As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, much research has focused on the immune system’s role in patients who become seriously ill. A popular theory has it that the immune system gets so revved up fighting…
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NIH trial to test antibodies and other therapeutics for mild, moderate COVID-19
A Phase 2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential new therapeutics for COVID-19, including an investigational therapeutic based on synthetic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to treat the disease. Researchers sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and…
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USDA issues health alert for frozen taquitos and chimichangas that may contain plastic, posing choking hazard
Several kinds of frozen beef and chicken taquitos and chimicangas are included in a new public health alert because they may contain plastic. The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the alert Saturday for ready-to-eat products that…
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New risk tool developed for cardiac arrest patients
Experts have developed a risk score to predict cardiac arrest patient outcomes. The study published today in European Heart Journal, by a team of researchers from King’s College London and King’s College Hospital, details a novel risk score for heart…
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Investment, health policy changes are key for new Alzheimer’s treatments
The first disease-modifying Alzheimer’s disease treatments are on the horizon, but health systems in the United States and Europe would have to take a number of steps to ensure they are ready to provide those treatments to the millions of…
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New survey finds large racial divide in concern over ability to pay for COVID-19 treatment
People of color are far more likely to worry about their ability to pay for healthcare if diagnosed with COVID-19 than their White counterparts, according to a new survey from nonprofit West Health and Gallup. By a margin of almost…
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Risk factors provide targets for preventing Alzheimer disease
(HealthDay)—Ten risk factors should be targeted to prevent Alzheimer disease, according to a review published online July 20 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Jin-Tai Yu, M.D., Ph.D., from Shanghai Medical College at Fudan University, and colleagues conducted…
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Drug target for aggressive breast cancer found
A team of British and American scientists have discovered a way to slow the growth of breast cancer stem cells in the lab. The study led by Dr. Bruno Simões and Professor Rob Clarke from The University of Manchester could…
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I self-harmed for years but moving in with a carer saved my life
When I was 23, I was sent to a private psychiatric hospital, where I lived permanently for four and a half years. Having been abused as a child, I had mental health problems that became so severe I started self-harming….
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Expanding treatment options for severe brain trauma
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube, and is commonly used to treat decompression sickness resulting from scuba diving or wounds that resist healing, such as those resulting from some types of cancer radiation…
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