A new blood test that identifies a variant of the protein P53 appears to predict Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression up to 6 years in advance of a clinical diagnosis, early research suggests. Analysis of two studies showed the test (AlzoSure Predict), which uses less than 1 ml of blood, had numerous benefits compared with other blood tests that track AD […]

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has perhaps inspired more conspiracy theories than any other event in recent memory. While other conspiracy theories resulted in vast swathes of misinformation spreading across the internet, most of these theories were limited to the West. The global nature of COVID-19 has resulted in the spread of this information across the world. Study: How conspiracists exploited […]

Death rates from COVID-19 are especially high in individuals with kidney failure who are on dialysis, making SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in this population a high priority. A recent study compared the immune responses of patients with and without kidney failure following immunization with different COVID-19 vaccines. The findings, which are published in JASN, may help improve vaccination strategies in vulnerable patients. […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Almost 9 in 10 younger adults with diabetes experienced disruptions in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest. In a survey of 760 adults with medication-treated diabetes, younger adults with diabetes were more likely than […]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new test that combines both the fraction and quantity of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA), with the previously validated percent dd-cfDNA, is more sensitive in detecting active kidney-allograft rejection, compared to an older version of the test that used dd-cfDNA fraction alone. The new Prospera with Quantification test, from Natera Inc, is the only available […]

On Friday (Nov. 19), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized COVID-19 booster doses for all adults 18 years of age or older, who previously received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.  If a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee that meets today then recommends the shots for all adults, then millions more people will […]

While some may aspire to be Amy Poehler ala Mean Girls “cool mom” status, it’s just not in the cards for everyone — and sometimes being the “uncool” mom is the way to go. Sandra Bullock recently says she knows she’s the “uncool” mom, and she embraces every part of it. In an interview with PEOPLE, Bullock raved about her […]

Melanoma patients using their smart phone to submit images of lesions to their specialists appears to be a safe and convenient form of follow-up after treatment. University of Queensland and University of Sydney researchers assessed data from 100 patients who used their phone, had a partner help with skin self-examination and attended regular follow-up visits with a doctor between 2018 […]

The rate of U.S. hospitalizations for three types of serious infections in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) appears to have declined from 2012 to 2017, according to research presented at the virtual annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. Several of the standard treatments for PsA have an increased risk of infections, but the rates vary amongst conventional disease-modifying […]

Monoclonal antibodies protected aged, diabetic rhesus macaque monkeys from disease due to SARS-CoV-2 and reduced signs of inflammation, including in cerebrospinal fluid, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work is published Oct. 18 in the journal Cell Reports. The data show that neutralizing antibodies prevent the adverse inflammatory consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection, […]