Archive: 24/08/2020

Comorbidities and deprivation linked to worse outcomes after emergency general surgery

Patients with comorbidities and from deprived areas have worse outcomes if admitted for emergency general surgery

Aug 24, 2020

No safe level of caffeine consumption for pregnant women and would-be mothers

Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive should be advised to avoid caffeine because the evidence suggests that maternal caffeine consumption is associated with negative pregnancy outcomes and that there is no safe level ...

Aug 24, 2020

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COVID-19 and influenza: What to expect

With winter fast approaching, many are wondering how COVID-19 will affect the 2020-2021 influenza season. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, says while ...

Aug 24, 2020

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Coronavirus' weird trip inside cells might be its undoing, scientists say

(HealthDay)—The COVID-19 coronavirus uses an unusually complex method to replicate itself inside human cells, and experts say the somewhat clunky process could be exploited to stop the virus in its tracks.

Aug 24, 2020

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Low health literacy may be a risk factor for postoperative infection

Surgical patients are more likely to experience a postoperative infection if they have low health literacy, which is a limited capacity to understand and act on health information, according to results of a new study presented ...

Aug 24, 2020

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'It's always a scary thing': Millions of Americans may have recently lost health insurance

If Vahap Sarac and his wife can't find affordable health insurance for their family soon, they're considering sending their young daughters to live with their grandparents in Estonia.

Aug 24, 2020

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Reprogramming immune cells to reduce inflammation, promote tissue repair

Macrophages are white blood cells that, depending on the signals they get from the immune system, become specialized in either increasing or decreasing inflammation. When macrophages are programmed to be pro-inflammatory, ...

Aug 24, 2020

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Splitting immunotoxins in half could increase their specificity toward cancers, study suggests

Splitting one type of cancer drug in half and delivering the pieces separately to cancer cells could reduce life-threatening side effects and protect healthy, non-cancerous cells, a new study suggests.

Aug 24, 2020

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Preeclampsia may double a woman's chances for later heart failure

Pregnant women with preeclampsia are far more likely to develop heart failure later in life than those who don't have blood pressure-related pregnancy complications, especially if it occurs during more than one pregnancy, ...

Aug 24, 2020

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For black children with autism, diagnosis occurs at about age 5

(HealthDay)—Diagnosis of African American children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) occurs at an average of 64.9 months, many months after parents' first concerns about their child's development, according to a study ...

Aug 24, 2020

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