Among all the skincare products on the market today, body lotion is one of the least popular ones, which is often perplexing to experts. Find out why you should include body lotion into your daily skincare routine in this article! Most of us use face skin cream, hand and foot cream every day or even…
BOSTON – Significant amounts of atherosclerotic plaque have been found in the coronary arteries of people with HIV, even in those considered by traditional measures to be at low-to-moderate risk of future heart disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. This finding emerged from the global REPRIEVE (Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular…
IMAGE: Electron microscope image showing novel coronavirus inside salivary glands view more Credit: Bruno Matuck/USP In Brazil, researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in the salivary glands. Analysis of samples from three types of salivary gland obtained during a minimally invasive autopsy procedure performed on…
IMAGE: UK HealthCare, Partners Receive Prestigious CDC Grant to Improve Stroke Care, Outcomes in Kentucky view more Credit: Photo by Tim Webb LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 24, 2021) — UK HealthCare, UofL Health, the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (KHDSP), and other state partners have been awarded the prestigious Paul Coverdell…
OTTAWA, July 6, 2021 – Eight new research projects are getting underway in Canada to investigate COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs) and variants of interest (VOIs). These research projects span from investigating the social factors that may protect Indigenous peoples – or increase their vulnerability to – COVID-19 and VOCs, to the creation of a…
Veterinarians at the University of California, Davis, have found that a cat’s DNA alters how it responds to a life-saving medication used to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, a heart disease that affects 1 in 7 cats. The study was published in the Nature Portfolio journal, Scientific Reports. HCM causes a cat’s heart muscle to…
A new national study published in Psychiatric Services finds that over a quarter of US adults with depression or anxiety symptoms reported needing mental health counseling but were not able to access it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 70,000 adults surveyed in the US Census Household Pulse Survey in December 2020.…
IMAGE: Regenstrief Research Scientist and Indiana University School of Medicine Associate Professor Paul Biondich, M.D., M.S., has been elected a fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI). Dr…. view more Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Regenstrief Research Scientist and Indiana University School of Medicine Associate Professor Paul Biondich, M.D., M.S., has been elected…
IMAGE: Chest Pain GRACE PICO questions and recommendations view more Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM Des Plaines, IL – The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) is pleased to announce the release of the first publication in a series of Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency…
People who receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are up to 91 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who are unvaccinated, according to a new nationwide study of eight sites, including Salt Lake City. For those few vaccinated people who do still get an infection, or “breakthrough” cases, the study suggests that vaccines reduce…