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Physicians with more patient complaints also more likely to receive industry payments
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators report that physicians who attract more unsolicited patient complaints also tend to accept larger nonresearch payments from ...
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New insights into how the visual system synchronizes visual information
The human brain builds mental representations of the world based on the signals and information detected via the human senses. While we perceive simultaneously occurring sensory stimuli as being synchronized, the generation ...
Wearable blood pressure monitor attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a wearable electronic device that attaches to the skin like a bandage and enables real-time, continuous monitoring of blood pressure ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Study confirms long-term benefit of implant for blinding eye disease
For people with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), an orphan retinal disorder that gradually destroys central vision, there have long been no approved treatment options. But now, a new study sponsored by Neurotech Pharmaceuticals ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Targeting sleeping tumor cells: Oncogene location may determine neuroblastoma's resistance to cancer therapy
Neuroblastoma can be a particularly insidious cancer. In about half of all cases, tumors regress, even without therapy. In the other half, tumors grow very quickly. These tumors often respond well to chemotherapy at first, ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Mobile phone app reduces suicidal behavior among high-risk patients, new study shows
A mobile phone app designed to deliver suicide-specific therapy reduced suicidal behavior among high-risk psychiatric inpatients, according to a new study by scientists at Yale School of Medicine and The Ohio State University ...
Aug 8, 2025
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How sex-based differences shape immune responses and disease risks
Many diseases affect men and women differently. Asthma tends to strike men earlier in life, yet more women develop asthma as they get older. Parkinson's is more common in men, but Alzheimer's is more common in women.
Aug 8, 2025
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Overlooked microproteins could treat obesity and metabolic disorders
The obesity rate has more than doubled in the last 30 years, affecting more than one billion people worldwide. This prevalent condition is also linked to other metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Universal vaccine design pipeline could protect against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and more
Most vaccines are designed to provide immunity against just one pathogen. Vaccines for chicken pox (caused by varicella-zoster virus) were only developed to fight that one disease, for example.
Aug 8, 2025
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Blood test for multiple myeloma offers alternative to bone marrow biopsies
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions. The new method, known as SWIFT-seq, utilizes ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Hope for Strep A vaccine: Scientists identify antibodies that protect children from infection
Scientists have discovered how some children develop natural immunity to a bacterial infection, a vital breakthrough which could help develop vaccines to save up to half a million lives globally each year.
Aug 8, 2025
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Toe transfer surgery may improve outcomes after finger amputation
For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand function and other key outcomes, reports a study ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Genomics-guided tool helps guide immunotherapy choices for advanced kidney cancers
A study led by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center helps explain why a rare and hyper-aggressive subtype of kidney cancer is susceptible to immunotherapy—information that helped researchers create a first-of-its-kind ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Study shows people overestimate hill steepness based on their eye level
People's perceptions of the world are easily impacted by the angle at which they view objects in it, suggests a new study.
Aug 8, 2025
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'A tipping point': Expert gives update from frontiers of Alzheimer's disease research
One-third of people older than 85 in the United States are estimated to live with Alzheimer's disease today, according to the National Institute on Aging. The condition's characteristic long, slow decline places an enormous ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Multicenter trial confirms near-infrared autofluorescence increases detection of parathyroid glands
A team led by Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center biomedical engineers and surgeons has published results of a large clinical trial showing that use of a near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) probe ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Study of surgical interventions for children, adolescents with kidney stones supports precision treatment options
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), along with several academic partners, have reported the primary results of the Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) trial, the largest comparative effectiveness study of ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Mathematical models help correct errors in MRI brain blood flow imaging
A team led by Eamon Doyle, Ph.D., in the Borzage Laboratory at Children's Hospital Los Angeles developed novel computational models for magnetic resonance imaging. These models enable more accurate imaging of cerebral blood ...
Aug 8, 2025
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Human eggs are protected from age-related genetic mutations, mtDNA study finds
As we age, the genes in our cells accumulate more mutations. This is one of the contributory factors to age-related diseases and the aging process. However, in a new study published in Science Advances, researchers have discovered ...
