by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Credit: AbstractLong COVID appears to manifest as a post-viral syndrome indistinguishable from seasonal influenza and other respiratory illnesses, with no evidence of increased moderate-to-severe functional limitations a year after infection, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious...
Lisa MarshallOn a November morning in 2022, James Messenger opened wide and swallowed a capsule like no other. Messenger was no stranger to taking pills. He’d first experimented with prescription opioids as a teenager in Morgantown, West Virginia, battled addiction on-and-off since, and known more than 70 people who had fatally overdosed. So, when asked...
by Lori Solomon Subgroups of Meniere disease (MD) can be made based on the presence or absence of endolymphatic hydrops (EH) and nystagmus, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Frontiers in Neurology. Yuya Ueno, from the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan, and colleagues used nystagmus videos and contrast-enhanced magnetic...
by Elana Gotkine The validated Cough, Overweight/Obesity, Globus, Hiatal Hernia, Regurgitation, and Male Sex (COuGH RefluX) score can predict the likelihood of proven gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with chronic laryngeal symptoms, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Amanda J. Krause, M.D., from the University of California...
POSTED BY ASHER JONES-U. PITTSBURGH A new smartphone app which uses artificial intelligence to accurately diagnose ear infections, or acute otitis media, could help decrease unnecessary antibiotic use in young children, according to new research. Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common childhood infections for which antibiotics are prescribed but can be difficult...
by University of Rovira i Virgili Low-molecular-weight fraction (LMF) blood sample preparation for SERS analysis. Credit: Biomedicines (2024). DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12010133A research team from the University of Rovira i Virgili, University of Ohio and the University of Texas has developed an innovative method that allows fibromyalgia to be reliably diagnosed from a blood sample. Identifying this disease...
Christina Szalinski More than half the cells in the human body are not human — they’re microbes. Each microbe makes unique molecules, or metabolites, and studying them is crucial for understanding the microbiome’s role in health and disease. But with so many microbes and metabolites floating around — literally trillions — how can you tell...
by University of East Anglia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainArtificial Intelligence has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer that could revolutionize how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. The study published in Cell Genomics reveals that prostate cancer, which affects one in eight men in their lifetime, includes two different...
by Chris Stipes, Rice University Credit: Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116091Rice University researchers have developed a rapid, accurate test for diagnosing malaria that is significantly faster and easier to use than traditional tests. The advancement has the potential to improve patient outcomes, especially in rural regions with limited health care resources. Malaria remains a significant...
by University of California, San Francisco Graphical abstract. Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.01.029Scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children’s eyes move when they turn their heads. They found that kids who carry a variant of a gene that is associated with severe autism are...
