Slovakia sees virus deaths soar, blames variant found in UK Slovakia has become the nation with most COVID-19 deaths by size of population in the world amid a surge of cases from a highly contagious coronavirus variant. Feb 16, 2021 0 32
Johnson & Johnson files for EU vaccine approval US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has applied for authorisation for its coronavirus vaccine in the EU with a decision possible by the middle of March, Europe's drugs regulator said Tuesday. Feb 16, 2021 0 75
Mother's heart health in pregnancy impacts child's heart health in adolescence A mother's heart health while she is pregnant may have a significant impact on her child's cardiovascular health in early adolescence (ages 10 to 14), according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the Ann & Robert ... Feb 16, 2021 0 68
Low-value health care drops only marginally despite effort to curb practices Spending on low-value health care among fee-for-service Medicare recipients dropped only marginally from 2014 to 2018, despite both a national campaign to better educate clinicians and increasing use of payment revisions ... Feb 16, 2021 0 35
FRESH 3-D-printing platform paves way for tissues, organs Research into 3-D bioprinting has grown rapidly in recent years as scientists seek to re-create the structure and function of complex biological systems from human tissues to entire organs. Feb 16, 2021 0 82
Dopamine is key to the mystery of metabolic dysfunction in psychiatric patients Why do patients who receive antipsychotic medications to manage schizophrenia and bipolar disorder quickly gain weight and develop prediabetes and hyperinsulemia? The question remained a mystery for decades, but in a paper ... Feb 16, 2021 1 605
TB study reveals potential targets to treat and control infection Researchers at the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) may have found a new pathway to treat and control tuberculosis (TB), the disease caused by Mycobacterium ... Feb 16, 2021 0 47
Researchers develop algorithm to find possible misdiagnosis It does not happen often. But on rare occasions, physicians make mistakes and may make a wrong diagnosis. Patients may have many diseases all at once, where it can be difficult to distinguish the symptoms of one illness from ... Feb 16, 2021 0 37
Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure Coffee, cola or an energy drink: caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive substance. Researchers from the University of Basel have now shown in a study that regular caffeine intake can change the gray matter ... Feb 16, 2021 1 492
Let the immune cell see the virus: Scientists discover unique way to target common virus Scientists at Cardiff University have discovered a unique way to target a common virus that affects one in 200 newborn babies in the UK but for which there is only limited treatments available. Feb 16, 2021 0 43