Poor immune response in many double- vaccinated blood cancer patients More than half of double-vaccinated blood cancer patients have been left with little protection against COVID-19, new research has found. Oct 21, 2021 0 14
Common antidepressant should no longer be used to treat people with dementia, study says A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study. Oct 21, 2021 3 110
Study finds breast cancer survival increases with early diagnosis and treatment October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to a recent Cleveland Clinic study, breast cancer survival increases when treatment involving surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are completed within 38 weeks of the initial ... Oct 21, 2021 0 6
New study finds no risk of pregnancy loss from COVID-19 vaccination A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination ... Oct 21, 2021 0 39
Researchers map neurons in the brain involved with social interactions with others in groups Meaningful social interactions are critical to an individual's well-being, and such interactions rely on people's behaviors towards one another. In research published in Science, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital ... Oct 21, 2021 1 114
Study shows COVID vaccine booster increases antibody responses, is protective in rhesus macaques A booster dose of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine given to rhesus macaques about six months after their primary vaccine series significantly increased levels of neutralizing antibodies against all known SARS-CoV-2 variants ... Oct 21, 2021 0 166
Research team launches mobile depression app to aid clinicians in treatment planning Columbia Psychiatry faculty, in partnership with avoMD, a next-gen clinical decision support platform, have developed an interactive smartphone application that provides point-of-care treatment algorithms for major depression. Oct 21, 2021 0 10
Shape of virus particles may determine respiratory syncytial virus infection outcomes Respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV, is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can be very serious and even fatal for young children and the elderly. In summer of 2021, health care providers saw an ... Oct 21, 2021 0 28
Partnering with traditional healers boosts HIV testing in Uganda Collaborating with traditional healers to deliver point-of-care HIV tests to individuals in rural Uganda quadrupled testing rates compared with standard referrals to HIV clinics, according to a trial by Weill Cornell Medicine ... Oct 21, 2021 0 6
80,000-180,000 health workers estimated dead from Covid by May 2021: WHO The WHO said Thursday that 80,000 to 180,000 health care workers may have been killed by Covid-19 up to May this year, insisting they must be prioritised for vaccination. Oct 21, 2021 0 7
