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(St. Louis) - A new study by investigators at the Shriners Hospital for Children St. Louis suggests the damaging effects of obesity are not due to body weight but rather come from something much smaller - biochemical signals released by fat cells.
The study focuses on the link between overweight or obesity and the development of osteoarthritis, a painful disease of the joints. The investigation was led by Dr. Farshid Guilak, director of the St. Louis Shriners Hospital Research Center.
Changing tiers, cross-border vaccines, contingency plans: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
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Montgomery: A state hotline for COVID-19 vaccination appointments has been overwhelmed with calls after Alabama announced Friday that the state will begin giving the shots to people 75 years old or older, as well as first responders, later this month. The Alabama Department of Public Health said Saturday that the telephone number received 1.1 million calls in the first day of being open to the public. The Health Department pleaded with people not to call unless they are in the eligible groups. “Due to the overwhelming amount of calls, our target population cannot get through to schedule their appointments,” the health department wrote in a social media post. The state health department said the free vaccinations can be made by appointment only. Eligible people can call the ADPH toll-free phone number at 1-855-566-5
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Streamlined interim heart failure guidance, including newer therapies and acknowledging the changes in care wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, was released by the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs) and SGLT2 inhibitors were added to the treatment algorithms for new-onset and chronic heart failure in this update to the ACC s 2017 expert consensus decision pathway (ECDP) for treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
The document was meant to serve as interim guidance while the ACC drafts more comprehensive heart failure guidelines, according to the writing group chaired by Thomas Maddox, MD, MSc, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $2.1 million four-year grant for cardiac optogenetics research led by Chao Zhou, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering.
Cardiac optogenetics allows researchers to control the opening and closing of ion channels, simulating different kinds of heart conditions, all the way down to cardiac arrest. The research team will be using this technique to help achieve regular beating in fruit fly hearts as part of a broader investigation into new, less damaging pacemaker options.
Zhao will work with Abhinav Diwan, MD, professor of medicine, of cell biology and physiology and of obstetrics and gynecology; Jeanne Nerbonne, professor of medicine and of developmental biology and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research; and Kenneth Schechtman, professor of biostatistics and of medicine, all at Washington University School of Medicine; as well as with rese
COVID-19 vaccination drive in India to start next week, confirms govt. Details here
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2,360 participants were trained during national level Training of Trainers which comprised state immunization officers, cold chain officers, IEC officials, development partners
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The Union government today announced that it will start the covid-19 vaccination drive in the country from 16 January.
In a high -level meeting attended by PM Narendra Modi, Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to PM, Health Secretary, and other senior officials the status of COVID-19 in the country along with the preparedness of the State/UTs for COVID vaccination were discussed.