Moderna Exec Says COVID Trials Improved Diversity Recruiting

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s top scientist said on Tuesday that the vaccine maker has learned how to better recruit from diverse populations for its clinical trials from running its COVID-19 vaccine studies. Moderna Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton, speaking at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, said that in 2020 the company […]

Five foods that ‘should be avoided’ to prevent arthritis flare-ups

Axial spondyloarthritis sufferer shares his story 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 Arthritis flare-ups are when your arthritis symptoms severely worsen for […]

COVID Hit HIV Detection in Europe, Threatens Eradication Progress

LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people in Europe with undiagnosed HIV has risen as testing rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening a global goal of ending the disease by 2030, a report said. The joint World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report said that in 2021 […]

Another Recall Related to Medtronic HVAD System

Medtronic has issued a recall of the controller driveline cover of the company’s HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) system. The Medtronic HVAD system was approved as a bridge to heart transplantation in 2012. Since then, it’s been fraught with problems, leading the company to stop selling the device in June 2021 for safety concerns, as […]

Study finds that experiences of daily stress decrease as people age

Stories about how daily stress can negatively impact people’s lives, from physical health to mental and emotional well-being, are frequently in the media. But there is good news about the experience of daily stress as people age. Results from a recent research study led by David Almeida, professor of human development and family studies at […]

How to Diagnose Circulatory Disorders in Diabetes

“In Germany, a patient dies every 20 minutes from mostly vascular-related events caused by diabetes,” said Berthold Amann, MD, conference president of the German Society for Angiology (DGA). He spoke at the press conference of the Diabetes Autumn Conference of the German Diabetes Society (DDG), which was held in cooperation with the DGA. Because stenoses […]

Swelling along brains axons may be true culprit in Alzheimers disease

The formation of amyloid plaques in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. But drugs designed to reduce accumulations of these plaques have so far yielded, at best, mixed results in clinical trials. Yale researchers have found, however, that swelling caused by a byproduct of these plaques may be the true cause of the […]

The incidence of antimicrobial resistance among urinary E. coli isolates is increasing in both hospital and community settings in Australia

In a recent study published in the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, researchers comparatively evaluated trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among urinary Escherichia coli strains from a private, commercial community-based (CB) laboratory [Southern.IML Pathology (S.IML)] and a public HB (hospital-based) laboratory [part of the New South Wales Health Pathology (NSWHP) network] in the Illawarra Shoalhaven […]

Embracing Robotic Assistance in Neurorehabilitation

insights from industryWaduda Parolari MusaidProduct SpecialistGloreha NewsMedical spoke to Waduda Parolari Musaid at MEDICA 2022 about Gloreha's robotics-assisted neurorehabilitation solutions. The robotic device and associated on-screen software suite aim to make hand movement recovery quicker and easier for patients.  Please could you introduce yourself and tell us about your background with Gloreha? My name is […]