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Breakthrough drug works against all the main types of primary bone cancer

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed a new drug that works against all of the main types of primary bone cancer.

8 Mar 2023

Additive effects of genetic, socioeconomic factors account for the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity

New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham, indicates that socioeconomic and genetic factors likely interact in an additive way to affect people's risks of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes.

7 Mar 2023

Typically developing infants perceive audio-video synchrony better than children at risk for autism

Rutgers research that may eventually enable far earlier autism diagnoses shows that typically developing infants perceive audio-video synchrony better than high-risk for autism infants.

7 Mar 2023

New blood test examines biomarkers to help determine a person's risk for anxiety

Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully developed a blood test for anxiety.

7 Mar 2023

FDA mandate to limit the dosage of acetaminophen linked to reductions in serious liver injury

A United States Food and Drug Administration mandate to limit the dosage of acetaminophen in pills that combine acetaminophen and opioid medications is significantly associated with subsequent reductions in serious liver injury, according to a study led by investigators at the University of Alabama and Weill Cornell Medicine.

7 Mar 2023

Physical activity and motivational support have no long-term effects on smoking cessation

Promoting physical activity and other behavioral support can help people wanting to reduce their smoking to quit in the short-term.

6 Mar 2023

High-dose anticoagulation can reduce deaths, intubations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

High-dose anticoagulation can reduce deaths by 30 percent and intubations by 25 percent in hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are not critically ill when compared to the standard treatment, which is low-dose anticoagulation.

6 Mar 2023

Addition of sotatercept to existing therapy shows promise for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, progressive condition that affects the heart and lungs, who were treated with the novel first-in-class medication sotatercept on top of existing therapy experienced significant improvements in walking distance via a six-minute walking test—the study's primary endpoint and a validated surrogate for functional improvement and reduced symptom burden.

6 Mar 2023

Fighting pancreatic cancer with gene and cell biotherapies

Pancreatic cancer is an incurable form of cancer, and gene therapies are currently in clinical testing to treat this deadly disease. A comprehensive review of the gene and cell biotherapies in development to combat pancreatic cancer is published in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy.

6 Mar 2023

Wrist-worn device can accurately predict troponin-I and obstructed arteries in five minutes

An experimental wrist-worn device was found to predict troponin-I and obstructed arteries with 90% accuracy in five minutes, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

6 Mar 2023

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

When the covid-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face.

6 Mar 2023

Skilled nursing facilities provided post-acute rehabilitation to older adults during the pandemic

Older adults who entered skilled nursing facilities (SNF) for care after hospitalizations after the pandemic received rehabilitation care comparable to the levels of care that were provided pre-pandemic, according to research published in the JAMA Health Forum.

3 Mar 2023

Former players’ cognitive performance associated with concussion symptoms during football careers

Former professional football players who reported experiencing concussion symptoms during their playing careers were found to perform worse on a battery of cognitive tests than non-players, according to a study led by Mass General Brigham investigators from McLean Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Network.

3 Mar 2023

Deep learning–based method can accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease based on data from brain MRIs

Although investigators have made strides in detecting signs of Alzheimer's disease using high-quality brain imaging tests collected as part of research studies, a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed an accurate method for detection that relies on routinely collected clinical brain images.

3 Mar 2023

Studying gut bacteria's role in muscle regeneration and recover

In a surprising discovery, Harvard Medical School researchers have found that a class of regulatory T cells (Tregs) made in the gut play a role in repairing injured muscles and mending damaged livers.

2 Mar 2023

New research could greatly improve the quality of life for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, opening the door to a therapy using electrodes that could be activated to prevent seizures from happening, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.

2 Mar 2023

Promising alternative strategy for islet transplantation in people with type 1 diabetes

In people with type 1 diabetes, the body's immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing β cells that control blood glucose levels and are part of a group of cells in the pancreas called pancreatic islets.

1 Mar 2023

Clinical study reveals new use for high blood pressure drug in pediatric patients

A clinical study conducted by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers revealed that oral verapamil, a readily available and commonly used drug to treat high blood pressure and heart conditions, can also improve the pancreas' insulin secretion in children with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D).

1 Mar 2023

Researchers receive $15 million to study the brain processes involved in speech, epilepsy, and reading

Three grants totaling $15 million, which aim to enhance knowledge of the brain processes that play a key role in speech, epilepsy, and reading, have been awarded to researchers at UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health Brain Research Through Advancing Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

1 Mar 2023

Bacteria exploit nerve cells in the meninges to facilitate brain invasion

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain's protective layers - the meninges - and cause brain infection, or meningitis, a highly fatal disease.

1 Mar 2023

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Breakthrough drug works against all the main types of primary bone cancer

Additive effects of genetic, socioeconomic factors account for the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity

Typically developing infants perceive audio-video synchrony better than children at risk for autism

New blood test examines biomarkers to help determine a person's risk for anxiety

FDA mandate to limit the dosage of acetaminophen linked to reductions in serious liver injury

Physical activity and motivational support have no long-term effects on smoking cessation

High-dose anticoagulation can reduce deaths, intubations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Addition of sotatercept to existing therapy shows promise for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Fighting pancreatic cancer with gene and cell biotherapies

Wrist-worn device can accurately predict troponin-I and obstructed arteries in five minutes

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

Skilled nursing facilities provided post-acute rehabilitation to older adults during the pandemic

Former players’ cognitive performance associated with concussion symptoms during football careers

Deep learning–based method can accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease based on data from brain MRIs

Studying gut bacteria's role in muscle regeneration and recover

New research could greatly improve the quality of life for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Promising alternative strategy for islet transplantation in people with type 1 diabetes

Clinical study reveals new use for high blood pressure drug in pediatric patients

Researchers receive $15 million to study the brain processes involved in speech, epilepsy, and reading

Bacteria exploit nerve cells in the meninges to facilitate brain invasion

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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