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Hay fever is a nuisance at the best of times: a runny nose, an insatiably scratchy throat and eyes that feel like you’ve used hot sauce as eye drops – not to mention, the 15 sneezes per minute when you have a particularly bad episode. Now imagine experiencing all of those awful symptoms while you’re

insights from industrySteffen van HeijningenMarketing Specialist, Neuroscientist Noldus Information Technology In this Interview Neuroscientist Steffen van Heijningen, shares with News-Medical the insights from the research on mice housing conditions.  Could you start by introducing yourself and saying a bit about your background? My name is Steffen van Heijningen. I studied at the University of Groningen from 2010 to

CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-chip Company (OOC) that designs and manufactures single- and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today introduced its PhysioMimix™ ‘in-a-box’ reagent kit for Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the most severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Previously only accessible via its contract research services, CN Bio’s best-in-class NASH in vitro model supports the

The hulking Hickory Hollow Mall — a full 1.1 million square feet of retail space in southeastern Nashville — was once the largest shopping center in Tennessee. But like many malls, it’s been in a downward death spiral for more than a decade. Now the mammoth complex surrounded by acres of parking is on track

Among those hospitalized during the pandemic, both COVID-19 patients and those tested for SARS-COV-2 but negative, had higher rates of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections compared to patients hospitalized before the pandemic, according to a study evaluating the pandemic's impact on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 271 hospitals across the USA, to be presented at this year's European

(Reuters) – The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted the first full approval for treating COVID-19 in children aged 28 days and older to Gilead Sciences Inc’s drug remdesivir. The move comes months after the agency expanded the drug’s emergency use authorization to also include children below 12 years of age weighing at least 3.5

After childbirth, some women who received an epidural for pain will develop a debilitating headache. But minority women are less likely than white moms to receive the treatment that can provide relief, according to a new study. Researchers also found that even when women from minority groups received this care, it was more likely to

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines against COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations. Study: Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related hospitalization with the Alpha, Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants: a nationwide Danish cohort study. Image Credit: insta_photos/Shutterstock Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Back in Autumn 2017, I just didn’t feel right. I’d barely had a night of sleeping properly in weeks and my mood swings were awful. Little did I know that trying to get to the bottom of it would cost me thousands – and years of my life. My eldest son had just started school,

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, the researchers investigated the impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine-induced antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) glycoprotein. The BCG vaccine has been effectively used to vaccinate over 130 million children in almost 154 countries against tuberculosis (TB) every year. Various

A new study on Chile's national COVID-19 vaccination program, to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon 23-26), and published in The Lancet Global Health, shows that giving a different type of vaccine (heterologous) for the third or 'booster' dose than was received for the first

Scientists have analyzed the full genetic blueprints of more than 18,000 cancer samples, finding new patterns of mutations that could help doctors provide better, more personalized treatment. Their study, published Thursday in the journal Science, isn’t the first to do such comprehensive “whole genome” analyses of cancer samples. But no one has ever done so

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Existing studies show that exercise helps protect brain cells through mechanisms that researchers do not yet fully understand. Researchers know that exercise increases brain glucose metabolism, which correlates with improved brain function. Studies show that exercise affects insulin resistance and has a complex relationship with body mass index (BMI) levels. A new study suggests that

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday asked people to not buy or use certain dietary supplement products sold with variations of the names ‘Artri’ or ‘Ortiga’ as they may contain some potentially harmful ingredients not mentioned on their labels. The agency said its laboratory analyses revealed some of the products

Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider, announced Friday that it had partnered with Teladoc Health to expand patient care delivery within and beyond its brick-and-mortar facilities.   According to the organizations, the strategy will also use Teladoc’s relationship with Microsoft to boost clinical teamwork and communication.   “Teladoc Health is poised to help Northwell

Over the past 15 years, public health authorities have downgraded recommendations for the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a screening tool to reduce the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of men with low-grade prostate cancer. Now, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have found that while these efforts have been effective, the incidence of higher-grade disease and metastasis

If you find yourself lying awake pondering the state of the world, or spending your commute to work musing on our looming ecological catastrophe, you’re far from alone. ‘It’s absolutely nuts how much we have wrecked the planet in the last 40 years,’ says 34-year-old Christian Smith, a restauranteur who lives in London. ‘I quite

Biodegradable plastic scaffold implants can help replace damaged vascular tissue in the body. The implant is placed in the body and prompts the body to replace the plastic with blood vessel cells. In addition, the scaffolds can also control immune and cell growing responses. Suzanne Koch designed methods and models to improve our understanding of

Thought LeadersDr. Zhaoming WangEpidemiology & Cancer ControlSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital In this interview, we speak to Dr. Zhaoming Wang about his latest research that investigated accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors and the underlying genetics causing this. Please could you introduce yourself and tell us what inspired your latest research? I’m an associate member