Photo: Biotricity Remote biometric monitoring technology company Biotricity recently announced securing National Institutes of Health funding from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute with plans to launch a study of its Bioflux-AI technology. Bioflux-AI combines an FDA-approved, high-precision, small mobile cardiac telemetry device with AI-driven algorithms specifically trained for the prediction of stroke in stage 4 and stage 5 […]

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered the mechanisms by which a particular protein promotes cancer cell proliferation and survival in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Blood. The findings suggest that PRL2, a protein tyrosine phosphatase, may be a novel therapeutic target for AML, according to Yan Liu, Ph.D., associate professor of Medicine in the […]

Health care providers (HCPs) usually conduct 14 wellness visits with children before the age of five, and are often a trusted source of information for mothers. A research article featured in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior discusses mothers’ recollection of key feeding guidance recommendations that can affect children’s long-term health. “Many studies have looked at the nutrition guidance […]

Samia Longchambon says doctors thought her anxiety was asthma 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 Joel Edergton – who is now a father to two toddlers, […]

A new model for understanding which patients with sepsis, Covid-19 and influenza have immune dysfunction and are more likely to suffer poor outcomes has been developed by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oxford, Queen Mary University, Imperial College and their collaborators. The study, published 2 November 2022 in Science Translational Medicine, identified 19 genes that predict […]

(Reuters) – Staff reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday identified several uncertainties around Veru Inc’s data for its experimental COVID-19 drug but did not raise any new concerns, sending its shares surging 52%. The reviewers also did not offer any strong argument against the emergency use authorization (EUA) even as they flagged the small size of […]

Early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is key to managing progression of the disease. A new technique analyzing urine extracellular vesicles (uEVs)—cell-derived nanoscale spherical structures involved in multiple biological functions—in urine samples identifies changes in the kidneys earlier than conventional methods and can also predict renal function decline. A team at the University of Tokyo studied urine samples from […]

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 A mum who was given a heartbreaking diagnosis knew something was wrong when she woke up and could not move […]

COVID-19 mortality increased with age, reaching 1,645 per 100,000 population for U.S. adults aged 85 years and older in 2020, according to an October data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Betzaida Tejada-Vera and Ellen A. Kramarow, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, describe COVID-19 […]

Performing moderate to vigorous activity (MVPA) in the afternoon or evening may improve blood glucose control to a greater extent than exercising evenly throughout the day, new research suggests. The data come from 775 participants with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 26.2 kg/m2 in the observational Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study. Use of activity monitors for four consecutive […]