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Monday, Apr 08

Can a cup of tea keep COVID away? Study demonstrates that certain teas inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in saliva

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that something as simple as a cup of tea can help in the fight against COVID-19.

Apr 8, 2024

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Long COVID leaves telltale traces in the blood, finds new study

Findings from the largest UK study of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection show that long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation which can be detected in the blood.

Apr 8, 2024

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New study highlights the benefit of touch on mental and physical health

Through a large-scale analysis, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have uncovered the ways in which consensual touch can benefit a person's physical and mental well-being.

Apr 8, 2024

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Chronic kidney disease progresses faster in patients living in hot countries, new study finds

Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared to those living in temperate climates, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and ...

Apr 8, 2024

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Q&A: Is xylitol for your teeth a sweet trend or a true cavity blocker?

At first glance, a claim that a sweetener derived from the bark of birch trees can prevent cavity formation might seem far-fetched. It can't be true, some might reason. Sugar causes cavities.

Apr 8, 2024

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Heart-on-a-chip model used to glean insights into COVID-19-induced heart inflammation

Researchers at the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals have created a unique heart-on-a-chip model that is helping untangle the causes of COVID-19-induced heart inflammation and uncover strategies to reduce its ...

Apr 8, 2024

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Heart disease and depression may be genetically linked by inflammation

Coronary artery disease and major depression may be genetically linked via inflammatory pathways to an increased risk for cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart muscle disease, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...

Apr 8, 2024

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Tuesday, Apr 09

Write it down, then throw it away: Research confirms a simple method for reducing anger

A research group in Japan has discovered that writing down one's reaction to a negative incident on a piece of paper and then shredding it or throwing it away reduces feelings of anger.

Apr 9, 2024

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Researchers compile detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases

Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have compiled a detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases. Having analyzed over 4,000 tumors, they shed light on the diversity of these co-inhabitants and how ...

Apr 9, 2024

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Adding vaccine to immunotherapy for liver cancer shows promise in early trial

A custom-made anti-tumor vaccine added to standard immunotherapy was twice as likely to shrink liver cancer as when a patient received immunotherapy alone, a new study shows.

Apr 9, 2024

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New state of mind: Rethinking how researchers understand brain activity

Understanding the link between brain activity and behavior is among the core interests of neuroscience. Having a better grasp of this relationship will both help scientists understand how the brain works on a basic level ...

Apr 9, 2024

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Study reveals mechanism linking heart disease to cancer development

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Leviev Cardiothoracic and Vascular Center at the Sheba Medical Center have found a mechanism responsible for increasing the risk of developing cancer among patients with heart ...

Apr 9, 2024

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New insights into cholesterol dynamics shed light on neurodegenerative disease

Usually, the word "cholesterol" prompts a negative reaction because of its role in cardiovascular disease. While this is true, cholesterol is also vital for cells to function correctly—for example, cholesterol is a component ...

Apr 9, 2024

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Morphine tolerance found to result from Tiam1-mediated maladaptive plasticity in spinal neurons

Morphine and other opioids are vital to treat severe and chronic pain. However, they have two problems—prolonged use creates morphine tolerance, where ever-increasing doses are needed for the same pain relief, and paradoxically, ...

Apr 9, 2024

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Wednesday, Apr 10

How a new drug prototype regenerates lung tissue

Pulmonary diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. For many progressive lung diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a key issue is a low supply of new stem cells to repair and reverse ...

Apr 10, 2024

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Researchers find new origin of deep brain waves

University of California, Irvine biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to originate ...

Apr 10, 2024

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Scientists flag previously overlooked type of immune cell as suspected source of severe COVID-19

The lung-cell type that's most susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is not the one previously assumed to be most vulnerable. What's more, the virus enters this susceptible cell via an unexpected ...

Apr 10, 2024

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Why some people with rheumatoid arthritis have pain without inflammation

Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has come a long way in recent years. In many cases, a battery of medications can now successfully calm the inflammatory cells that cause swelling and pain when they infiltrate tissues ...

Apr 10, 2024

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Certain personality traits possibly linked to increased risk of depression

A small team of psychiatrists and psychologists from The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, the University of Cambridge, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Virginia has found that ...

Apr 10, 2024 report

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Newly found genetic variant defends against Alzheimer's disease

Columbia researchers have discovered a genetic variant that reduces the odds of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to 70% and may be protecting thousands of people in the United States from the disease. The study, "Rare ...

Apr 10, 2024

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Neuroscience study taps into brain network patterns to understand deep focus, attention

From completing puzzles and playing music, to reading and exercising, growing up Dolly Seeburger loved activities that demanded her full attention. "It was in those times that I felt most content, like I was in the zone," ...

Apr 10, 2024

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Thursday, Apr 11

Two key brain systems are central to psychosis, study finds

Inside the brains of people with psychosis, two key systems are malfunctioning: a "filter" that directs attention toward important external events and internal thoughts, and a "predictor" composed of pathways that anticipate ...

Apr 11, 2024

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Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital: Study

Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they're exposed to while they're in a medical facility. Genetic data from the bacteria ...

Apr 11, 2024

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AI model has potential to detect risk of childbirth-related PTSD

Researchers have adapted an artificial intelligence (AI) program to identify signs of childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) by evaluating short narrative statements of patients who have given birth.

Apr 11, 2024

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Sad music study tests the direct effect hypothesis of 'pleasurable negative emotion'

A new study proposes a novel theory of why listening to sad music can make us feel good.

