Archive: 15/07/2020

COVID-19 and the heart: Searching for the location of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor

Nearly 20% of all COVID-19-associated deaths are from cardiac complications, yet the mechanisms from which these complications arise have remained a topic of debate in the cardiology community. One hypothesis centers on the ...

Jul 15, 2020

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Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response

An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy ...

Jul 15, 2020

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Long-term safety of radiotherapy in fewer doses for patients with early breast cancer

A lower total dose of radiotherapy delivered in fewer but larger doses is as safe in the long term as breast cancer radiotherapy courses giving multiple small doses, according to the final results of a 10-year study.

Jul 15, 2020

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Rapid genome sequencing and screening help hospital manage COVID-19 outbreaks

Cambridge researchers have shown how rapid genome sequencing of virus samples and enhanced testing of hospital staff can help to identify clusters of healthcare-associated COVID-19 infections.

Jul 15, 2020

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COVID-19: Cuba offers UK salutary lesson in 'shoe-leather' epidemiology

Cuba's successful containment of COVID-19 through door-to-door screening of every home in the country, shows how 'shoe-leather' epidemiology could have averted the dramatic failure of the UK's response to the pandemic. In ...

Jul 15, 2020

Lack of trust in local government halted UK COVID-19 track and trace systems

Lord David Blunkett has argued that a lack of funding for the UK civil service, combined with a lack of trust for an "underfunded" local government prevented effective early track and trace systems being introduced in response ...

Jul 15, 2020

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Early life stress is associated with youth-onset depression for some types of stress but not others

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that individuals exposed to early life stress (ELS) were more likely to develop a major depressive ...

Jul 15, 2020

How much postmenopause weight gain can be blamed on weight-promoting medications?

Abdominal weight gain, which is common during the postmenopause period, is associated with an array of health problems, including diabetes and heart disease. A new study suggests that the use of antidepressants, beta-blockers, ...

Jul 15, 2020