Pacific Beat Posted 6h ago 6 hours ago The highly contagious virus killed more than 80 children in Samoa in 2019.(Reuters: Lindsey Wasson/File Photo)Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this article abc.net.au/news/american-samoa-declares-measles-emergency/102268988 American Samoa has declared a public health emergency amid fears of a deadly measles outbreak. Key points: Epidemiologist Scott Anesi says...
by Virginia Commonwealth University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international research team led by investigators at Virginia Commonwealth University has identified for the first time markers that may indicate early in life if a person has susceptibility to schizophrenia. The ability to predict the risk of developing schizophrenia later in life may allow early detection and intervention, which...
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH February 15, 2023 Hello. This is Dr JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. I’d like to talk with you about a recent report in Annals of Internal Medicine on vitamin D and type 2 diabetes. This report provides some new insights, but it also...
Even doctors can have a hard time telling when moles are cancerous. New tools like radio wave scanners and AI photo apps can help. DEPOSIT PHOTOS Ozone is like Earth’s natural sunscreen, protecting living things from the sun’s harsh UV rays. But this sunscreen is running out. Greenhouse gases are thinning out the ozone layer, and...
by Cara Murez Skin conditions may be the first sign that a person has a rheumatic disease that will also affect the joints, muscles or ligaments. It’s essential to know what to look for, said Dr. Kathryn Dao, an associate professor of internal medicine in the Division of Rheumatic Diseases at UT Southwestern in Dallas. “Skin...
by Kristin Samuelson, Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An iPad app developed at Northwestern Medicine that helps measure specific aspects of cognitive, motor, sensory and emotional function in five minutes or less is now available for doctors to screen people ages 3 to 85 years and beyond for a wide range of neurological diseases and...
By Cindy Krischer Goodman South Florida Sun-Sentinel•Apr 24, 2023 at 1:21 pm A new omicron subvariant is spreading in Florida with an odd potential symptom: conjunctivitis. Helix, a surveillance company that tracks emerging variants across the nation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discovered the variant known as XBB.1.16 or arcturus makes up...
Reviewed by Skyla Baily The journal Scientific Reports has published a proof-of-principle study that presents a device that can transform a tablet or smartphone into a fluorescence microscope for no more than $50. Image Credit: Florian Hipper/Shutterstock.com The authors recommend that the device, which is called a glowscope, can be employed to image tissue, cells, and organisms...
By Paul McClure April 23, 2023 UK researchers have uncovered how F-pili, the appendages found on gut bacteria, exchange antimicrobial resistance genesJonasz Patkowski/Imperial College London Antimicrobial resistance occurs when pathogens such as bacteria develop the ability to resist the drugs designed to kill them. Now, UK researchers have uncovered the mechanism underpinning antibiotic resistance and...
by Medical University of Vienna Change in Calibration When Updating Random Coefficients by Baseline Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Comparison between predictions before and after updating the random coefficient estimates for baseline eGFR measurements from the validation cohort. Later time points are indicated by lighter coloring. The 45° solid line starting at 0 indicates perfect agreement between...
