25 Fruits That Are “Superfood” Healthy
Fruit is packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and plant compounds called phytonutrients. As such, it’s one of the healthiest foods you can eat. Some fruits are even considered “superfoods” [...]
Targeting Breast Cancer Cells and Leaving Healthy Cells Unscathed
Cytotoxic drugs or cytostatics are drugs used to destroy cancer cells. Cytotoxic drugs inhibit cell division and in this way cause cancer cells to die. But current treatments [...]
Microbial secrets of sourdough
The Covid-19 pandemic has tightened our social circles and narrowed the scope of our lives in ways no one imagined just a year ago. But the lockdown also [...]
Advances in understanding and reducing the burden of severe asthma in children
Summary Severe asthma in children is rare, accounting for only a small proportion of childhood asthma. After addressing modifiable factors such as adherence to treatment, comorbidities, and adverse [...]
The genetics of asthma and the promise of genomics-guided drug target discovery
Summary Asthma is an inflammatory airway disease that is estimated to affect 339 million people globally. The symptoms of about 5–10% of patients with asthma are not adequately [...]
The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues
The role of sex in the human transcriptome In humans, the inheritance of the XX or XY set of sex chromosomes is responsible for most individuals developing into adults [...]
Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno [...]
Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19–Related Concerns — United States, June 2020
What is already known about this topic? Delayed or avoided medical care might increase morbidity and mortality associated with both chronic and acute health conditions. What is added by this [...]
WHO says sepsis causes 20% of global deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday released its first report on the global epidemiology and burden of sepsis, estimating that the life-threatening reaction to infection causes 1 in 5 [...]
COVID vaccine prep continues as Trump admits he downplayed virus
Despite public wariness of a potential COVID-19 vaccine and AstraZeneca's pause of a phase 3 trial of its vaccine candidate yesterday, the US government continues to roll out [...]
Global COVID-19 surges on amid push for more support
As the pandemic total approached 29 million cases, World Health Organization (WHO) officials today warned that a global effort to speed the development of new drugs, vaccines, and [...]
Another possible COVID complication: ‘Punctured lung’
As many as 1 in 100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients may experience a pneumothorax, or punctured lung, according to a multicenter observational case series published yesterday in the European Respiratory Journal. Pneumothorax usually [...]
