Johns Hopkins researchers looking to develop a long-acting, injectable malaria preventive using atovaquone have shown in a new study that resistance may not be the challenge scientists thought it was, particularly when using atovaquone as a malaria preventive. Malaria parasites in infected patients being treated with atovaquone tend to develop a resistance to the drug. Because of this, atovaquone by […]

Researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) have uncovered why C. diff (also known as Clostridioides difficile or C. difficile) infection has developed resistance to the antibiotic metronidazole. C. diff is a bacterium that infects the colon and causes diarrhea and colitis, or inflammation of the colon. It causes almost half a million infections in […]

In mammals, including humans, scar tissue forms after injury to the spinal cord as part of the healing process. In mammals, however, this has a serious drawback: the scar tissue cannot be penetrated by regrowing nerves. As a result, severed nerves cannot regenerate. In the case of spinal cord injury, this leads to permanent paralysis. In previous studies, Daniel Wehner […]

While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring in Appalachian Kentucky—a steady increase. The death rate from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky is now twice that of the national rate. A team of cancer population scientists from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center and the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer […]

Women who gain more than the recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy have a higher risk of death from heart disease or diabetes in the decades that follow. That’s according to a study completed at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published in The Lancet. In their study, researchers analyzed health information for more than […]

To diagnose and solve pediatric diseases, Children’s Mercy Kansas City’s has been performing whole-genome sequencing tests. Recently the hospital announced that it is the first healthcare organization to bring genetic testing bedside, says Dr. Tomi Pastinen, director of Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine. Meanwhile, the cost of genetic and genomic testing has been coming down with its role in the standard of care for […]

What is long Covid and what are the known symptoms? Once you’ve battled the initial Covid infection, leaving pesky symptoms like sore throat behind, you might feel a sense of relief. However, you might not be out of the woods yet. Research indicates that around 10 to 20 percent of people infected by coronavirus may go on to develop persisting […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved tirzepatide for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight. Eli Lilly & Company will market tirzepatide injections for weight management under the trade name Zepbound. It was approved in May 2022 for treating type 2 diabetes. The new indication is for adults with either obesity, defined as a body […]

Areas where up to HALF of children are ‘fat’ before they start secondary school MAPPED… so is yours one of them? Obesity levels in children in England have fallen for the second year in a row  But one in 10 are still obese by the time they enter Reception in primary school  *** Has your child wrongly been told they are […]

The main transmission routes identified initially for the novel coronavirus infection were droplet and contact transmission. Airborne transmission by aerosol particles was eventually identified as one of the most likely transmission routes. Especially with the relaxation of behavioral restrictions, infections continued to prevail, making prevention and risk reduction during public transportation a major challenge. In this study, researchers identified the […]