For people seeing a neurologist, their age, race, ethnicity and neighborhood may play a role in whether they do so in person or virtually, via telemedicine, according to a study published in the November 20, 2024, online issue of Neurology庐 Clinical Practice , an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Health System to serve as a lead core enrollment site for diverse, national health database
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts. Using a mouse model, the researchers showed thatTrypanosoma brucei essentially plays a game of hide-and-seek by setting up shop in its hosts鈥� tissues, allowing it to constantly change its protective surface coat and evade antibodies.
A Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty member has been awarded a total of $2.3 million by the National Institute on Aging of the National institutes of Health for two new, concurrent projects that both address questions related to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, a progressive, age-related degenerative brain disease characterized by memory problems, impaired judgment, cognitive issues and changes in personality.
As an early career researcher, it鈥檚 understandable to view the process of securing funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as daunting. That鈥檚 exactly why the Research Success Teams (RST) program at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles was created.
An experimental therapeutic monoclonal antibody therapy could become the first to directly enhance tissue repair in the heart following a heart attack.
Setting out to prove that movement indeed is medicine for older adults with chronic knee and hip pain, Wake Forest University researchers have received a $5.7 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a five-year study.
In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a study published in the October 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology庐, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded grants to six Yale researchers who are conducting exceptional and creative research with the potential to transform biomedical science.
Expanded treatment options, increased naloxone distribution and targeted education campaigns likely led to a 37% reduction in overdose deaths from opioids combined with stimulant drugs other than cocaine, according to the results of a large federally funded study.
New research led by Florida State University College of Medicine faculty quantified the association between loneliness and dementia by analyzing data from more than 600,000 people around the world 鈥� the largest study of its kind. The meta-analysis of 21 longitudinal studies showed that experiencing feelings of loneliness increased the risk of developing dementia by 31%.
Researchers at Michigan Medicine have developed a composite hydrogel capable of achieving sustained, steady drug release using ultrasound as a trigger.
Symptoms progression of Rett syndrome are different in females than males. A new MIND Institute study shows why it is important to understand these differences to develop better treatments.
With time being of the essence for patients facing one of cancer's most dire complications, UCLA researchers are working to create a new test to detect cancer鈥檚 spread to the central nervous system on the same day as the doctor鈥檚 visit.
Teal Health, a woman-led company on a mission to get all women and people with a cervix in the US screened for cervical cancer, has been awarded a $1.68 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II Grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Updated results from a phase 3 clinical trial are expected to change the way advanced stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is treated. Details appear in a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Drs. Kara Kelly of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sharon Castellino of Children鈥檚 Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine/Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University served as pediatric leads of this important trial in children and adults with lymphoma.
Three researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have received highly competitive and prestigious NIH Director鈥檚 awards, totaling $10 million in 鈥淗igh Risk, High Reward鈥� medical research funding to be used over the next five years.
Cleveland: A history of COVID-19 can double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death according to new research led by Cleveland Clinic and the University of Southern California. The study found that people with any type of COVID-19 infection were twice as likely to have a major cardiac event, such as heart attack, stroke or even death, for up to three years after diagnosis.
New research from the Salvino lab identifies novel series of MPro inhibitors
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