by Houston Methodist Houston Methodist has one of the largest, most comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 virus genome sequencing studies in the country, analyzing the genome of every positive COVID-19 sample identified throughout Houston Methodist’s hospital system. Houston Methodist has sequenced nearly 80,000 SARS-CoV-2 virus genomes since the beginning of the pandemic. Credit: Houston Methodist Within only three...
by National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC) in Japan propose the new optimal timings for starting direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) after acute ischemic stroke, based on their results from combined registry dataset. They proposed the “1-2-3-4-day”...
(HealthDay)—Daridorexant (50 mg) improves both nighttime symptoms and daytime functioning in people with insomnia disorder, according to a study published in the Feb. 1 issue of The Lancet Neurology. Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., from the Stanford Center for Sleep Research and Medicine in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues conducted two phase 3 randomized controlled trials at 156...
by George Mason University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the leading cause of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer, globally affecting nearly 300 million people. In the United States, Asian Americans account for 7% of the total population, but more than 50% of all HBV infections. Foreign-born Asian Americans face tremendous...
by Mark Kennedy and Ken Sweet Kristin Travis, a community outreach doula, holds a home COVID-19 test kit Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, while picking up supplies at Open Arms Perinatal Services before going out to visit some of her clients in Seattle. With the brutal omicron wave rapidly easing its grip, new cases of COVID-19...
by Institut du Cerveau (Paris Brain Institute) Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The group of Emmanuelle Volle at the Paris Brain Institute and their international collaborators established for the first time a link between real-life creativity, semantic memory structure and brain functional connectivity. The results, published in Science Advances, indicate that real-life creativity relies on individual differences...
by University of Bristol Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma—the most common type of benign brain tumor, finds a University of Bristol-led study of over 8-million patients. The...
FEBRUARY 4, 2022 by Study Find OXFORD, United Kingdom — A more aggressive HIV strain that can cause patients to develop AIDS twice as fast has been discovered in the Netherlands. The new variant is highly virulent and potentially lethal without early detection, according to researchers from the University of Oxford. Individuals with an HIV...
By Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Feb 4 2022 Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent paper posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers showed that 425 nm blue light can inactivate all major severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) variants. They demonstrated that at twice-daily dosing, 425 nm light inhibited Beta and Delta variant replication in...
Interview conducted by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Feb 4, 2022 Thought LeadersProfessor Alison EdelmanProfessor of Obstetrics and GynecologyOregon Health & Science University School of Medicine In this interview, we speak to Professor Alison Edelman about her latest research that investigated the effects COVID-19 vaccinations have on the menstrual cycle. Please can you introduce yourself and tell...
