Can geospatial mapping fill in the gaps in areas lagging behind in global efforts to end the HIV epidemic? Diego Cuadros That’s what Diego Cuadros, PhD, assistant professor of health geography and disease modeling at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, set out to learn, using geospatial data combined with prevalence data to identify the
In sub-Saharan Africa, 7 million people with HIV live more than 10 minutes from health care services and 1.5 million people with HIV live more than 60 minutes from a healthcare facility, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health by Diego Cuadros of the University of
Dr Michael Mosley explains the health benefits of press ups 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 With life expectancy declining by
Experts predict that without intervention, the problem of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections could be catastrophic by 2050, killing nearly 10 million people each year. To seek solutions, the National Institutes of Health awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant to Joseph Boll, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at Arlington, to identify and inhibit
This autumn the UK has had between 30,000 and 50,000 new COVID cases each day, and globally cases are rising again after months of steady decline—so much so that many countries are reintroducing measures to curb the virus. Austria is back in lockdown, with other European countries considering similar measures. So like last year, this
When mice rest, individual neurons fire in seconds-long, coordinated cascades, triggering activity across the brain, according to research from Penn State and the National Institutes of Health. Previously, this was thought to be a relatively random process—single neurons firing spontaneously at random times without external stimulations. The finding, published Nov. 18 in the Proceedings of
Significant decreases in CT imaging for cancer persisted even after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, delaying diagnosis and treatment and raising the possibility of more advanced cancers and poorer outcomes for patients in the future, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of
Virus recombination is a typical aspect of sarbecovirus evolution, in which genetic material from two genetically diverse parental lineages isis merged into a viable descendent virus genome. During the evolutionary history of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), genomic investigations reveal recombination events among coronaviruses circulating in non-human species occurred. During the coronavirus disease
Pregnant women at risk of miscarrying to be given hormone therapy on the NHS as research shows it could lead to 8,500 more births every year Women with a history of miscarriage and with vaginal bleeding are eligible These women will be given two doses of the hormone progesterone every day Study suggests it will increase
Even in the prime of our lives, while still healthy and clever, our brains may be secretly developing the deadly plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease. The first sign of trouble is memory loss—and, by then, damage is done. But innovative new blood tests can now detect these hidden signs of disease, years before the
Women whose ovaries were surgically removed before the age of 46 had a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) around 30 years later, compared with those who did not undergo bilateral oophorectomy, according to a population-based linkage study published in JAMA Network Open. The findings suggest that “physicians treating women with premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy
HIV patients have an increased risk of developing skin and mucosal cancers, even though HIV is no longer detectable in their blood due to antiretroviral therapy. A new study by MedUni Vienna’s Department of Dermatology, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD) and the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the
INTEGRA Biosciences’ selection of liquid handling tools provides scientists worldwide with the solutions they need for their PCR workflows. The company offers an array of options for manual, electronic or fully automated pipetting, and volumes ranging between 0.2 µl and 5000 µl. Combined with INTEGRA’s unique GripTip system, which ensures pipette tips never leak or
Expanding the use of short-acting opioids in situations where pain is not present, but where methadone or buprenorphine provide inadequate relief, may benefit hospitalized patients suffering from opioid withdrawal symptoms. While current U.S. guidelines do not recommend short-acting opioids for these patients, an expert commentary from the University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School suggests
Monash University researchers have expanded their knowledge of how T cells might recognize infections or disease, providing key insight into how an often-overlooked T cell lineage becomes activated when encountering pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and cancers. T cells communicate with other cells in the body in search of infections or diseases. This crosstalk relies
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. What to know: Most of the currently developed vaccines for COVID-19 have brand names, but the general public, the media, and medical professionals still mostly use the pharmaceutical companies’ names, like “the Pfizer vaccine” or “the Moderna vaccine.“ This is partly
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. What to know: Most of the currently developed vaccines for COVID-19 have brand names, but the general public, the media, and medical professionals still mostly use the pharmaceutical companies’ names, like “the Pfizer vaccine” or “the Moderna vaccine.“ This is partly
For centuries, people all over the world have been using medical plants to fight infections, boost wound healing, and for religious ceremonies. And for centuries, scientists have been trying to identify the active substances in these plants in order to use them in modern-day medicine. Now researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied an
Georgia Morris was diagnosed with a form of arthritis when she was just 23, after months of suffering with a mystery condition that left her joints so sore and swollen she couldn’t get up the stairs. Thanks to the ‘hidden’ nature of her condition and the fact that it is typically associated with older people, Georgia
(Reuters) – COVID-19 is generally less severe in vaccinated patients but that does not mean breakthrough infections will be benign, a large study shows. Researchers analyzed data collected by the U.S. Veterans Affairs Administration from 16,035 survivors of breakthrough infections, 48,536 unvaccinated COVID-19 survivors and nearly 3.6 million uninfected people. At six months after infection,
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