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Review and case study illustrates the challenges of monkeypox - News-Medical.Net

With the onset of a monkeypox epidemic in various parts of the developed world, international attention has been focused on this disease. A new paper published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease reviews the history of this disease in and outside Africa, with special reference to its clinical difficulties.
news-medical.net     Jun 27, 2022

Rensselaer researchers develop a way to make N95 face masks as germ killers

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have developed an accessible way to make N95 face masks not only effective barriers to germs, but on-contact germ killers. The antiviral, antibacterial masks can potentially be worn longer, causing less plastic waste as the masks do not need to be replaced as frequently.
news-medical.net     Jun 27, 2022

Study finds higher risk of premature death among patients with pediatric onset immune-mediated inflammatory disease - News-Medical.Net

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Patients with a pediatric onset immune-mediated inflammatory disease (pIMID) have a significantly higher risk of premature death, according to new research being presented today at the 54th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN).
news-medical.net     Jun 26, 2022

Study: Many adolescents reported worsened or new-onset headaches during the COVID-19 pandemic - News-Medical.Net

Over one-third of schoolchildren who received online lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic reported a worsening of headache symptoms or new-onset headaches, a study presented today at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2022 has found.
news-medical.net     Jun 26, 2022

New method to disrupt spiral waves may be a less painful way to defibrillate hearts - News-Medical.Net

A spiral wave of electrical activity in the heart can cause catastrophic consequences. One spiral wave creates tachycardia -; a heart rate that's too fast -; and multiple spirals cause a state of disorganized contraction known as fibrillation. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology offer a new method to disrupt spiral waves that uses less energy and that may be less painful than traditional defibrillation.
news-medical.net     Jun 26, 2022

Arsenic in private well water associated with low birthweight babies

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In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and collaborating institutions estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and compared estimates to documented birth outcomes. They found an association between estimated groundwater arsenic concentration and risk of low birth weight.
news-medical.net     Jun 26, 2022