UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Furthering efforts to understand why potentially life-saving statins are so under-prescribed among American patients with heart disease, a new study shows that clinicians are more likely to sign a script for them earlier in the day. The new study by researchers in Penn Medicine’s Nudge Unit found that patients with the...
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Study shows significant benefit of PolarCap(R) in recovery from sports-related concussions
KING + COMPANY IMAGE: POLARCAP SYSTEM IS MADE BY POLARCOOL AB. CREDIT: POLARCOOL LUND, Sweden–May 11, 2021–PolarCool AB (publ), a Swedish medical device company focusing on treatment of sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) and whiplash, today announced that it has submitted a 510(k) pre-market notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the...
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FDA approves emergency use of Pfizer vaccine for those aged 12 to 15
by Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster In a move that should hasten the country’s recovery from the pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the emergency use of Pfizer’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. “Today’s action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to...
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Thousands of bowel disease patients could be spared regular hospital visits and long waits for treatment thanks to a simple test
By ETHAN ENNALS FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 17:09 EDT, 8 May 2021 | UPDATED: 21:47 EDT, 8 May 2021 Thousands of bowel disease patients could soon be spared regular hospital visits and long waits for treatment – thanks to new test that would allow GPs or even a practice nurse, for the first time, to monitor the disease. Currently, sufferers...
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Yale study reveals battle formation of immune cell soldiers in skin
By Michael Irving May 09, 2021 A microscope image of immune cells (Langerhans cells in red, dendritic epidermal T cells in green) spreading out among the epithelial cells in the skinGreco Lab. The skin is the body’s first line of defense against potential infection, and new research has brought us closer to understanding how it...
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Why is COVID-19 so hard to treat? Growing evidence points to a unique infectious profile
A comprehensive review into what we know about COVID-19 and the way it functions suggests the virus has a unique infectious profile, which explains why it can be so hard to treat and why some people experience so-called “long-COVID”, struggling with significant health issues months after infection. There is growing evidence that the virus infects...
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Blocking lipoxygenase leads to impaired cardiac repair in acute heart failure
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USF HEALTH) IMAGE: IN SEARCH OF INDIVIDUALIZED HEART FAILURE THERAPIES, GANESH HALADE, PHD, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA HEALTH (USF HEALTH) MORSANI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, LEADS A TEAM STUDYING UNRESOLVED INFLAMMATION AFTER HEART ATTACK. CREDIT: USF HEALTH/UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TAMPA, Fla. (May 10,...
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Point-of-care ultrasonography offers enormous advantages in acute diagnostics
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Point-of-Care UltraSonography (POCUS) deployed during the emergency treatment of patients with acute dyspnea has enormous advantages over standard diagnostic pathways. This is the finding of a joint review conducted by Danube University Krems and MedUni Vienna and recently published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine. It allows serious conditions to be...
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Mild COVID-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting heart damage
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Mild Covid-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting damage to the structure or function of the heart, according to a study led by UCL (University College London) researchers and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Barts Charity. The researchers say the results, published in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, should reassure the public,...
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The Next Big COVID Disaster Could Be Here
David AxeMon, May 10, 2021, 1:52 AM Anadolu Agency/Getty With India’s surge in COVID-19 cases continuing to devastate the country, wary epidemiologists are trying to forecast where the novel coronavirus will strike next. Some experts are casting a wary glance toward another vast, developing country that—like India—suffers huge health disparities and uneven access to vaccines:...