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A new University of Chicago study has found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19. The drug, which has undergone several clinical trials for human conditions but has not yet received approval to treat humans, inhibited the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human cell cultures and in a mouse model, leading to much

Have the first six months of 2021 left you feeling overwhelmed? Here’s how to navigate the second half of the year in a productive and healthy way, according to a life coach.  To say the first six months of 2021 have been challenging would be a pretty big understatement. Things haven’t exactly gone as we’d hoped

A potentially game-changing treatment for people with, or at risk of, blood clots has been found effective by an international team of researchers led by McMaster University’s Jeffrey Weitz. Weitz’s team compared abelacimab with enoxaparin as a control drug in 412 patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. Results showed that just one abelacimab injection prevents blood

A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, University of Oxford, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, and the Medical University of Graz, has found that lateral flow tests detect COVID-19 with similar accuracy to laboratory-based PCR tests, providing they are used at the onset of infection and soon after symptoms start. Lateral

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Days after she was fired under pressure from Republican legislators, Tennessee’s former vaccinations director has issued a point-by-point rebuttal to a letter recommending her removal and to other claims by state officials about the program she ran that offers shots for children. The July 9 letter from the state’s chief medical officer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Guselkumab may be effective in patients who have psoriatic arthritis with axial symptoms, a post-hoc analysis of data from two randomized controlled trials suggests. “Because psoriatic arthritis is a heterogeneous disease that manifests as various symptoms, treatment choices should involve consideration of all relevant domains of disease for each individual

Britain’s competition regulator announced Thursday it has imposed hundreds of millions of pounds in fines on several pharmaceutical firms for breaching the law in the supply of hydrocortisone tablets. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has levied over £260 million ($361 million, 305 million euros) in penalties on the companies involved in overcharging

Among patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC), the presence of detectable circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) after surgery may identify those who are likely to benefit from adjuvant immunotherapy with the immune checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq). The finding comes from a new analysis of data from the ImVigor010 trial, which had failed to reach its primary

A US federal judge on Monday upheld a university’s decision to require its students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the first ruling on an increasingly divisive issue ahead of the new school year. The decision by Judge Damon Leichty of the South Bend court, around 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Chicago, can

France said Saturday it would require people not fully vaccinated and arriving from some European countries to show a negative COVID test taken within the previous 24 hours. Arrivals from the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and the Netherlands will be subject to the new rule, which comes into effect at midnight Saturday into

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has undergone a digital transformation. Now, as vaccines become more readily available, and as cases continue to fall, the question on many healthcare leaders’ minds is: How can that innovation continue in a post-pandemic world? In a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session set to air on Tuesday,

To protect themselves from the potential harms of low value care, patients must take an active role in clinical decision making, according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical Journal of Australia. Professor Ian Scott, Director of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, and Professor

(Reuters Health) – While medical staff in developing countries may appreciate the extra help from surgeons and trainees participating in missions, they may be put off by the visitors’ implicit biases, a new study suggests. A survey of 76 clinical and administrative staff from a rural Kenyan hospital revealed that most felt visiting medical professionals

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Boston has found that disrupting and restoring the expression of a gene associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in mice can alter their degree of sociability. In their paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the group describes experiments they conducted with sociability in mice and

The COVID-19 pandemic has improved perceptions of facial attractiveness and healthiness of people wearing face masks in Japan. Wearing sanitary facemasks was not uncommon in Japan prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health initiatives during the pandemic have led to a drastic increase in the use of facemasks as they reduce the transmission of the

Over the years, it has been discovered that the habit and lifestyle of an individual has a lot to do with losing or gaining weight. The ability to stick to a diet plan or the discipline to consistently engage in exercising activities are the major factors that influence weight loss and gain. When it comes

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FILE PHOTO: An artificial heart by French manufacturer Carmat is seen during an interview with Reuters in Velizy, near Paris, January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Christian HartmannPARIS (Reuters) – French artificial heartmaker CARMAT announced on Monday the first commercial implant of its Aeson artificial heart at a hospital in Italy, which the company said paved the way

A study has found high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in children under 5 years with pneumonia in Bangladesh. Around 18% of bacteria isolated from children with pneumonia were resistant to all routinely used antibiotics. The researchers attribute their findings to unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, and the widespread availability of over-the-counter (OTC) antibiotics. They

Eric Shawn: Protect yourself from the delta coronavirus variant… now! Dr. Janette Nesheiwat on the dangerous mix of low vaccination rates and high COVID case count in some parts of the country LONDON – Corks popped, beats boomed out and giddy revelers rushed onto dancefloors when England’s nightclubs reopened Monday as the country lifted most