In a recent study published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal, the researchers summarized the perspectives and observations on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related adaptive immunity.   Various studies have reported the association of T-cell responses with mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease outcomes. Furthermore, it has been reported that preexisting cross-reactive immunity can lower COVID-19 disease severity. Study: […]

British health officials investigating the cause of a spike in acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children said there is increasing evidence that it is linked to a common virus. The U.K. Health Security Agency has recorded 111 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children under 10 since January. Ten of the children needed liver transplants. The U.N. health agency said […]

Purdue University researchers in the College of Pharmacy and College of Engineering are developing a patent-pending treatment that could impact millions of American lives each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that at least 1.7 million American adults develop sepsis annually; almost 270,000 die as a result. One in three patients who die in a hospital has sepsis. […]

A new study finds that the national economic burden of PTSD goes beyond direct health care expenses and exceeds the costs of other common mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression. The researchers estimated the cost of PTSD at $232.2 billion for 2018, the latest year for which data were available at the time of the study. They called […]

Ramadan is the month in the Islamic calendar when the Qur’an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). During the month, Muslims abstain from all sensory pleasures (like food and drink, sex, TV and music) from dawn to dusk. The time is centered on prayer, the Qur’an, deep mindfulness and spiritual reflection. The duration of fasting varies from 13 to […]

Use of drug interaction checkers could have identified several drug-drug interaction (DDI)-associated adverse drug reactions, including severe and life-threatening events among patients with COVID-19, according to a review published online April 19 in JAMA Network Open. Valeria Conti, Ph.D., from University of Salerno in Italy, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify DDIs that led to adverse clinical […]

A concerned mother took to Reddit to share the very unsettling way that her husband has been discipling his stepkids. “I (f36) lost my late husband years ago, I’m now married to my husband of 2 years ‘Jason,’” she began. “He loves his stepkids (9-6) and does a lot of things with them. However, he started doing something lately that […]

Fibre: Why it is a key part of a healthy diet 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 Countless celebrities have touted the perks of fasting in […]

Peripheral membrane proteins temporarily bind to cell membranes, a necessary step for them to be able to fulfill their biological function. To do this, certain enzymes that catalyze their lipid modification come into action. This process is called palmitoylation. Some of these proteins can mutate and become oncogenic, such as the RAS proteins, which are responsible for about one third […]

A team of UK-based scientists has recently developed a within-host model to determine the dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the upper respiratory tract of affected individuals. The study finds that infected individuals can transmit the disease for up to 8 days. However, the virus can be detected in their body for up to 27 […]