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Usefulness of dried blood spot samples for monitoring HCV infection in people who inject drugs

A study with people who inject drugs evaluated a minimally invasive test based on dried blood spots (DBS) for the monitoring of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

17 Mar 2023

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

Drug combination may reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression, death

TALAPRO-2, a study led by Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, demonstrated that using TALZENNA, in combination with XTANDI, may reduce the risk of disease progression or death by 37%.

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

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

Could ChatGPT revolutionize obstetrics and gynecology?

The current study is a real-life demonstration of how ChatGPT could help users interested in OBG topics by making available introductory information about any area in this discipline.

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

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

Testing of ambient air can be used to monitor the community circulation of respiratory pathogens.

16 Mar 2023

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus - Strep B - would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs by reducing death and disability, a team led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has found.

16 Mar 2023

Multiplex PCR panels associated with reduced administration of antibiotics to hospitalized GI patients

Acute gastroenteritis afflicts adults of all ages, causing significant suffering and inflicting significant costs on the American healthcare system.

16 Mar 2023

AI-based drug interaction prediction technology analyzes the interaction between Paxlovid ingredients

KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 16th that an advanced AI-based drug interaction prediction technology developed by the Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee's research team in the Department of Biochemical Engineering that analyzed the interaction between the PaxlovidTM ingredients that are used as COVID-19 treatment and other prescription drugs was published as a thesis.

16 Mar 2023

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery not associated with adverse infant outcomes

Infants born to mothers prescribed opioids after delivery, mostly after a cesarean, are at no greater risk of harm shortly after birth than infants of mothers not prescribed opioids, finds a large study from Canada published by The BMJ today.

16 Mar 2023

Study: Black Americans lost trust in cancer information given out by the government during the pandemic

Trust in information given out by the government on cancer fell sharply among the Black population, by almost half, during the COVID-19 pandemic findings of a national US study have shown.

16 Mar 2023

Study provides strong support for AAV.NT-3 gene therapy in the management of sarcopenia

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 5, entitled, "AAV1.NT-3 gene therapy prevents age-related sarcopenia."

16 Mar 2023

Purine metabolite xanthine may play a role in Th17 cell differentiation in the gut

The gut is home to a cast of microbes that influence health and disease. Some types of microorganisms are thought to contribute to the development of inflammatory conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the exact cascade of events that leads from microbes to immune cells to disease remains mysterious.

16 Mar 2023

Heart Foundation urges Australians with high cholesterol not to reject life-saving statins

The Heart Foundation is asking Australians with high cholesterol not to refuse to take life-saving statin medication after a new international study found that 1 in 5 people refuse their prescribed statins.

16 Mar 2023

An automated bioinformatics pipeline to monitor HIV data in real-time

Researchers discuss an automated bioinformatics pipeline to prospectively and routinely analyze HIV-1 sequence data

15 Mar 2023

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Usefulness of dried blood spot samples for monitoring HCV infection in people who inject drugs

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?

Drug combination may reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression, death

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?

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

Could ChatGPT revolutionize obstetrics and gynecology?

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

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

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

Global maternal Strep B immunization program may save millions of dollars in healthcare costs

Multiplex PCR panels associated with reduced administration of antibiotics to hospitalized GI patients

AI-based drug interaction prediction technology analyzes the interaction between Paxlovid ingredients

Maternal opioid treatment after delivery not associated with adverse infant outcomes

Study: Black Americans lost trust in cancer information given out by the government during the pandemic

Study provides strong support for AAV.NT-3 gene therapy in the management of sarcopenia

Purine metabolite xanthine may play a role in Th17 cell differentiation in the gut

Heart Foundation urges Australians with high cholesterol not to reject life-saving statins

An automated bioinformatics pipeline to monitor HIV data in real-time

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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