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Childhood stress strongly linked to chronic disease in adulthood, researchers report
Research published by Duke University researchers has found a strong link between higher stress in children and adverse health conditions for them later in life. Appearing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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Polyunsaturated fatty acid therapy reverses age-related vision decline in mice
Changes in vision are often a common sign of aging. But what if we could reverse age-related visual decline? In a new study, UC Irvine researchers explore a possible therapy for addressing "aging" in the eye and for preventing ...
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Genetic model reveals a form of calcium release is unnecessary for normal muscle contraction
The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1) has remained ...
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Mucus contains molecules that block Salmonella infection, study reveals
Mucus is more than just a sticky substance: It contains a wealth of powerful molecules called mucins that help to tame microbes and prevent infection. In a new study, MIT researchers have identified mucins that defend against ...
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Circadian rhythms closely tied to bone resorption but not formation, study finds
How our bodies break down and remove old and damaged bone tissue is linked to our inner circadian clock, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Sheffield.
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Storms claim young lives: Cyclones tied to 850,000 child deaths in 20 years
Tropical cyclones pose an important risk of death for children under five in low- and middle-income countries, reports a new study led by Renjie Chen of Fudan University, China, published in PLOS Medicine.
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How federally funded research has helped create life-changing medicines
Gleevec, a cancer drug first approved for sale in 2001, has dramatically changed the lives of people with chronic myeloid leukemia. This form of cancer was once regarded as very difficult to combat, but survival rates of ...
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Machine learning and cell imaging combine to predict effectiveness of multiple sclerosis medication
Brazilian researchers, in partnership with French institutions, have developed a tool that can predict how patients will respond to natalizumab, one of the most commonly used drugs for treating multiple sclerosis.
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Study explains loss of efficacy of common type 2 diabetes drug
Type 2 diabetes medications, such as sulfonylureas, have been a mainstay of treating the disease since they came on the market in the early 1950s. However, although they are one of the most common drugs for this condition, ...
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Theoretical model uses neuroimaging data to link brain alterations to schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and atypical movement or speech patterns. This psychiatric condition can be highly debilitating, and diagnosed ...
The finely-tuned act of forgetting: Dopamine may also play key role in memory loss
In a discovery that could reshape how we think about memory, researchers at Flinders University have found that forgetting is not just a glitch in the brain but is actually a finely-tuned process, and dopamine is the key.
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Childbirth linked to increased depression and psychosis but lower suicide risk in mothers
Depression and psychosis are more common in women after childbirth than before, but the risk of suicide attempts decreases. This is shown by two new studies from Karolinska Institutet. The results suggest that national guidelines ...
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Adding a lookup step makes AI better at assigning medical diagnosis codes
A new study by researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System suggests that a simple tweak to how artificial intelligence (AI) assigns diagnostic codes could significantly improve accuracy, even outperforming physicians. The ...
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How lymphatic endothelial cells help the body remember infections
A study published in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune memory, offering new insights into how the immune system functions.
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After schools instituted universal free meals, fewer students had high blood pressure, study finds
In the 10 years since the federal government established the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which enabled universal free meal programs for schools in low-income communities, studies have suggested the policy has wide-ranging ...
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Brain imaging method reveals hidden vascular changes with aging
Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a brain imaging technique that reveals how tiny blood vessels in the brain ...
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Gene signature could predict response to key breast cancer treatment
CDK4/6 inhibitors, combined with hormone therapy, are now the standard treatment for an advanced type of breast cancer; specifically, the one that is characterized by the expression of hormone receptors (HR+) and HER2 negative ...
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In quest for better NSAIDs, researchers decouple inflammation from pain
Scientists at the NYU Pain Research Center have identified which receptor in prostaglandins—the hormone-like substance targeted by common painkillers—causes pain but not inflammation. The findings, published in the journal ...
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Diet and medication combo interrupts growth of aggressive childhood neuroblastoma tumors, study finds
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that combining a specialized diet with an approved medication interrupts the growth of high-risk neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric cancer, by reprogramming tumor ...
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Brain activity grows increasingly variable during development before stabilizing in adolescence, study shows
Fluctuations in brain activity, also known as neural variability, enable us to be flexible in adjusting our behavior to the current situation. A new study shows that neural variability increases throughout development before ...
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