The virus that causes COVID-19 can develop partial resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir during infection of cultured cells in the laboratory by more than one mechanism.   The results of the laboratory study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and published in the journal Science Translational Medicine support the importance of monitoring for resistance and its mechanisms, tracking […]

Skin biopsies are no fun: Doctors carve away small lumps of tissue for laboratory testing, leaving patients with painful wounds that can take weeks to heal. That’s a price worth paying if it enables early cancer treatment. However, in recent years, xarelto vs plavix aggressive diagnostic efforts have seen the number of biopsies grow around four times faster than the […]

An analysis of more than 400 singers who sought treatment at UT Southwestern Medical Center for vocal injuries provides a wealth of data on a topic that’s often considered taboo to discuss in the singing community. The findings, published in The Laryngoscope, show that only 1 in 7 subsequently needed surgery for injuries that weren’t resolved with vocal therapy and […]

One of the first national studies to measure long-term patient outcomes following a heart attack has found positive overall trends, but those benefits do not extend to low-income and Black communities, according to a new study published May 4 in the journal JAMA Cardiology. For the study, senior author Dr. Harlan Krumholz, the Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine […]

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’ daughter Willa is slowly but surely figuring out that she’s going to be a big sister — and the journey is extremely adorable. Turner opened up about the one-year-old figuring out that her mom is expecting another child in a recent interview with ELLE. “I’ll point to my stomach and say, ‘What’s in there?’ And […]

People who require hospitalization for COVID-19 develop lingering cognitive problems similar to what you’d expect if they’d aged 20 years. That’s according to a new study conducted in the United Kingdom and published online on April 28 in the journal eClinicalMedicine. The research is somewhat limited in that it included fewer than 50 COVID-19 patients, but it adds to the […]

Just one in 20 adults in England follow NHS exercise advice, study finds Researchers found ‘startlingly small’ five per cent doing recommended exercise Adults are supposed to work out for at least two-and-a-half hours per week This includes two bouts of activity that increase or maintain muscle strength Just one in 20 adults in England get their recommended amount of exercise, […]

Many physician assistants (PAs) are employed in dermatology, with a larger annual increase seen for PAs in dermatology versus other specialties, according to a research letter published online May 4 in JAMA Dermatology. Justin D. Arnold, M.D., from the University of California in Irvine, and colleagues characterized the dermatology PA workforce in a cross-sectional study using deidentified longitudinal data from […]

A study led by researchers from the Division of Health Economics, Policy and Management of the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) found that strengthened road safety policies were associated with reductions in road traffic injuries and drunk-driving while taxes on beer and wine were eliminated in 2008. The study also […]

<img class="aligncenter" src="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2022/protein-contributes-to.jpg" alt="Protein contributes to drug tolerance in tuberculosis" title="CinA mediates intrinsic isoniazid tolerance. a) Bacteria were starved in PBS for 14 days and then exposed to isoniazid (INH, 0.5 µg/ml), rifampicin (RIF, 1 µg/ml), or an equal amount of DMSO for 7 days and cultured for CFU enumeration. Data are means ± SD of triplicate cultures and are representative of two independent […]