Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have strived to answer basic questions about the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus required to cause an infection and how that viral dose influences disease severity. Answers to these questions help drive public health decisions to keep public spaces safe and serve as the foundation for future COVID-19 research. Tulane researchers Chad Roy, […]
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An analysis of open-access skin image datasets available to train machine learning algorithms to identify skin cancer has revealed that darker skin types are markedly underrepresented in the databases, researchers in the United Kingdom report. Out of 106, avodart penis 950 skin lesions documented in 21 open-access databases and 17 open-access atlases identified by David Wen, BMBCh, from the University […]
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Despite clear directives outlined in the updated guidelines published by the American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation (ACR/NPF) in 2018, there is limited data regarding medication use in real-world clinical practice and patient medication preferences for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). According to a new study conducted by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Biden administration framed its vaccine mandate for private employers in life-and-death terms Monday in a legal filing that sought to get the requirement back on track after it was halted by a federal court. Its filing in response to a stay issued over the weekend […]
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What's the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? 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 Complications of a heart attack can be serious and possibly […]
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New Curtin University research has found that people who get distracted easily are more prone to suffer psychological distress and mental health issues from high levels of social media use. Published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, the research tracked the phone data of 69 participants ranging from 18 to 58 year olds to see their usage of popular apps […]
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A new study published today reveals systematic biases among primary and HIV care providers about people who inject drugs and how those biases may impact access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a preventive, prescription-based medication that significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection through sexual behavior and injection practices. Patients’ receipt of PrEP education or a PrEP prescription relies heavily on […]
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Six-month outcomes from the randomized RADIANCE-HTN TRIO Trial comparing endovascular ultrasound renal denervation (RDN) to a sham procedure for treatment-resistant hypertension (HTN) found that the addition of a pharmacologic intervention led to further blood pressure reductions after RDN with a smaller increase in additional medications prescribed and less use of diuretics. Findings were reported today at TCT 2021, the 33rd […]
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The inhalation of carbon dioxide (CO2) by mice a few hours after they formed a new fearful memory makes that memory stronger, so that the mice show more distress when they are prompted to 'retrieve' (ie, recall) it. That is the conclusion of a recent in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience by neuroscientists from the University of Iowa, US. The authors […]
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(Reuters Health) – Children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy can achieve better long-term improvements when they receive three hours of constraint-induced movement therapy five days a week for one month than with standard physical and occupational therapy, a randomized clinical trial found. For the trial, researchers randomized 118 children ranging from 2 to 8 years old with hemiparetic cerebral palsy to […]
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