by Australian National University Credit: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash It’s estimated that a quarter of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB). Now, these people are being given a fighting chance to avoid long-term disability caused by the disease thanks to world-first research undertaken at The Australian National University (ANU) in partnership with the World Health Organization. Despite being both curable...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found a link between ADHD and dementia across generations. The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, shows that parents and grandparents of individuals with ADHD were at higher risk of dementia than those with children...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher risk of sudden cardiac death than people who do not have HIV, especially if the virus is not well-controlled or if they have other heart disease risk factors, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart...
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research has uncovered a precision medicine test using blood proteins to identify a novel patient subgroup of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD), a rare blood disorder, who are more likely to respond to siltuximab, the only FDA approved treatment for the...
Retrospective analysis of data from 4,568 transgender people in the Netherlands recorded between 1972 and 2018 indicates an approximately two-fold increased mortality risk compared with cis men and cis women that did not decrease over time. Increased mortality among transgender women compared to cis men and cis women showed greater risks of death due to...
KOBE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: FREQUENCIES OF CARRIERS OF SLC12A3 MUTATIONS AND PREVALENCE OF GITELMAN SYNDROME IN EACH ETHNICITY AND DATABASE. CREDIT: MODIFIED VERSION OF A. KONDO ET AL. SCI REP. 2021. -Estimated prevalence by ethnicity using genome databases- Clinical Fellow KONDO Atsushi and Professor NOZU Kandai et al. of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Medicine have...
by University of Cincinnati Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by a University of Cincinnati researcher sheds light on risk factors for certain kinds of strokes among different racial and ethnic groups. Daniel Woo, MD, vice chair of research in UC’s Department of Neurology and a UC Health physician, was the principal investigator in a study published Aug....
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: MANY PATIENTS SUFFER FROM A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN IMMUNITY LASTING FOR YEARS AFTER THEY ARE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL. CREDIT: JOSÉ CARLOS FARIAS ALVES FILHO Sepsis is the leading cause of death in Brazil’s intensive care units (ICUs). Among patients who progress to the severe...
by Kristina Sauerwein, Washington University in St. Louis Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research continues to mount indicating that many people who’ve had COVID-19 go on to suffer a range of adverse conditions months after their initial infections. A deep dive into federal health data adds to those concerns, pointing to a significant decline in kidney function among...
by University of Connecticut Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A serious side effect of weight-loss surgery can take more than a year to appear. Vanessa Hurta is spreading the word. Hurta, who completed her doctorate of nursing practice at UConn’s School of Nursing this month, has worked as a nurse practitioner in a bariatric surgery practice for many years. UConn’s DNP...
