In a recent study posted to the Research Square preprint* server, a team of researchers investigated the toxicity and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) characteristics of a potent herbal drug, taraxerol, in the management of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The paper is under consideration for publication in the Structural Chemistry journal.   The coronavirus disease 2019 […]

Written by Leah Sinclair Being too generous can be a sign of something more – and it could be negatively impacting your wellbeing. Establishing boundaries is important in any relationship. Whether it’s family and friends or your partner and colleagues, letting it be known what is and isn’t acceptable is key to navigating the world where you can be there for […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Pacific island nations that are some of the last places in the world to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic are recording a growing number of COVID-19 cases, prompting a rush to provide vaccines, medical teams and food aid.FILE PHOTO: Relief supplies are unloaded from Japan Self-Defense Forces’ C-130 Hercules after the airplane arrived at Fua’amotu International […]

Unknown lineages of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been found in New York City’s sewage, raising new concerns that the novel coronavirus is finding ways to escape immunity. The lineages don’t seem poised to break out and cause a new surge at this point. Their proportion has risen and fallen along with New York’s case rates, and there’s no […]

Fathers older than age 34 were more open to having their child vaccinated against COVID-19, while younger Black and white mothers were the least open to it, finds a new survey of Medicaid recipients from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Helping younger parents in all ways should be a priority. They were the most negatively affected […]

Pain-predominant disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) in children -; such as functional abdominal pain (FAP) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-; can lead to disabling symptoms, poor quality of life and high use of health care resources. Studies suggest that an open-label placebo (OLP) approach -; in which patients are aware that they are receiving a placebo -; can benefit adults, […]

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks visit the snow-covered Imperial Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Daily coronavirus infections in Japan on Thursday exceeded 100,000 for first time since the pandemic began, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. Infections in Japan have surged since the start of the year […]

The World Health Organization projects that starting in 2030, over a million people will die each year from liver cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor Adrian Krainer, former postdoc Wai Kit Ma, and Dillon Voss, a Stony Brook University M.D.-Ph.D. student-in-residence in Krainer’s lab, have come up with a way to interfere with the energy pathway that allows this cancer to grow […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is becoming a target for both Democrats and Republicans over what they call a lack of coordination of covid efforts within his department. But at […]

Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic's impact on women and sexual and gender minorities. Outcomes of COVID-positive youths at emergency departments Among 3,221 youths who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in emergency departments (EDs), 3.3 percent had severe outcomes within 14 […]