The World Health Organization reported Friday a sharp increase in malaria cases in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where government and rebel forces have been fighting for nearly two years. Cases have increased by 80 percent compared to one year ago, said Ilham Abdelhai Nour, the WHO’s head of emergency operations for Ethiopia. “We need to […]
Current vaccination strategies are unlikely to eliminate measles, according to a new study led by faculty at the University of Georgia. The paper, which published today in The Lancet Global Health, explores the feasibility of eliminating measles and rubella using predominant vaccination strategies in 93 countries with the highest disease burden. Despite marked reductions in […]
More collagen in the human body is not always good, and Karin Wuertz-Kozak is investigating how disease progresses because of the increase in this important protein. Wuertz-Kozak recently received more than $400,000 from the Congressional Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) to investigate new therapeutic approaches for scleroderma, a chronic autoimmune disease that involves overproduction of […]
Bill Turnbull discusses benefits of medicinal cannabis 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 The study in question looked into the impact […]
Cribriform prostate cancer is an aggressive subtype of the disease characterized by its histology, but little is known about its molecular pathways. Research from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has revealed new information about these pathways, including potential therapies. The findings, which are the result of single-cell RNA-sequencing, were published in Nature Communications. The research was conducted […]
(Reuters) – The number of Europeans reporting “bad” or “very bad” mental health soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, even beyond the end of lockdowns, new polling showed on Thursday. European Union agency Eurofound’s surveys of 200,000 people found that those reporting “bad” or “very bad” mental health doubled from 6.4% in March 2020 at the […]
A study published by The BMJ today sheds further light on the risk of developing a very rare blood-clotting condition known as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after vaccination against the COVID-19 virus. Based on health data from five European countries and the US, it shows a small increased risk of TTS after a first […]
A newly identified set of molecules alleviated pain in mice while avoiding the sedating affect that limits the use of opiates, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco. The molecules act on the same receptor as clonidine and dexmedetomidine — drugs commonly used in hospitals as sedatives — but are […]
Recent news stories relating to the “end of life” have brought public attention to palliative sedation (PS), a therapeutic procedure about which unfortunately little is known in the healthcare world and among the public. This lack of knowledge stems from the fact that, thus far, university courses have almost never provided for the systematic teaching […]
TIMP-1 protein levels in both tissues and blood have been repeatedly associated with a poor prognosis in lung cancers, but its role has been unknown. Now, a study led by Jordi Alcaraz, lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the UB and researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), has […]
