Trial identifies most effective breathing support for children in intensive care A commonly used means of delivering extra oxygen to children in intensive care is not as effective as many clinicians assume, new research has found. Apr 7, 2022 0 53
Human gene variant produces attention deficit disorder-like problems in mice Mutant mice are providing scientists with a new neurobiological framework to understand the brain changes observed in distractible humans who carry a common gene variant whose frequency has been associated with Attention ... Apr 7, 2022 0 321
Newly developed drug shows promise against a novel oncogene that supports cancer progression An enzyme that has been identified as instrumental in the progression of many types of cancer is meeting its match in inhibitors synthesized and evaluated by University of Colorado (CU) Cancer Center researchers. Apr 7, 2022 0 73
New research helps explain how inflammation increases COVID-19 vulnerability New research hints at a possible explanation as to why people with diabetes, asthma and other conditions that involve chronic inflammation are more susceptible to the coronavirus and tend to experience more serious COVID-19. Apr 7, 2022 0 88
'Stomach flu' on the rise again in US. 5 things to know about noroviruses While COVID-19 cases continue to drop in the U.S., outbreaks of another virus—the stomach flu—are ramping up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Apr 7, 2022 0 1190
Researchers help develop highly accurate, 30-second coronavirus test With any highly infectious disease, time can be a killer. Apr 7, 2022 0 70
Smokers with heart disease could gain 5 healthy years by quitting Smoking cessation adds the same number of heart disease-free years to life as three preventive medications combined, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022, a scientific congress of the European ... Apr 7, 2022 0 108
Up to 65% of Africans have had COVID, far more than thought The World Health Organization said that up to 65% of people in Africa have been infected with the coronavirus and estimates the number of actual cases may have been nearly 100 times more than those reported. Apr 7, 2022 0 79
An immune cell 'fingerprint' reveals path for better treatment of autoimmune diseases Most autoimmune diseases are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. A paper published today in Science proposes using your unique immune cell fingerprint to rapidly identify which treatments will work for your autoimmune disease. Apr 7, 2022 0 507
Breathing restored within 10 minutes for 80% of overdose patients using nasal spray A single dose of a nasal spray invented at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) restored breathing within ten minutes for 80% of overdose patients. More than 300 ambulance personnel in Trondheim and Oslo ... Apr 7, 2022 0 78
