Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and…
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'I'm so grateful to be alive': What's like to survive a suicide attempt
If you haven’t experienced suicidal thoughts yourself, it can be difficult to understand what it is like to be in such intense pain that you…
David Harbour: Stranger Things actor on being sent to an ‘institution’ for mental health
David Harbour says he was 'diagnosed with bipolar disorder' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our…
How does hybrid immunity shape humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2?
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers illustrated that hybrid severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunity widens effective humoral signatures…
Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, according to…
Can Bone Density Scans Help Predict Dementia Risk?
Bone densitometry scans may be a novel, noninvasive, and scalable way to identify older women at risk of developing dementia, new research suggests. In an…
New method improves diagnosis of fatty liver disease—alcohol more common a cause than previously thought
It is important to know whether patients have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), as this distinction plays a key role…
Mental health patient directories rife with ‘phantom’ providers, researchers find
Amid a surge in demand for mental health care, a new report from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University finds almost six out of…
Some pre-existing mutant strains of virus causing COVID may resist Paxlovid
An analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants sequenced in a scientific database GISAID has found some mutant strains of the virus could resist the COVID-19 medication Paxlovid.…
Insulin is an extreme financial burden for over 14% of Americans who use it
Over 30 million Americans have diabetes, and more than 7 million of them require daily insulin. But the cost of the drug has risen considerably…