For decades, multiple sclerosis research has focused on myelin, the insulation around the brain's wiring. Scientists paid less attention to another loss that was happening in parallel: neurons in the cortex, the seat of higher ...
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Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the regrowth of damaged axonal fibers. The findings, published in the journal Nature, show that blocking ...
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For the first time, people who want to stop using crystal methamphetamine may be able to treat their addiction with a cheap and readily available medication, say researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center ...
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a novel, highly potent opioid that shows potential as a therapy for both pain and opioid use disorder. In a study published in Nature, the team observed ...
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Documenting a patient visit in the electronic health record (EHR) is essential to health care delivery, but also a major contributor to clinician burnout. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ambient documentation, or "AI ...
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The American Society of Hematology (ASH) released guidelines on the diagnosis and management of severe acquired aplastic anemia, a rare and life-threatening bone marrow failure disorder. The guidelines, developed by a multidisciplinary ...
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Irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, can be treated with various procedures or medication, but not all medications work for all patients. In fact, one arrhythmia medication can actually cause arrhythmia in people with a common ...
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Signaling is fundamental to how cells sense and respond to their environment—but in immune cells, those signals must be precisely amplified to mount an effective defense against invasive threats. New research by immunologists ...
A new study, published in Nature Health, reveals a strong link between exposure to agricultural pesticides in the environment and the risk of developing cancer. By combining environmental data, a nationwide cancer registry, ...
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For patients with allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis, the addition of vidian neurectomy to endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is associated with superior improvements in symptoms and nasal function, according to a study ...
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Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that can detect the active, infectious form of the disease. The discovery enables faster diagnosis and ...
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Chronic tinnitus is independently associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, according to a study published online in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Enes Sırma, from University of Health Sciences Gazi Yasargil ...
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New research published today shows that regional residents living in walkable towns and centers walk 75 minutes more each week, prompting calls for Governments to invest more in well-connected, safe footpaths to boost community ...
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In what is believed to be the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of its kind, patients with a chronic total blockage of a coronary artery who received a nonsurgical procedure to reopen the artery showed statistically ...
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For patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA), those with cutaneous psoriasis (PsC) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased risk for complications, according to a study published online March 22 in the Journal ...
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Several preoperative factors and hospital stay duration are associated with emergency department (ED) visit frequency in pediatric patients after adenotonsillectomy, according to a study published in Cureus.
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a type of blood cancer and a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Thanks to new treatment breakthroughs, about 80% of FL patients have a survival rate of more than 10 years. The other 20%, however, ...
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A healthy mouth is key to protecting the well-being of people battling liver disease, a new study reports. Veterans with early-stage cirrhosis had fewer health problems and complications—including a lower risk of liver cancer—if ...
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A cross-sectional study suggests that if Congress were to impose Medicaid work requirements across the country, roughly half of adult enrollees could be at risk of losing coverage despite having higher rates of physical, ...
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A research team from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has discovered how the immune system's CD8+ T cells ...
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A trial testing the aldosterone blocker spironolactone in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) did not show any significant ...
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A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute), led by Jean-Jacques Lebrun, Ph.D., has identified a protein that pancreatic cancer cells rely on to survive and grow. This discovery ...
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Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those experienced in adulthood. A study conducted on mice at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil ...
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A new research study provides real-world evidence that deprescribing glucose-lowering medications is both feasible and safe when patients with type 2 diabetes receive lifestyle-informed care in primary care settings. The ...
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A collaborative effort among researchers at the Henan Academy of Innovations in Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, and Shenzhen University School of Medicine has provided the first proof-of-principle study demonstrating ...
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Kinesio taping, or "KT tape" as it's usually known—widely used to ease joint/muscle pain and boost range of movement—may not be all that effective, suggests a pooled data analysis of the existing evidence, published in the ...
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Having more brothers and sisters may make it easier to cope with the death of a parent in midlife, particularly when it's the mother who dies, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community ...
