Using a common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in children, according to a new study from a University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researcher Andrea Meredith, Ph.D., and her collaborators. The disorder, KCNMA1-linked channelopathy, named after the affected gene, […]

Wastewater-based epidemiological tracking of COVID-19 in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic village showed that SARS-CoV-2 was present in areas without diagnosed individuals. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were held between July 21 and September 21, 2021. The games were held without spectators, and athletes and support staff in the […]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video A man has shared incredible pictures of his extreme hourglass figure – with a waist nearly half the size of his mighty 46-inch chest. As the pulsating video shows, driver Andrzej Tomalski who lives in Belfast, is so ripped he can lift 400-pounds – the same weight as an […]

For many COVID-19 patients with irrecoverable lung damage, transplantation is the only option for survival. However, there is limited information about the long-term outcomes of these patients, including postoperative complications, hospital length of stay and survival. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows positive outcomes in the first 30 consecutive COVID-19 patients who […]

Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) believe it may be possible to prevent DNA changes driven by two proteins highly active in leukemia and other cancers. They reported a new mechanistic target for drug development Jan. 21 in the journal eLife. The proteins, called METTL-3 and METTL-14, can alter the […]

In a recent study published in the Nature Human Behaviour journal, a team of researchers proposed a metapopulation model to assess the different severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine allocation strategies adopted globally. Study: Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines makes a life-saving difference to all countries. Image Credit: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock To date, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has […]

Nuvaxovid, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax, has today been given regulatory approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Nuvaxovid becomes the fifth COVID-19 vaccine authorized by the UK's independent medicines regulator. Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said: It is great to see our world renowned medicines regulator approve another COVID-19 vaccine. I want the […]

Sleep may be one of the most potent medicines for the brain, scientists are discovering, as they explore the inner labyrinths of the three-pound organ during deep sleep and dream cycles in both health and disease. Among the most active areas of sleep research are those riveted on brain disorders in which insomnia and other abnormal sleep patterns play a […]

The introduction of A1c as an option for diagnosing type 2 diabetes over a decade ago may have resulted in underdiagnosis, new research indicates. In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) advised that A1c measurement, with a cutoff value of 6.5%, could be used to diagnose diabetes. The American Diabetes Association had issued similar guidance in 2010. Prior to that […]

Duke researchers are investigating whether data from your smartphone and smartwatch can help determine if you have COVID-19 and how severe the infection could get. Their work has the potential to help avoid future pandemics, but they need more participants to enroll. The COVIDentify study, led by Jessilyn Dunn, Ph.D., and her team in the Duke BIG IDEAs Lab, uses […]