Vietnam approves China's Sinopharm vaccine for use against COVID-19 -media
FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a box of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a unit of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), at a vaccination center during a government-organized visit, in…
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US traffic deaths up 7% last year, highest number since 2007
DETROIT — U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government’s road safety agency reported Thursday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blamed…
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Secret shopper study sheds light on barriers to opioid treatment for women
After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), investigators analyzed comments received from the study’s participants to further shed light on barriers to care, which included everything…
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Study on heavy drinking in young adults and the psychological impacts of COVID-19 yields unexpected findings
A novel longitudinal study on heavy drinking in young adults and the psychological impacts of COVID-19 has revealed some unexpected findings that challenge preconceived notions regarding pandemic-related alcohol use. In a sample of nearly 500 young adults ranging in age…
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Deep Brain Stimulation Effective Over the Long Haul
Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) continues to be effective for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) more than 15 years after device implantation, with significant improvement in motor complications and a stable reduction in dopaminergic drug use, new research indicates….
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‘Next big wave’: Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells
Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that delivers radiation directly to tumor cells. Few such drugs are approved now, but the approach may become a new way to treat patients with…
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Aging impairs anti-tumor T-cell response via mitochondria dysfunction
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers are finding solutions to the aging-related changes that reduce anti-cancer immunity. Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D., and colleagues found a novel link between aging, metabolism and anti-cancer T-cell function. Their work, published in Cell Reports, sheds light…
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Antibody treatment reactivates the immune defense in patients with advanced-stage cancer
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, showed that the antibody treatment reactivates the immune defense in patients with advanced-stage cancer. The treatment alters the function of the body's phagocytes and facilitates extensive activation of the immune system. The immune…
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Synthetic data boosts accuracy and speed of brain tumor surgery CDS
Credit: Michigan Medicine/Synthetaic Michigan Medicine was working toward a goal: to develop a decision support tool that would improve pathologists’ ability to accurately diagnose brain tumors in the operating room, allowing them to both diagnose more quickly and more accurately….
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Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine
People who use methamphetamine are more likely to have health conditions, mental illness, and substance use disorders than people who do not use the drug, according to a new study by researchers at the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV…
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