Apr 11, 2024

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Artificial intelligence can help people feel heard, study finds

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that AI-generated messages made recipients feel more "heard" than messages generated by untrained humans, and that AI was better at detecting ...

Apr 11, 2024

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New treatment approach shows promise in hard-to-treat pediatric cancers

Researchers have developed a functional precision medicine approach that targets cancer by combining genetic testing with a new way to test individual drugs on tumor samples. The results of the clinical study were published ...

Apr 11, 2024

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New hypothesis emerges on Parkinson's disease's origins and spread

The nose or the gut? For the past two decades, the scientific community has debated the wellspring of the toxic proteins at the source of Parkinson's disease. In 2003, a German pathologist, Heiko Braak, MD, first proposed ...

Apr 11, 2024

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Friday, Apr 12

Presence of specific lipids indicate tissue aging and can be decreased through exercise, study shows

Scientists have discovered that a type of fat accumulates as tissue ages and that this accumulation can be reversed through exercise. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC, together with colleagues from Maastricht UMC+, analyzed ...

Apr 12, 2024

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Scientists uncover a missing link between poor diet and higher cancer risk

A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has unearthed new findings that may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from ...

Apr 12, 2024

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Genomic deletions explain why some types of melanoma resist targeted therapies

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. With global incidence rates rising, new, more effective treatments are necessary to alleviate the health burden of the disease. Important advances in recent years include doctors ...

Apr 12, 2024

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Study of data from thousands of women suggests ovarian cycle is regulated by circadian rhythm

A team of reproductive researchers affiliated with several institutions in France and the U.S. has found that the timing of monthly ovarian cycles in women is mostly likely attributable to the circadian rhythm. In their paper ...

Apr 12, 2024 report

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Grieving pet owners comforted by 'supernatural' interactions

Less than a week after her golden retriever Riley died, information studies Professor Jen Golbeck found him napping in her living room, "curled up like a croissant like he always was," on his red and gray-fleece dog bed.

Apr 12, 2024

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Cell's 'garbage disposal' may have another role: Helping neurons near skin sense the environment

The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That's still the case, for the most part, but, Johns Hopkins Medicine ...

Apr 12, 2024

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Study finds that dopamine projections to the amygdala contribute to encoding identity-specific reward memories

Over the course of their lives, humans build subjective internal models outlining the associations between specific environmental stimuli and rewards that could be gained from interacting with them. These experience-based ...

Apr 12, 2024 feature

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Saturday, Apr 13

Researchers demonstrate miniature brain stimulator in humans

Rice University engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient. Thanks to pioneering magnetoelectric power transfer technology, the pea-sized device developed in the Rice ...

Apr 13, 2024

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Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

Flow, or being "in the zone," is a state of amped-up creativity, enhanced productivity and blissful consciousness that, some psychologists believe, is also the secret to happiness. It's considered the brain's fast track to ...

Apr 13, 2024

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Some breast cancer patients can retain lymph nodes, avoiding lymphedema

Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm.

Apr 13, 2024

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ACC: Ticagrelor monotherapy cuts bleeding risk in acute coronary syndrome

Treatment with ticagrelor alone results in a lower rate of clinically relevant bleeding compared with ticagrelor and aspirin among patients with an acute coronary syndrome who had percutaneous coronary intervention and remained ...

Apr 13, 2024

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US sterilizations spiked after national right to abortion overturned: Study

Sterilization rates abruptly spiked after the national right to an abortion was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022, a study said Friday.

Apr 13, 2024

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Is smallpox still a threat?

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures," from the National ...

Apr 13, 2024

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Subcutaneous infusion of levodopa-carbidopa beneficial for Parkinson's disease

Subcutaneous infusion of ND0612 (a levodopa-carbidopa solution) increases on time without troublesome dyskinesia among patients with Parkinson disease, according to a study published online March 15 in The Lancet Neurology.

Apr 13, 2024

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Sunday, Apr 14

Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression, researchers find

Innovative carbon beads, invented by researchers at UCL, reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are linked to liver cirrhosis and other serious health issues.

Apr 14, 2024

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Untangling dreams and our waking lives: Latest findings in cognitive neuroscience

"Dreams are messages from the deep." (Dune Part 1) Musings about dreams abound throughout society, from movies to TV to books. But despite being a constant source of fascination, the role of dreams in our lives still remains ...

Apr 14, 2024

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Important health information missing in online food delivery menus

A University of Sydney study investigating menu items on major online food delivery outlets and applications (apps) in Australia has found most advertised items are missing nutritional information that would otherwise help ...

Apr 14, 2024

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Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable

Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their European counterparts. That's the key finding of my team's recent study, published in American Psychologist.

Apr 14, 2024

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Tuberculosis can have a lasting impact on the lung health of successfully treated individuals

New research being presented at this year's ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27–30 April) has found compelling evidence that tuberculosis (TB) can have a lasting impact on the lungs of individuals ...

Apr 14, 2024

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Penicillin allergy can be delabeled by nonallergy providers

Direct oral penicillin challenges (DPCs) can be delivered to patients with penicillin allergy labels (PALs) by nonallergy health care professionals (HCPs), according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal ...

Apr 14, 2024

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Microscopes reveal a frozen moment in cellular time—a new method records cells as they work

Researchers at Princeton and Rockefeller University have found a new way to study cellular communication, recording interactions between cells as they work in a living organism and unlocking new ways to understand how our ...

Apr 14, 2024

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