Doctors call on health organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine, authors from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health,...
A common, usually harmless group of bacteria linked to higher death rates in kidney patients
(From left) Wendy Bolag, Ph.D., and Stephanie Baer, M.D. By Michael Holohan, Augusta University A large group of bacteria found in our soil, our water...
What’s behind the alarming RSV surge in US children’s hospitals?
by Carla K. Johnson This 1981 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an electron micrograph of respiratory syncytial virus,...
Research shows that allergist care reduces health care costs for children with peanut allergies
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Allergist care is associated with lower overall health care costs for US children with peanut allergies, a new study shows. In...
Reducing noise in the operating room improves children’s behavior after surgery, research shows
Credit: CC0 Public Domain According to research presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Anesthesiology, reducing noise levels in the operating room (OR) can have...
Outbreaks of COVID-19 have been linked to a surge in heart attacks
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new data analysis by the Smith Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that heart attack deaths have increased significantly during pandemic...
A significant number of elderly people rely on non-functioning public transport systems to get to the doctor
Credit: CC0 Public Domain According to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), about 1 in 10 seniors...
Research looks into the brain during sleep to show how memory is stored
MRI showing placement of medial temporal electrodes in a representative patient (P1) in the sagittal and coronal planes. Author: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of...
Gestational exposure to flame retardants alters brain development in rats
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study from North Carolina State University shows that in utero exposure to the flame retardant FireMaster 550 (FM 550)...
A new study identifies a unique type of microglia associated with stroke in the I/R-injured brain
Peroxiredoxin1 (Prdx1) is required for SAM activation after stroke injury. (Left) UMAP plots showing clusters and annotations of cells detected in Prdx1+/+ and Prdx1−/− IL...