Impact of environmental SARS-CoV-2 contamination in residential housing
A team of scientists from the United States has recently unveiled that environmental contamination of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in households by surface sampling. Moreover, the findings reveal that certain bacterial communities in surface samples can be…
Read MoreOptimizing the treatment of epilepsy patients
Thought LeadersDr. Gary HeimanDr. Brad KamitakiRutgers University In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Gary Heiman and Dr. Brad Kamitaki about their research in devising a new diagnostic model to predict how generalized epilepsy patients will respond to drug treatment,…
Read MoreS.Africa urges vaccines ‘without delay’ as cases surge
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged citizens to get vaccinated as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases driven by the new Omicron variant. The number of daily infections rose five-fold in the space of a week,…
Read MoreStress makes lifes clock tick faster but chilling out slows it down
Scientists in recent years have developed ways to measure biological age by tracking chemical changes in DNA that occur naturally as people age but occur at different times in different people. These so-called “epigenetic clocks” have proved to be better…
Read MoreThat’s so meta(transcriptomics): Distinctive bacterial taxonomic and functional profiles in mouth disease
When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you; but what happens when gum or tooth disease starts to dim your pearly whites? Now, researchers from Japan have found a bacterial signature that marks the shift from healthy teeth and…
Read MoreJ&J Kept Quiet on Popular Diabetes Drug as Red Flags Multiplied
RARITAN, New Jersey (Reuters) – Gathered for an emergency meeting, the Johnson & Johnson drug safety team painted an alarming scene: People taking the company’s new blockbuster diabetes drug were falling gravely ill. The drug, Invokana, had been on the…
Read MoreMolecule found in seafood plays role in protecting and improving cognitive function
Research at Nottingham Trent University and Queen Mary University of London investigated the role of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) a molecule which is present in people’s diets and produced by the body during digestion of fish. Alzheimer’s Research UK funded the…
Read MoreDoctors share how to cure a hangover – and fry-ups are a no-no
Brits should ditch fry-ups as hangover cures – and go bananas instead. Medics say a greasy spoon special is exactly the wrong sort of grub to turn to the morning after as salty bacon will make you thirsty when you…
Read MoreReassuring Data on Rare Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Adolescents and adults younger than age 21 who develop myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination frequently have abnormal findings on cardiac MRI (cMRI) but most have a…
Read MoreUTSW study points to a new way to fight parasitic nematode diseases
Combining two agents to block a parasitic worm's life cycle boosted survival from a potentially deadly tropical disease to 85% in animal models, far better than either treatment alone, according to a proof-of-concept study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center…
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