In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers used a multi-modal approach to examine the types, prevalence, and relevance of sleep disturbance in individuals hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and determine associations between dyspnea and sleep disturbance. Study: The effects of sleep disturbance on dyspnoea and impaired lung […]
Cryo-electron microscopy by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is the first structure of a virus able to infect Staphylococcus epidermidis, and high-resolution knowledge of structure is a key link between viral biology and potential therapeutic use of the virus to quell bacterial […]
This Morning's Dr Chris discusses the signs of high cholesterol We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info High cholesterol describes a waxy […]
In healthy vision, a gene called PRPH2 provides instructions to make a protein called peripherin 2 (PRPH2), which plays a key role in the normal functioning of photoreceptors that detect light and color and which line the back of the eye. When there are mutations in the PRPH2 gene, the result can be macular dystrophy, […]
It’s been seven months since Rihanna gave birth to her son, and in an incredibly shocking turn of events, she decided to treat fans to an early Christmas present: a first look at her and A$AP Rocky’s son! On Dec 17, Rihanna uploaded her first TikTok video to her brand new account, and to say […]
Genetic and lifestyle factors are independently associated with incident thyroid cancer, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in JAMA Network Open. Xiuming Feng, from Guangxi Medical University in Nanning, China, and colleagues assessed whether adherence to a healthy lifestyle modifies the association between genetic variants and thyroid cancer. The analysis included 264,956 participants […]
Dispatching trained volunteer responders via smartphones to retrieve automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for patients in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) did not significantly increase bystander AED use in a randomized clinical trial in Sweden. Most patients in OHCA can be saved if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are initiated within minutes, but despite the “substantial” public […]
Worries about what emergency care might cost them have kept some older adults from seeking medical attention even when they felt they might need it, a new study shows. In all, 22% of older adults who may have needed care from the emergency department didn’t go because of concerns about what they might have to […]
A study by researchers from The University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute has found a medication that helps people refrain from drinking alcohol has shown no harmful effects during pregnancy in early stage trials. The study, “The effects of acamprosate on maternal and neonatal outcomes in a mouse model of alcohol use disorders,” […]
Myocardial infarction is an ischemic disease in which a coronary artery supplying blood to the heart muscle is stenotic or obstructed, resulting in cardiac tissue necrosis. Due to the irreversible loss of cardiomyocytes, damaged heart tissue cannot be naturally regenerated. The most recent effort to regenerate the damaged heart tissue is to transplant stem cells […]
