The study find that An antibody that blocks the “programmed cell death” pathway may help the immune system fight off sepsis-related fungal infections, according to animal studies reported: Injury, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches, Official Journal of the Shock Society. The journal is publish in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. The findings support…
Taiwanese individuals between the ages of 45 and 64 years old diagnosed with hearing losses are at a greater risk for developing dementia than those without hearing loss; also according to a study publish online July in JAMA Network Open. Chin-Mei Liu, Ph.D., and Charles Tzu Chi Lee, Ph.D., of the National Taiwan Normal University…
The rehearses find that the patients in Europe coming in for colectomies, or surgical procedures targeted at the colon, have not been routinely subjected to what is known as bowel preparation, where the bowel is emptied before the operation. In the United States , on the other hand, cleansing the bowel is relatively common. Several…
A California law that limits the size of bills from out-of-network physicians for care delivered in hospitals appears to be protecting patients’ financial liability, but has shifted bargaining leverage in favor of insurance plans and had potential unintended consequences such as encouraging more consolidation among physician practice groups, according to a new RAND Corporation study.…
When 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were kill in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12 hours later, responses to the tragedy included many of the same myths and stereotypes Americans have grown use to hearing in the wake of a mass shooting. As part of my work as a psychology researcher,…
False teeth need to be taken out before a general anaesthetic, doctors warn in the journal BMJ Case Reports after a 72 year old’s dentures got stuck in his throat during surgery to remove a harmless lump in his abdominal wall, and weren’t discovered for eight days. Aside from experiencing considerable pain, bleeding; and swallowing difficulties,…
As the pneumococcal vaccination is safe and effective in people with HIV; who are stable on the antiretroviral therapy (ART). The study recommending that the pneumococcal vaccination in HIV-positive patients. However, there were few data about the viro immunological outcomes in vaccinating the patients. According to the study; that observe significant virological and immunological failures.…
More research is urgently needed to improve the mental health of young people during; and after cancer treatment and improve their access to clinical trials, concludes a new study published in the journal BMJ Open. In the first study of its kind, involving researchers from the University of Surrey, young people, their friends and family…
The study on the optimizing combination of multiple biomarkers; to improve the diagnostic accuracy in male fertility. However, only 50% of successful full term pregnancy rates per insemination have been reporting. Half of all breeding failures are due to male factor infertility or sub fertility; leading to a decrease in living offspring production and huge…
Contrary to popular belief, most older Americans with advancing dementia remain in their own homes many until they die. But a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has revealed that this population may endure more pain and have more complex or unaddress medical needs than their counterparts in nursing homes. In the study,…
The researches find that the Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $542,486, three-year grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to look at changes in the DNA sequence that effects the development and advancement of multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood. The society’s Transitional Research Program award is titled “The Impact…
Researchers in Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have find that a simple test carried out on a smartphones can help to predict future change in people in the early stages of Parkinson’s. The study, supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and funded by the Monument Trust Discovery Award from Parkinson’s UK, has…