Women must be equally represented in heart disease research to ensure that treatment recommendations meet their specific health needs, according to a report published today in European Heart Journal. The review highlights barriers to recruiting women into clinical trials and…
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Combined therapies increase treatment options for patients with chronic lung diseases
For tens of millions of patients who battle chronic lung diseases, present-day care options are mostly limited to short-term drug and oxygen therapy. Biomedical Engineering’s Interim Department Head and Professor Keith Cook is working on innovative technologies to advance the…
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B.1.1.7. variant more transmissible, does not increase severity, studies suggest
Two new studies, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Public Health, found no evidence that people with the B.1.1.7. variant experience worse symptoms or a heightened risk of developing long COVID compared with those infected with a…
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Incredible Tips to Increase Serotonin Levels in the Brain
Many people know serotonin as the ‘feel good hormone’. The serotonin hormone is responsible for the regulation of moods and to some degree, depression risk. Our moods are able to determine how we are able to face reality and experience…
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Pandemic stress, boredom caused some PA residents to increase cigarette use
Stress, increased free time and feelings of boredom may have contributed to an increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic by nearly a third of surveyed Pennsylvania smokers. Penn State…
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Losing Obamacare protections during pandemic could increase health disparities
If Affordable Care Act protections for pre-existing condition coverage are no longer available, the coronavirus pandemic would leave many Americans—a disproportionate number of whom are people of color—without health insurance, a new Oregon Health & Science University study indicates. Published…
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2009 to 2018 saw increase in incidence of NAFLD in children
(HealthDay)—From 2009 to 2018, there was an increase in the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among children, although many still remain undiagnosed, according to a study published online Nov. 19 in Pediatrics. Amandeep K. Sahota, M.D., from the…
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Teeth grinding and facial pain increase due to coronavirus stress and anxiety
The stress and anxiety experienced by the general population during Israel’s first lockdown brought about a significant rise in orofacial and jaw pain, as well as jaw-clenching in the daytime and teeth-grinding at night, according to a new study from…
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Diagnostic imaging may increase risk of testicular cancer
Early and repeated exposures to diagnostic imaging, such as X-rays and CT scans, may increase the risk of testicular cancer, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine researchers published online today in PLOS ONE. “The steady rise in testicular germ…
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US reports over 71,000 new coronavirus cases, highest single-day increase since July
Coronavirus vaccines, treatments: How hopeful can Americans be? Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat discusses the advancement of COVID-19 treatment for Americans and weighs in on Trump, Biden plans to combat the virus. The U.S. recorded over 71,000 new…
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