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New Rochelle, NY, November 3, 2020--Military and law enforcement personnel with extensive occupational blast exposure had statistically significant differences in brain imaging measures compared to nonexposed control personnel. A new study identified significant differences in brain structure, function, and blood biomarkers among those with occupational blast exposure, according to the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurotrauma. Click here (http://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2020.7141) to read the article now.
A new study has demonstrated that using the 'wisdom of crowds' (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.
Published in Scientific Reports, an international group of researchers led by Dr Eva Krockow at the University of Leicester tested a novel approach to antibiotic stewardship using the concept of the 'wisdom of crowds', which argues that a group's collective judgement often outperforms the average individual.
Boston, MA -- One of the pressing questions about COVID-19 remains: How long does immunity last? One key indicator of immunity is the presence of virus-specific antibodies. Previous studies have provided conflicting accounts about whether people who have recovered from infection can sustain potentially-protective antibodies or not.
Previous studies have shown that African American men are 2.4 times as likely to die from prostate cancer compared to non-Hispanic white men. This, plus a concern that African Americans may develop cancers that are more aggressive, has led to fewer Black men being offered active surveillance as a treatment strategy.
Oncotarget recently published "Predictive biomarkers for sacituzumab govitecan efficacy in Trop-2-expressing triple-negative breast cancer" which reported that the authors investigated whether Trop-2-expression and homologous recombination repair of SN-38-mediated double-strand DNA breaks play a role in the sensitivity of triple-negative breast cancer to SG.
Poor awareness of a condition known as Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) - the cause of a half of all cases of heart failure in England - could be hindering opportunities to improve care for patients, say researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, and Keele.
Pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation by signaling to nerves, which grow into dense tumors and secrete nutrients. This is the finding of a study with experiments in cancer cells, mice, and human tissue samples published online November 2 in Cell.
The Gerontological Society of America's highly cited, peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish scientific articles on COVID-19. The following articles make up the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report, titled "Policy Considerations for a Post-COVID Presidency":
Has It Really Become Us Versus Them? Considering the Use of Age in Public Policy, by Brian Kaskie, PhD
WILMINGTON, Del. (November 2, 2020) - Nemours Children's Health System increased patient immunizations by 4.6% from January - September 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, through an innovative hybrid approach to care using both in-person and telemedicine, according to new data presented today at the Children's Hospital Association's 2020 Annual Leadership Conference.
A survey of more than 4,000 UK emergency care doctors has shown that they need more support to recover from work pressures between shifts.
Published today in the BMJ Open, the study highlighted how the doctors' 'need for recovery' was higher than anything recorded in previous studies of a similar nature - and could be helped by factors such as reducing the number of antisocial shift patterns and improving access to leave.
PHOENIX, Ariz. ? Genetic testing can uncover inherited genetic mutations, and could individualize cancer therapies, improve survival, manage cancer in loved ones and push the boundaries of precision medicine.
Blood clots continue to wreak havoc for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, and a new study explains what may spark them in up to half of patients.
The culprit: an autoimmune antibody that's circulating in the blood, attacking the cells and triggering clots in arteries, veins, and microscopic vessels. Blood clots can cause life-threatening events like strokes. And, in COVID-19, microscopic clots may restrict blood flow in the lungs, impairing oxygen exchange.
DALLAS, Nov. 2, 2020 -- People who experience high blood pressure while sleeping are more likely to experience future cardiovascular disease especially heart failure, even when their daytime blood pressure is within normal ranges, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.
For decades, scientists have predicted that a deadly pandemic would sweep the globe -- but what they didn't expect was that basic public health measures such as mask wearing and social distancing would become political flashpoints, especially in the United States.
But according to new research from the UBC Sauder School of Business, a different approach to public health messaging could help ease those tensions - and potentially save lives.
LUGANO, 31 October, 2020 - New research (1) launched at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual, has found that despite the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) lockdown restrictions, diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including gonorrhoea, secondary syphilis and mycoplasma genitalium (MG), have increased.