Summer is one of the most anticipated seasons of the year. With kids out of school, many families use this time to go on vacation to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather. However, people aren’t […]
Category: Health & Medicine
What Can the Body’s Response to COVID-19 Infection Teach Us About the Immune System?
What insights can be gleaned from individual immune responses in these first few days following infection that tell us about their immune protection against infection up to a year after being diagnosed with COVID? To learn more, the Drexel News Blog checked in with Elias El Haddad, PhD, a professor in Drexel University’s College of Medicine.
What’s in Your Bag? For a Sideline Doctor, It’s More Than You Think
In a recent article in Current Sports Medicine, lead author Moira Davenport, MD, a clinical professor of emergency medicine at Drexel University’s Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh) campus, and colleagues, detailed the many considerations needed for sideline medical bag preparation.
Q&A: Could a Lyme Vaccine Protect During Warm Tick Seasons?
For Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Drexel News Blog checked in with Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology, and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Drexel University’s College of Medicine about his experience researching Lyme disease and his thoughts on the prospects of a new Lyme vaccine.
Q+A: Why Are Peptides Becoming More Popular and Are They Safe?
The Drexel News Blog checked in with Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, ScD, MD, DrPH, a distinguished university professor and dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, who has studied peptide therapies for treatment and prevention of cancer, to ask him about the potential for peptides and possible safety risks.
Q+A: A New COVID Variant is Spreading Across the United States. Should We Be Concerned?
A new COVID “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization known as BA.3.2 is circulating across the United States. Here to sort out the latest on the new variant, including whether we should be concerned about its ability to evade immunity from previous vaccination and/or previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, is Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology in Drexel’s College of Medicine.
Q+A: Do Nicotine Pouches Really Help Smokers Quit?
Indeed, many brands have touted pouches as a way for smokers to quit over the past few years, but recently published data in the journal Tobacco Control from researchers at the Dornsife School of Public Health and the National Institutes of Health suggest it’s not a particularly effective way of doing so.
Q&A: Our Region Is Battling a Bird Flu Outbreak. Should We Be Worried?
Concern about bird flu seems to be growing steadily locally and nationally. Here to sort out what we know, and steps to minimize health risks, is Thersa Sweet, PhD, a teaching professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health.
Q+A:Telehealth May Help Bridge the Gap in Mental Health for Medical Students
As the college’s growing landscape creates more varied clinical opportunities for students, this expansion presents a challenge: how do you ensure students have vital mental health resources when they’re many miles away from campus?
Q+A: How Can Feeling in Control Foster Healthy Aging Among Adult Cancer Survivors?
Having control over your own health through access to medical appointments, healthy foods, clean air and water, among other resources indeed fosters better health. It’s equally understandable that when an individual doesn’t have these, they are at risk for worse health. But simply believing that you don’t have control over your health could actually compound these problems, according to a recently published study from Drexel University researchers in the journal Psychology, Health & Medicine.