New guidance on how to diagnosis and manage osteoporosis in chronic kidney disease
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) This new review by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) CKD-MBD working group provides concise recommendations, with a clear management algorithm, to support clinicians' knowledge and confidence in managing osteoporosis in their patients with chronic kidney disease stages 4-5D. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Antihypertension drug may help patients with noncancerous brain tumors affecting hearing
(Massachusetts General Hospital) New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Eye and Ear indicates that the blood pressure drug losartan may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Autophagy may be the key to finding treatments for early Huntington's disease
(IOS Press) Recent evidence indicates that autophagy plays a central role in synaptic maintenance, and the disruption in autophagy may be at the root of early cognitive changes in Huntington's disease. Understanding this mechanism better may help researchers develop treatments for patients with HD early in their disease progression, report scientists in a review article published in the Journal of Huntington's Disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What does the sleeping brain think about?
(Universit é de Gen è ve) Using an artificial intelligence approach capable of decoding brain activity during sleep, scientists (UNIGE) were able to glimpse what we think about when we are asleep. By combining fMRI and EEG, they provide unprecedented evidence that the work of sorting out the thousands of pieces of information processed during the day takes place during deep sleep. Indeed, the brain can evaluate all of these memories in order to retain only the most useful ones. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A watershed moment for post-Covid UK social policy
(Lancaster University) The pandemic has the potential to be a watershed moment for social policy, but this is not a foregone conclusion, say Essex and Lancaster University researchers.They call for a human rights framework to be central to the planning for a post-COVID future for the sake of equity, justice, and sustainability.Authors of a new book call for the focus to be firmly on medical care, food, housing, 'other necessary social services' and access to digital technology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Children's National Hospital joins the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium, receiving $12.8 million
(Children's National Hospital) Children's National Hospital announces a $12.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to establish the only Pediatric Mendelian Genomics Research Center (PMGRC) as part of a new Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium. Researchers at Children's National and Invitae -- a leading medical genetics company -- will identify novel causes of rare inherited diseases, investigate the mechanisms of undiagnosed conditions, enhance data sharing, and generally interrogate Mendelian phenotypes, which are conditions that run in families. (Sourc...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Early intervention in schools needed to address Malta's obesity crisis
(Staffordshire University) A new study by the University of Malta and Staffordshire University highlights an urgent need for change in the curriculum and demonstrates how introducing longer, more frequent and more physically intense PE lessons can significantly improve children's weight and overall health. Malta currently has one of the highest rates of obesity worldwide with 40% of primary and 42.6% of secondary school children being overweight or obese. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
On the front lines: Correctional nurses and the COVID-19 pandemic
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Firsthand reports from nurses in correctional facilities detail the challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Life-saving snake venom
(University of Western Ontario) Western University bioengineer Kibret Mequanint and his international collaborators have found a novel use for snake venom: a body tissue 'super glue' that can stop life-threatening bleeding in seconds. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Engineers find imaging technique could become treatment for deep vein thrombosis
(Penn State) Penn State College of Engineering researchers set out to develop technology capable of localizing and imaging blood clots in deep veins. Turns out their work may not only identify blood clots, but it may also be able to treat them. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $4.8 million to rising investigators
(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation) Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has announced the 2021 recipients of the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator award--six outstanding early career physician-scientists working to develop new cancer therapies under the mentorship of the nation's leading scientists and clinicians. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Press registration opens for ACS Fall 2021 meeting
(American Chemical Society) Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society, a hybrid meeting being held virtually and in-person in Atlanta Aug. 22-26. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Human waste contaminating urban water leads to 'superbug' spread -- study
(University of Birmingham) Contamination of urban lakes, rivers and surface water by human waste is creating pools of 'superbugs' in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) - but improving access to clean water, sanitation and sewerage infrastructure could help to protect people's health, a new study reveals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Launch of UNITE4TB partnership marks a new era in tuberculosis treatment development
(Critical Path Institute (C-Path)) To advance anti-tuberculosis (TB) science and enable the progression of new, safe, and affordable treatment solutions for TB patients worldwide, a new consortium of 30 partners from 13 countries has officially launched. The 7-year, 185 million project called UNITE4TB, aims to accelerate and improve the clinical evaluation of combinations of existing and novel drugs, with the goal of developing new and highly active TB treatment regimens for drug-resistant and -sensitive TB. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hopkins Med news update
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) NEWS STORIES IN THIS ISSUE:- COVID-19 News: Can Dietary Supplements Help the Immune System Fight Coronavirus Infection?- Johns Hopkins Medicine Helps Develop Physician Training to Prevent Gun Injuries, Deaths- COVID-19 News: Study Says Pandemic Impaired Reporting of Infectious Diseases- Johns Hopkins Medicine Helps Create Treatment Guide for Neurodegenerative Disorders (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
