordable Care Act, even though Trump could have chosen to do the opposite.

24 Sep 2024

Study finds nearly 200 potential breast carcinogens in food contact materials

Research identifies nearly 200 potential breast carcinogens in food contact materials, including plastics and paper, highlighting widespread exposure despite existing regulation.

24 Sep 2024