Personalized drug screens could guide treatment for children with brain cancer
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Hopp Children’s Cancer …
Risk for Severe Disease Up for Pregnant Women With SARS-CoV-2
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 — Pregnant women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have increased risks for severe …
Improving emergency care for people with dementia is focus of new grant
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is one of four institutions awarded a total of $7.5 million from …
Sewage Shows America Awash With COVID-19
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 — Samples taken from sewage water across the country show that COVID-19 is widespread, CNN reported …
Asymptomatic Kids With COVID-19 May Also Carry Less Virus
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 — Most kids infected with COVID-19 who don’t have symptoms have low levels of the virus, …
Brain imaging of tau protein in patients with various forms of dementia
A new imaging-based method could enable the early detection and differentiation of a wide variety of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by …
FDA Grants Priority Review and EMA Accepts Regulatory Submission for Pfizer’s Abrocitinib, an Oral Once-Daily JAK1 Inhibitor, for Patients 12 and Up with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE) October 27, 2020 — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …
People with autism may have large deficits in facial recognition
The ability to recognize faces varies greatly, but individuals with autism spectrum disorders can especially struggle, having huge implications for …
Joy-Anna Duggar Responds to Rumors She Is Pregnant With 3rd Child
Not so fast! Joy-Anna Duggar fired back at speculation that she’s pregnant with baby No. 3, weeks after giving birth …
Cytokines not at ‘storm’ levels in those with severe COVID-19
(HealthDay)—COVID-19 may not cause a cytokine storm, according to a review published online Oct. 16 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. …
Fewer Tiny Newborns in States With More Reproductive Rights: Study
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 — Greater reproductive rights for women — such as access to sex education and birth control …
Synergistic anticancer therapy with two cell killer agent systems in one nanocapsule
In their quest to destroy cancer cells, researchers are turning to combinational therapies more and more. Scientists from Germany and …
Higher suicide risk among older immigrants with untreated depression
The risk of suicide is clearly elevated in the category of older women with untreated depression who were born outside …
Pioneering dual surgery a safe option for patients with polycystic kidney disease
Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at …
COVID-19 control rests with human behavior, at least until a vaccine arrives
As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine and confirmed cases exceed 30M, QUT behavioral researchers say the key to containment …
Study details self-reported experiences with post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS
One of the major symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is post-exertional malaise (PEM), the worsening of symptoms after …
Individuals With Autism at Risk for Other Health Conditions
MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 — Individuals with autism have increased health risks even when considering lifestyle factors, according to a …
Researchers find MIS-C associated with myocardial injury
Using sensitive parameters to assess cardiac function, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that cardiac involvement in …