Shoe soles may hold clues to the spread of Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile or C. diff), say researchers who compared positivity rates when they swabbed several surfaces for presence of the bacteria. C. difficile infection is the top healthcare-associated infection in the United States and prevention and control measures are often centered in that realm. Each year, more than 200,000 […]
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Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and an international team of collaborators have generated mice with an improved hormone profile that supports growth and metastatic spread of implanted human breast tumors. The majority of breast cancer deaths are caused by estrogen receptor(ER)-positive tumors. It has been a long-standing challenge to grow untreated ER-positive breast tumors from patients in mice. […]
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Baricitinib, an oral inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK) types 1 and 2, produced substantial rates of hair growth with acceptable tolerability for patients with alopecia areata, according to the results of two phase 3 trials presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) 2021 Annual Meeting. In both trials, severe alopecia areata, defined as a SALT (Severity of […]
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The Chase: Mark Labbett says ‘no chit chat’ 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 The 56-year-old was asked by a nurse “are you sure you’re not […]
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High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips 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 Nearly 40 percent of UK adults have high cholesterol, which means they have […]
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Back pain is incredibly common, with 26% of Americans reporting at least one full day of lower-back pain within a three-month period, according to a 2006 study in the journal Spine. It’s also the leading cause of disability across the globe, according to a 2014 study in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. So why do humans have so […]
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Kaitlyn Hevner expects to complete a 15-month accelerated nursing program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville in December. For her clinical training this fall, she's working 12-hour shifts on weekends with medical-surgical patients at a hospital. But Hevner and nursing students like her who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 are in an increasingly precarious position. Their stance […]
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, the award-giving body said on Monday.Slideshow ( 3 images )Their groundbreaking discoveries “have allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical force can initiate the nerve impulses that allow us to […]
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Flagella are composed of over 20 unique proteins and represent a complex set of molecular machinery, working in unison to provide motility to many Gram-negative and positive species of bacteria, as well as some Archaea and eukaryotic cells. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com Bacteria may bear one or several flagella, which may be located on one spot to provide forward movement […]
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Here is a list of the winners of the Nobel Medicine Prize in the past 10 years ahead of Monday’s announcement of the 2021 award: 2020: Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice, together with Briton Michael Houghton, for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, leading to the development of sensitive blood tests and antiviral drugs. 2019: William Kaelin and […]
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