Study examines COVID-19 among patients receiving home dialysis
Individuals with kidney failure who receive dialysis treatments in clinics (called in-center dialysis) are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, with death rates reported at over 20% in...
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Immune responses after COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant and dialysis patients
A new study reveals the extent to which kidney transplant recipients and individuals with kidney failure who are on dialysis mount immune responses—which include the production...
Creating a needle-free COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccines are mostly synonymous with needles, an efficient and effective way to provide immunity to myriad infections. As COVID-19 vaccination efforts roll out across the U.S....
Newborns on ventilators can now be better protected from a common breathing tube incident
If a newborn is moved or becomes agitated while on a ventilator, the breathing tube also could move. Just a few seconds with the tube in...
Understanding gut inflammation may hold clues to mitigating Parkinson’s onset
Chronic inflammation in the gut may propel processes in the body that give rise to Parkinson’s disease, according to a study by scientists at Van Andel...
Disparities in treatment persist for people with headache
Disparities exist in the treatment of people with headache disorders because of race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and geography, according to a review article published in...
There’s a new Alzheimer’s drug, so what’s the problem? A doctor explains.
After years of disappointing studies of potential treatments for the more than 6 million people living with Alzheimer’s disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently...
Hotel COVID quarantines to be lifted for most vaccinated travellers to Canada
Mandatory hotel quarantines will be lifted for fully vaccinated incoming Canadian travellers as early as next month, officials announced Wednesday as COVID-19 cases have started trending...
US ‘to buy 500 mn doses for world’ as curbs ease in Europe
The United States is set to buy 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to distribute around the world, media reported Wednesday, as France and Belgium relaxed virus...
Artificial intelligence predicts brain age from EEG signals recorded during sleep studies
A study shows that a deep neural network model can accurately predict the brain age of healthy patients based on electroencephalogram data recorded during an overnight...
