A researcher has implored Australians to do "whatever they can" to avoid contracting COVID-19 while foreshadowing worrying findings of his study into the long-term impacts of the virus on the human body. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Journalists Dig in on Delta Variant Risks and Opioid Overdose Deaths
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed outbreaks caused by the covid-19 delta variant in Missouri and elsewhere on Newsy on Thursday. Click here to watch Weber on NewsyRead Weber’s “The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of ... [Continue Reading]
They Were Once Luxury Venues. Now They Are Grim Covid Camps.
As an outbreak seizes Cambodia, patients who test positive for the virus say they are being forced into quarantine centers that are more like makeshift prisons than hospitals. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Researchers develop ovarian tumor microenvironment-chip to test novel ways to treat the disease
In the evolving field of cancer biology and treatment, innovations in organ-on-a-chip microdevices allow researchers to discover more about the disease outside the human body. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Novel therapeutic agent could be effective for treating cancers with certain gene mutations
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a biological pathway that helps cancer survive, according to a paper published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association ... [Continue Reading]
Study reflects shortcomings in how the U.S. handles care for people with opioid addiction
As opioid overdose deaths rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, people seeking treatment for opioid addiction had to wait nearly twice as long to begin methadone treatment in the United States than in Canada, a new Yale study has shown. SOURCE: The ... [Continue Reading]
Some Florida Hospitals Have More Covid Patients Than Ever Before
A rapid rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations in parts of the country with lagging vaccination rates is causing alarm. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Gene therapy protects optic nerve cells and preserves vision in glaucoma mouse models
A form of gene therapy protects optic nerve cells and preserves vision in mouse models of glaucoma, according to research supported by NIH's National Eye Institute. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
What does a virtual roller coaster ride tell us about migraine?
When experiencing the ups and downs of a virtual roller coaster ride, people who get migraine headaches reported more dizziness and motion sickness than people who do not get migraines, according to a new study. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ... [Continue Reading]
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Long thought of as a generic alarm system, the locus coeruleus may actually be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior, according to a new review. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Postnatal depression impact on digital behaviors and lack of resources for new dads
New parents often find themselves with negative self-image and feel alienated from support networks, new research has found. SOURCE: Medical Research News - Health Research, Medicine Sciences Research, Health Sciences Research - Read entire story ... [Continue Reading]
‘Feel good’ brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals
From the thrill of hearing an ice cream truck approaching to the spikes of pleasure while sipping a fine wine, the neurological messenger known as dopamine has been popularly described as the brain's "feel good" chemical related to reward and ... [Continue Reading]
Contraception Is Free to Women, Except When It’s Not
For Stephanie Force, finding a birth control method that she likes and can get without paying out-of-pocket has been a struggle, despite the Affordable Care Act’s promise of free contraceptives for women and adolescent girls in most health ... [Continue Reading]
Facing Headwinds on New Alzheimer’s Drug, Biogen Launches Controversial Campaign
Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you? Those are two of the six questions in a quiz on a website co-sponsored by the makers of Aduhelm, a controversial new Alzheimer’s ... [Continue Reading]
Pre-transplant cardio-cerebrovascular diseases impact hematopoietic cell transplant outcomes
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a recognized treatment option for certain blood and bone marrow cancers as well as some autoimmune and hereditary disorders. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Freiburg surgeons develop new treatment method to improve survival after cardiac arrest
Around 50,000 people suffer sudden cardiac arrest in Germany every year. When occurring outside a hospital, the chances of survival are only ten percent. Survivors often suffer from severe permanent neurological damage. SOURCE: The Medical News - ... [Continue Reading]
After 18 Months, Sutter Antitrust Settlement Finally Poised for Formal Approval
More than 18 months after Sutter Health agreed to a tentative settlement in a closely watched antitrust case joined by the California Attorney General’s Office, the judge presiding over the case indicated she would sign off on the terms, ... [Continue Reading]
Martian global dust storm ended winter early in the south
A dust storm that engulfed Mars in 2018 destroyed a vortex of cold air around the planet's south pole and brought an early spring to the hemisphere. By contrast, the storm caused only minor distortions to the polar vortex in the northern hemisphere ... [Continue Reading]
One slip in the mud and Bob was lethargic for years. He’d acquired a potentially lethal soil-borne disease
In 1989, 31 per cent of people diagnosed this killer dirt disease in Darwin died. That mortality rate is today just 6 per cent. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
‘Good cholesterol’ may protect liver
The body's so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that one type of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) has a previously unknown role in protecting the ... [Continue Reading]
Fauci vs. Rand Paul on Vaccines: No ‘Bromance’ Here
"It is clear that Dr. Fauci will not allow himself to be used as a punching bag," a reader writes. Also: Climate change; unvaccinated hospital workers; reconnecting in a national park. SOURCE: NYT > Hospitals - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Tips And ‘Service With A Smile’ Rules Fuel Sex Harassment In Restaurants, Study Says
The authors say their research is the first to show an empirical link between tipping and forced friendliness to sex harassment. More than 70% of female restaurant workers report being harassed.(Image credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP) SOURCE: Research ... [Continue Reading]
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