Neuroscience
Music training can help the brain focus, study shows
Musical people find it easier to focus their attention on the right sounds in noisy environments.
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New York City's medical specialist advantage may be an illusion
New York City offers nearly every type of medical specialist but provides fewer specialty health care providers per capita than smaller cities, according to a new study that challenges conventional assumptions about urban ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Investigating how tumor-immune cell clusters drive breast cancer spread
In a pair of studies, investigators from the lab of Huiping Liu, MD, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology and of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, have uncovered how specific cellular interactions ...
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Neuroscience
Large PET scan study links genetics, gender and age to Alzheimer's tau buildup
In a study led by Lund University and the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers used PET to analyze aggregates of tau pathology in more than 12,000 people from all over the world. The study—the largest ever of ...
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Medical research
Scientists find cell surface sugar that slows pancreatic cancer in mice—and it's detectable in patient blood samples
Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers, and its incidence is climbing. Because it is typically asymptomatic at early stages, pancreatic cancer is especially difficult to catch and treat in time. ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Analysis finds alcohol-induced deaths in the U.S. have nearly doubled from 1999 to 2024
In an analysis by race, sex, age, and geography, alcohol-induced death rates in 2024 are nearly double those in 1999, with a sharp increase at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Addiction
In adolescent lab animals exposed to cocaine, high-intensity interval training boosts aversion to the drug
People with substance use disorder who participate in recovery running programs have shown improved success in maintaining their sobriety and reducing their risk for relapse. These observations led Panayotis Thanos, a University ...
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Oncology & Cancer
Stronger together: A new fusion protein boosts cancer immunotherapy
A newly developed molecule brings together two powerful immunotherapy strategies in one treatment. Researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, have demonstrated that this fusion protein ...
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Getting a puppy can pose mental health challenges alongside benefits for families
A survey study of families with puppies in the UK has identified multiple mental health challenges alongside benefits of ownership for adults and kids alike, suggesting that a mental health boost should not be the main motivator ...
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Immunology
COVID-19 vaccine responses show four patterns, with 'rapid-decliners' at higher infection risk
Two health care workers get COVID-19 vaccinations on the same day. Both show strong antibody responses initially, but six months later one stays healthy while the other contracts the virus. A new study published in Science ...
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