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Reading, writing, and playing games delay Alzheimer’s by 5 years

Jul 21, 2021

A study has investigated the link between cognitively stimulating activity and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The results suggest that participating in activities, such as reading, writing, and playing games, could make the brain more resilient to the condition. The researchers say that older adults who participate in these activities could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s by 5 years. Alzheimer’s...

‘Aging clock’ uses AI to predict immune health, disease onset

Jul 19, 2021

A new biological clock relies on immune-related biomarkers to identify patterns and chronic inflammatory disease risk and immune system well-being. By analyzing blood samples from 1,001 individuals aged 8–96 years, the study established a relationship with the inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) to total disease, longevity, and immune deterioration. The iAge predicts multimorbidity — the accumulation of multiple...

How smartphone cameras may be used to detect anemia

Jul 16, 2021

Researchers have developed an algorithm that predicts anemia with an accuracy higher than 70%. Smartphone images of the inner eyelid make it possible to estimate blood hemoglobin concentration. A smartphone app could serve as a way to screen for anemia in those living in remote locations. Anemia affects more than 5%Trusted Source of people in the United States and about 25% of the global...

World War II’s Lesson for After the Pandemic

Jun 29, 2021

The U.S. needs another innovation dream team. O n june 14, 1940, the day the German army invaded and occupied Paris, a small group of scientists marched to the White House with grave news for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. U.S. military technology, they said, was utterly unprepared to take on the Axis powers. They urged the president to create a new agency—a dream team of techies and scientists—to help win the war....

We’re Not Ready for Another Pandemic

Jun 28, 2021

The next big plague is coming, and despite making progress on pandemic preparedness, the U.S. might still suffer mass casualties. Here’s why. Ominous pathogens seem to arrive every few years: SARS in 2003, swine flu in 2009, Ebola in 2014 , Zika in 2016 , COVID-19 in 2019 . The World Health Organization calls these viral threats “ Disease X ,” both to encourage policy makers to think...

The Fundamental Question of the Pandemic Is Shifting

Jun 11, 2021

During a pandemic, no one’s health is fully in their own hands. No field should understand that more deeply than public health, a discipline distinct from medicine. Whereas doctors and nurses treat sick individuals in front of them, public-health practitioners work to prevent sickness in entire populations. They are expected to think big. They know that infectious diseases are always collective problems because they are...

How Health Care In The U.S. May Change After COVID: An Optimist's Outlook

May 30, 2021

With more than one-third of U.S. adults now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there's growing optimism on many fronts. A majority of states have either lifted health-related restrictions or have announced target dates for doing so. Already, many clinicians and health policy experts are thinking about what the post-pandemic world will look like. COVID-19 demonstrated that even in a behemoth industry like health...

Almost no nursing home in America was safe from COVID-19, federal study finds

May 27, 2021

'In many cases there were real lapses of oversight,' says a director on GAO's health care team Months after it became painfully clear that older people were the most likely to die from COVID-19, poor infection control resulted in multiple, sustained outbreaks at the overwhelming majority of the nation’s nursing homes, according to reports from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Of the 50 states and District of...

COVID and Long Term Care: Proposed legislation would set standards of care for seniors in long-term care facilities

May 25, 2021

Mike Perry will not engage in the blame game over COVID-19 deaths among residents in America's nursing homes. Nor will many of his colleagues working in the industry exacerbated by the virus. "There were a lot of dynamics going on," said Perry, CEO of the WellBridge Group based in Brighton that operates 26 long-term care facilities in Michigan including Rochester Hills, Clarkston and South Lyon. - Advertisement - ...

MNT investigates: What is the role of genetic testing in lung cancer?

Apr 08, 2021

Genetic testing plays an integral part in diagnosing and treating lung cancer. Doctors use this type of testing to look for certain mutations. A person with a specific mutation may benefit from a targeted treatment. In this article, two experts in the field describe the use of genetic testing and its future in lung cancer treatment. What is genetic testing, and how does it work? Genetic testing looks...

Hackensack Meridian Health's Center for Discovery and Innovation Develops Advanced Test to Track and Diagnose COVID-19 Variants

Apr 05, 2021

New rapid high-throughput test detects E484K COVID-19 mutation in hospital and care settings across New Jersey NUTLEY, N.J., April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) have developed a high-throughput test that can detect multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in two-and-a-half hours, a major advance in tracking the virus and in treating...

Mar 26, 2021

As the global effort to produce vaccines that can curb the COVID-19 pandemic forges ahead, headlines continue to highlight development breakthroughs and safety concerns. This article summarizes the known side effects of the 13 authorized vaccines and provides insight into risks that researchers are still investigating. Currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines The table below gives an overview of the 13...

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