Global deaths from antibiotic-resistant 'super bugs' have surged seven-fold in half a decade
Dr Christopher Murray, from Washington University, estimated 5million people are dying from the infections every year. This was up from 700,000 estimated five years beforehand. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction
To the uninitiated, psilocybin—the substance that gives ‘magic mushrooms’ their psychedelic qualities—could be dismissed as a recreational drug. Like many other psychedelics, it is banned by the U.S. government as a Schedule 1 substance, meaning it supposedly has high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use in treatment. However, to many medical science researchers, psilocybin is much more: a promising treatment for a range of health issues. In particular, experts increasingly see the chemical as a potentially effective, low-risk tool to help patients break their dependencies on ot...
Source: TIME: Science - April 18, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized Addiction healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
New COVID-19 nasal spray outperforms current antibody treatments in mice
A new protein-based antiviral nasal spray developed by researchers at Northwestern University, University of Washington and Washington University at St. Louis is being advanced toward Phase I human clinical trials to treat COVID-19.
Designed computationally and refined in the laboratory, the new protein therapies thwarted infection by interfering with the virus' ability to enter cells. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - April 13, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
The Age of the Private Space Station Is Upon Us
It was all smiles and thumbs-up on March 30, at 5:28 PM local time, when NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov thumped down in the steppes of Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft—and with good reason. For one thing, Vande Hei had just completed a marathon 355 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), setting a new U.S. space endurance record. For another—more important—thing, the joint U.S.-Russian return to Earth was one of the rare exercises in cooperation between the two nations during the white-hot tension between Washington...
Source: TIME: Science - April 1, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Space Source Type: news
Could Aspirin Cut Death Risk for Hospitalized COVID Patients?
THURSDAY, March 24, 2022 -- Something as simple as aspirin may help lower the risk of death in hospital patients who are fighting a tough case of COVID-19, a new study found.
George Washington University researchers analyzed data on more than... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 24, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Aspirin may reduce death In hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Researchers at the George Washington University published findings from the world's largest cohort study showing that hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19 who were given aspirin early on in their treatment had a lower risk of dying compared to patients who were not given aspirin. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Combination Treatments a Must for the War on Warts Combination Treatments a Must for the War on Warts
"We can combine destructive, immunologic, and cytotoxic approaches," said Adam Friedman, professor of dermatology at George Washington University, Washington.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - March 8, 2022 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
We Must Carry on Paul Farmer ’s Work on Social Determinants of Health
Sub Saharan Africa has a population of 1.14 billion, yet just 24% of the population has access to safe drinking water. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Mar 2 2022 (IPS) Paul Farmer, the legendary global health equity warrior, recently died in his sleep from heart-related complications at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Butaro, Rwanda, the university he co-founded.
So many tributes have been written to Paul Farmer, and he deserves all the accolades bestowed on him posthumously. My tribute to Farmer is to amplify his teachings on the social determinants of health. It is crucial for health wor...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Sarah Al Amiri: The Woman Who Took the U.A.E. to Mars
Sarah Al Amiri was in COVID-19 quarantine after arriving in Japan in July 2020 when she learned news beyond anything she had ever dreamed of: while scrolling through Twitter to pass the time, she learned that the government of the United Arab Emirates was reshuffling some of its higher ranking offices and officers and that Amiri, now 35, was being appointed chairwoman of the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA)—the equivalent of NASA Administrator.
Amiri was already a member of the U.A.E. Prime Minister’s office, serving as Minister of State for Science—she was in Japan for the launch of her country&...
Source: TIME: Science - February 24, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Antibodies improve in quality for months after COVID-19 vaccination
For at least six months after COVID-19 vaccination, antibodies produced by immune cells become steadily more formidable and more precisely targeted against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study of the antibody response to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - February 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
FDA Committee Delays Review of Pfizer-BioNTech ’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Kids
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) postponed a meeting to discuss the authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than five, again pushing back the timeline for vaccinating the youngest Americans.
The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled to meet on Feb. 15 to discuss emergency use authorization of a two-dose regimen of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine formulated for children ages 6 months through 4 years. (Pfizer is testing a three-microgram dose for young kids, smaller than the doses offered to adults and older children.) But on Fe...
Source: TIME: Health - February 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Covid survivors are more likely to suffer a cardiovascular condition
Researchers at the Washington University of St Louis found that even people who suffer mild cases of Covid are at risk of developing a severe heart condition later in life. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid test to predict whether people will need hospital treatment in the pipeline, experts claim
George Washington University researchers say they have created a blood test that quickly shows whether someone will go on to develop severe Covid and need hospital treatment. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden Administration Withdraws Vaccine Mandate for Large Companies
The Biden Administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed the withdrawal Tuesday. But the agency said it still strongly encourages workers to get vaccinated.
In early November, OSHA announced a vaccine-or-test mandate for companies with at least 100 employees. The rule—which would have impacted more than 80 million U.S. workers—was originally set to go into effect on Jan. 4.
But numerous states and business groups challenged the rule in court....
Source: TIME: Health - January 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dee-Ann Durbin / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk wire Source Type: news
Giving Cash to Low-Income Mothers Linked to Increased Brain Activity in Their Babies, Study Suggests
New research suggests giving extra cash to low-income mothers can change their infants’ brain development.
Brain measurements at age 1 showed faster activity in key brain regions in infants whose low-income families received $300-plus monthly for a year, compared with those who got $20 each month, U.S. researchers reported Monday.
The same type of brain activity has been linked in older children to learning skills and other development, although it’s unclear whether the differences found will persist or influence the infants’ future.
The researchers are investigating whether the payments led to better nut...
Source: TIME: Science - January 25, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Lindsey Tanner/AP Tags: Uncategorized overnight Research wire Source Type: news
