American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference – Late breaking science news release AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20, 2020 — A non-invasive, wearable, magnetic brain stimulation device could improve motor function in stroke patients, according to preliminary late breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020. The conference, Feb....
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7-year study finds 40% increase in Medicare patients hospitalized with sepsis
by Quinn Eastman, Emory University The number of elderly Americans hospitalized for sepsis has surged in recent years, placing a significant financial strain on the nation’s health care providers, according to a new federal study led by an Emory University critical care specialist Timothy Buchman, MD, PhD, FCCM. The study is the first to analyze...
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A nutraceutical formulation to fight hypertension
by Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed I.R.C.C.S. Adding a combination of three natural extracts to standard pharmacological treatments could help to fight hypertension, improving cardiovascular function, especially in those patients whose blood pressure is not well controlled. These are the conclusions of a study conducted by the Vascular Pathophysiology Laboratory of I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed in Pozzilli, in...
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Drug cocktail holds promise for spinal injuries
by Imperial College London Repair of the spine three weeks after surgery. The image on the left is with no drug treatment, with the image on the right (b3+AMD3100) showing the effect of the two drug treatments. The red colour indicates calcium incorporating into the bone, which is associated with enhanced healing. Credit: Imperial College...
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China says coronavirus vaccine trials to start around late April
Officials say China could start clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine as early as late April China could start clinical trials for a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus around late April, an official said Friday. Public and private researchers around the world have been working to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the COVID-19...
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Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease
by Frontiers Lyme disease, also called borreliosis, is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere. It is caused by the spirochete (corkscrew-shaped) bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and close relatives and mainly spread through the bite of infected ticks. Currently, more than 300,000 new cases are reported in the USA each year, compared to 65,000...
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Wearable brain stimulation could safely improve motor function after stroke
by American Heart Association A non-invasive, wearable, magnetic brain stimulation device could improve motor function in stroke patients, according to preliminary late breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020. In an initial, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial of 30 chronic ischemic stroke survivors, a new wearable, multifocal, transcranial, rotating,...
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Aided by machine learning, scientists find a novel antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice
By CASEY ROSS For decades, discovering novel antibiotics meant digging through the same patch of dirt. Biologists spent countless hours screening soil-dwelling microbes for properties known to kill harmful bacteria. But as superbugs resistant to existing antibiotics have spread widely, breakthroughs were becoming as rare as new places to dig. Now, artificial intelligence is giving...
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Major discovery in the genetics of Down syndrome
UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL Researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal have discovered a new mechanism involved in the expression of Down syndrome, one of the main causes of intellectual disability and congenital heart defects in children. The study’s findings were published today in Current Biology. Down syndrome (SD), also called trisomy 21 syndrome, is...
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Autism eye scan could lead to early detection
A new eye scan could help identify autism in children years earlier FLINDERS UNIVERSITY The non-invasive eye scan utilises a hand-held device to find a pattern of subtle electrical signals in the retina that are different in children on the autism spectrum, which are directly linked to differences in their brain development. The scan was...