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Damaging variants in genes involved in a rapid immune response (innate immunity) are significantly linked to earlier breast cancer onset in carriers of the harmful BRCA1 genetic mutation, reveal preliminary findings published ...
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Researchers have created a detailed map of a deadly childhood cancer, showing it uses "shields" and "bodyguards" to protect itself, paving the way for new treatments. The team's paper, titled "Spatial multi-omics characterization ...
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A new binational study of 259 outpatient psychotherapists across Canada and the United States highlights significant gaps in clinician knowledge, confidence, and formal training related to treating eating disorders and muscle ...
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Higher fat content in the pancreas of children and adolescents with obesity is associated with an increased level of heart and metabolic risk factors, including higher-than-average body mass index (BMI), elevated diastolic ...
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A study by researchers at the University of California San Diego could make it easier to treat breast cancer by uncovering a new way the body helps prevent its spread. The scientists discovered a new role for an inflammatory ...
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Every three to five years, Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States in the Caribbean, experiences epidemic levels of dengue fever, a disease carried by mosquitoes that causes a range of flu-like symptoms, including aches ...
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In new research, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard University and Brigham Young University, used the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center to ...
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Autistic children are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, highlighting the importance of providing water safety lessons tailored to their needs. Florida International University researchers Tana ...
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New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis adds to growing evidence that helping brain cells break down and eliminate their own cellular waste is a promising treatment strategy for a variety of ...
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A new study from the University of Bergen shows that genes responsible for antibiotic resistance are present not only in individuals with lung disease, but also in people with healthy lungs. The researchers examined patients ...
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In nursing homes, influenza spreads quickly. Even in facilities with separate wings, staff move throughout the home, caring for medically complex older adults who often share rooms. In this way, a single case of influenza ...
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An international team, including scientists from Leipzig University, has gained important new insights into the regulation of food intake in mammals. The study, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National ...
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Men are more likely to die by suicide globally.
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Color coding on food product labels is becoming more common. How does it influence consumers and their dietary choices? Recent research by scientists from SWPS University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of ...
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Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute have demonstrated that combining data from different origins enables a more precise characterization of cell type's diversity into tissues and organs. The team ...
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Asthma in older age is associated with other comorbidities, according to a study published in the Journal of Asthma and Allergy. Martyna Miodońska, from the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, and colleagues ...
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Multiple myeloma is a cancer in which plasma cells, which normally produce antibodies, multiply uncontrollably in the bone marrow. There is currently no cure. However, various therapies can stabilize the disease and alleviate ...
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For patients undergoing breast reconstruction, residing in a food desert may be associated with an increased risk of certain complications after surgery, according to a study appearing in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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The symptom profiles of different neurodegenerative diseases often overlap, and diagnosing age-related cognitive symptoms is complex. A patient may have multiple overlapping disease processes in the brain at the same time, ...
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According to a recent review by researchers at Semmelweis University, published in the journal Nutrients, lifestyle and dietary changes may help people living with endometriosis. The study analyzed more than 100 international ...
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Recently analyzed evidence points to a connection between oral health and kidney health, according to work led by University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researchers. Their article, published in BMC Nephrology, combined ...
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A nationwide clinical RCT trial led by Dr. Kazumi Kimura at Kumamoto University Hospital has found that adding catheter ablation to standard anticoagulant therapy did not significantly reduce the risk of recurrent stroke ...
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The connection between testosterone and well-being is weaker than many people think. Although there are clear health connections, a higher testosterone level is not always the key to well-being, according to a thesis at the ...
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New twin research shows that innate IQ plays a major role in predicting your future socioeconomic status. The study, which follows twins during the crucial early adult years, reinforces the view that heredity and genes shape ...
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Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but the room is silent.
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A novel, minimally invasive computer software-based method that uses artificial intelligence to determine whether plaques in a coronary artery are restricting blood flow to the patient's heart performed similarly to the standard, ...
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Sleep helps the brain to cleanse itself—and now this process can be measured in humans entirely noninvasively. Researchers at the University of Oulu have developed a method that allows the increased movement of brain fluids ...
