Day July 2, 2024

Imagine being a paramedic treating a trauma patient who’s bleeding severely. You know your patient’s life is in danger, but there’s not much you can do because the patient needs an infusion of blood containing platelets. Platelets encourage clotting, help…

A child keeps cool beneath misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Las Vegas. Pediatricians suggest keeping your child hydrated and avoiding prolonged sun exposure to keep heat illness at bay. Credit: AP Photo/John Locher, File…

Pacing leads are routinely used to monitor patients and protect against the risk of postoperative arrhythmias. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology In 2012, Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died of post-surgery complications at the age…

Credit: Pexels Do you struggle to eat your fruits and vegetables? You are not alone. Less than 5% of Australians eat the recommended servings of fresh produce each day (with 44% eating enough fruit but only 6% eating the recommended…

In the fight to beat cancer, scientists have recognized the importance of catching it early. As a result, a growing market for cancer tests has added to recommendations for cancer-specific screenings at certain ages. A Dallas company has added another…

Less than half of those surveyed (47%) say raw milk is less safe to drink than pasteurized milk. From an Annenberg Public Policy Center survey of 1,031 U.S. adults in June 2024. Credit: Annenberg Public Policy Center Consuming raw milk…

A new study has found that school-aged children who consumed more isoflavones from soy foods exhibited better thinking abilities and attention. These findings pave the way for future research aimed at unraveling how soy foods can positively impact children’s cognitive…

Researchers have detected anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks. The findings, reported in Applied and Environmental Microbiology demonstrate that the inks could be a source of human infections. The new study is particularly notable as…

The study focused on whether and how people use body language to express their emotions. Credit: MPI for Empirical Aesthetics / L. Kleber, visualization avatar: XSENS Is it possible to decode how we feel from our movements? How can emotions…

We all want to age with grace, but a new study has found that fewer than one in 10 people were able to live free of disease and maintain good physical, cognitive and mental health to age 70 and beyond.…

A video of 19-month-old Orla from Liverpool has gone viral, reaching more than 19 million views on TikTok. In the clip, babysitter Olayka is trying to coax Orla into having a nap. Orla, however, wants to stay up and protests…

Administration of calibrated microfilaments to the skin. Credit: L Samain-Aupic Our sense of touch is generally thought to decline with age, just like the other senses. However, a study has shown that age-related decline in sensitivity only happens in hairless…

Space-filling model of the Cholesterol molecule. Credit: RedAndr/Wikipedia Vascular plaque. It starts with inflammation. Perhaps your blood pressure has been a little too high for a little too long, putting strain on your blood vessels. Small particles—lipoproteins containing cholesterol—attach themselves…

Credit: Paul Björkman (Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset) An algorithm can help health care professionals recognize which patients have a highly aggressive form of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the face. If more BCCs are correctly identified as high-risk, the patients can directly…

H5N1 has spread rapidly through wild birds and commercial poultry, for whom it is often deadly. Credit: Thomas Quinn/Pixabay Four years ago, as attention locked onto COVID-19, another virus began circling the globe. A major outbreak of a new strain…

Researchers at Umeå University have conducted the first consumer study focusing on plant-based fermentation and its role in the necessary dietary transition to achieve European health and sustainability goals. The goal is to create plant-based fermented foods that offer health…

Doctors in virtual online health care contacts are no more likely to prescribe antibiotics for infections than doctors in regular health centers, quite the opposite. This is shown by a new study of doctor’s visits in Sörmland during 2020–2021 led…

A map of Sri Lanka showing the locations of recruitment of children from the 9 districts in Sri Lanka. Credit: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2024). DOI: 10.1371 Obesity in children is associated with double the risk of hospitalization for dengue…

Pedro Moraes-Vieira participated on June 30 in a panel discussion on health and biomedicine at FAPESP Week China in Shenzhen. Credit: Karina Toledo At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Brazilian researchers showed why SARS-CoV-2 infection tends…

Visual Abstract. RCT: Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adults. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001 A study published today by a University of Oklahoma researcher shows that financial incentives can make a big difference in helping…

US President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders accused pharma firms Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly of “price gouging” US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower prices for diabetes and…

A Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds booster doses of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given every three to six months helps maintain a person’s ability to neutralize multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains, including XBB.1.5. Credit: Public Domain Image People who have received solid…

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals have a higher risk for experiencing all forms of violence compared with cisgender women, according to a study published online June 25 in JAMA Network Open. Kalysha Closson, Ph.D., from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British…

Distension of the membranous labyrinth is seen in histologic specimens from deceased patients with symptoms consistent with Meniere disease and in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from patients exhibiting classic Meniere disease symptoms, according to a study published online June 13…

As millions of Americans grapple with blistering heat this summer, the Biden Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace. If the first major federal safety standard of its kind becomes final, the measure…

Combining clinician- and patient-directed nudges may help to promote serious illness conversations (SICs) in cancer care, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Network Open. Samuel U. Takvorian, M.D., from the Perelman School of Medicine at the…

Tert and Terc specific antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) suppress CNV growth. A) Schematic representation of the ASO treatment in laser-induced CNV mouse model. B) Representative confocal images of FITC- isolectin B4 stained RPE/choroid/scleral flatmount showing CNV lesion C) Quantification of CNV…

Randomized controlled trials, or RCTs, are believed to be the best way to study the safety and efficacy of new treatments in clinical research. However, a recent study from Michigan State University found that people of color and white women…

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Exercise testing can serve as a powerful physiologic probe to unmask subclinical cardiovascular abnormalities well before disease onset. For example, blood pressure changes during exercise (EBP) can reveal a latent tendency toward future development of…

Electron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HPV) which occurs in human warts. Credit: public domain In 2019, more than 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed and upwards of 4,000 patients died in the U.S. The…

When you’re an elite athlete, the stakes are high. But add pregnancy to the mix and the challenges can rise—not only from mixed messages about the safety of training while pregnant, but also from a lack of support from coaches,…

Researchers looked at over 100 cases of misconduct involving the overprescription of opioid drugs in an anonymized US state. The study investigated professional bodies composed predominantly of doctors tasked with assessing and disciplining physician misconduct. Almost 600,000 people are estimated…

A study lead by the Economic Evaluation of Chronic Diseases group of Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute has revealed the relationship between the use of antipsychotics in dementia and socioeconomic status. This work have been authored by Javier Mar, Uxue Zubiagirre,…

Benzodiazepines do not appear to increase dementia risk, but could have subtle long-term effects on brain structure, a new study reports. Researchers found no link between use of the sedative drug and a higher risk of dementia in a group…

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels In a new study, Oregon Health & Science University researchers find that women veterans who had recently attempted suicide were more likely than men to feel social rejection and betrayed by military institutions. They also…

University of Houston, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Bhavin R. Sheth and former student Adam Jones, have introduced a groundbreaking approach to sleep stage classification that could replace the current gold standard in sleep testing, the cumbersome polysomnography,…

Monitoring glucose levels with the OneTouch Ultra 2 kit is a daily routine for many diabetes patients, including youth. In the background, the POND web-portal developed in this study is displayed on the laptop, offering innovative support for diabetes management.…

Distinct phenotypic and urine biological characteristics are seen for patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) with a history of ulcerative Hunner lesions (UIC) and those with no lesions (NHIC), according to a study recently published in the American Journal…

The mean cost of developing a new drug for the U.S. market is estimated to be $879.3 million when both drug development failure and capital costs are considered, according to a study published online June 28 in JAMA Network Open.…

In a case that will test the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s authority to approve or reject new vaping products, the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will weigh whether the agency was legally allowed to ban flavored e-cigarettes. In…