by Ernie Mundell (HealthDay)—With the Delta variant surging and many Americans mask- and vaccine-free, new cases of COVID-19 spiked to levels over the long Labor Day weekend that were 300% higher than those seen over the same weekend in 2020, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University. That means packed hospitals and rising...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The molecular data types studied with respect to patient age in cancer. Credit: Bioender A retrospective analysis of large datasets of biomarkers from tumors and healthy tissue by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Convergence Institute suggests that older cancer patients could benefit as much as younger...
by University of Otago Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As more about the effects of long COVID is learnt, it is apparent that cardio-respiratory physiotherapists have an essential role in helping people recover from the virus, a University of Otago physiotherapy specialist says. Dr. Sarah Rhodes is a cardio-respiratory physiotherapist, a Lecturer at the University of...
by Regenstrief Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalizations and emergency department visits caused by the Delta variant, according to data from a national study. That data also indicate that Moderna’s vaccine is significantly more effective against Delta than Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. “These real-world data show that vaccines remain highly effective at reducing COVID-19 related...
Twenty-six percent of men of color and 20% of White men said they visit their primary care physician less than once a year or never, according to a national survey from the Cleveland Clinic. Additionally, only 35% of Latino men and 31% of Asian men see their primary care physician more than once a year,...
By Baland Jalal on September 7, 2021 Credit: Os Tartarouchos Getty Images Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has puzzled artists and scientists for centuries. Afflicting one in 50 people, OCD can take several forms, such as compulsively putting things in just the right order or checking if the stove is turned off 10 times in a row. One type of OCD that affects nearly...
U of M researchers have developed a novel virus-like particle vaccine against COVID-19. Having been successfully tested in animals, the novel vaccine — created as part of a study whose findings were recently published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens — offers a news approach to a potential human vaccine in the global battle against COVID-19 and its emerging...
The Kidney Project’s implantable bioartificial kidney, one that promises to free kidney disease patients from dialysis machines and transplant waiting lists, took another big step toward becoming reality, earning a $650,000 prize from KidneyX for its first-ever demonstration of a functional prototype of its implantable artificial kidney. KidneyX is a public–private partnership between the U.S. Department of...
For hundreds of years, people have observed that asthma severity often worsens in the nighttime. One longstanding question has been to what degree the body’s internal circadian clock—as opposed to behaviors, such as sleep and physical activities—contributes to worsening of asthma severity. Harvard Medical School investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and researchers at Oregon Health and...
When Wendy Paige’s cough and shortness of breath didn’t go away, she knew it was more than just a cold. That was nearly 10 years ago, but she remembers the experience well. As a nurse technician working with hospice patients, Paige, now 57, was keenly aware of health issues – both hers and those of...
