Israeli digital health companies raised $1 billion in the first half of 2021, exceeding the entire amount invested in all of 2020. This growth reflects the overwhelming interest in digital health investments since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Globally, $20 billion was invested in this sector in the first six months of 2021. Here are key […]

NANJING, China — Mothers who have diabetes before or during their pregnancy are more likely to have children who may develop eye problems, reveals a study. A team of international researchers analyzed the associations between maternal diabetes before or during pregnancy and the risk of high Refractive Error (RE): conditions in which the eye fails to properly focus […]

WASHINGTON — Delta variant was no less than a nightmare for many countries, but those who got vaccinated need no stress anymore! The delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 is not particularly good at evading antibodies generated by vaccination reveals a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings, published in the journal Immunity, help […]

WASHINGTON — Do reading clinical outpatient visit notes affect patients? A new study has assessed how patients with multiple chronic conditions perceived the benefits and risks of the increased transparency offered by open visit notes. The findings of the study were published in the ‘Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.’ As of April 2021, federal law requires US […]

PHILADELPHIA — Decades of research on dieting have been re-evaluated in a new study to redefine how researchers and the public define and understand dieting and weight-loss culture. The findings of the study were published in the journals “Appetite” and “Physiology and Behavior”. The research was conducted by Michael Lowe, Ph.D., a professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences. […]

MOSCOW — Russia on Aug. 18 announced that its one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 93.5 percent efficacy and high levels of safety against Covid-19 after use in Paraguay. “The one-shot Sputnik Light vaccine has proven to be highly effective against Covid among more than 320,000 subjects who had received the vaccine based on the data […]

WASHINGTON — Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing stops involuntarily for brief periods of time during sleep, is common in children and adolescents and may be associated with elevated blood pressure and changes in heart structure, as per a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.  The findings of the research were published in the […]

PANAJI, India — Business and tourism representative bodies of western Indian state Goa, on Aug. 17, urged the state’s chief minister Pramod Sawant to resume international charter flights to revive tourism.  Tourism, the most adversely affected sector during the Covid-19 pandemic, is one of Goa’s major revenue-generating industries. The tourism industry employs over 40 million skilled and […]

JERUSALEM — The human body has built-in physiological indicators that identify people at a heightened risk of psychological distress during events like the pandemic.   A new Bar-Ilan University study, published in the journal Psychophysiology, has revealed that physiological information collected from individuals long before the onset of Covid-19 can predict mental well-being during the pandemic. A […]

WASHINGTON — The implementation of shelter-in-place (stay-at-home) restrictions due to the pandemic have resulted in increased rates of physical and psychological aggression among couples, says a new study led by Georgia State University researchers. The findings of the study were published in the journal “Psychology of Violence.” The study titled “Intimate Partner Aggression During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations […]

Unlike humans in old age, cuttlefish can remember when and what happened to them even to the last days of life, a new study on their feeding habits has found. “Cuttlefish can remember what they ate, where and when, and use this to guide their feeding decisions in the future. What’s surprising is that they […]

LONDON — Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and University College London have shown that fetal membranes can repair themselves after injury. The study “Cx43 mediates changes in myofibroblast contraction and collagen release in human amniotic membrane defects after trauma” is published in the journal “Scientific Reports.” The fetal membranes integrity surrounding the baby in the womb during pregnancy […]

HONG KONG — An international research team led by scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a novel strategy using brain-wide genome-editing technology to reduce Alzheimer’s disease pathologies in genetically modified Alzheimer’s disease mouse models. This advanced technology offers immense potential to be translated into a novel long-acting therapeutic treatment […]

NEW DELHI — A new initiative by the Government of India in the form of a crowdfunding program to treat rare diseases with the help of a portal has received over 31 registrations in a week. “We don’t see rare diseases common in the general public,” said Sameer Sethi, president of the Indian Rett Syndrome Foundation […]