The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report outlining how it develops its public health and clinical guidelines. “Standards Required for the Development of CDC Evidence-Based Guidelines” was released in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The information in the report isn’t new, but Vilma Carande-Kulis, the report’s lead author, said in…
How Does the CDC Develop Its Guidelines? a New Report Sheds Some Light
Can Inspiratory Muscle Training Help Patients Recover From Surgery and ICU Treatment for Covid-19?
February 11, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the topic of respiratory rehabilitation to the forefront of patient management. In this blog Dawn Phillips and Dr Maria Pufulete look at why breathing exercises are in demand, who benefits, and how their potential benefit is being tested in patients undergoing surgery in the INSPIRE study, funded by the National Institute for…
Children ‘Struggle to Recognize Masked Faces:’ Study
February 9, 2022
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Children have difficulty recognizing people who are wearing masks, according to a new study. Researchers had children complete a face memory test for kids called the CFMT-K and found that there was a significant difference between children studying unmasked faces and masked faces. “The main findings from this paper are that children struggle to recognize masked…
Decades-Old Drug May Help Protect Against Severe COVID-19 Symptoms: Study
February 9, 2022
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A drug that was approved by U.S. regulators more than 70 years ago may help protect against two major COVID-19 symptoms, according to a new study. Disulfiram, approved to treat alcoholism, protected rodents infected with COVID-19 from lung injury in the preclinical study done by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Certain…
Brain Inflammation Underlies Chronic Depression
Traditional treatment for chronic depression typically involves medications that impact brain neurotransmitters — brain chemicals responsible for mood, motivation, behavior, and mental activity. However, many patients with depression do not respond well to pharmaceutical treatment or natural remedies such as 5-HTP or Saint John’s Wort. While the conventional medical model insists on sticking with these…
Deer in NY Infected With COVID-19 Omicron Variant: Study
A new study found that white-tailed deer on Staten Island, New York, were infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant, triggering concerns that the variant could spread via animals. The study, which is in preprint and was published on the BioxRiv website, was carried out on Staten Island between Dec. 12, 2021, and Jan. 31, 2022. They…
Paralyzed Man Walks Again With Innovative Spinal Implant That Mimics the Brain
February 8, 2022
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A man paralyzed for over two years has now gained the ability to walk again owing to a breakthrough Swiss treatment that reactivated his muscles by inserting a spinal cord implant and attaching electrodes to individual nerve fibers. Michael Roccati was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2017, which left his lower half completely paralyzed….
4 ‘Cryptic’ Sars-Cov-2 Variants Lurk in NYC Sewers
Researchers have detected at least four “cryptic” variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in samples of wastewater from New York City’s public sewer system. The latest COVID variants have spread like wildfire across the globe in recent months, leading many scientists to wonder when the next variant will appear. The new research may…
Expectant Fathers Influence a Child’s Development Prenatally
An overview of 50 years of research at the University of Southern California on how fathers influence children’s development during pregnancy has made several recommendations for public health services: Consider fathers’ health behaviors as well as mothers’, Assess and treat fathers’ mental health as well as mothers’, Treat family stress and attend to the couple’s…
First Patients Treated With Experimental Therapy Remained in Remission 10 Years Later: Study
February 5, 2022
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Researchers of a new study say that two patients with leukemia continued to be in remission a decade after they were first infused with the experimental CAR T-cell therapy that turned their immune cells into cancer-killing cells. In 2010, Doug Olson and Bill Ludwig, participated in an experimental phase 1 clinical trial of the immunotherapy,…
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