One-third of the people who could benefit from a special type of savings account to cushion the blow of their health plan deductible aren't doing so, according to a new study. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Research shows how a protein stops cells from attacking their own DNA
Viruses multiply by injecting their DNA into a host cell. Once it enters the intracellular fluid, this foreign material triggers a defense mechanism known as the cGAS-STING pathway. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Diabetes linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s
New research funded by Parkinson’s UK has identified further evidence that diabetes may increase risk of Parkinson's. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Recently lose health coverage? You may qualify for a Special Enrollment Period
You may qualify for a Special Enrollment Period to enroll in or change health plans if you or anyone in your household lost qualifying health coverage in the past 60 days or expects to lose it in the next 60 days. ... [Continue Reading]
Why you should get your flu shots amid the coronavirus pandemic
Health experts from the National Public Health Organization, the Andreas Sygros Hospital, and the Kapodistrian University in Greece say that influenza shots to reduce the risk of flu are crucial, particularly this coming fall or winter when the flu ... [Continue Reading]
Primary Care Doctors Look at Payment Overhaul After Pandemic Disruption
For Dr. Gabe Charbonneau, a primary care doctor in Stevensville, Montana, the coronavirus pandemic is an existential threat. Charbonneau, 43, his two partners and 10 staff members are struggling to keep their rural practice alive. Patient volume is ... [Continue Reading]
Study reveals multicellular physiology in Myxococcus xanthus bacterium
Research by INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) Professor Salim Timo Islam and his PhD student Fares Saïdi has recently revealed that multicellular physiology in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus SOURCE: The Medical News - ... [Continue Reading]
Study identifies three potential drugs to eradicate parasitic worms
Scientists have revealed a way to eradicate parasitic worms by stopping them from using alternative metabolism pathways provided by bacteria that live within them, according to new findings published today in eLife. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read ... [Continue Reading]
Research looks at how long SARS-CoV-2 antibodies last
A new study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington and published on the preprint server medRxiv* in August 2020 deals with the changes in neutralizing antibodies in the following months. SOURCE: ... [Continue Reading]
Study identifies genetic switch in brain cells that toggles between sex-specific states
Biological sex is typically understood in binary terms: male and female. However, there are many examples of animals that are able to modify sex-typical biological and behavioral features and even change sex. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire ... [Continue Reading]
‘An Arm and a Leg’: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. When you need medical care, it can be a lot like entering a casino — playing for your financial life with the deck stacked against you. But in this episode, reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen offers ... [Continue Reading]
SARS-CoV-2 droplets travel further and last longer than thought, and even more in humid air
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is spread by respiratory aerosols, in which tiny droplets of saliva and mucus containing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are expelled from the upper respiratory tract. Though quite a few ... [Continue Reading]
UT Southwestern physicians eliminate sociodemographic disparities in testicular cancer patients
By offering the same level of care and expertise to two very different populations, UT Southwestern physicians were able to eliminate the sociodemographic disparities in survival and cancer recurrence rates typically seen nationally in testicular ... [Continue Reading]
Computer scientists release new digital contact-tracing technique based on Wi-Fi
Researchers at the Center for Smart and Connected Society at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently released a new digital contact-tracing technique that is based on widely-deployed Wi-Fi technology. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire ... [Continue Reading]
A titanium oxide nanowire-based air filter can trap and destroy pathogens
Filter “paper” made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation and air ... [Continue Reading]
Your favorite store or restaurant is open. How do you know it’s ok to go in?
Just because many businesses are open again doesn't mean the pandemic is over. The coronavirus is still on the loose — actually surging in many locations — which means people have to make serious choices about their health all day, every ... [Continue Reading]
New type of immunotherapy shows promise for advanced skin cancer
A new type of immunotherapy for the skin cancer malignant melanoma shows promising results. Three severely ill patients are now long-term survivors. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Test identifies how people with gonorrhea will respond to ciprofloxacin
A test designed by UCLA researchers can pinpoint which people with gonorrhea will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin, which had previously been sidelined over concerns the bacterium that causes the infection was ... [Continue Reading]
Identifying new strategies to improve livelihoods through sustainable agricultural development
The Barotse Floodplain in Zambia is one of Africa's largest wetlands, representing varied ecotypes and high biodiversity conservation value. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Still Waiting for That Trump Health Plan
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President Donald Trump keeps promising to unveil a comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, but it keeps not appearing. However, this week he did order an expansion ... [Continue Reading]
Perennial crops provide sustainable environmental benefits compared to annual crops
Compared to annual crops, perennial crops provide sustainable environmental benefits such as reduced soil and water erosion, reduced soil nitrate leaching, and increased carbon sequestration. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
HDAC6 inhibitors increase efficacy of immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer
Genetic modifier HDAC6 was found to control tumor growth and halt metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer in vivo, according to a new study published in the top-tier journal Cancer Research by investigators at the George Washington University ... [Continue Reading]
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