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…
'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…