(HealthDay)—A majority of patients who undergo repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) do not qualify for screening, according to a study published online in the August issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Kirsten D. Dansey, M.D., from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues used the National Inpatient Sample (2004 to...
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Sep 14 2021Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. An important new article published in the Clinical Medicine Journal discusses pregnancy complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This article provides an overview of what is currently known about this condition and current recommendations. COVID-19, which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),...
Washington, DC, September 15, 2021 – Depression in children and adolescents has become a major, global, public health challenge, with several negative health outcomes—many of which manifest themselves later in adulthood. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, investigates subthreshold depression, a more severe form of depression that...
by Sarah Avery, Duke University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A suicide screening tool developed by researchers from Duke Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs is far more accurate at identifying patients at risk for attempting suicide than current clinical assessments, which often have poor accuracy rates that can lead to the loss of life. With suicide rates on the...
by Rockefeller University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the early days of the pandemic, with commercial COVID tests in short supply, Rockefeller University’s Robert B. Darnell developed an in-house assay to identify positive cases within the Rockefeller community. It turned out to be easier and safer to administer than the tests available at the time, and...
IMAGE: THIS TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE IMAGE SHOWS SARS-COV-2, THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES COVID-19, ISOLATED FROM A PATIENT IN THE U.S. VIRUS PARTICLES ARE SHOWN EMERGING FROM THE SURFACE OF CELLS CULTURED IN THE LAB. THE SPIKES ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE VIRUS PARTICLES GIVE CORONAVIRUSES THEIR NAME, CROWN-LIKE. CREDIT: CREDIT: NIAID-RML LA JOLLA—A new...
by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Cancer (purple) patients exposed to chemotherapy, which damage cells DNA (orange stars), may develop treatment related acute myeloid leukimia (tAMLs). Non-malignant hematopoietic cells at the time of exposure to chemotherapy are faced with a bottleneck that reduces the population, leading to the development of AML over time. Credit:...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Cancer — Histopathologic image of colonic carcinoid. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Having second- or third-degree relatives with colorectal cancer increases a person’s risk of developing the disease, according to the findings of a study led by researchers from the University at Buffalo and the University of Utah. Early colonoscopy...
Share on Pinterest A recent study has investigated the strategies that people with Parkinson’s use to walk more easily. Solskin/Getty Images People with Parkinson’s disease who have trouble walking often invent ways to help them manage the changes to their gaits. A new study suggests that familiarity with these techniques should be more widespread. There...
COVID-19 long-haulers, even those with mild infections of the virus, experience significant decline in kidney function, according to a deep dive into federal health data. The findings add to concerns that many people who have had COVID-19 go on to suffer a range of adverse conditions months after their initial infections. The data show that...
