Australia's first-ever major outbreak of the viral disease Japanese encephalitis (JE) may be a consequence of climate change, according to some scientists. JE is caused by a flavivirus, which belon… [+4173 chars]
A new study has drawn attention to inaccurate measurement of LDL-cholesterol levels in some patients with current assays, which could lead to incorrect therapeutic approaches. The patient groups mos… [+5557 chars]
The question on everyone's mind is whether the U.S. will have an easy, COVID-free spring, or if we're in for a resurgence in cases as the BA.2 variant of Omicron becomes dominant. Public health offi… [+3479 chars]
Researchers in China found that eating more proteins in proper quantities could ensure absorption of different essential amino acids which may correlate with better nutritional status, microbiota ric… [+1401 chars]
Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:27 amPress Release: UN News The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to daily m… [+3235 chars]
As current therapies for Alzheimers disease focus on preventing cognitive decline and treating symptoms, rather than a cure, it is critical to determine amyloid pathology early in the Alzheimers dise… [+6041 chars]
Chupp hopes further studies will refine the treatment and better pinpoint which patients are ideal candidates for surgery. One barrier to treatment: Insurance companies may not cover the procedure b… [+753 chars]
Do you still feel debilitating fatigue after your COVID-19 illness? It might be COVID-19 fatigue syndrome. Fatigue is a common symptom of COVID-19, which usually resolves within 2 to 3 weeks. But if… [+6305 chars]
When Inger Heimdal started studying the coronavirus in children in 2014, not many people thought the topic sounded particularly exciting. Coronavirus was considered quite harmless and of little inte… [+6753 chars]
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers tested the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccine in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-C… [+5624 chars]
The team, comprised of specialists from the University of Cambridge, retrospectively examined the health record of around 30,000 patients from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Th… [+3416 chars]
Alzheimer's disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by toxic tangles of the protein tau. A study by researchers at Washington Un… [+4620 chars]
