Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, makes people sick. The study published ...
6 hours ago
0
0
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood clotting in sepsis, a life-threatening condition that causes about 8 million deaths per year.
Jan 17, 2025
0
26
In recent years, advancements in dialysis therapy and the growing number of elderly patients starting dialysis have contributed to the aging of the overall dialysis population. Consequently, malnutrition-related conditions ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
0
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients hospitalized with flu symptoms, as the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues to grow in ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
0
Individuals with sickle cell disease—a chronic illness where misshapen, sticky blood cells clump together, reducing oxygen delivery to organs—are at a higher risk for stroke and resulting cognitive disability. But even ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
0
Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of effective treatments. Today ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
0
A single 40-mg dose of the antiviral drug suraxavir marboxil significantly shortened flu symptom resolution time in male patients aged 5–65, according to research led by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in China. Intriguingly, ...
A new online guide has been launched to support and empower people with vulval lichen sclerosus (LS) to learn about the condition, access the right treatment and live more comfortably. It is estimated that about 1 in 100 ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
1
The European consortium for Solving the Unsolved Rare Diseases has demonstrated the significance of international collaboration to address the unmet medical needs for rare diseases' diagnosis. More than 500 European patients ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
42
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have found that contracting COVID-19 significantly affects fear levels. Mild cases tend to alleviate fear, whereas severe cases tend to increase it. Over time, fear generally decreases. ...
Jan 17, 2025
0
1
