by University of Copenhagen Model predictions for a 70-year-old person. a Predictions for a 70-year-old male based on the linear regression model for absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), hemoglobin count, CRP, and platelet count. b Observed ALC for the three slope groups. The colored line is a linear smoother. c The graphs show the cumulative incidence of time to first treatment or...
By Kristen Aiken Apr 21, 2021, 05:45 AM EDT | Updated Apr 21, 2021 BRETT STEVENS VIA GETTY IMAGES Ah, spring. Pink puffs of blossoms decorate trees, daffodils stretch open their buttery frills to the sun and ― what’s that? Sorry, I was too busy sneezing to finish my thought. If your nose runs so much...
by St. George’s University of London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is no internationally agreed standard treatment for children discharged from hospital with pneumonia. St George’s researchers recently found that shorter courses of lower-dose antibiotics are just as effective as higher doses taken for longer, potentially making life easier for families as well as reducing...
by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Proposed model of how different mutations in PiT2 cause Pi dyshomeostasis. Credit: CEBSIT A joint research team led by Dr. Liu Jingyu and Dr. Zhu Shujia from the Institute of Neuroscience (ION), CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, has...
by Bruce Goldman, Stanford University Medical Center Respiratory secretions from patients with COVID-19 are high in solids and protein compared with healthy controls. (A) Representative images of respiratory secretions collected from ventilated patients with COVID-19 are viscous and tenacious. Similar to CF samples, COVID-19 samples are often colored and opaque, whereas healthy samples are clear...
by Nicholas T. Van Dam, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Mindfulness forms part of the trillion-dollar wellness industry, representing 1.5–6% of yearly spending around the world (estimated to be more than US$200 million) on wellness products and services. Smartphone apps, in particular, have skyrocketed in popularity offering incredible promise for mental health with wide reach, and scalability at...
By Aimee Molineux Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Infections caused by the treponema pallidum subspecies endemicum are described as bejel, an endemic treponematosis. In Europe, bejel was eradicated in the twentieth century, though it was widespread in the sixteenth century. Bejel is still prevalent in certain parts of the world, particularly in arid and hot...
They aim to use it to increase upper body strength and endurance of people with restricted mobility. “My arms are simply getting weaker,” says Michael Hagmann, who was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy known as Bethlem myopathy back in 2016. To compensate for the lack of muscle strength in his arms, Hagmann adjusts his...
It was by chance that McMaster University professor Eric Brown found a possible solution to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance: bicarbonate, or baking soda. Now, helped by $300,000 from the seed fund sponsored by McMaster’s vice-president, research, his start-up firm Synmedix will soon test a new topical preparation of bicarbonate mixed with the antibiotic azithromycin to treat...
It’s a given that certain bacteria and viruses can cause illness and disease, but the real culprits are the sequences of concern that lie within the genomes of these microbes. Calling them out is about to get easier. Years of work by Rice University computer scientists and their colleagues have led to an improved platform...
