Examining a range of research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human populations gives scientists a clearer picture of what kind of nutrition can offer the best chance for a longer, healthier life, said USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Professor Valter Longo. In an article that includes a literature review published April 28 in Cell, Longo […]

A bivalent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F protein-based (RSVpreF) vaccine given during pregnancy elicits neutralizing antibody responses, according to a study published in the April 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Eric A.F. Simões, M.D., from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, and colleagues randomly assigned pregnant women at 24 through 36 weeks […]

South Africa is seeing a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases driven by yet another version of the coronavirus, health experts say. Cases had been dropping in the country since February. But a new omicron subvariant that scientists call BA.4 began pushing up cases last week and they have risen rapidly since, said Salim Abdool Karim, who previously advised the government […]

LISBON, Portugal ― Two thirds of antibiotic prescriptions written for Black patients and more than half of antibiotic prescriptions for Hispanic/LatinX patients are inappropriate, according to data from a study of antibiotic prescribing habits in US doctors’ offices, hospital clinics, and emergency departments. Eric Young, PharmD, PhD, from the University of Texas, Austin, and UT Health, San Antonio, Texas, presented […]

Every year, approximately one in 100,000 children develops a new neuroblastoma, often in the first year of life. This makes neuroblastomas a relatively common group of tumors in children. They form in immature nerve tissue during embryonic development and occur mainly in the adrenal gland, spine, neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Neuroblastomas are difficult to treat and often resistant to […]

A new study, published in Journal of Medical Screening and led by Ph.D. student Hannah Drysdale and Dr. Jo Waller of the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, conducted a questionnaire on women’s anticipated preferences for cervical screening, the first of its kind in the UK. Collecting responses from 3,672 women, the paper looks at demographic predictors of screening preferences […]

A Korean research team led by Professor Ki Hean Kim, Ph.D. candidates Seonghan Kim and Jungbin Lee (Department of Mechanical Engineering) at POSTECH, in collaboration with Professor Chang Ho Yoon (Department of Ophthalmology) of Seoul National University Hospital and Professor Young-Ho Jung (Department of Ophthalmology) of Eulji Hospital, has successfully demonstrated the non-invasive conjunctival goblet cell (CGC) examination in live […]

Pediatric and adult care clinicians, as well as family doctors and community partners, should collaborate to better streamline the transition from pediatric care to adult care for youth with complex medical needs, according to a new position statement from the Canadian Paediatric Society. To help patients, doctors particularly need system-based strategies, including specialized training in transitional care issues and transfer […]

A plant virus that infects legumes, called cowpea mosaic virus, has a special power that you may not have known about: when injected into a tumor, it triggers the immune system to treat the cancer—even metastatic cancer—and prevents it from recurring. For the past seven years, researchers at the University of California San Diego and Dartmouth College have been studying […]

In a study published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, researchers reviewed the ways to develop breastfeeding practices in the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Image Credit: Updating Clinical Practices to Promote and Protect Human Milk and Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 Era. Image Credit: Onjira Leibe/Shutterstock Background Breastfeeding and lactation have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic globally, and […]