A Sandia National Laboratories researcher works on a miniaturized sensor system able to detect specific gases warning of an impending seizure. Credit: Craig Fritz In people with epilepsy, seizure-alert dogs…
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Cheap diabetes drug reduces risk of long COVID: study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for COVID-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long COVID, a US-based study said…
Blood biomarkers plus genomics shown to predict common disease risk more accurately than genomic information alone
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Identifying people at high risk of chronic disease means that they can be targeted with prevention measures before they become sick. Polygenic risk scores, where genomic…
Long COVID can impact fatigue and quality of life worse than some cancers, finds new study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fatigue is the symptom that most significantly impacts the daily lives of long COVID patients, and can affect quality of life more than some cancers, finds…
Pumping the brakes on autoimmune disease
This visualization shows BTLA being recognized by the antibody LY3361237. Credit: Carl Ware/Sanford Burnham Prebys Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys, collaborating with scientists from Eli Lilly and Company, have revealed…
The first line of vaccines was highly effective at restricting COVID-19’s damage
More than 70% of the world’s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Credit: Shutterstock After more than three years of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that…
Experts warn bird flu virus changing rapidly in largest ever outbreak
Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses. Credit: Public Domain The virus causing record cases of avian influenza in birds across the world is changing rapidly, experts…
Researchers discover new, more effective candidates for treatment of syphilis
Brandon Jutras and Kathryn Hayes found new candidates for the treatment of syphilis with several being more effective than the current treatment options. Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech.…
More than 1 in 6 unvaccinated people report health effects of COVID two years after confirmed infection
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around 1 in 6 unvaccinated individuals say they are still experiencing health effects of COVID-19 up to two years after infection, finds a study from Switzerland…
Medical row in France over unauthorised COVID trial
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorized’ clinical trial ever seen” into the use of hydroxychloroquine…
