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Antiviral-resistant variants of SARS-CoV-2 can emerge in immunocompromised people
Individuals with compromised immunity and persistent COVID-19 infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which have the potential to spread to the general population found researchers at Weill ...
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Discarding the placenta after birth leads to loss of valuable information, pathologists say
In an opinion article published September 18 in Trends in Molecular Medicine, physician-scientists argue that with most placentas discarded after birth, placental pathology is underutilized clinically, should be a routine ...
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Scientists discover how mutations affect calcium release channel and impact muscle disorders
The type 1 ryanodine receptor (RyR1) is an important calcium release channel in skeletal muscles essential for muscle contraction. It mediates calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, a calcium-storing organelle in ...
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Study identifies link between congenital heart disease prevalence and high-altitude environments
The global prevalence of congenital heart disease is higher among women who live at high altitudes, according to a new study presented at ACC Latin America 2024 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. However, congenital heart ...
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Vaccine alliance secures deal for 500,000 mpox jabs for Africa
The Gavi vaccine alliance announced Wednesday a deal with Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic to secure 500,000 jabs against mpox for use in African countries facing an epidemic of the virus.
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Research team finds genetic risk-factor overlap between Alzheimer's disease, and all-cause and vascular dementias
In landmark research, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have reported the largest-ever genome-wide association study of dementia from all causes, revealing ...
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Use of metformin in adults with diabetes linked to lower risk of long COVID
Adults who use the prescription drug metformin to treat their type 2 diabetes have a lower risk of developing long COVID or dying after a COVID-19 infection than people with diabetes who take other anti-diabetes medications, ...
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Researchers identify potential new strategy to slow the development of liver fibrosis
A study led by Manuel Vázquez Carrera, group leader at the Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Center (CIBERDEM) at the University of Barcelona, reveals advances in the understanding ...
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Chronic kidney disease linked to key cardiovascular risk precursor
Overactivation of the sympathetic nervous system is a hallmark sign of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. People with CKD often have impaired sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity—a ...
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COVID-19 rates oscillate every six months in the US, new study shows
COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have shown unexpected oscillating waves every six months between the southern states and the northern states and, to a lesser degree, from east to west, according to research published in Scientific ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Research suggests many people already have T cells with the power to fight avian flu
Research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that many people already have immune cells on "stand by" to fight the H5N1 virus, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Sep 17, 2024
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Study sheds light on how virus-fighting cells develop during long COVID
A new long-term study into long COVID has investigated how a certain population of white blood cells, called memory T cells, are established and develop as part of the body's defense to fight off the disease.
Sep 17, 2024
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New study casts doubt on loneliness as a cause of many diseases
A team of medical researchers has found via analysis of patient data from multiple sources, that many diseases that have been thought attributable to loneliness are more likely due to other causes. The work is published in ...
Metagenomics-based monitoring method improves epidemic monitoring via sewage
Under the leadership of the DTU National Food Institute, researchers from 11 European universities, institutions and knowledge organizations have developed a new method for analyzing data from wastewater monitoring. The method ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Childhood trauma linked to major biological and health risks: Impacts differ depending on sex
A new study led by UCLA Health found that a person's sex and their unique experiences of childhood trauma can have specific consequences for their biological health and risk of developing 20 major diseases later in life.
Sep 17, 2024
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Bird flu outbreaks die down, but Colorado keeps monitoring cows and poultry
Colorado's outbreak of avian flu in poultry and dairy cattle seems to have died down, though the state continues to monitor farms for signs of the virus.
Sep 17, 2024
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'Virus hunters' track threats to head off next pandemic
A global network of doctors and laboratories is working to pinpoint emerging viral threats, including many driven by climate change, in a bid to head off the world's next pandemic.
Sep 17, 2024
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More than 39 million deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections estimated between now and 2050, suggests analysis
More than 39 million people around the world could die from antibiotic-resistant infections over the next 25 years, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Sep 16, 2024
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Study reveals how COVID-19 infection can cause or worsen diabetes
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used a cutting-edge model system to uncover the mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, induces new cases of diabetes, and worsens complications in people ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Study reveals majority of pediatric long COVID patients develop a dizziness known as orthostatic intolerance
A recent study from Kennedy Krieger Institute shows that the majority of children diagnosed with long COVID are likely to experience orthostatic intolerance (OI), a condition that causes the body to struggle with regulating ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Missouri bird flu case raises possibility of human transmission
In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time, U.S. health officials have reported that a person who lived with a Missouri resident infected ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Researchers find increased risk of autoimmune disease in stone bench-top industry, call for better screening
In what could be a preview of an even greater disease burden for those workers in the artificial stone benchtop industry, Monash researchers have conducted a large study finding that those workers exposed to silica dust show ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Avian flu first found in Central Valley is spreading, with new California cases confirmed
State and federal officials have identified new cases of Avian influenza at three Central Valley dairies as the number of infected cows continues to climb in California.
Sep 16, 2024
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Endometriosis pain leads to missed school and work in two-thirds of women with the condition, new study finds
More than two-thirds of women with endometriosis missed school or work due to pain from the condition, in a study of more than 17,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the U.S. That is a key finding of new research published ...
Sep 16, 2024
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At the UN, world leaders are negotiating a global approach to antimicrobial resistance
The United Nations General Assembly could turn the tide on antimicrobial resistance. The keys to making this happen are ensuring policymakers have the best available evidence and rallying political support through unifying ...
Sep 16, 2024
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