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This month, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) takes a look at Macy, an adorable two-year-old Golden Retriever, who let her curious side get the better of her. It was a beautiful fall Saturday when Macy suddenly became quite ill. Her pet parent noticed that she was lethargic, drooling and had developed some watery […]
In light of frequent false positives, a team of Canadian researchers has shown that rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 work only when manufacturer instructions are followed. The research is published this week in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The impetus for a study to demonstrate the putatively obvious was that […]
This summer the ASPCA gave a helping hoof to a special group of horses after their owner passed away. The previous owner’s family wasn’t sure where to turn for help until connecting with the ASPCA. It didn’t take long for the small herd of horses, which included a bay mare who was later named Juni, […]
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. At present, these podcast episodes are highlighting research and patient care on the Washington University Medical Campus as our scientists and clinicians confront the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has killed more than 5 million people around the world, with more than 740,000 dead […]
Pensioner, 72, who collapsed was left lying on his own floor for FIVE HOURS while waiting for an NHS ambulance Leon Moody, 72, said he has ‘lost faith in the health service’ after he fell at home His son had to ring 999 more than three times before the ambulance arrived He was put through […]
Socioeconomic barriers unique to women, including inadequate access to contraception, postpartum follow-up and maternity leave set women’s cardiovascular health back early in life and can result in heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death in at-risk populations later in life, according to a review paper from the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee […]
A retrospective study led by Northwestern Medicine investigators found that the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy drug tisagenlecleucel demonstrated safety and efficacy in pediatric patients with relapsed and refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-cell ALL), even when the drug doesn’t meet the FDA’s strict manufacturing standards. The findings, published in Blood, may help widen […]
Americans who get seriously ill from COVID-19 in 2021 might have to pay thousands of dollars in bills from their hospitals, doctors and ambulance companies, a new study suggests. The new University of Michigan analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, has implications for both policymakers and people who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated, as well as […]
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations that could lead to new ways of treating pain or even heart disease. Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian identified receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure. Their work […]
A new imaging technique for the detection of MALT lymphomas, malignant tumors of the lymphatic system, could probably save patients numerous gastroscopies. A study group of MedUni Wien achieved a high imaging accuracy by way of PET/MR and by using a PET Tracer directed against a certain cell receptor. The results are currently published in […]