Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computational medicine—moving from uncertainty to precision
Individual choices in medicine carry a certain amount of uncertainty.
Feb 10, 2021
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Vaccination
How were researchers able to develop COVID-19 vaccines so quickly?
Vaccine development is typically measured in years, not months. But as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, scientists are are racing the clock—and breaking records—to develop an immunization that provides protection against ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Immunology
Fecal microbe transplants help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy and shrink tumors
The effect of a drug, or impact of a treatment like chemotherapy, doesn't just depend on your body. The success of a particular medicine also depends on the trillions of bacteria in your gut.
Feb 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus variants, viral mutation and COVID-19 vaccines: The science you need to understand
The SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates fast. That's a concern because these more transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 are now present in the U.S., U.K. and South Africa and other countries, and many people are wondering whether the ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Medications
Plitidepsin found to work better than remdesivir for treating COVID-19
A large team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S., France and Spain has found that the drug plitidepsin worked better at treating COVID-19 than did remdesivir in a lab setting. In their paper ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One in five Americans has an STD: CDC
According to 2018 data, one in five people in the United States probably carries a sexually transmitted infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Jan 26, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Ideal surgical results less likely if cancer patients live in vulnerable communities
A new study finds that older cancer patients are less likely to have optimal results following their cancer operation if they live in an area highly affected by social challenges, especially if they are racial-ethnic minorities. ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists identify workflow algorithm to predict psychosis
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris, combined psychiatric assessments with machine-learning models that analyze clinical and biological data. Although psychiatrists make very ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Other
Argentine judge orders unproven treatment for COVID patient
An Argentinian judge compelled a private clinic to administer chlorine dioxide, used as a powerful disinfectant, to a coronavirus patient who died Monday in a case medical doctors have labelled "a scandal."
Jan 11, 2021
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Vaccination
Questions raised over India's COVID-19 shot approval
India's approval for emergency use of a locally developed COVID-19 vaccine that is still undergoing clinical trials has raised a storm of criticism by medical experts and organizations involved in public health.
Jan 6, 2021
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