by Emory University SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). In severe cases of COVID-19, Emory researchers have been observing an exuberant activation of immune cells, resembling acute flares of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease. Their findings point towards tests that could separate some COVID-19 patients who need immune-calming therapies from others who may not....
By Nick Lavars, October 05, 2020 Many cancer breath tests work by analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the breath, which appear as unique patterns when our body’s metabolism is disrupted by the disease The pursuit of early-stage cancer screening methods that are both low-cost and non-invasive is a common goal among medical researchers, and a...
The flu is a serious virus in its own right: Up to 56 million people contracted the flu last year, with hundreds of thousands hospitalized and an estimated 24,000 to 62,000 deaths, including 188 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends that people aged 6 months or older receive flu vaccinations...
That reaction can be especially lethal for older people, who make up 8 out of every 10 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. As people get older, their risk of having an underlying health condition increases, and at the same time, their immune system is aging. Researchers think both of those factors contribute to...
With the United States presidential election fast approaching and the world still in the midst of a pandemic, it is important to consider how to exercise the democratic right of voting while staying safe. In this feature, we offer some tips and advice. How can you stay safe while voting in the 2020 presidential election?...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IMAGE: RESULTS FROM A POLL OF ADULTS OVER 50 ABOUT MEDICATION USE AND MEDICATION REVIEWS. Two-thirds of older adults rely on at least two prescription drugs, and more than half take two or more non-prescription drugs or supplements. And two in ten take five or more prescription drugs. Some...
It kills more people than the flu, contrary to Trump’s claims, and also surpasses stroke, Alzheimer’s and diabetes By Youyou Zhou, Gary Stix, October 8, 2020 “It affects virtually nobody,” President Donald Trump said of the novel coronavirus on September 21—a few hours before U.S. deaths from COVID-19 exceeded 200,000 and less than two weeks before...
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. From the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists baffled by the disease’s ferocity have wondered whether the body’s vanguard virus fighter, a molecular messenger called type I interferon, is missing in action in some severe cases. Two papers published online in Science this...
Scientists in the US have found a way to plant ideas in people’s heads as they sleep to make them have bizarre, abstract dreams. Using so-called targeted dream incubation (TDI), experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been able to guide people’s dreams toward particular themes by repeating information during the earliest stage...
by Josh Barney, University of Virginia New University of Virginia research is revealing how genetic differences in the fat in men’s and women’s bodies affect the diseases each sex is likely to get. Researchers Mete Civelek, Warren Anderson and their collaborators have determined that differences in fat storage and formation in men and women strongly affect the activity of 162 different genes found...