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Peptides are widely marketed as a kind of "holy grail" for workout recovery and physical performance.
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A new editorial by a Uniformed Services University (USU) faculty member calls attention to challenges in breast cancer screening that may disproportionately affect active duty women and have implications for military readiness. ...
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Project MinE, an international consortium co-founded by researchers at King's College London, has identified new genetic variants that play a role in the development of motor neuron disease (MND). These findings mean that ...
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Imagine being asked to sit alone in a quiet room for 15 minutes with nothing to do—no phone, no music, no external distraction. In a well-known 2014 study, many participants found that task so challenging that they chose ...
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Type 1 diabetes researchers have made great progress in understanding the disease in the last two decades, even as a cure remains elusive. Now they have something that benefits any scientific effort. It's a map.
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Over time, expectations can shift, especially when something remains out of reach. Researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick suggest this also may be true for orgasms. When an orgasm is repeatedly absent, women may ...
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Researchers at King's College London have shown for the first time that AI can autonomously perform thrombectomy navigation in a physical lab setting, a step toward expanding access to life-saving stroke treatment. For their ...
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Among middle-aged and older men, a higher percentage of total food weight from ultraprocessed food (UPF) is associated with a higher risk for incident benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online ...
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When patients start getting treated for conditions like psoriatic arthritis, or connective tissue diseases like lupus and systemic sclerosis, their heightened risk of cancer gradually decreases, according to a new five-year ...
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A randomized clinical trial found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine significantly reduces long COVID-related fatigue, one of the condition's most persistent and debilitating symptoms, while the diabetes drug metformin showed ...
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Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the so-called OTOF gene. It plays a central role in transmitting sound signals from the hair cells to the ...
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Placing fruit and vegetable sections near supermarket entrances increases the amount purchased and may improve the quality of women's diets, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS Medicine.
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Following The Planetary Health Diet in pregnancy can meet key nutrient requirements, suggesting that women who eat more sustainably in pregnancy may have higher intakes of several key pregnancy-related nutrients, including ...
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Getting past the barrier surrounding the eye is a difficult but necessary part of treating retinoblastoma (RB)—a form of eye cancer that is more common in children. Once the barrier is penetrated, RB responds well to treatment. ...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer-lasting vaccines for respiratory viruses like influenza and the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The ...
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Scientists at Florida International University have developed a promising new compound that could slow the progression of Parkinson's disease and protect against life-threatening lung injury by targeting a key process inside ...
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Scientists have uncovered an important new link between the brain and immune system after stroke, which could lead to potential new treatments to improve recovery and reduce long-term disability. In new research published ...
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Being born early or at a lower weight is linked to lower IQ scores and poorer educational outcomes in school and beyond, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from the UK and the Netherlands ...
When defending their territory, male mice typically appear threatening before launching an attack, ensuring that aggression does not unnecessarily escalate. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba found that increased activity ...
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Where previous research showed that PSMA therapy for prostate cancer can prolong the lives of patients who have exhausted all other treatment options, a new study now demonstrates that the therapy is also effective in an ...
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Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, have developed a system that allows human lung organoids to expand in a breathing-like manner by applying pressure from inside the tissue. The platform ...
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Exposure to a chemical commonly used to make plastic more flexible may have contributed to about 1.97 million preterm births in 2018 alone, or more than 8% of the world's total, a new analysis of population surveys shows. ...
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When most people think about "healthy eating," they usually focus on what they eat. That might mean trying to eat more fruit and vegetables or less fast food, or counting calories.
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Air pollution alerts issued by authorities in China's cities significantly reduce harmful pollution and save lives, a new study reveals. Publishing their findings in PNAS Nexus, an international research group led by University ...
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Many people with celiac disease are advised to eat more fiber to support digestion and manage symptoms, either through diet or prescribed fiber supplements. New research from McMaster University shows that the benefits of ...
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As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer.
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