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Investigators seek material evidence to arrest COVID-19 inflammation Investigators seek material evidence to arrest COVID-19 inflammation Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Like veteran detectives investigating a crime scene, a team of expert biophysicists and neutron researchers has been called in to assist in a scientific case. Their task is to …

American College of Cardiology’s CardioSmart infographic urges patients to call 911 if they’re having a heart attack or stroke. Credit: American College of Cardiology Through its CardioSmart patient initiative, the American College of Cardiology has issued guidance to encourage patients experiencing a heart attack or stroke to call 911. While …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study has found young people are leaving it ‘too late’ to seek help for eating disorders, citing fear of losing control over their eating or weight, denial, and failure to perceive the severity of the illness as reasons not to get professional advice. The …

The small blue and yellow sites in the center left are the amino acid targets on the protein. The computer models test whether drugs and small molecules fit these sites to determine which compounds could be used to combat the virus. Credit: University of Louisville The novel coronavirus may have …

UCF Professor of Medicine Griffith Parks is working with Engineering Professor Sudipta Seal are combining medicine and nanotechnology to help against the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: UCF College of Medicine Masks that protect doctors and nurses from COVID-19 only block the virus before it reaches their faces, but UCF researchers are …

(HealthDay)—More than 10,000 uninsured patients in Texas sought hemodialysis in emergency departments in 2017, according to a research letter published online Feb. 19 in JAMA Network Open. Julianna West, from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and colleagues used the 2017 Texas Emergency Department Data Set to …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The genetic code of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is only about 30,000 characters long, but what a story it tells. Those nucleotides conceal secrets of the virus’ past, including its origins, its passage among families and its journey to distant ports. They signal how long …

In this Nov. 14, 2019, photo, students walk on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems. That’s according to an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities. …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Veronica Merrill decided to undergo stomach surgery for weight loss, she found two options: pay $12,000 at home in the United States, or have it done in Mexico for $4,000. She packed her suitcase. Her insurance would only cover the operation if she was morbidly …

Calling emergency services is an integral part of overdose response training. This step may be even more important in the setting of rapidly-progressing overdoses from fentanyl. New research from Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction found, however, that community members responding to an overdose with naloxone are more likely …