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In early trial, an ancient drug shows promise against severe COVID-19 In early trial, an ancient drug shows promise against severe COVID-19 There’s new evidence that a 2,000-year-old medicine might offer hope against a modern scourge: COVID-19. The medication, called colchicine, is an anti-inflammatory taken as a pill. It’s long …

Study shows how elite female athletes’ hearts adapt to physical activity Study shows how elite female athletes’ hearts adapt to physical activity Credit: CC0 Public Domain The first-ever cardiac study of elite female basketball players in the United States shows how their hearts adapt to intense physical training. The study …

Role-play shows which expectant dads will thrive as new fathers Role-play shows which expectant dads will thrive as new fathers Doll used in role-play for this study. Credit: The Ohio State University A five-minute role-play done with men before the birth of their first child predicted the quality of their …

Study shows new way of identifying tumor response to immunotherapy Study shows new way of identifying tumor response to immunotherapy Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at City of Hope, working in collaboration with researchers at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and other colleagues across the country, have found that the …

UMN report shows sexually transmitted infections continue to rise among MN youth UMN report shows sexually transmitted infections continue to rise among MN youth Credit: CC0 Public Domain While pregnancy and birth rates continue to decline to historic lows for 15 to 19-year-olds, Minnesota youth are contracting sexually transmitted infections …

Survey shows global urological services have been significantly deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic Survey shows global urological services have been significantly deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) has recently conducted a global survey to …

Repurposed drug shows promise for treating COVID-19 inflammation Repurposed drug shows promise for treating COVID-19 inflammation This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML Yale clinicians …

Study shows sedentary behavior independently predicts cancer mortality Study shows sedentary behavior independently predicts cancer mortality Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the first study to look at objective measures of sedentary behavior and cancer mortality, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that greater inactivity was …

Novel antisense drug shows promise in slowing fatty liver disease Novel antisense drug shows promise in slowing fatty liver disease Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using a first-of-its-class drug in a clinical trial, an international research effort headed by a scientist at University of California San Diego School of Medicine reports …

Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clinical trial Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clinical trial Credit: CC0 Public Domain In its first randomized clinical trial, a drug that targets a protein needed by cancer cells to maintain …