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Text message reminders can help improve oral health in teenagers
Text message reminders can help to improve tooth-brushing habits in teenagers, particularly those from low-income families, a new study has shown.
Oct 21, 2024
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Live well, think well: Research shows healthy habits tied to brain health
In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 case study in Japan identifies effective wastewater surveillance methods for monitoring infections
Wastewater surveillance has gained attention as an effective method for monitoring regional infection trends. In July 2024, the National Action Plan for Novel Influenza, etc. included the regular implementation of wastewater ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Neuroscience
Antibiotics and antifungals may slightly affect Parkinson's risk, study finds
A Rutgers Health study has found that people who took multiple courses of penicillin antibiotics had a modestly lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a surprising finding that researchers say highlights the complex ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Pediatrics
Inconsistent sleep regulations in childcare could harm children's health
Thousands of licensed childcare centers across Canada may not be ensuring that children get adequate, healthy sleep due to inconsistent sleep regulations.
Oct 21, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nigerians are experiencing neuro-long COVID, finds study
For the first time, scientists have found that individuals in Nigeria are experiencing neurological manifestations of long COVID—called neuro-long COVID—such as brain fog, mild cognitive impairment, fatigue, sleep problems, ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Genetics
Gene technology detects more conditions than standard newborn screening, study finds
Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by most parents who are offered ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
How cancer cells may be using ribosomes to hide from the immune system
The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now shown that cancer cells can use these ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak, ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Pediatrics
Clinical trial shows maternal antibodies can interfere with malaria vaccine responses in infants
Maternal antibodies passed across the placenta can interfere with the response to the malaria vaccine, which would explain its lower efficacy in infants under five months of age, according to research led by the Barcelona ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery of new mechanism explains how ovarian cancer disables immune cells
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells and impede their attack—blocking the energy supply T cells depend on. The work, published Oct. 23 in Nature, ...
Oct 23, 2024
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