BY ROBERT F. SERVICE Liquid wires could restore a healthy beat to damaged hearts. MEHDI RAZAVI/TEXAS HEART INSTITUTESAN DIEGO—Heart attacks and strokes triggered by electrical misfiring in the heart are among the biggest killers on the planet. Now, researchers have created a “liquid wire” that, when injected into pig hearts, can guide the organs to...
Research finds nondividing colon cancer cells use altered glucose metabolism. Harvard Medical School researchershave revealed new insights into the adaptations cancer cells make to rewire their metabolism to achieve growth and survive. The discoveries, published in Nature Communications, include a challenge to a well-known feature in cancer metabolism and raise the call for tools to study...
MARCH 25TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS ANESTHESIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, CRITICAL CARE, DIAGNOSTICS, PATHOLOGY, RADIOLOGY, SURGERY Researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK have created a magnetic “tentacle robot” that is just 2 mm in diameter, which they hope will be able to navigate through some of the smallest airways in our lungs. At present, a bronchoscope...
The COVID-related death rate among Americans who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was more than double that of people who received other vaccines, new data from the Omicron surge show. For the week of Jan. 8, as cases of the highly contagious variant surged, the rate of COVID-related deaths among people who had the Johnson &...
Period cramps are painful sensations that can happen before or during a menstrual period. The pain can be so severe that it affects daily activities. But many treatments and techniques can provide relief. What is PMS? Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is an umbrella term for a group of symptoms that a person may experience up to...
By Hailey Mensik Jens Schlueter via Getty Images Dive Brief: The White House is running out of money to fund its pandemic response and stopped accepting new claims to reimburse providers for COVID-19 testing and treatment Tuesday, according to a statement. On April 5 it will stop accepting vaccination claims for uninsured patients for reimbursement. Dwindling funds mean...
Scientists continue the search for life extending supplements. Marc Tran/Stocksy As humans age, the mitochondria in the cells degrade, which negatively impacts cellular function. A recent study finds that a patented supplement improves such signs of aging in mice, significantly extending their life span. So far, limited trials involving humans provide similar results, raising hopes...
by UC Davis Diana Miglioretti, professor at UC Davis Health. Credit: UC Regents A study led by UC Davis Health has found that half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography). The risk of false positive results...
Lynne Peeples Illustration by David Parkins In March 2020, Beth Blauer started hearing anecdotally that COVID-19 was disproportionately affecting Black people in the United States. But the numbers to confirm that disparity were “very limited”, says Blauer, a data and public-policy specialist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. So, her team, which had developed...
Clare Watson Research shows that many scientists fail to disclose conflicts of interest in clinical-trial manuscripts.Credit: Javier Larrea/agefotostock/Alamy One in four Australian medical researchers involved in drug trials failed to declare money they had received from pharmaceutical companies when submitting journal manuscripts, a study reports. The authors cross-checked statements on financial conflicts of interest listed...
