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Saturday, 26 October 2024

Nation must prepare for COVID-19 related drug shortages

A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the nation’s current shortage of vitally needed medications, and how this dangerous situation is being made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors provide recommendations on how clinicians and institutions might address potential scarcities of essential…

Brazil during the 1918 flu epidemic

While the impact of the 1918 Spanish flu on the developed world has been extensively researched, a lot less is known about its health effects on the Global South. In a first-of-its-kind study, Professor of Business at Brandeis International Business School Aldo Musacchio and his colleagues have applied modern statistical…

Largest human heart bank advances understanding of heart failure

Australian researchers have made several new heart failure discoveries in an innovative world-first project examining cryo-preserved human hearts, procured after transplantation, in the Sydney Heart Bank. Scientists at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre and the Heart Research Institute studied the molecules in hearts removed at the time of…

Nearly 20% of People Have Used Bleach on Food Due to COVID-19

A recent survey finds a significant percentage of people are misusing cleaners and disinfectants to reduce COVID-19 risk, and this behavior has caused injuries. In one survey, more than half of respondents reported housecleaning or disinfecting more frequently compared to preceding months. Experts say cleaners and disinfectants can be very…

Researchers find potential treatment for Rett Syndrome

An experimental cancer drug can extend the life of mice with Rett Syndrome, a devastating genetic disorder that afflicts about one of every 10,000 to 15,000 girls within 6 to 18 months after birth, Yale researchers report June 10 in the journal Molecular Cell. In addition, the drug JQ1 also…