Archive: 28/06/2021

Emergency physician residents and health care workers at high risk of physical or verbal assault, new analysis shows

A new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine highlights the importance of protecting physician residents—early-career doctors still in training—and emergency care teams from incidents of physical or verbal abuse.

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Public opinion surveys on vaccine hesitancy can help predict where vaccine uptake is likely to be lower

Public opinion surveys could be used more widely to understand regional variation in vaccine hesitancy, experts have recommended.

Jun 28, 2021

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Connective tissue protein fights bacterial infection

A connective tissue protein known to support the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition called sepsis, a new study ...

Jun 28, 2021

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Alzheimer's and aducanumab: Unjust profits and false hopes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's controversial decision to approve aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease raises at least three major ethical issues that need to be addressed, states a new article in the ...

Jun 28, 2021

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Excessive screen time linked to obesity in US preteen

A new national study finds that children in the United States with greater screen time usage at ages 9-10 are more likely to gain weight one year later.

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Review: Endovascular therapy best for superior vena cava syndrome

Like a blocked water line, obstructions in blood vessels in the human circulatory system can cause serious problems. This is especially the case in superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), in which oxygen-depleted blood returning ...

Jun 28, 2021

Pediatricians ID cause of muscle breakdown in rare disease found on newborn screening

It was a nagging mystery: A rare-disease expert at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh had found a successful treatment for two of the deadliest symptoms of one of the more common classes of rare diseases diagnosed by ...

Jun 28, 2021

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Researchers discover protein complex that promotes cancer growth

A discovery by a team of researchers, led by a Geisinger professor, could yield a potential new treatment for breast cancer.

Jun 28, 2021

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Mask-wearing reduces COVID-19 transmission, study finds

Mask-wearing is associated with a significant reduction in COVID-19 transmission and factors other than mandates contributed to the global uptake of mask-wearing in 2020, new research has found.

Jun 28, 2021

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Mouse brain imaged from the microscopic to the macroscopic level

Researchers at the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have leveraged existing advanced X-ray microscopy techniques to bridge the gap between MRI (magnetic resonance ...

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