The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the uncertainty inherent in science. The results of a Germany-wide study conducted by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Charite—Universitaetsmedizin Berlin show that most Germans want to be openly informed about this uncertainty. The results have now been published in the journal JAMA Network […]
COVID-19 has been found in conjunctival swabs and tears of infected patients, according to a new study published in The Ocular Surface. The discovery prompted a research team including Shahzad Mian, M.D., an ophthalmologist at Kellogg Eye Center, to analyze the prevalence of COVID-19 in human post-mortem ocular tissues. The results: the virus can infiltrate […]
Mail-order prescriptions shipped in standard bubble-padded envelopes during winter and summer months are likely to spend a substantial portion of time outside the recommended safe temperature range for most medications, according to research presented at the American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition. “If a medication is stored improperly during the […]
Since first becoming an accountable care organization, Texas’ Amarillo Legacy Medical ACO noticed that its home healthcare costs, at their highest point, were double the national ACO costs. THE PROBLEM When Mary Jo Zallar, RN, joined as COO, she began asking home health agencies (HHAs) to send the ACO weekly reports that included information such […]
The use of puberty blocking drugs to treat adolescents with gender dysphoria or incongruence has recently come under scrutiny following a decision by the UK High Court. Three judges ruled that children under 16 were unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo such treatment. The case has raised questions about the effects […]
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Certain types of antidepressants might be better than others for treating PTSD because they carry a lower risk of stroke, according to a new study. The research, published Thursday in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, looked at data from 1.1 million U.S. veterans. It’s the […]
Mutations in proteins called histone H1, which help package DNA in chromosomes, are a frequent cause of lymphomas, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and The Rockefeller University. The findings could lead to new approaches to treating these cancers. Scientists in recent years have observed that mutations in histone […]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists have developed a new model for assessing kidney function in cancer patients as part of an international collaboration that involved contributions from the United Kingdom and Sweden. The model gives clinicians a new tool to aid dose determinations for chemotherapy to treat a patient’s disease while limiting the drugs’ […]
Moderna Inc said on Thursday it had dosed the first participant in a mid-to-late stage study testing its Covid-19 vaccine candidate in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18. The study is being conducted in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). “Our goal is to generate data in the spring of […]
With people dropping guard ever since the festive season began, Surat police in Gujarat have now taken to the streets to spread awareness about the Covid-19 norms, even as night curfew is in place in the city. The police have collaborated with a group of theatre artists to spread awareness about following the Covid-19 protocols […]
