CDC: Oropouche Virus Activity Linked to Travel to South America
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Increased activity of the insect-borne Oropouche...
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High Health Care Utilization, Poor Survival Seen for Over 70s With AML
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...
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Low Nurse Staffing Tied to Higher Risk for Patient Death
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The risk for patient death associated with low...
Read MoreExon 1-targeting miRNA reduces the pathogenic exon 1 HTT protein in Huntington disease models.
Huntington disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by a trinucleotide repeat expansion in exon 1 of the huntingtin gene (HTT) resulting in toxic gain-of-function and cell death. Despite its monogenic cause, the...
Read MorePeripheral sequestration of huntingtin delays neuronal death and depends on N-terminal ubiquitination.
Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by a glutamine repeat expansion in the protein huntingtin. Mutated huntingtin (mHtt) forms aggregates whose impacts on neuronal survival are still debated. Using weeks-long, continual...
Read MoreMental health in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-sectional study.
The increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has placed a significant emotional and psychological burden on mothers. We explored the association between the severity of ASD symptoms in children and the mental...
Read MoreThe impact of synbiotic on serum sCD163/sTWEAK, paraoxonase 1, and lipoproteins in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized, triple-blind, controlled trial.
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Evidence suggests that alterations in the gut microbiome could play a role in cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure. The purpose of this study...
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WHO Declares Africa Mpox Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday made...
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Study Quantifies COVID-19-Linked Deficit in Arthroplasties in the U.K.
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19-induced deficit in arthroplasty...
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CDC: Overall ED Visit Rate 47 Visits Per 100 People in 2022
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In 2022, the emergency department visit rate was...
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Sacituzumab Govitecan Shows Promise in Advanced Endometrial Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with advanced endometrial cancer...
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CDC Warns of Resurgence of Parvovirus B19
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a health alert issued by the U.S. Centers for...
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Most Patients With MS Have No Risk for Relapse After COVID-19 Vaccination
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For most patients with multiple sclerosis (MS),...
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As Heat Waves Hit U.S., Poll Finds Most Can’t Locate Local Cooling Station
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s been a sweltering summer for much of...
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Routine Clinical Laboratory Measures Are Not Biomarkers of Long COVID
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Routine clinical laboratory values do not serve as...
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Reduction in Drug-Related Overdoses Associated With Unemployment Insurance
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Unemployment insurance (UI), operationalized as the...
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Substantial Disparities Seen in Cancer Cases, Deaths Among Men
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There are substantial disparities in cancer cases...
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Prevalence of Homebound 22 Percent in National Medicare Advantage Plan
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a national Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, the...
Read MoreThe effect of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on the distribution of fat tissue and skinfold thickness in adolescents from Kraków (Poland).
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the lifestyle and dietary habits of societies worldwide. The aim of the study was to assess changes in the distribution of fat tissue and skinfold thickness in adolescents (aged...
Read MoreDelayed definitive management of localized prostate cancer: what do we know?
Delays in the work-up and definitive management of patients with prostate cancer are common, with logistics of additional work-up after initial prostate biopsy, specialist referrals, and psychological reasons being the most...
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