Monthly Archives: August 2023

Doctors concerned over 3 respiratory viruses, including COVID, entering fall, winter

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — With summer ending, doctors are gearing up for what is expected to be a busy fall and winter with a convergence of three viruses. Three respiratory viruses are the most concerning right now. COVID hospitalizations are low but have increased for six weeks in a row and there’s a new variant labeled […]

Large proportion of Michigan’s C. jejuni infections are caused by antibiotic resistant strains

BYLINE: Matt Davenport Highlights: Research from Michigan State University has shown that more than 100 strains of Campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of foodborne illness, circulating in Michigan are resistant to at least one antibiotic. Working with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the MSU team isolated the strains from patients in Michigan […]

Masks Are Coming Back as COVID-19 Numbers Rise

For the sixth week in a row, hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have crept upwards. The latest tracking from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that hospital admissions have climbed by nearly 19 percent during the week ending August 19. At the beginning of June, the weekly share of COVID-19 tests coming back […]

Empagliflozin is associated with lower cardiovascular risk compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in adults with and without cardiovascular disease: EMPagliflozin compaRative effectIveness and SafEty (EMPRISE) study results from Europe and Asia

The methods used in this study including outcomes and analyses are described in detail in the full study protocol registered in the EU PAS Register (EUPAS27606) [16]. Data sources The data for this retrospective cohort study was obtained from electronically recorded longitudinal data sources in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, […]

Profiling of repetitive RNA sequences in the blood plasma of patients with cancer

Abstract Liquid biopsies provide a means for the profiling of cell-free RNAs secreted by cells throughout the body. Although well-annotated coding and non-coding transcripts in blood are readily detectable and can serve as biomarkers of disease, the overall diagnostic utility of the cell-free transcriptome remains unclear. Here we show that RNAs derived from transposable elements […]

The Global Cardiovascular and Soft Tissue Repair Patches Market is forecasted to grow by USD 1824.22 mn during 2022-2027, accelerating at a CAGR of 7.95% during the forecast period

New York, Aug. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Global Cardiovascular and Soft Tissue Repair Patches Market 2023-2027” – https://www.reportlinker.com/p06487283/?utm_source=GNW The report on the cardiovascular and soft tissue repair patches market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis […]

Continuous blood monitor for use during cardiopulmonary bypass gains FDA 510(k) clearance

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Racial/ethnic disparities in PM2.5-attributable cardiovascular mortality burden in the United States

Abstract Average ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations have decreased in the US in recent years, but the health benefits of this improvement among different racial/ethnic groups are unknown. We estimate the associations between long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and cause-specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rate and assess the PM2.5-attributable CVD deaths by race/ethnicity across […]

Skin-Like Microfiber Grating Gauges Cardiovascular Wellness

NANJING, China, Aug. 31, 2023 — According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people die annually due to cardiovascular diseases. Soft wearable devices are well suited for monitoring physiological signals from electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, and pulse wave. Advantages of these types of devices include real-time operation capability, skin-like mechanical properties, and high signal-to-noise sensing capability. […]

Trends in microbiological epidemiology of orthopedic infections: a large retrospective study from 2008 to 2021

This single-center retrospective study provides information about the changes in the prevalence of pathogens and the distribution of pathogens among different types of orthopedic infections. This study also highlights the antimicrobial susceptibility characteristics of the main pathogens in orthopedic infections over the past 14 years and thus provides a basis for refining the choices of empirical […]