https://youtube.com/watch?v=sxRWJsa0htA%3Fversion%3D3%26%23038%3Brel%3D1%26%23038%3Bshowsearch%3D0%26%23038%3Bshowinfo%3D1%26%23038%3Biv_load_policy%3D1%26%23038%3Bfs%3D1%26%23038%3Bhl%3Den-US%26%23038%3Bautohide%3D2%26%23038%3Bwmode%3Dtransparent The documentary “InHospitable” explores the role hospitals play in a fractured U.S. health care system and how they have driven up costs. It presents stories of patients and activists who protested practices at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a behemoth health system headquartered in Pittsburgh. They asserted that UPMC was making vital care […]

Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have developed a new nasal vaccination strategy that induces potent lung immunity and protection against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The new vaccine approach has been tested successfully in mice and has the potential to be a powerful tool for enhancing protection against COVID-19 infection and minimizing […]

In a recent study published in the BMC Medicine journal, researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health explored severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among asymptomatic cases. Systematic reviews showed that 15% to 25% of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals are asymptomatic. However, little is understood about the SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility by these individuals. Previous meta-analyses […]

The blood test is one of the most common medical labs performed to understand what is going on with a person’s health. But the test requires taking blood with a needle, which only trained health care professionals can do before sending the sample off to a lab for analysis. Now, researchers have developed a new […]

Data recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease (AJKD) from a large South Korean cohort show a five-fold increased risk of incident CKD for adults with persistent hematuria compared to those with no hematuria, but associations were significantly stronger in men than women. Hematuria, which refers to the presence of blood in the […]

Lung cancer screening has been proven to save lives. But according to a new study, only 5.8% of people eligible for a free, low-dose CT scan actually get screened for lung cancer—far below levels seen for colorectal, breast and cervical cancer screens. Debra Ritzwoller knows the challenges firsthand.. Ritzwoller is a senior investigator in economics […]

C+—that’s Aotearoa New Zealand’s overall grade in the most comprehensive global assessment of physical activity in children and adolescents. Even more worryingly, the 57 participating countries scored a D average overall. The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance’s Global Matrix 4.0 used ten indicators related to physical activity to score countries’ performance. The findings are consistent […]

In a recent review published in Nature Medicine, researchers presented challenges related to the clinical translation of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology, recent innovations, and future directions to improve the clinical efficacy of mRNA nanomedicine. Study: The landscape of mRNA nanomedicine. Image Credit: MattLphotography/Shutterstock The therapeutic efficacy of nucleoside-modified Pfizer–BioNTech and Moderna mRNA coronavirus disease […]

CHICAGO — Treatment with the “twincretin” tirzepatide led to significant and potentially clinically meaningful cuts in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, compared with placebo, while causing modest increases in heart rate, in a prespecified substudy of the SURMOUNT-1 trial. “The large effects on ambulatory 24-hour blood pressure raise the possibility that there may be important long-term benefits of [tirzepatide] on the […]

New research predicts that the number of deaths caused by coronary heart disease and stroke will decline between 2020 and 2040 across Japan. The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health—Western Pacific, was carried out as part of a collaboration between researchers at the University of Liverpool and the National Cardiovascular Research Center of Japan. […]