by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester The heart will still function normally when it is using the SAP (Figure C). The SA node in a human (Figure A, red) and a goat (Figure B, yellow). Before and after ablation of the heart. Credit: University of Manchester Researchers at the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS...
By Carrie Arnold, Nature magazine on February 25, 2021 Credit: Fatinha Ramos In her job as a physician at the Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts, Sondra Crosby treated some of the first people in her region to get COVID-19. So when she began feeling sick in April, Crosby wasn’t surprised to learn that she, too, had been infected. At...
By JOE PINKSTONE FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 07:42 EST, 4 March 2021 | UPDATED: 07:42 EST, 4 March 2021 From a high fever to a loss of sense of smell, Covid-19 is associated with a range of unpleasant symptoms. Now, a new study has warned that infection with the coronavirus can also lead to swollen salivary glands in the mouth. Researchers studied 122...
WILEY In an analysis of nationwide data from the Veterans Health Administration, approximately one-quarter of individuals with kidney stones had a diagnosis of osteoporosis or bone fracture around the time of their kidney stone diagnosis. The findings are published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Investigators identified 531,431 patients with kidney stone disease between...
THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 3, 2021)–The length of the female reproductive period (the time from the onset of menses to the final menstrual period) has important health implications. A new study compared the length of reproductive periods for women with type 1 diabetes with women without diabetes to confirm the...
THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 3, 2021)–The loss of estrogen after menopause is associated with rapid bone loss. A new study compared the bone health outcomes in women with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) and early menopause with women who experienced menopause at the standard age to confirm the association between POI...
by American Osteopathic Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adult disease, is increasingly causing health complications among American youth. A research review published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine suggests physicians should work to more aggressively prevent pediatric diabetes. Because few pediatric Type 2 diabetes treatment options are available, prevention is unusually...
by Rush University Medical Center Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100. Credit: Marvin 101/Wikipedia Multiple sclerosis is the ultimate chameleon. This chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease affects the central nervous system, resulting in damaged nerves and scar tissue formation, so it can resemble a multitude...
Researchers also found that non-symptomatic cases substantially contribute to community transmission, making up at least 50% of the driving force of SARS-CoV-2 infection. When the COVID-19 epidemic arrived in the US, the investigators noticed that it was very difficult to estimate what proportion of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 would go on to develop symptoms, partially due...
A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is administered in Cwmbran, Wales.Credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty 2 March — Just one dose of vaccine protects against silent COVID infection Asymptomatic coronavirus infections were four times less frequent in health-care workers who had received a single dose of a prominent COVID-19 vaccine than in their unvaccinated counterparts. Michael Weekes...
